Steps discography | |
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Studio albums | 7 |
Live albums | 2 |
Compilation albums | 7 |
Video albums | 7 |
Music videos | 37 |
EPs | 2 |
Singles | 30 |
The discography of UK dance-pop group Steps, contains seven studio albums, seven compilation albums and thirty singles.
Steps' debut single, "5,6,7,8" was released in 1997 and reached number fourteen on the UK Singles Chart and the track remains one of the highest selling singles never to reach the top 10 on the UK chart. Second single "Last Thing on My Mind" became their first UK top ten peaking at number six. "One for Sorrow", the next single, peaked at number two and was followed by their debut album, Step One , which debuted and peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart and went on to become certified 5× Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). The next single release was a double A-side "Heartbeat"/"Tragedy" released in November 1998 and peaked at number one in January 1999. The success of "Heartbeat"/"Tragedy" led to the release of the group's next single, "Better Best Forgotten" to be delayed by almost two months, but then peaked at number two. In July 1999, Steps released the first single from their next album, "Love's Got a Hold on My Heart" which was another number two hit in the UK. The group then released their second album, Steptacular , which peaked at number one and was eventually certified 4× Platinum. The group's follow-up singles "After the Love Has Gone", "Say You'll Be Mine"/"Better the Devil You Know", "Deeper Shade of Blue" and "When I Said Goodbye"/"Summer of Love" continued their top five run. In October 2000, Steps released their third album Buzz , reaching number 4 in the UK charts and being certified double platinum. Its lead single was "Stomp", their second number one single. The following single "It's the Way You Make Me Feel", reached number two and "Here and Now"/"You'll Be Sorry" peaked at number four.
The group then released a greatest hits album in 2001. "Chain Reaction", a cover of the popular Diana Ross song, was released as the first single from Gold: Greatest Hits and was another UK number two. The second single, "Words Are Not Enough"/"I Know Him So Well", was another top five hit and became the final single from the group. They announced their split on Boxing Day 2001. The group's record company, Jive Records released a remix and B-side compilation in 2002, The Last Dance , which featured remixes of previous tracks. This album peaked at number fifty-seven in the UK. Steps reformed in May 2011 and released The Ultimate Collection in October. It debuted at number one in the UK. A box set, The Platinum Collection was set to be released on 28 November 2011; however, it was postponed to 13 February 2012. On 30 April 2012, The Ultimate Collection: Tour Edition was released. It features two discs, with the additional disc featuring the songs in karaoke style. All the songs apart from "Chain Reaction" and "I Know Him So Well" feature a backing track sung by Faye, Lisa, Claire, H and Lee. Also in April, a live album called Steps: Live! 2012 was released as part of the group's 2012 tour. It was only available to purchase at venues where the group performed. All of the songs performed are on the live album. The official video for "Light Up the World" is the Lyric Video. The group reformed on 1 January 2017 and released their fifth album Tears on the Dancefloor on 21 April 2017, which debuted and peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart. "Scared of the Dark" was released as the first single and peaked at number thirty-seven.
