# Isaac Hayes discography

This article contains a comprehensive collection of information related to recordings by American soul and funk musician, Isaac Hayes.

## Albums
### Studio albums
#### 1960s–1970s

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | US | US R&B | AUS | CA | SWE | UK | Certifications |
| Presenting Isaac Hayes | Released: 1968 Reissued: 1972 as In The Beginning Label: Enterprise, Atlantic | 102 | 25 | — | — | — | — | |
| Hot Buttered Soul | Released: 1969 Label: Enterprise | 8 | 1 | — | 9 | — | — | RIAA: Gold |
| The Isaac Hayes Movement | Released: 1970 Label: Enterprise | 8 | 1 | — | 20 | — | — | RIAA: Gold |
| ...To Be Continued | Released: 1970 Label: Enterprise | 11 | 1 | — | 42 | — | — | |
| Black Moses | Released: 1971 Label: Enterprise | 10 | 1 | — | 12 | — | 38 | |
| Joy | Released: 1973 Label: Enterprise | 16 | 2 | — | 42 | — | — | RIAA: Gold |
| Chocolate Chip | Released: 1975 Label: Hot Buttered Soul, ABC | 18 | 1 | 79 | — | — | — | RIAA: Gold |
| Disco Connection | Released: 1975 Label: Hot Buttered Soul, ABC | 85 | 19 | — | — | — | — | |
| Groove-A-Thon | Released: 1976 Label: Hot Buttered Soul, ABC | 45 | 11 | — | — | 42 | — | |
| Juicy Fruit (Disco Freak) | Released: 1976 Label: Hot Buttered Soul, ABC | 124 | 18 | — | — | — | — | |
| New Horizon | Released: 1977 Label: Polydor | 78 | 26 | — | 87 | — | — | |
| For the Sake of Love | Released: 1978 Label: Polydor | 75 | 15 | — | 72 | — | — | |
| HotBed | Released: 1978 Label: Fantasy | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Don't Let Go | Released: 1979 Label: Polydor | 39 | 9 | 41 | — | — | — | RIAA: Gold |
| Royal Rappin's (with Millie Jackson) | Released: 1979 Label: Polydor | 80 | 17 | — | — | — | — | |

#### 1980s–1990s

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | US | US R&B | Certifications |
| And Once Again | Released: 1980 Label: Polydor/PolyGram | 59 | 26 | |
| Lifetime Thing | Released: 1981 Label: Polydor/PolyGram | — | — | |
| U-Turn | Released: 1986 Label: Columbia/CBS | — | 32 | |
| Love Attack | Released: 1988 Label: Columbia/CBS | — | 70 | |
| Raw & Refined | Released: 1995 Label: Pointblank/Virgin/EMI | — | — | |
| Branded | Released: 1995 Label: Pointblank/Virgin/EMI | — | 75 | |

### Live albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | US | US R&B | CA | AUS | Certifications |
| Live at the Sahara Tahoe | Released: 1973 Label: Enterprise | 14 | 1 | 34 | — | RIAA: Gold |
| A Man and a Woman (with Dionne Warwick) | Released: 1977 Label: ABC | 49 | 20 | 77 | 66 | |
| Isaac Hayes at Wattstax | Released: 2003 Label: Stax | — | — | — | — | |

### Compilation albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | US | US R&B | SWE | Certifications |
| The Best of Isaac Hayes | Released: 1975 Label: Enterprise | 165 | 57 | — | |
| Wonderful | Released: 1994 Label: Fantasy | — | — | — |
| Best of Isaac Hayes XL | Released: 2000 Label: Stax | — | — | 46 | |
| Ultimate Isaac Hayes: Can You Dig It? | Released: 2005 Label: Stax | 171 | 53 | — | |
| The Very Best of Isaac Hayes | Released: 2007 Label: Concord | — | 57 | — | |
| Forever Isaac Hayes | Released: 2007 Label: Madacy | — | 87 | — | |
| Sings For Lovers | Released: 2009 Label: Concord | — | — | — | |
| Hot Buttered Singles 1969-1972 | Released: 2024 Label: Ace | — | — | — | |

### Box sets

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | US | US R&B | AUS | SWE | UK | Certifications |
| The Spirit of Memphis 1962-1976 | Released: 2017 Label: Craft Recordings | — | — | — | — | — |

### Soundtrack albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | US | US R&B | CA | UK | Certifications |
| Shaft | Released: 1971 Label: Enterprise | 1 | 1 | 5 | 17 | RIAA: Gold |
| Tough Guys | Released: 1974 Label: Enterprise | 146 | — | — | — | |
| Truck Turner | Released: 1974 Label: Enterprise | 156 | 17 | — | — | |

