The discography of Colin Hay, a Scottish-born Australian singer, consists of fifteen studio albums, two video albums and twenty-nine singles (including five as a featured artist). Before his solo career commenced in 1986, Hay was the lead vocalist of the band Men at Work.

Colin Hay discography
Studio albums15
Singles29

Albums

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Studio albums

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Title Details Peak chart positions
AUS
[1][2][3]
Looking for Jack
(as Colin James Hay)
  • Released: March 1987
  • Label: CBS (450355 1)
  • Format: LP, Cassette, CD
58
Wayfaring Sons
(as Colin Hay Band)
  • Released: April 1990
  • Label: MCA (256911-1)
  • Format: LP, Cassette, CD
118
Peaks & Valleys
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: EastWest (903176180-2)
  • Format: CD
Topanga
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Lazy Eye Records, Newmarket Music (NEW1063.2)
  • Format: CD
Transcendental Highway
  • Released: October 1998
  • Label: Lazy Eye Records, Festival Records (D31831)
  • Format: CD
Going Somewhere
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Lazy Eye Records, Head Records (HEAD038)
  • Format: CD
Company of Strangers
  • Released: 2002
  • Label: Lazy Eye Records
  • Format: CD
Man @ Work
  • Released: July 2003
  • Label: Lazy Eye Records (7 4365 2)
  • Format: CD
Are You Lookin' at Me?
  • Released: April 2007
  • Label: Lazy Eye Records, Compass Records (7 4453 2)
  • Format: CD
American Sunshine
  • Released: August 2009
  • Label: Lazy Eye Records, Compass Records (7 4512 2)
  • Format: CD, DD
Gathering Mercury
  • Released: May 2011
  • Label: Lazy Eye Records, Compass Records (7 4551 2)
  • Format: CD, DD
Next Year People
  • Released: 13 February 2015[4]
  • Label: Lazy Eye Records, Compass Records (7 4641 2)
  • Format: CD, DD, LP, streaming
Fierce Mercy
  • Released: March 2017
  • Label: Lazy Eye, Compass Records (7 4680 2)
  • Format: CD, DD, LP, streaming
44
I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself
  • Released: August 2021
  • Label: Lazy Eye, Compass Records, Sony (7 4781 1)
  • Format: CD, DD, LP, streaming
Now and the Evermore
  • Released: 18 March 2022[5]
  • Label: Song (19658706062)
  • Format: CD, DD, LP, streaming

Video albums

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Title Details
Live At the Continental
  • Released: 2002
  • Label: Lazy Eye Records
  • Format: VHS
  • Recorded in 2000
Live at the Corner
  • Released: 2010
  • Label: Compass Records (7 4546 9)
  • Format: DVD
  • Recorded in 2007 at The Corner hotel in Melbourne, Australia.

Singles

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As lead artist

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Year Title Peak chart
positions
Album
AUS
[1][2]
CAN
[6]
US
[7]
1987 "Hold Me" 40 99 Looking for Jack
"Looking for Jack"
"Can I Hold You?"
1990 "Into My Life"[2] 117 Wayfaring Sons
"Wayfaring Sons"[2]
"Storm in My Heart"[2]
1995 "I Haven't Seen You in a Long Time" 49 Topanga
1997 "Don't Believe You Anymore" Transcendental Highway
1998 "My Brilliant Feat"
"If I Go"
1999 "Goodbye My Red Rose"
"Misty Bay"
(with Cecilia Noël)[8]
Bongoland
2011 "Far From Home"[9] Gathering Mercury
"Send Somebody"[10]
2012 "Down Under 2012" Non-album single
2014 "Trying to Get to You"[11] Next Year People
2016 "Mr. Grogan"[12]
"A Thousand Million Reasons"[13] Fierce Mercy
2017 "Come Tumbling Down"[14]
"Secret Love"[15]
2018 "You Saved Me from Myself"[16] The Resident: Season 2 (soundtrack)
2020 "Now and the Evermore"[17] Non-album single
2021 "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself"[18] I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself
"Oh La La"[19]
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Year Title Peak chart
positions
Certifications Album
AUS
[20]
NZ
[21]
UK
[22]
1997 "Overkill"
(Lazlo Bane featuring Colin Hay)
11 Transistor
2016 "Un Poquito de Amor Everyday (Everybody Needs Some Love Today)"
(San Miguel featuring Colin Hay)[23]
Un Poquito de Amor Everyday
2017 "Now the Time Has Come"[24]
(with Ringo Starr, and various artists)
Non-album single
2021 "Overkill"
(DJ Chris All featuring Colin Hay)[25]
TBA
"Down Under"
(Luude featuring Colin Hay)[26]
10 1 5 Non-album single
2022 "Colin"[29]
(Lime Cordiale featuring Colin Hay)
TBA