Steps' sixth studio album What the Future Holds was released on 27 November 2020. [1] It was preceded by two singles. The band released their seventh studio album quickly in September 2021, What the Future Holds Pt. 2 . Both studio albums debuted at number 2 in the UK charts. In May 2022, it was announced that Steps would be releasing their third greatest hits compilation, titled Platinum Collection . The album was released on 19 August 2022. [2] [3]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | ||||||||
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UK [4] | AUS [5] [6] | BEL (Fla) [7] | IRE [8] | JPN [9] | NLD [10] | NZ [11] | SWE [12] | US [13] | ||||
Step One | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 33 | 6 | 46 | 79 | |||
Steptacular |
| 1 | 25 | 2 | 11 | 25 | 46 | — | — | — |
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Buzz |
| 4 | 112 | 11 | 23 | 53 | — | — | — | — |
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Light Up the World |
| 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Tears on the Dancefloor | 2 | 46 | 20 | 10 | — | — | — [lower-alpha 1] | — | — |
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What the Future Holds |
| 2 | 26 | 59 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — |
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What the Future Holds Pt. 2 |
| 2 | 11 | 99 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||||
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UK [4] | AUS [6] [26] | IRE [8] | SCO | NZ [11] | |||||||||
Gold: Greatest Hits |
| 1 | 155 | 1 | — | 17 |
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The Last Dance |
| 57 | — | — | — | — |
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The Ultimate Collection |
| 1 | — | 13 | 1 | — |
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The Platinum Collection |
| — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
5,6,7,8: The Collection |
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The Collection† |
| — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
Platinum Collection |
| 1 | 78 | 13 [27] | 1 | — | UK: 60,000 | BPI: Silver | |||||
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released | |||||||||||||
A † denotes album that has been slightly altered for digital download and is related to another release |
Title | Album details |
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Tears on the Dancefloor: The Singles Collection |
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Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
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UK [4] | ||
Live! 2012 |
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Party on the Dancefloor |
| 18 |
What the Future Holds Live |
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Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
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UK [29] | ||
Stomp All Night – The Remix Anthology [30] |
| 175 |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
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UK [4] | ||
Tears on the Dancefloor: Crying at the Disco |
| 8 |
Title | Details |
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Say You'll Be Mine – Hit Singles |
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Story of a Heart Remixes |
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Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
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UK [4] | UK Digital [31] | AUS [5] [32] | BEL (Fla) [7] | FRA [33] | IRE [8] [34] | NLD [35] | NZ [11] | SWE [12] | US Dance | ||||
"5,6,7,8" | 1997 | 14 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 27 | 2 | 17 | — | Step One | |
"Last Thing on My Mind" | 1998 | 6 | — | 5 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 59 | — | ||
"One for Sorrow" | 2 | — | 34 | 1 | — | 4 | 28 | 13 | 34 | 38 | |||
"Heartbeat" / "Tragedy" | 1 | — | 10 | 8 | — | 2 | 24 | 1 | 4 | — | Step One / Steptacular | ||
"Better Best Forgotten" | 1999 | 2 | — | — | 20 | — | 8 | 77 | — | — | — |
| Step One |
"Love's Got a Hold on My Heart" | 2 | — | 29 | 14 | — | 9 | 58 | 18 | — | — |
| Steptacular | |
"After the Love Has Gone" | 5 | — | 47 | 13 | — | 18 | 63 | — | — | — |
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"Say You'll Be Mine" / "Better the Devil You Know" | 4 | — | 21 | 42 | — | 13 | 47 | — | — | — |
| Steptacular / Buzz | |
"Deeper Shade of Blue" | 2000 | 4 | — | — | 36 | — | 24 | — | — | — | — |
| Steptacular |
"When I Said Goodbye" / "Summer of Love" | 5 | — | — | — | — | 18 | — | — | — | — | Steptacular / Buzz | ||
"Stomp" | 1 | — | 62 | 25 | — | 17 | — | — | — | — |
| Buzz | |
"It's the Way You Make Me Feel" | 2001 | 2 | — | — | 32 | — | 8 | — | — | — | — |
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"Here and Now" / "You'll Be Sorry" | 4 | — | 71 | — | — | 23 | — | — | — | — | |||
