DC Talk discography | |
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Studio albums | 5 |
Live albums | 1 |
Compilation albums | 10 |
Music videos | 14 |
EPs | 3 |
Singles | 23 |
The discography of DC Talk, a Christian music band formed in the late 1980s in Lynchburg, Virginia, consists of five studio albums, three extended plays, and twenty-three singles. The group consists of Toby McKeehan, Kevin Max, and Michael Tait. They began as a hip hop group, but in the mid-90s they reinvented themselves as a pop/rock group. In both instances, they found critical and commercial success in both the Christian music industry as well as the general market.
Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |
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US 200 | US Christ. | |||
1989 | DC Talk
| — | 10 | |
1990 | Nu Thang
| — | 5 | |
1992 | Free at Last
| — | 1 |
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1995 | Jesus Freak
| 16 | 1 | |
1998 | Supernatural
| 4 | 1 |
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Year | Title | Label(s) | Chart positions [3] | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |
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US | US Christ. | ||||
1997 | Welcome to the Freak Show | ForeFront Records | 109 | 3 |
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2020 | The Supernatural Experience (Live) [4] | ForeFront | — | — | |
2021 | Free at Last (Live) [5] | ForeFront | — | — |
Year | Title | Label(s) | Chart positions [3] | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |
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US 200 | US Christ. | ||||
2000 | Intermission: the Greatest Hits | ForeFront Records | 81 | 3 |
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2003 | 8 Great Hits | — | — | — | |
2006 | The Early Years | — | — | — | |
2006 | Top 5 Hits | — | — | — | |
2007 | Double Take (Jesus Freak/Supernatural) | — | — | — | |
2007 | Greatest Hits | — | — | — | |
2008 | Two For One: Free At Last / Supernatural | — | — | — | |
2008 | Greatest Hits | — | — | — | |
2009 | The Ultimate Collection | — | — | — | |
2012 | 10 Great Songs | — | — | — |
Year | Title | Label(s) | Chart positions [3] | |
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U.S. 200 | U.S. Christ. | |||
1994 | Free at Last: Extended Play Remixes | ForeFront Records | — | 35 |
1995 | Jesus Freak (Maxi Single) AV/CD | — | — | |
1997 | Welcome to the Freak Show – Bonus Disc | — | — | |
2001 | Solo | 142 | 5 |
Year | Single | Billboard peak chart positions | CCM peak chart positions | Album | |||||
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Hot 100 [6] [7] | Top 40 [8] | AC [9] | Adult Top 40 [10] | AC | CHR | Rock | |||
1989 | "Heavenbound" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DC Talk |
"Spinnin' Round" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | ||
1990 | "I Luv Rap Music" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Nu Thang |
"Can I Get A Witness?" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Nu Thang" | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | ||
"No More" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | ||
1991 | "Talk It Out" | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | — | |
1992 | "Walls" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | |
"Jesus Is Just Alright" | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 11 | Free At Last | |
1993 | "Socially Acceptable" | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
"Time Is..." | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | 22 | ||
"Lean on Me" | — | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | — | ||
1994 | "The Hardway" | — | — | — | — | 25 | 1 | — | |
"Say the Words" | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | ||
"Luv Is A Verb" | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | — | ||
1995 | "Jesus Freak" | — [upper-alpha 1] | — | — | — | — | 23 | 1 | Jesus Freak |
"I Wish We'd All Been Ready" | — | — | — | — | 40 | — | — | Intermission: the Greatest Hits | |
"Mind's Eye" | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | Jesus Freak | |
1996 | "Like It, Love It, Need It" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
"Between You and Me" | 29 | 15 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 1 | — | ||
"In the Light" | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | ||
"What If I Stumble?" | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | ||
1997 | "So Help Me God" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | |
"Colored People" | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | ||
"Day by Day" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | ||
"What Have We Become?" | — | — | — | — | 32 | 1 | — | ||
1998 | "My Will" | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | Exodus |
"Into Jesus" | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | Supernatural | |
"My Friend (So Long)" | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | ||
1999 | "Consume Me" | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | |
"Wanna Be Loved" | — | — | — | — | 13 | 1 | — | ||
"Supernatural" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | ||
"Godsend" | — | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | — | ||
2000 | "It's Killing Me" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | |
"Dive" | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 9 | ||
"Say The Words (Now)" | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | Intermission: the Greatest Hits | |
2002 | "Let's Roll" | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | 2 | Let's Roll: Together In Unity, Faith, and Hope (Various artists album) |
2003 | "The Hardway (Revisited)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
"—" denotes singles that did not chart. |
Title | Year | Label(s) | Chart positions [3] | RIAA Certification | CRIA Certification | |
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The Billboard 200 | Top Contemporary Christian | |||||
Free At Last – The Music (10th Anniversary) | 2002 | ForeFront Records | — | — | — | — |
Jesus Freak: 10th Anniversary Special Edition | 2006 | — | — | — | — |
Note: This list is for dc Talk songs not found on dc Talk albums. Compilation albums (such as the "Wow" series) should not be listed here. "My Will" and "I Wish We'd All Been Ready" appear here because they were on these albums BEFORE they were on later dc Talk releases.