Other appearances

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Year Title Album
1996 "The Flying Song" Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain
2015 "I'll Never Fall in Love Again"
(with Alison Brown)
The Songs of the Banjo
"Are We There Yet?"
(with Renee and Friends)
Simpatico
2016 "Who Can It Be Now?"
(with Barenaked Ladies)
BNL Rocks Red Rocks
2019 "Next Year People"
(with Sara Storer)
Raindance
"What's My Name"
(with Ringo Starr)
What's My Name
"I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You"
(with (Gabriel Mann)
A Million Little Things (soundtrack)
2021 "First Class Man"
(with Imogen Clarke)
Bastards
"You've Got a Friend"
(with Lazlo Bane and Louise Goffin)
Someday We'll Be Together

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 135. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  2. ^ a b c d e *For Wayfaring Sons and "Into My Life""Week commencing 9 April 1990". bubblingdownunder.com. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Discography Colin Hay". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Colin Hay To Release 12th Solo Album Next Year People". noise11. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Colin Hay Now and the Evermore". JB Hi-Fi. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  6. ^ Canadian singles:
  7. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1991). Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Eighties : Reproductions of Billboard's Hot 100 Charts, 1980-1989 (1st ed.). Menomonee Falls, WI: Record Research. p. 111. ISBN 9780898200799.
  8. ^ "Colin Hay & Cecilia Noël – Misty Bay (1999)". colinhay.com.br. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Colin Hay - Far From Home (Official Video)". YouTube. 21 September 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  10. ^ "Colin Hay - Send Somebody (Official Video)". YouTube. 21 September 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  11. ^ "New Colin Hay – Trying To Get To You LISTEN". noise11. 26 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  12. ^ "Colin Hay - Mr. Grogan Animated Music Video". YouTube. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  13. ^ "Listen now to "A Thousand Million Reasons", new song from the upcoming album Fierce Mercy". colinhay.com.br. 15 December 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  14. ^ ""Come Tumblin' Down" - Colin Hay (Official Video)". YouTube. 31 May 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  15. ^ "Colin Hay "Secret Love" Music Video". YouTube. June 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  16. ^ "The Resident: You Saved Me from Myself (Single)". Soundtrack.net. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  17. ^ ""NOW AND THE EVERMORE" RELEASED TODAY!". Colin Hay. 12 May 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  18. ^ "Announcing Colin's newest studio album: "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself" – out August 6th!". Colin Hay. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  19. ^ "Colin Hay – "Ooh La La": DJ Pick of the Week". Lightning 100. 29 July 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  20. ^ "ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart". Australian Recording Industry Association. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  21. ^ "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  22. ^ "Colin Hay | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  23. ^ "San Miguel & Colin Hay Perform "Un Poquito de Amor Everyday" in New Video: Premiere". Billboard Magazine. 27 April 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  24. ^ "Ringo Starr's Peace Song 'Now the Time Has Come' Debuts as Free Download". billboard.com. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  25. ^ "Overkill - single". Apple Music. 17 September 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  26. ^ "Down Under - single". Apple Music. 12 December 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  27. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2024 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  28. ^ "British single certifications – Colin Hay". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 14 August 2022. Select singles in the Format field. Type Colin Hay in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  29. ^ "Listen to Lime Cordiale's Colin Hay Tribute Song 'Colin', Featuring the Man Himself". MusicFeeds. 24 November 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.