## Singles
### 1960s–1970s

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album |
| Title | Year | US | US R&B | BEL (FL) | BEL (WA) | GER | NL | UK | Certifications | Album |
| A-side: "Blue Groove" B-side: "Big Dipper" (both by 'Sir Issac and the Do-Dads') | 1965 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album single |
| "Precious, Precious" "Going to Chicago Blues" | 1967 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Presenting Isaac Hayes |
| "Walk On By" "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" | 1969 | 30 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | | Hot Buttered Soul |
| "Walk On By" "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" | 1969 | 37 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | | Hot Buttered Soul |
| "The Mistletoe and Me" "Winter Snow" | 1969 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album single |
| "I Stand Accused" "I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself" | 1970 | 42 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | | The Isaac Hayes Movement |
| "The Look of Love" | 1971 | 79 | — | — | — | — | — | — | | ...To Be Continued |
| "Never Can Say Goodbye" "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You)" (non-album track) | 1971 | 22 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | | Black Moses |
| "Theme from Shaft" "Cafe Regio's" (instrumental) | 1971 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 12 | 4 | RIAA: Gold | Shaft |
| "Do Your Thing" "Ellie's Love Theme" (instrumental) | 1972 | 30 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | | Shaft |
| "Let's Stay Together" (instrumental) "Soulsville" (from Shaft) | 1972 | 48 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Ain't That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One)" "Baby, I'm-a Want You" (both songs with David Porter) | 1972 | 86 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Theme from The Men" (instrumental) "Type Thang" | 1972 | 38 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Rolling Down a Mountainside" "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right" | 1973 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Joy, Part I" "Joy, Part II" | 1973 | 30 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | | Joy |
| "Wonderful" "Someone Made You for Me" | 1974 | 71 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | | Wonderful |
| "Title Theme" (from Tough Guys) "Hung Up on My Baby" | 1974 | — | 72 | — | — | — | — | — | | Tough Guys |
| "Chocolate Chip" | 1975 | 92 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | | Chocolate Chip |
| "Come Live with Me" "Body Language" | 1975 | — | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | | Chocolate Chip |
| "Disco Connection" "St. Thomas Square" | 1975 | — | 60 | — | — | — | — | 10 | | Disco Connection |
| "Rock Me Easy Baby" (Part I) "Rock Me Easy Baby" (Part II) | 1976 | — | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | | Groove-A-Thon |
| "Juicy Fruit (Disco Freak)" (Part I) "Juicy Fruit (Disco Freak)" (Part II) | 1976 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Juicy Fruit (Disco Freak) |
| "By The Time I Get To Phoenix" / "I Say A Little Prayer" "That's The Way I Like It" / "Get Down Tonight" (all songs with Dionne Warwick) | 1977 | — | 65 | — | — | — | — | — | | A Man and a Woman |
| "Out of the Ghetto" "It's Heaven to Me" | 1977 | — | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | | New Horizon |
| "Moonlight Lovin' (Ménage À Trois)" / "Stranger in Paradise" | 1978 | — | 96 | — | — | — | — | — | | New Horizon |
| "Zeke the Freak" "If We Ever Needed Peace" | 1978 | — | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | | For the Sake of Love |
| "Just the Way You Are" (Part I) "Just the Way You Are" (Part II) | 1979 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | For the Sake of Love |
| "Don't Let Go" "You Can't Hold Your Woman" | 1979 | 18 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | | Don't Let Go |
| "Do You Wanna Make Love" "I Changed My Mind" (both songs with Millie Jackson) | 1979 | — | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | | Royal Rappin's |

### 1980s–2000s

| Title | Year | 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 | Album |
| Title | Year | US R&B | AUS | BEL (FL) | FRA | NL | NOR | SWE | UK | Certifications | Album |
| "You Never Cross My Mind" "Feels Like The First Time" (both songs with Millie Jackson) | 1980 | 78 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Royal Rappin's |
| "A Few More Kisses to Go" "What Does It Take" | 1980 | 89 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Don't Let Go |
| "I Ain't Never" "Love Has Been Good to Us" | 1980 | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | And Once Again |
| "It's All In The Game" "Wherever You Are" | 1980 | 86 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | And Once Again |
| "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" "I'm So Proud" | 1981 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Lifetime Thing |
| "Fugitive" "Lifetime Thing" | 1981 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Lifetime Thing |
| "Ike's Rap VIII" / "Hey Girl" | 1986 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | U-Turn |
| "Thing For You" | 1987 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | U-Turn |
| "Showdown" | 1988 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Love Attack |
| "Just Be My Lady" (with Kim Waters) | 1990 | 71 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | All Because of You |
| "Dark and Lovely (You Over There)" (with Barry White) | 1992 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Put Me in Your Mix |
| "Fragile" | 1995 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 77 | | Branded |
| "Chocolate Salty Balls" (as the animated character Chef) | 1998 | — | 14 | 15 | 82 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 1 | | Chef Aid: The South Park Album |
| "Shaft 2000" | 2000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 53 | | Non-album single |

## As sideman

With Otis Redding
* Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul (Volt/Stax, 1965)
* The Soul Album (Volt/Stax, 1966)
* Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul (Volt/Stax, 1966)
* King & Queen (Stax/Atlantic, 1967) - with Carla Thomas
* The Dock of the Bay (Volt/Stax, 1968)
With Wilson Pickett
* The Exciting Wilson Pickett (Atlantic, 1966)
With Donald Byrd and 125th Street, N.Y.C.
* Love Byrd (Elektra, 1981)
* Words, Sounds, Colors and Shapes (Elektra, 1982)
With Linda Clifford
* I'm Yours (Curtom/RSO, 1980)
With Albert King
* Born Under a Bad Sign (Stax, 1967)
With William Bell
* The Soul of a Bell (Stax, 1967)
With Dionne Warwick
* No Night So Long (Arista, 1980)
With Rufus Thomas
* Do The Funky Chicken (Stax, 1970)
With Eddie Floyd
* Knock on Wood (Stax, 1967)