Year | Song(s) / Notes | Album | Album Artist | Label(s) |
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1990 | "Yo! Ho Ho" | Yo! Ho Ho | Various artists | Benson Records |
"Reason for the Season" | ||||
"Yo! Ho Ho (Instrumental Track)" | ||||
1991 | "Addicted to Jesus"
| Addicted to Jesus | Carman | |
1992 | "I Love My Neighbour" | The Beginner’s Bible | Sparrow Records | |
1992 | "Got To B Tru"
| The Great Adventure | Steven Curtis Chapman | |
1994 | "We Three Kings" | Joyful Christmas | Columbia/Sony | |
1995 | "I Wish We’d All Been Ready"
| One Way: The Songs of Larry Norman | Various artists | ForeFront Records |
1998 | "My Will"
| Exodus | Various artists | Rocketown Records |
1998 | "My Deliverer"
| Prince of Egypt (Inspirational) soundtrack | Various artists | Dreamworks Records |
2000 |
| Jesus: Music From & Inspired by the Epic Mini-Series | Various artists | Capitol Records |
2002 | "Let's Roll"
| Let’s Roll: Together in Unity, Faith, & Hope | Various artists | Curb Records |
2004 | "Atmosphere (Remix)"
| Welcome to Diverse City | tobyMac | ForeFront Records |
2007 | "The Cross"
| The Blood | Kevin Max | Northern Records |
2015 | "Love Feels Like" | This Is Not a Test | tobyMac | ForeFront Records |
2022 | Space | Life After Death | TobyMac | forefront records |
This is a list of songs that include all three members of dc Talk.
Year | Album | Song(s)/Notes | Label(s) |
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1993 | Change Your World by Michael W. Smith |
| Reunion |
1997 | Blue Obsession by Michael McDonald |
| Ramp |
1998 | Prince of Egypt - Soundtrack by Various Artists |
| Dreamworks |
2003 | Dove Hits 2002 by Various Artists |
| Sparrow |
This list is for dc Talk songs that were remixed without involvement from dc Talk, although they are still considered part of dc Talk's official discography.
Year | Album | Song(s) / Notes | Label(s) |
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2003 | Smash-Ups | Sparrow Records | |
1998 | Mixdown |
| ForeFront Records |
Year | Album | Song(s) / Notes | Label(s) |
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1990 | Rap - Straight From the Streets |
| Benson Records |
Year | Title | Formats | RIAA Certification |
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1992 | Rap, Rock, & Soul | VHS | - |
1994 | Narrow Is the Road | VHS | Gold(50,000+ sold) |
1996 | Jesus Freak 1996 Tour Promo Video | VHS | - |
1997, 2003 | Welcome to the Freak Show | VHS (1997), DVD (2003) | Gold(50,000+ sold) |
1998 | The dc Talk Video Collection
| VHS | Gold |
1999 | Sneak Peek at The Supernatural Experience | VHS | - |
1999, 2003 | The Supernatural Experience | VHS (1999), DVD (2003) | Platinum |
2002 | Free at Last: The Movie | DVD | - |
2007 | Greatest Hits - Special Edition | DVD | - |
Year | Title | Album | Award | Featured On* | Source |
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1989 | "Heavenbound" | DC Talk |
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1991 | "Nu Thang" | Nu Thang |
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1991 | "I Luv Rap Music" |
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1992 | "Walls" |
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1993 | "Jesus Is Just Alright" | Free At Last |
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1994 | "The Hardway" |
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1994 | "Luv Is A Verb" |
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1994 | "I Wish We'd All Been Ready" | One Way |
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1995 | "Jesus Freak" | Jesus Freak |
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1996 | "Just Between You and Me" |
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1997 | "Colored People" |
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1997 | "Day by Day" |
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1998 | "My Friend (So Long)" | Supernatural |
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1999 | "Consume Me" |
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Year | Title | with Artist | Original Album | Included On | Source |
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1991 | "Addicted to Jesus" | Carman | Addicted to Jesus | Addicted to Jesus (VHS Long-Form Video) | Watch |
1994 | "AKA Public School" | Audio Adrenaline | Don't Censor Me | Big House (VHS Long-Form Video) | Watch |
Note: This list is for dc Talk songs that were remixed without involvement from dc Talk, although they are still considered part of dc Talk's official discography.
