# Randy Newman discography

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.

## Albums
### Studio albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | 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 |
| Title | Album details | US | AUS | AUT | BEL | CAN | GER | NL | SWI | UK | Certifications |
| Randy Newman | Released: June 1968 Label: Reprise Records Formats: LP | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 12 Songs | Released: April 1970 Label: Reprise Records Formats: LP | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Sail Away | Released: May 1972 Label: Reprise Records Formats: LP | 163 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Good Old Boys | Released: September 10, 1974 Label: Reprise Records Formats: LP | 36 | — | — | — | 58 | — | 7 | — | — | |
| Little Criminals | Released: September 23, 1977 Label: Warner Bros. Records Formats: LP | 9 | 29 | — | — | 9 | — | 3 | — | — | US: Gold |
| Born Again | Released: August 1979 Label: Warner Bros. Records Formats: LP | 41 | 65 | 23 | — | 81 | — | 23 | — | — | |
| Trouble in Paradise | * Released: January 17, 1983 Label: Warner Bros. Records Formats: LP | 64 | — | 8 | — | — | 33 | 9 | — | — | |
| Land of Dreams | Released: September 1988 Label: Reprise Records Formats: LP, CD | 80 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | — | |
| Bad Love | Released: June 1, 1999 Label: DreamWorks Records Formats: CD | 194 | — | — | 43 | — | 52 | 30 | — | — | |
| Harps and Angels | Released: August 5, 2008 Label: Nonesuch Records Formats: LP, CD | 30 | — | 29 | 13 | — | 25 | 10 | 25 | 46 | |
| Dark Matter | Released: August 4, 2017 Label: Nonesuch Records Formats: LP, CD | 106 | — | 35 | 13 | — | 48 | 8 | 20 | 61 | |

### Songbooks

New solo studio recordings of previously issued compositions.
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | US | BEL | NL | Certifications |
| The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1 | Released: September 30, 2003 Label: Nonesuch Records Formats: CD | — | — | — | |
| The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 2 | Released: May 10, 2011 Label: Nonesuch Records Formats: CD | — | 92 | 53 | |
| The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 3 | Released: September 30, 2016 Label: Nonesuch Records Formats: CD, download | — | 111 | — | |

### Live albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | US | NL | Certifications |
| Randy Newman Live | Released: June 1971 Labels: Reprise Records Formats: LP | 191 | – | |
| Live in London | Released: November 8, 2011 Labels: Nonesuch Records Formats: CD | – | 77 | |

### Compilation albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | US | Certifications |
| Lonely at the Top: The Best of Randy Newman | Released: May 18, 1987 Labels: Warner Bros. Records Formats: LP, CD | – | |
| Guilty: 30 Years of Randy Newman | Released: November 3, 1998 Labels: Rhino Records Formats: CD | – | |
| The Best of Randy Newman | Released: September 18, 2001 Labels: Rhino Records Formats: CD | – | |
| On Vine Street: The Early Songs of Randy Newman | Released: April 1, 2008 Labels: Ace Records Formats: CD | – | |
| The Randy Newman Songbook | Released: September 23, 2016 (LP); December 16, 2016 (CD) Labels: Nonesuch Records Formats: LP, CD | – | |

### Musical

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | US | Certifications |
| Randy Newman's Faust | Released: September 1995 Labels: Reprise Records Formats: CD, Cassette | – | |

