| Randy Newman discography | |
|---|---|
 Newman at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, 2008 | |
| Studio albums | 11 |
| Soundtrack albums | 23 |
| Live albums | 2 |
| Compilation albums | 5 |
| Singles | 12 |
| Video albums | 2 |
American musician Randy Newman has released eleven solo studio albums, two live albums, six compilation albums, two extended plays (EPs), 15 singles, one musical, and 23 soundtrack albums.
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] | AUS [2] | AUT [3] | BEL [4] | CAN [5] | GER [6] | NL [7] | NZ [8] | NOR [9] | SWI [10] | UK [11] | |||
| Randy Newman |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 12 Songs |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Sail Away |
| 163 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Good Old Boys |
| 36 | — | — | — | 58 | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | |
| Little Criminals |
| 9 | 29 | — | — | 9 | — | 3 | 26 | — | — | — |
|
| Born Again |
| 41 | 65 | 23 | — | 81 | — | 23 | — | — | — | — | |
| Trouble in Paradise | * Released: January 17, 1983
| 64 | — | 8 | — | — | 33 | 9 | — | 12 | — | — | |
| Land of Dreams |
| 80 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | — | |
| Bad Love |
| 194 | — | — | 43 | — | 52 | 30 | — | — | — | — | |
| Harps and Angels |
| 30 | — | 29 | 13 | — | 25 | 10 | — | 17 | 25 | 46 | |
| Dark Matter |
| 106 | — | 35 | 13 | — | 48 | 8 | — | — | 20 | 61 | |
New solo studio recordings of previously issued compositions.
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEL [4] | NL [7] | ||
| The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1 |
| — | — |
| The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 2 |
| 92 | 53 |
| The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 3 |
| 111 | — |
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] | NL [7] | ||
| Randy Newman Live |
| 191 | – |
| Live in London |
| – | 77 |
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] | NL [7] | ||
| Lonely at the Top: The Best of Randy Newman |
| – | – |
| Guilty: 30 Years of Randy Newman |
| – | – |
| The Best of Randy Newman |
| – | – |
| On Vine Street: The Early Songs of Randy Newman |
| – | – |
| The Randy Newman Songbook |
| – | – |
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] | NL [7] | ||
| Randy Newman's Faust |
| – | – |
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] [13] | US Kids [14] | US Sound. [15] | FRA [16] | SPA [17] | ||||
| Peyton Place |
| — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Ragtime |
| — | — | — | — | — | ||
| The Natural |
| 202 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Parenthood |
| — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Avalon |
| — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Awakenings |
| — | — | — | — | — | ||
| The Paper |
| — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Maverick |
| 35 | — | — | — | — | US: Gold [18] | |
| Toy Story |
| 94 | — | — | — | — | ||
| James and the Giant Peach |
| — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Michael |
| — | — | — | — | — | ||
| A Bug's Life |
| — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Pleasantville |
| — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Toy Story 2 |
| 111 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Meet the Parents |
| — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Monsters, Inc. |
| — | — | 25 | — | — | ||
| Seabiscuit |
| — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Meet the Fockers |
| — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Cars |
| 6 | — | 2 | 180 | — | US: Platinum [19] | |
| Cold Turkey |
| — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Leatherheads |
| — | — | — | — | — | ||
| The Princess and the Frog |
| 80 | 10 | 7 | 191 | 94 | Replaced Alan Menken | |
| Toy Story 3 |
| 145 | — | 34 | — | — | ||
| Monsters University |
| — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Cars 3 |
| 19 | — | 10 | — | — | ||
| The Meyerowitz Stories |
| — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Toy Story 4 |
| 122 | 7 | 20 | — | — | ||
| Marriage Story |
| — | — | — | — | — | ||
Newman composed original songs that were used in the following films, but did not compose the scores for these films:
| Year | Song(s) | Album | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | "The Ballad of the Three Amigos", "My Little Buttercup", "Blue Shadows" | Three Amigos soundtrack | |
| 1987 | "Something Special" | Overboard soundtrack [20] | |
| 1989 | "Falling In Love" | Her Alibi soundtrack | |
| 1997 | "Danny's Arrival Song", "Little Boat On The Sea", "Animal Jam Session", "Big and Loud", "Tell Me Lies", "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" | Cats Don't Dance soundtrack | |
| 1998 | "That'll Do" | Babe: Pig in the City soundtrack | Song performed by Peter Gabriel |
| 2002 | "Scorpion's Theme"[ citation needed ] | Spider-Man: The Movie Video Game soundtrack | |
Newman also performed a song he did not write ("Gone Dead Train"), and conducted Jack Nitzsche's original music, for the soundtrack of the 1970 film Performance . In the following year, Newman's song "Let Me Go" was used in the film The Pursuit of Happiness .