Year | Video | Song(s) / Notes | Label(s) |
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1994 | The Works by The Billy Graham Crusade |
| n/a |
1998 | X - The Birthday Album |
| ForeFront Records |
2000 | Creation Festival: The Movie |
| n/a |
DC Talk is a Christian rap and rock trio. The group was formed at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia in 1987 by Toby McKeehan, Michael Tait, and Kevin Max Smith. They released five major studio albums together: dc Talk (1989), Nu Thang (1990), Free at Last (1992), Jesus Freak (1995), and Supernatural (1998). In 2002, the Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music called dc Talk "the most popular overtly Christian act of all time."
Jesus Freak is the fourth studio album by the American Christian rap and rock trio DC Talk, released on November 21, 1995, on ForeFront Records. The style was a marked departure from the group's previous releases, incorporating a heavier rock sound and elements of grunge that was popular at the time.
Kevin Max Smith is an American singer, songwriter, and poet. He is best known for being a member of the Christian pop group dc Talk. As a solo artist following the band going on hiatus, he has recorded 12 full-length studio albums, including a Christmas album. From 2012 until 2014, he was the lead singer of the band Audio Adrenaline.
Newsboys are a Christian rock band founded in 1985 in Mooloolaba, Queensland, Australia, by Peter Furler and George Perdikis. Now based in Nashville, Tennessee, the band has released 17 studio albums, 6 of which have been certified gold. As of 2023, the band consists of lead vocalist Michael Tait, drummer and percussionist Duncan Phillips, keyboardist Jeff Frankenstein, electric guitarist Jody Davis, and bassist Adam Agee ; no founding members are featured in the lineup. In addition to performing music, the band has appeared in the films God's Not Dead, God's Not Dead 2, and God's Not Dead: A Light In Darkness.
Kevin Michael McKeehan;, better known by his stage name TobyMac, is an American contemporary Christian music singer, rapper, songwriter, and record producer. His road band is known as Diverse City. He was first known for being a member of the Christian rap and rock trio dc Talk, staying with them from 1987 until they went on hiatus in 2000. He has since continued a successful solo career with the release of nine studio albums: Momentum (2001), Welcome to Diverse City (2004), Portable Sounds (2007), Tonight (2010), Christmas in Diverse City (2011), Eye on It (2012), This Is Not a Test (2015), The Elements (2018), and Life After Death (2022) as well as five remixed albums: Re:Mix Momentum (2003), Renovating Diverse City (2005), Dubbed and Freq'd: A Remix Project (2012), Eye'm All Mixed Up (2014) and The St. Nemele Collab Sessions (2019). He also has two full-length Christmas albums: Christmas in Diverse City (2011) and Light Of Christmas (2017). He became the third Christian artist to have a No. 1 debut on Billboard 200 chart with Eye on It.
Welcome to the Freak Show is a live audio and video recording by DC Talk. Chronicling the Jesus Freak Tour in the spring of 1996, they were released separately two months apart in 1997 on CD and VHS, respectively. A DVD version was later released in 2003. Each version has been certified gold by the RIAA. Track listings differ slightly between the two. Select videos included a bonus audio disc that remains one of the rarest recordings in the DC Talk catalog. The audio version won the 1998 Grammy Award for Best Rock Gospel Album.
Supernatural is the fifth studio album from DC Talk. It is the final studio album released by DC Talk that features all-new material and it debuted on the US Billboard Chart at No. 4, selling 106,213 copies. It was certified platinum three years after its release on February 21, 2002. A remastered edition was released in 2013. It released on vinyl in 2015.