### Soundtracks

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | US | FRA | SPA | Certifications |
| Peyton Place | Released: 1966 Label: Epic Records Format: LP | — | — | — | |
| Cold Turkey | Released: December 4, 2007 Label: Percepto Records Format: CD | — | — | — | |
| Ragtime | Released: December 1981 Label: Elektra Records Format: LP | — | — | — | |
| The Natural | Released: May 11, 1984 Label: Warner Bros. Records Format: LP | 202 | — | — | |
| Parenthood | Released: September 8, 1989 Label: Reprise Records Format: LP, CD | — | — | — | |
| Avalon | Released: December 8, 1990 Label: Reprise Records Format: CD | — | — | — | |
| Awakenings | Released: January 10, 1991 Label: Reprise Records Format: CD | — | — | — | |
| The Paper | Released: March 22, 1994 Label: Reprise Records Format: CD | — | — | — | |
| Maverick | Released: January 10, 1995 Label: Reprise Records Format: CD | — | — | — | |
| Toy Story | Released: November 22, 1995 Label: Walt Disney Records Format: CD | 94 | — | — | |
| James and the Giant Peach | Released: March 26, 1996 Label: Walt Disney Records Format: CD | — | — | — | |
| Michael | Released: December 17, 1996 Label: Warner Bros. Records Format: CD | — | — | — | |
| A Bug's Life | Released: October 27, 1998 Label: Walt Disney Records Format: CD | — | — | — | |
| Pleasantville | Released: November 17, 1998 Label: Varèse Sarabande Format: CD | — | — | — | |
| Toy Story 2 | Released: November 9, 1999 Label: Walt Disney Records Format: CD | 111 | — | — | |
| Meet the Parents | Released: September 26, 2000 Label: DreamWorks Records Format: CD | — | — | — | |
| Monsters, Inc. | Released: October 23, 2001 Label: Walt Disney Records Format: CD | 25 | — | — | |
| Seabiscuit | Released: July 22, 2003 Label: Decca Records Format: CD | — | — | — | |
| Meet the Fockers | Released: January 11, 2005 Label: Varèse Sarabande Format: CD | — | — | — | |
| Cars | Released: June 6, 2006 Label: Walt Disney Records Format: CD | 6 | — | — | |
| Leatherheads | Released: March 25, 2008 Label: Varèse Sarabande Format: CD | — | — | — | |
| The Princess and the Frog | Released: November 23, 2009 Label: Walt Disney Records Format: CD | 80 | 191 | 94 | |
| Toy Story 3 | Released: June 15, 2010 Label: Walt Disney Records Format: CD | — | — | — | |
| Monsters University | Released: June 18, 2013 Label: Walt Disney Records Format: CD | — | — | — | |
| Cars 3 | Released: June 16, 2017 Label: Walt Disney Records Format: CD | — | — | — | |
| The Meyerowitz Stories | Released: October 13, 2017 Label: IAC Films Format: CD, LP | — | — | — | |
| Toy Story 4 | Released: June 21, 2019 Label: Walt Disney Records Format: CD | — | — | — | |
| Marriage Story | Released: December 13, 2019 Label: Lakeshore Records Format: CD | — | — | — | |

### Other album appearances

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 | |
| 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" | 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).

## Singles
### Performed by Randy Newman

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certification |
| Title | Year | US | US AC | CAN Top 100 | Canada AC | UK | AUS | Certification |
| "Golden Gridiron Boy" / "Country Boy" | 1962 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| "The Beehive State" / "I Think It's Going To Rain Today" | 1968 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| "Last Night I Had A Dream" / "I Think He's Hiding" | 1968 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| "Yellow Man" / "Old Kentucky Home" | 1970 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| "Sail Away" / "Political Science" | 1972 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| "Birmingham" / "Naked Man" | 1974 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| "Short People" / "Old Man on the Farm" | 1977 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 1 | - | 12 | US: Gold |
| "Sigmund Freud's Impersonation of Albert Einstein in America" / "Baltimore" | 1977 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| "Rider in the Rain" / "Kathleen (Catholicism Made Easier)" | 1977 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| "The Blues" (with Paul Simon) / "Same Girl" | 1982 | 51 | 36 | - | - | - | 100 | |
| "I Love L.A." / "Miami" | 1982 | 110 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| "Dixie Flyer" / "Something Special" | 1988 | 99 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| "It's Money That Matters" / "Falling in Love" | 1988 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| "A Few Words in Defense of Our Country" | 2007 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| "You've Got a Friend in Me" / "We Belong Together" | 2010 | - | - | - | 40 | 119 | - | US: Platinum |

### Written by Randy Newman

The following is a list of Randy Newman compositions that were chart hits for other artists.
| Title | Year | Artist | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Year | Artist | US | US R&B | CA | UK | AU |
| "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" | 1964 | Jerry Butler | 95 | - | - | - | - |
| "I've Been Wrong Before" | 1965 | Cilla Black | - | - | - | 17 | 81 |
| "Nobody Needs Your Love" | 1966 | Gene Pitney | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| "Just One Smile" | 1966 | Gene Pitney | 64 | - | - | 8 | 55 |
| "Simon Smith and His Amazing Dancing Bear" | 1967 | The Alan Price Set | - | - | - | 4 | 49 |
| "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)" | 1970 | Three Dog Night | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| "I Think It's Going To Rain Today" | 1970 | Tom Northcott | - | - | 46 | - | - |
| "Mama Told Me (Not To Come)" | 1972 | Wilson Pickett | 99 | 16 | - | - | - |
| "Living Without You" | 1972 | Manfred Mann's Earth Band | 69 | - | - | - | - |
| "I Think It's Going To Rain Today" | 1980 | UB40 | - | - | - | 6 | 90 |
| "You Can Leave Your Hat On" | 1986 | Joe Cocker | 35 | - | - | - | 23 |
| "Mama Told Me (Not To Come)" | 2000 | Tom Jones & Stereophonics | - | - | - | 4 | - |

## Video albums

* Live at the Odeon (1983) DVD with Ry Cooder and Linda Ronstadt
* Sound Stage (2003) (featuring Lyle Lovett with Mark Isham and Randy Newman)