American musician Randy Newman has released eleven solo studio albums, two live albums, five compilation albums, two extended plays (EPs), 15 singles, one musical, 23 soundtrack albums, 2 video albums and 14 music videos.
Albums Studio albums Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications US AUS AUT BEL CAN GER NL NZ NOR SWI UK 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—326—— — US: Gold Born Again Released: August 1979 Label: Warner Bros. Records Formats: LP 41 6523—81—23——— — Trouble in Paradise* Released: January 17, 1983 Label: Warner Bros. Records Formats: LP 64 —8——339—12— — 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—5230——— — Harps and Angels Released: August 5, 2008 Label: Nonesuch Records Formats: LP, CD 30 —2913—2510—1725 46 Dark Matter Released: August 4, 2017 Label: Nonesuch Records Formats: LP, CD 106 —3513—488——20 61
Songbooks New solo studio recordings of previously issued compositions. Title Album detailsPeak chart positions BEL NL The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1Released: September 30, 2003 Label: Nonesuch Records Formats: CD— — The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 2Released: May 10, 2011 Label: Nonesuch Records Formats: CD92 53 The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 3Released: September 30, 2016 Label: Nonesuch Records Formats: CD, download111 —
Live albums Title Album details Peak chart positions US NL Randy Newman LiveReleased: June 1971 Labels: Reprise Records Formats: LP 191 – Live in LondonReleased: November 8, 2011 Labels: Nonesuch Records Formats: CD – 77
Compilation albums Title Album details Peak chart positions US NL Lonely at the Top: The Best of Randy NewmanReleased: May 18, 1987 Labels: Warner Bros. Records Formats: LP, CD – – Guilty: 30 Years of Randy NewmanReleased: November 3, 1998 Labels: Rhino Records Formats: CD – – The Best of Randy NewmanReleased: September 18, 2001 Labels: Rhino Records Formats: CD – – On Vine Street: The Early Songs of Randy NewmanReleased: April 1, 2008 Labels: Ace Records Formats: CD – – The Randy Newman SongbookReleased: September 23, 2016 (LP);December 16, 2016 (CD) Labels: Nonesuch Records Formats: LP, CD – –
Musical Title Album details Peak chart positions US NL Randy Newman's FaustReleased: September 1995 Labels: Reprise Records Formats: CD, Cassette – –
Soundtracks Title Album details Peak chart positions CertificationsNotes US US Kids US Sound. FRA SPAPeyton Place Released: 1966 Label: Epic Records Format: LP ————— 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 35————US: Gold 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—2180—US: Platinum Cold Turkey Released: December 4, 2007 Label: Percepto Records Format: CD ————— 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 8010719194Replaced Alan Menken Toy Story 3 Released: June 15, 2010 Label: Walt Disney Records Format: CD 145—34—— Monsters University Released: June 18, 2013 Label: Walt Disney Records Format: CD ————— Cars 3 Released: June 16, 2017 Label: Walt Disney Records Format: CD 19—10—— 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 122720—— Marriage Story Released: December 13, 2019 Label: Lakeshore Records Format: CD ————— Toy Story 5 Released: June 19, 2026 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 YearPeak chart positionsCertificationAlbum US US AC AUS CAN Top 100 Canada AC NZ UK"Golden Gridiron Boy" / "Country Boy"1962 — — — — — — —"The Beehive State" / "I Think It's Going to Rain Today"1968 — — — — — — —Randy Newman"Last Night I Had a Dream" / "I Think He's Hiding" (from Randy Newman) — — — — — — —Sail Away"Yellow Man" / "Old Kentucky Home"1970 — — — — — — —12 Songs"Sail Away" / "Political Science"1972 — — — — — — —Sail Away"Birmingham" / "Naked Man"1974 — — — — — — —Good Old Boys"Short People" / "Old Man on the Farm" 1977 2 25 12 2 121 — RIAA: GoldLittle Criminals"Baltimore" / "You Can't Fool the Fat Man"1978 — — — — — — —"Rider in the Rain" / "Kathleen (Catholicism Made Easier)" — — — — — — —"The Blues" (with Paul Simon) / "Same Girl"1983 51 36 100 — — — —Trouble in Paradise"I Love L.A." / "Miami" 110 — — — — — —"Dixie Flyer" / "Something Special"1988 99 — — — — — —Land of Dreams"It's Money That Matters" / "Falling in Love" 60 — — 49 — — —"A Few Words in Defense of Our Country"2007 — — — — — — —Harps and Angels"You've Got a Friend in Me" / "We Belong Together" (from Toy Story 3)2010 — — — — 40 — 116 RIAA: Platinum BPI: PlatinumToy Story
Written by Randy Newman The following is a list of Randy Newman compositions that were chart hits for other artists. Title Year ArtistPeak chart positions US USR&B AU CA NZ UK"Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand)" co-written with Jeannie Seely, Judith Arbuckle and Pat Sheeran1964Irma Thomas 52 — — — — —"I Don't Want to Hear Anymore"Jerry Butler 95 — — — — —"I've Been Wrong Before"1965Cilla Black — — 81 — — 17"Nobody Needs Your Love"1966 Gene Pitney — — — — — 2"Just One Smile"Gene Pitney 64 — 55 —10 8"Simon Smith and His Amazing Dancing Bear"1967 The Alan Price Set — — 49 —12 4"I Don't Want to Hear It Anymore"1969Dusty Springfield 105 — — 59 — —"Love Story"1970 Peggy Lee 105 — — — — —"Mama Told Me Not to Come"Three Dog Night 1 — 10 213 3"I Think It's Going to Rain Today"Tom Northcott — — — 46 — —"Mama Told Me Not to Come"1972 Wilson Pickett 99 16 — — — —"Living Without You"Manfred Mann's Earth Band 69 — — — — —"I Think It's Going to Rain Today"1980 UB40 — — 90 —6 6"You Can Leave Your Hat On"1986Joe Cocker 35 — 23 — — —"Mama Told Me Not to Come"2000 Tom Jones & Stereophonics — — — —45 4
Videography
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)
Music videos YearTitleAlbum1977"Short People"Little Criminals1979"Baltimore"1983"I Love L.A."Trouble in Paradise1984"The Natural"The Natural soundtrack1988"It's Money That Matters"Land of Dreams1989"Falling in Love"1996"You've Got a Friend in Me" (with Lyle Lovett)Toy Story soundtrack2007"A Few Words in Defense of Our Country"Harps and Angels2016"I'm Dreaming"The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 32017"Putin"Dark Matter
Collaborations in music videos YearTitleOther PerformerAlbum1990"Yakety Yak, Take It Back"Take It Back Foundationnon-album1991"Give Peace a Chance"Peace Choir2020"Bigger Boat"Brandy ClarkYour Life Is a Record2025"Lonely Avenue"Jon BatisteBig Money
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