# Gordon Lightfoot discography

The discography of Canadian folk and country music singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot consists of 20 studio albums, three live albums, 16 greatest hits albums and 46 singles. Lightfoot's songs, including "For Lovin' Me", "Early Morning Rain", "Steel Rail Blues", "Ribbon of Darkness"—a number one hit on the U.S. country chart with Marty Robbins's cover in 1965—and "Black Day in July" about the 1967 Detroit riot, brought him wide recognition in the 1960s. Canadian chart success with his own recordings began in 1962 with the No. 3 hit "(Remember Me) I'm the One", followed by recognition and charting abroad in the 1970s.
He topped the US Hot 100 and/or AC chart with the hits such as "If You Could Read My Mind" (1970), "Sundown" (1974); "Carefree Highway" (1974), "Rainy Day People" (1975), and "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" (1976), and had many other hits that appeared within the top 40. Several of his albums achieved gold and multi-platinum status internationally.

## Studio albums
### 1960s

| Title | Details | Peak positions |
| Title | Details | CAN |
| Lightfoot! | Release date: January 1966 Label: United Artists Records | — |
| The Way I Feel | Release date: April 1967 Label: United Artists Records | — |
| Did She Mention My Name? | Release date: January 1968 Label: United Artists Records | 21 |
| Back Here on Earth | Release date: November 1968 Label: United Artists Records | 21 |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |||

### 1970s

| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) |
| Title | Details | CAN | AUS | US | US Country | UK | Certifications (sales threshold) |
| Sit Down Young Stranger | Release date: April 1970 Label: Reprise Records | 12 | 20 | 12 | — | — | US: Gold AUS: Gold |
| Summer Side of Life | Release date: May 1971 Label: Reprise Records | 3 | 40 | 38 | — | — | |
| Don Quixote | Release date: February 1972 Label: Reprise Records | 1 | — | 42 | — | 44 | |
| Old Dan's Records | Release date: November 1972 Label: Reprise Records | 1 | — | 95 | — | — | |
| Sundown | Release date: January 1974 Label: Reprise Records | 1 | 13 | 1 | — | 45 | US: Platinum AUS: Gold |
| Cold on the Shoulder | Release date: February 1975 Label: Reprise Records | 3 | 44 | 10 | — | — | |
| Summertime Dream | Release date: June 1976 Label: Reprise Records | 1 | 63 | 12 | — | — | CAN: Platinum US: Platinum |
| Endless Wire | Release date: January 1978 Label: Warner Bros. Records | 2 | 56 | 22 | 14 | — | US: Gold |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart ||||||||

### 1980s

| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) |
| Title | Details | CAN | CAN Country | AUS | US | US Country | Certifications (sales threshold) |
| Dream Street Rose | Release date: 1980 Label: Warner Bros. Records | 9 | 1 | 76 | 60 | 58 | |
| Shadows | Release date: January 1982 Label: Warner Bros. Records | 16 | — | — | 87 | — | |
| Salute | Release date: July 1983 Label: Warner Bros. Records | 59 | — | — | 175 | — | |
| East of Midnight | Release date: July 1986 Label: Warner Bros. Records | 37 | — | — | 165 | — | CAN: Gold |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart ||||||||

### 1990s–2020s

| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Details | CAN | US Indie |
| Waiting for You | Release date: April 13, 1993 Label: Reprise Records | 24 | — |
| A Painter Passing Through | Release date: May 1, 1998 Label: Reprise Records | 92 | — |
| Harmony | Release date: May 11, 2004 Label: Linus Entertainment | 13 | 35 |
| Solo | Release date: March 20, 2020 Label: Rhino Entertainment | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart ||||

## Live albums

| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Details | CAN | US |
| Two Tones at the Village Corner | Release date: 1962 Label: LMG Records | — | — |
| Sunday Concert | Release date: 1969 Label: United Artists Records | 21 | 143 |
| Live at PBS Soundstage 1979 | Release date: September 8, 1979 | - | - |
| All Live | Release date: April 17, 2012 Label: Rhino Entertainment | 16 | — |
| At Royal Albert Hall | Release date: July 14, 2023 Label: Linus Entertainment | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart ||||

