Lulu discography

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Lulu discography
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Lulu performing during a television appearance, 1965
Studio albums15
Compilation albums10
Singles69

This is a comprehensive listing of the discography released by Scottish singer Lulu. She has released 15 studio albums, 10 compilation albums and 69 singles throughout her career which began in 1964. Her debut album, Something to Shout About , was released in 1965 and included the commercially successful single "Shout". [1] Her second album, Love Loves to Love Lulu, reached number twenty-four on the Billboard 200 in the United States, as well as number eighteen in New Zealand.

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In 1969, she represented the United Kingdom at that years Eurovision Song Contest which she won with the song "Boom Bang-a-Bang". [2] That same year, she released the album Lulu's Album (1969), and went onto release New Routes and Melody Fair , both of which were released in 1970. Her first album to chart on the UK Albums Chart came in 1993 with the release of Independence which spawned the commercially successful title track as a single release. [3] In 2002, she released Together which peaked at number four in the United Kingdom [3] and obtained a Gold certification from the British Phonographic Industry. [4]

She released a further three albums, Back on Track (2004), A Little Soul in Your Heart (2005) and Making Life Rhyme (2015), all of which achieved moderate commercial success in the United Kingdom and her native Scotland. [3] In 1974, Lulu performed the title song for the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun . [5] In the mid-1990s, Lulu had her first number-one single in the UK: "Relight My Fire", with English boy band Take That. [6]

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
UK
[7]
IRE
[8]
NZ
[9]
US
[10]
Something to Shout About
aka Lulu!
  • Released: 1965
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: LP
Love Loves to Love Lulu
aka Lulu Sings "To Sir With Love"
1824
Lulu!
  • Released: 1967
  • Label: Ace Of Clubs
  • Formats: LP
Lulu's Album
aka It's Lulu
  • Released: 1969
  • Label: Columbia, Epic
  • Formats: LP
New Routes
  • Released: 1970
  • Label: Atco
  • Formats: LP
88
Melody Fair
  • Released: 1970
  • Label: Atco
  • Formats: LP, cassette
Lulu
  • Released: 1973
  • Label: Chelsea
  • Formats: LP, cassette
Heaven and Earth and the Stars
  • Released: 1976
  • Label: Chelsea
  • Formats: LP, cassette
Don't Take Love for Granted
  • Released: 1979
  • Label: Rocket
  • Formats: LP, cassette
Lulu
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: Alfa
  • Formats: LP, cassette
126
Take Me to Your Heart Again
  • Released: 1982
  • Label: Alfa
  • Formats: LP, cassette
Independence
  • Released: 22 February 1993
  • Label: Dome
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
67
Together
  • Released: 20 May 2002
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD, cassette
42214
Back on Track 68
A Little Soul in Your Heart
  • Released: 8 August 2005
  • Label: Globe
  • Formats: CD, digital download
29
Making Life Rhyme
  • Released: 13 April 2015
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: CD, digital download
35
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart
positions
Certifications
UK
[7]
NZ
[9]
The Most of Lulu 1532
The Very Best of Lulu
  • Released: 1980
  • Label: Warwick
  • Formats: LP, cassette
I'm a Tiger
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: Music for Pleasure
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
From Crayons to Perfume:
The Best of Lulu
  • Released: 15 November 1994
  • Label: Rhino
  • Formats: CD
I'm Back for More: The Very Best of Her Nineties Recordings
  • Released: 7 December 1999
  • Label: Dome
  • Formats: CD
The Greatest Hits
  • Released: 10 November 2003
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD, CD+DVD
35
To Sir With Love! The Complete Mickie Most Recordings
  • Released: 31 January 2005
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD, digital download
The Atco Sessions: 1969–72
  • Released: 12 November 2007
  • Label: Rhino
  • Formats: CD, digital download
The Collection
  • Released: 2 June 2008
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Shout! The Complete Decca Recordings
Decade 1967-1976 Box Set
  • Released: 16 November 2018
  • Label: Edsel
  • Formats: CD
Gold
  • Released: May 2021
  • Label: Crimson
  • Formats: CD, digital
78
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other albums

List of miscellaneous albums
TitleAlbum details
Shape Up and Dance
  • Released: 1984
  • Label: Lifestyle
  • Formats: LP, cassette
Absolutely
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Dome
  • Formats: CD
Lulu on the Dancefloor:
The Remixes
  • Released: 3 March 2008
  • Label: Dome
  • Formats: Digital download