Michael DeWayne Tait is an American contemporary Christian music artist. Michael Tait met Toby McKeehan in 1984 when he was in high school. Both Toby and Michael met Kevin Max while attending Liberty University in the late 1980s, and together they formed four-time Grammy winning band DC Talk, with whom Michael Tait has released five acclaimed studio albums. Tait is the current lead singer of Newsboys, and one third of Christian rock group DC Talk. Tait also has had success in his solo career, founding a band called Tait in 1997. He toured as a solo act until 2007. He became lead singer of the Christian pop rock band Newsboys in 2009. Aside from singing, Tait is also a self-taught guitar player. Tait also has a sister Lynda Randle, who is a Southern Gospel singer.
Welcome to Diverse City is the second full-length studio album released by Christian singer TobyMac. The songs on this album deal with racial tolerance in society and a desire to know God better. Several other Christian artists appear on this CD, including Bootsy Collins, Coffee from GRITS, DJ Maj, Papa San, Paul Wright, Superchick, and T-Bone . TobyMac also reunites dc Talk on vocals in a remix of his song "Atmosphere", the last track of the album. The album has sold over 600,000 copies in the United States.
"Jesus Freak" is a song by the American contemporary Christian music group DC Talk. Released on August 1, 1995, it was the lead radio single from the group's fourth album. The song was written and produced by Toby McKeehan and Mark Heimermann. Lyrically, the song is about standing up for the belief in Jesus Christ in the midst of persecution. Musically, the song has been described as alternative rock and grunge. It received airplay on both contemporary Christian music and alternative rock stations, formats that rarely interact. "Jesus Freak" earned DC Talk three GMA Dove Awards.
Grits is a Christian hip hop group from Nashville, Tennessee. Their name is an acronym, which stands for "Grammatical Revolution In the Spirit". GRITS is made up of Stacey "Coffee" Jones and Teron "Bonafide" Carter, both of whom were DC Talk dancers.
The Free at Last – Extended Play Remixes is a remix EP by Christian rap/rock/pop trio dc Talk. The EP was released in the summer of 1994 on the heels of the Grammy Award-winning and platinum-selling album Free at Last. The album's three main hits were remixed for this release. The "Extended Play Remixes" was a three-part series released by ForeFront Records in 1994 with the other two by Audio Adrenaline and Code of Ethics. The series extended into the next year with releases by Geoff Moore and the Distance and Rebecca St. James.
American rapper Bow Wow has released six studio albums, twenty-six singles, fifty-one music videos, and eight mixtapes.
"Jesus Is Just Alright" is a gospel song written by American singer Art Reynolds and first recorded by Reynolds' group, The Art Reynolds Singers, for their 1966 album, Tellin' It Like It Is.
"Between You and Me" is a song by the American contemporary Christian music group DC Talk. Released in 1996, it was the second radio and commercial single released from the group's fourth album, Jesus Freak. After the unexpected success of the grunge rock single "Jesus Freak", "Between You and Me" helped to bring DC Talk to a new level of success and solidify them as mainstream artists. The song later earned DC Talk a GMA Dove Award and is the only DC Talk single to have charted on the Billboard Hot 100. The single was also a Christian radio success and peaked at No. 1 on both the Christian adult contemporary and Christian Contemporary Hit Radio CCM Magazine charts.
"Colored People" is a song written and recorded by Christian rock band DC Talk. The song was one of several radio singles released from their 1995 studio album, Jesus Freak.
This is the discography of TobyMac. He was originally a member of dc Talk from 1988 to 2001. Since 2001 he has released eight studio albums, two Christmas albums, five remix albums, three live albums, and three extended plays as a solo artist.
Brian James Reith, better known as B. Reith, is a Christian hip hop/pop singer and rapper. He began his musical career with the release of his first album, "Urgent Message", in 2003. In 2008, Reith signed to Gotee Records and released his EP The Forecast. Later that year, he toured with TobyMac on the Winter Wonder Slam tour. In September 2009, Reith released his second album, Now Is Not Forever, which charted at No. 2 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and No. 32 on the Heatseekers chart. The album spawned the singles "Antidote", which peaked at No. 50 on the Christian Songs chart, and "The Comeback Kid".
"What If I Stumble?" is a song by the American contemporary Christian music group DC Talk. Released in 1995, it was the third radio single from the group's fourth album, Jesus Freak.
This Is Not a Test is the seventh studio album by American recording artist TobyMac. The album was released on August 7, 2015. It debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200. In February 2016, it won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album. The standard edition was released with 11 tracks, including "Feel It", "Beyond Me", and "Move ". The deluxe edition was released with 15 tracks, including "Lift You Up" featuring Ryan Stevenson, "Fall", and "Beyond Me" and "Like A Match" remixes by Soul Glow Activatur and David Garcia respectively.