## Compilation albums

| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) |
| Title | Details | CAN | US | US Country | Certifications (sales threshold) |
| Early Lightfoot | Release date: 1969 Label: AME Records | 69 | — | — | |
| The Best of Gordon Lightfoot | Release date: 1970 Label: United Artists Records | — | — | — | |
| Classic Lightfoot: The Best of Gordon Lightfoot, Vol. 2 | Release date: 1971 Label: United Artists Records | 41 | 178 | — | |
| A Lightfoot Collection: The Best of Gordon Lightfoot, Vol. 3 | Release date: 1972 Label: United Artists Records | — | — | — | |
| The Very Best of Gordon Lightfoot | Release date: 1974 Label: United Artists Records | — | 155 | — | |
| The Very Best of Gordon Lightfoot, Vol. 2 | Release date: 1975 Label: United Artists Records | — | — | — | |
| Gord's Gold | Release date: November 1975 Label: Reprise Records | 6 | 34 | 15 | CAN: 2× Platinum UK: Silver US: 2× Platinum |
| Early Morning Rain | Release date: 1976 Label: EMI | — | — | — | |
| The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face | Release date: 1979 Label: Pickwick International, Ltd. | — | — | — | |
| Songbook | Release date: 1985 Label: Pair Records | — | — | — | |
| Gord's Gold, Vol. 2 | Release date: 1988 Label: Reprise Records | — | — | — | CAN: Platinum US: Gold |
| The Best of Gordon Lightfoot | Release date: 1989 Label: Curb Records | — | — | — | |
| If You Could Read My Mind | Release date: 1990 Label: Reprise Records | — | — | — | |
| The Original Lightfoot | Release date: 1992 Label: United Artists Records | 58 | — | — | |
| The United Artists Collection | Release date: 1993 Label: United Artists Records | — | — | — | |
| Songbook | Release date: June 15, 1999 Label: Rhino Entertainment | — | — | — | |
| Complete Greatest Hits | Release date: 2002 Label: Rhino Entertainment | 21 | 128 | — | CAN: Gold US: Gold |
| An Introduction to: Gordon Lightfoot | Release date: 2018 Label: Rhino Entertainment | — | — | — | |
| The Complete Singles 1970–1980 (2 CD) | Release date: 2019 Label: Real Gone Music | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart ||||||

## Tribute albums

| Title | Artist | Details |
| Tony Rice Sings Gordon Lightfoot | Tony Rice | Release date: 1996 Label: Rounder |
| Mac Wiseman Sings Gordon Lightfoot | Mac Wiseman | Release date: 1977 Label: CMH Records |
| Beautiful: A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot | Various Artists | Release date: 2003 Label: Borealis Records |
| The Long River: A Personal Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot | J.P. Cormier | Release date: 2005 Label: (no label) |
| Ladies Sing Lightfoot | Various artists | Release date: October 1, 2021 Label: Have Harmony Will Travel |
* C ^ Tony Rice Sings Gordon Lightfoot is a compilation of Lightfoot songs recorded by Tony Rice on a number of albums.
* D ^ Ladies Sing Lightfoot features 14 newly recorded performances by Darling West, the Kennedys, Natalie Noone, Shawn Barton Vach, Arwen Lewis, the Textones, Susan Coswill, Ilsey Juber, Katy Moffatt, Sarah Kramer, Kristi Callan, Shayna Adler and Carla Olson.

## Singles
### 1960s

| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Year | Title | CAN CHUM RPM | CAN Country | Album |
| 1962 | "(Remember Me) I'm the One" | 3 | — |
| 1962 | "It's Too Late, He Wins" / "Negotiations" | 27 | — |
| 1962 | "Adios, Adios" | — | — |
| 1963 | "Day Before Yesterday" (UK release) | — | — |
| 1965 | "I'm Not Sayin'" | 12 | 2 | Lightfoot! |
| 1965 | "Ribbon of Darkness" | — | — | Lightfoot! |
| 1965 | "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" | 3 | — |
| 1966 | "Spin Spin" | 7 | — | — |
| 1966 | "Go-Go Round" | 27 | — | The Way I Feel |
| 1967 | "The Way I Feel" | 36 | — | The Way I Feel |
| 1967 | "Canadian Railroad Trilogy" | — | — | The Way I Feel |
| 1968 | "Black Day in July" | 68 | — | Did She Mention My Name? |
| 1968 | "Bitter Green" | 44 | — | Back Here on Earth |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |||||