Newman's song "I Love L.A." was used in The Naked Gun and Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie , and over the end credits of Volcano . Newman's 1972 song "Burn On" was used as the opening song in Major League (1989) while his song "Political Science" was featured in Blast from the Past (1999). Newman also covered the Fats Domino song "I'm In Love Again" for the soundtrack of Shag (1989).
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certification | Album | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [21] | US AC [21] | AUS [2] | CAN Top 100 [22] | Canada AC [23] | NZ [24] | UK [25] | ||||
| "Golden Gridiron Boy" / "Country Boy" | 1962 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "The Beehive State" / "I Think It's Going To Rain Today" | 1968 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Randy Newman | |
| "Last Night I Had A Dream" / "I Think He's Hiding" (from Randy Newman) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sail Away | ||
| "Yellow Man" / "Old Kentucky Home" | 1970 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 Songs | |
| "Sail Away" / "Political Science" | 1972 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sail Away | |
| "Birmingham" / "Naked Man" | 1974 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Good Old Boys | |
| "Short People" / "Old Man on the Farm" | 1977 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 21 | — | Little Criminals | |
| "Sigmund Freud's Impersonation of Albert Einstein in America" / "Baltimore" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Rider in the Rain" / "Kathleen (Catholicism Made Easier)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "The Blues" (with Paul Simon) / "Same Girl" | 1982 | 51 | 36 | 100 | — | — | — | — | Trouble in Paradise | |
| "I Love L.A." / "Miami" | 110 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Dixie Flyer" / "Something Special" | 1988 | 99 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Land of Dreams | |
| "It's Money That Matters" / "Falling in Love" | 60 | — | — | 49 | — | — | — | |||
| "A Few Words in Defense of Our Country" [a] | 2007 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Harps and Angels | |
| "You've Got a Friend in Me" / "We Belong Together" (from Toy Story 3) | 2010 | — | — | — | — | 40 | — | 116 | Toy Story | |
The following is a list of Randy Newman compositions that were chart hits for other artists.
| Title | Year | Artist | Peak chart positions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B | AU | CA | NZ | UK | |||
| "Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand)" co-written with Jeannie Seely , Judith Arbuckle and Pat Sheeran | 1964 | Irma Thomas | 52 | — | — | — | — | — |
| "I Don't Want To Hear Anymore" | Jerry Butler | 95 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "I've Been Wrong Before" | 1965 | Cilla Black | — | — | 81 | — | — | 17 |
| "Nobody Needs Your Love" | 1966 | Gene Pitney | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| "Just One Smile" | Gene Pitney | 64 | — | 55 | — | 10 | 8 | |
| "Simon Smith and His Amazing Dancing Bear" | 1967 | The Alan Price Set | — | — | 49 | — | 12 | 4 |
| "I Don't Want To Hear It Anymore" | 1969 | Dusty Springfield | 105 | — | — | 59 | — | — |
| "Love Story" | 1970 | Peggy Lee | 105 | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Mama Told Me (Not To Come)" | Three Dog Night | 1 | — | 10 | 2 | 13 | 3 | |
| "I Think It's Going To Rain Today" | Tom Northcott | — | — | — | 46 | — | — | |
| "Mama Told Me (Not To Come)" | 1972 | Wilson Pickett | 99 | 16 | — | — | — | — |
| "Living Without You" | Manfred Mann's Earth Band | 69 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "I Think It's Going To Rain Today" | 1980 | UB40 | — | — | 90 | — | 6 | 6 |
| "You Can Leave Your Hat On" | 1986 | Joe Cocker | 35 | — | 23 | — | — | — |
| "Mama Told Me (Not To Come)" | 2000 | Tom Jones & Stereophonics | — | — | — | — | 45 | 4 |