Singles

1960s

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
[7]
AUS BEL [12] CAN FRA GER IRE NLD NZ US
[13]
"Shout"
(Lulu and the Luvvers)
196477994 Something to Shout About
"Can't Hear You No More"
"Here Comes the Night"50
"I'll Come Running Over"14105Something to Shout About
"Satisfied"
(Lulu and the Luvvers)
1965
"Leave a Little Love"8Something to Shout About
"Try to Understand"25
"Tell Me Like it Is"
"Call Me"1966
"What a Wonderful Feeling"
"The Boat That I Row"19676494137159115Love Loves to Love Lulu
"To Sir With Love"
(B-side of "Let's Pretend" in the UK)
181121
"Let's Pretend"11
"Love Loves to Love Love"3234
"Best of Both Worlds"196832
"Me, the Peaceful Heart"9201143 [14] 1253
"Boy"1525916108
"Morning Dew"55952Love Loves to Love Lulu
"I'm a Tiger"919481
"Boom Bang-a-Bang"196921544181195
"Oh Me Oh My (I'm a Fool for You Baby)"4733161222 New Routes
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

1970s

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
[7]
AUS
[15]
BEL CAN GER IRE NLD NZ US
[13]
"Hum a Song (From Your Heart)"
(with the Dixie Flyers)
1970554754 Melody Fair
"After the Feeling is Gone"
(with the Dixie Flyers)
117
"To the Other Woman (I'm the Other Woman)"
(with the Dixie Flyers)
"Got to Believe in Love"1971
"Everybody Clap"53 [A]
"Even If I Could Change"1972
"You Ain't Wrong, You Just Ain't Right"
"Make Believe World" Lulu
"The Man Who Sold the World"197438124138108 Heaven and Earth and the Stars
"The Man with the Golden Gun"
"Take Your Mama for a Ride"1975371810
"Boy Meets Girl"
"Heaven and Earth and the Stars"
"Your Love is Everywhere"1978
"Don't Take Love for Granted" Don't Take Love for Granted
"I Love to Boogie"1979
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

1980s

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
[7]
AUS
[15]
CAN IRE NZ US
[13]
"I Could Never Miss You (More Than I Do)"1981627110318 Lulu
"If I Were You"1982644
"Who's Foolin' Who"106
"I Will Do It for Your Love" Take Me to Your Heart Again
"Take Me to Your Heart Again"
"Is That So?"1984 Shape Up and Dance
"Love Is the Answer"1985
"Hello, Dear Friend"
"Shout" (re-recording & original combined)198685
"My Boy Lollipop"86
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

1990s

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
[7]
AUS
[16]
BEL GER IRE NLD
"Nellie the Elephant"1990
"Independence"1993115221 Independence
"I'm Back for More"
(duet with Bobby Womack)
27
"Let Me Wake Up in Your Arms"51
"Relight My Fire"
(Take That featuring Lulu)
1331018210 Everything Changes
"How 'Bout Us"46Independence
"Goodbye Baby and Amen"199440Absolutely
"Every Woman Knows"44
"The Messenger"
(duet with Elton John)
1999 Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida
"Hurt Me So Bad"42
"Better Get Ready"59
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

2000/10s

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
[7]
AUS
[16]
BEL IRE NLD NZ
"Where the Poor Boys Dance"200024
"Phunk Phoolin'"
(Kerphunk featuring Lulu)
2002 Together
"We've Got Tonight"
(duet with Ronan Keating)
4121410746
"All the Love in the World"2003 Back on Track
"Keep Talkin... I'm Listening"2004
"Put a Little Love in Your Heart"2005A Little Soul in Your Heart
"Run Rudolph Run"2007
"The Word is Love"2010
"Faith in You"2015 Making Life Rhyme
"Shout 2015"
"Cry"
(with the Military Wives Choirs)
2016
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Notes

  1. Chart position is from the official UK "Breakers List".

References

  1. "SHOUT". Official Charts. 20 May 1964. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
  2. "BBC One - Eurovision Song Contest - Eurovision 1969: Lulu". BBC. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 "LULU". Official Charts. 20 May 1964. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
  4. "Lulu - BPI". BPI. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
  5. "The Man With the Golden Gun - Lulu". demonmusicgroup. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
  6. "Lulu: I don't speak before 12 noon. I'm not lying". BBC News. 1 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Lulu: Full Official Chart History" (for Albums Chart select "ALBUMS" tab). Official Charts Company . Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  8. "Discography Lulu". irish-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  9. 1 2 "Discography Lulu". charts.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  10. "Lulu Album & Song Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard . Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  11. 1 2 "British album certifications – Lulu". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 29 April 2016.Select albums in the Format field. Type Lulu in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  12. "Lulu - The Boat That I Row - ultratop.be". www.ultratop.be. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  13. 1 2 3 Peak chart positions for singles in the United States:
  14. "Dutch Muziek Expres Hit chart of 1968". Muziek Expres.
  15. 1 2 Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992: 23 years of hit singles & albums from the top 100 charts. St Ives, N.S.W, Australia: Australian Chart Book. p. 182. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  16. 1 2 Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 172.