### 1970s

| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) | Album |
| Year | Title | CAN | CAN AC | CAN Country | US | US AC | US Country | UK | AUS | Certifications (sales threshold) | Album |
| 1970 | "Me and Bobby McGee" | 13 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | | Sit Down Young Stranger |
| 1970 | "Approaching Lavender" | — | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Sit Down Young Stranger |
| 1970 | "If You Could Read My Mind" | 1 | 1 | — | 5 | 1 | — | 30 | 27 | | Sit Down Young Stranger |
| 1971 | "This Is My Song" | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Early Lightfoot |
| 1971 | "If I Could" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Back Here on Earth |
| 1971 | "Talking in Your Sleep" | 19 | 2 | — | 64 | 11 | — | — | — | | Summer Side of Life |
| 1971 | "Summer Side of Life" | 21 | 4 | — | 98 | — | — | — | — | | Summer Side of Life |
| 1972 | "Beautiful" | 13 | 1 | — | 58 | 30 | — | — | — | | Don Quixote |
| 1972 | "Alberta Bound" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Don Quixote |
| 1972 | "You Are What I Am" | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 32 | — | — | 37 | | Old Dan's Records |
| 1973 | "Can't Depend on Love" | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Old Dan's Records |
| 1974 | "Sundown" | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 33 | 4 | US: Gold | Sundown |
| 1974 | "Carefree Highway" | 11 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 81 | — | 74 | | Sundown |
| 1975 | "Rainy Day People" | 10 | 1 | — | 26 | 1 | 47 | — | — | | Cold on the Shoulder |
| 1976 | "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 50 | 40 | 46 | | Summertime Dream |
| 1976 | "Race Among the Ruins" | 30 | 11 | 14 | 65 | 13 | — | — | — | | Summertime Dream |
| 1977 | "The Circle Is Small (I Can See It in Your Eyes)" | 6 | 1 | 9 | 33 | 3 | 92 | — | — | | Endless Wire |
| 1978 | "Daylight Katy" | 44 | 25 | — | — | 16 | — | 41 | — | | Endless Wire |
| 1978 | "Dreamland" | — | 24 | — | — | — | 100 | — | — | | Endless Wire |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart ||||||||||||

### 1980s

| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Year | Title | CAN | CAN AC | CAN Country | US | US AC | US Country | Album |
| 1980 | "Dream Street Rose" | — | 1 | 8 | — | 25 | 80 | Dream Street Rose |
| 1980 | "If You Need Me" | — | 5 | 21 | — | — | — | Dream Street Rose |
| 1982 | "Baby Step Back" | — | 6 | — | 50 | 17 | — | Shadows |
| 1982 | "Blackberry Wine" | — | 15 | — | — | — | — | Shadows |
| 1982 | "In My Fashion" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Shadows |
| 1983 | "Salute (A Lot More Livin' to Do)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Salute |
| 1983 | "Without You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Salute |
| 1986 | "Anything for Love" | 39 | 14 | — | — | 13 | 71 | East of Midnight |
| 1986 | "Stay Loose" | 86 | 10 | — | — | — | — | East of Midnight |
| 1987 | "East of Midnight" | — | 11 | — | — | — | — | East of Midnight |
| 1987 | "Ecstasy Made Easy" | — | — | — | — | — | — | East of Midnight |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |||||||||

### 1990s–2010s

| Year | Title | Peak positions | Album |
| Year | Title | CAN AC | Album |
| 1993 | "I'll Prove My Love" | — | Waiting for You |
| 1993 | "Waiting for You" | — | Waiting for You |
| 1998 | "A Painter Passing Through" | 47 | A Painter Passing Through |
| 2004 | "Inspiration Lady" | — | Harmony |
| 2016 | "Plans of My Own" | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart ||||

## Charted B-sides

| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Original A-side |
| Year | Title | CAN | CAN AC | CAN Country | US | Original A-side |
| 1965 | "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" | 3 | 9 | — | — | "Ribbon of Darkness" |
| 1972 | "That Same Old Obsession" | 3 | 1 | — | 101 | "You Are What I Am" |
| 1973 | "It's Worth Believin'" | — | — | 12 | — | "Can't Depend on Love" |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |||||||

## Music videos

| Year | Album | Video |
| 2004 | Harmony | "Inspiration Lady" |
| 1982 | Shadows | "Shadows" |
| 1982 | Shadows | "Baby Step Back" |
| 1982 | Shadows | "In My Fashion" |
| 1982 | Shadows | "Blackberry Wine" |

## Video albums and documentaries

* Tears Are Not Enough (w/ Northern Lights) (1985)
* Live in Reno (2000)
* Greatest Hits Live (2003)
* Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind (2019)
* Lightheaded (in production)