"Chain Reaction" | 2 | — | 41 | — | — | 8 | — | — | — | — |
| Gold: Greatest Hits | |
"Words Are Not Enough" / "I Know Him So Well" | 5 | — | — | — | — | 21 | — | — | — | — | |||
"Light Up the World" | 2012 | 82 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Light Up the World | |
"Scared of the Dark" | 2017 | 37 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tears on the Dancefloor |
"Story of a Heart" | 173 | 69 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Neon Blue" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Dancing with a Broken Heart" | — | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"What the Future Holds" | 2020 | — | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | What the Future Holds | |
"Something in Your Eyes" | — | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"To the Beat of My Heart" [40] [41] | 2021 | — | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Heartbreak in This City" [42] (with Michelle Visage) | — | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | What the Future Holds Pt. 2 | ||
"Take Me for a Ride" | — | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"The Slightest Touch" | — | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"A Hundred Years of Winter" [43] | — | 98 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Hard 2 Forget" [44] | 2022 | — | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Platinum Collection | |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||
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UK [4] | AUS [5] | BEL (Fla) [7] | IRE [34] | NLD [35] | NZ [11] | SWE [12] | ||||
"Thank ABBA for the Music" (Steps, Cleopatra, Tina Cousins, Billie Piper & B*Witched) | 1999 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 8 |
| ABBAmania |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
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UK Digital [45] | |||
"The Runner" | 2022 | 56 | Platinum Collection |
Title | Year | Album |
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"Platinum Megamix" | 2022 | non album single |
Year | Details |
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1998 | Steps: The Video |
1999 | The Next Step Live
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2000 | live@wembley.2000
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2001 | Gold: Greatest Hits
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2002 | The End of the Road
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2012 | The Ultimate Tour Live
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2018 | Party on the Dancefloor: Live from the SSE Arena Wembley
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Song | Year | Director |
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"5, 6, 7, 8" | 1997 | Phil Griffin |
"Last Thing on My Mind" | 1998 | |
"One for Sorrow" | David Amphlett | |
"Heartbeat" | ||
"Tragedy" | ||
"Better Best Forgotten" | 1999 | |
"Thank ABBA for the Music" | Live performance from the 1999 Brit Awards | |
"Love's Got a Hold on My Heart" | Dani Jacobs | |
"After the Love Has Gone" | Camerson Casey & Simon Brand | |
"One for Sorrow" (US version/Tony Moran Remix) | Gustavo Garzon | |
"Say You'll Be Mine" | David Amphlett | |
"Better the Devil You Know" (live) | Julie Knowles | |
"Deeper Shade of Blue" | 2000 | The New Renaissance |
"When I Said Goodbye" | Simon Brand | |
"Summer of Love" | Terence O'Connor & Marek Losey | |
"Stomp" | David Amphlett | |
"It's the Way You Make Me Feel" | ||
"Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" | Live performance from Motown Mania | |
"Here and Now" | 2001 | Terence O'Connor & Marek Losey |
"You'll Be Sorry" | ||
"Chain Reaction" | Patrick Kiely | |
"Words Are Not Enough" | Aron Baxter, Thrain Shadbolt | |
"I Know Him So Well" | Live performance from ABBAmania | |
"Baby Don't Dance" | 2002 | Live performance during the Gold Tour |
"Light Up the World" | 2012 | Live performance from This Morning |
"Scared of the Dark" | 2017 | Howard Greenhalgh |
"Story of a Heart" | James Dove | |
"Neon Blue" | Edward T. Cooke | |
"Dancing with a Broken Heart" | Charles Henri Belleville | |
"What the Future Holds" | 2020 | Max Giwa / Dania Pasquini |
"Something in Your Eyes" | Carly Cussen | |
"To The Beat of My Heart" | 2021 | Harold Strachan |
"Heartbreak in This City" | Harold Strachan | |
"Take Me for a Ride" | Jordan Rossi | |
"A Hundred Years of Winter" | N/A | |
"Platinum Megamix" | 2022 | |
"Hard 2 Forget" |
Year | Title | Album |
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1998 | "Especially for You" (with Denise van Outen and Johnny Vaughan) | Non-album song |
1999 | "Lay All Your Love on Me" | ABBAmania |
2000 | "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" | Motown Mania |
"Merry X-Mas Everybody" | Platinum Christmas | |
2001 | "Happy Go Lucky" | The Princess Diaries |
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