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 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 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 Certifications(sales threshold) CAN AUS US US Country UK 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 Certifications(sales threshold) CAN CAN Country AUS US US Country 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 chartpositions 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 chartpositions 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 Certifications(sales threshold) CAN US US Country Early Lightfoot Release date: 1971 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 [C] Label: Rounder Mac Wiseman Sings Gordon LightfootMac Wiseman Release date: 1977 Label: CMH Records Beautiful: A Tribute to Gordon LightfootVarious Artists Release date: 2003 Label: Borealis Records The Long River: A Personal Tribute to Gordon LightfootJ.P. Cormier Release date: 2005 Label: (no label) Ladies Sing LightfootVarious artists [D] 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 chartpositions Album CAN CHUM CAN RPM CAN Country 1962 "(Remember Me) I'm the One" 3 — —Non-LP singles "It's Too Late, He Wins" / "Negotiations" 2727 —— —— 1963 "I'll Meet You In Michoacan" (a.k.a. "Adios, Adios") — — — "Day Before Yesterday" — — — 1965 "I'm Not Sayin'" 17 12 2 Lightfoot! "Ribbon of Darkness" / "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" —8 —3 —— A-side: Lightfoot!B-side: Non-LP 1966 "Spin Spin" 6 7 — Non-LP single "Go-Go Round" 6 27 — The Way I Feel 1967 "The Way I Feel" 21 36 — 1968 "Black Day in July" 17 68 — Did She Mention My Name? "Bitter Green" — 44 —Back Here on Earth1969 "The Circle Is Small" (U.K. release only) — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart

1970s Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications(sales threshold) Album CAN CAN AC CAN Country US US AC US Country UK AUS 1970 "Me and Bobby McGee" 13 — 1 — — — — — Sit Down Young Stranger "Approaching Lavender" — 20 — — — — — — "If You Could Read My Mind" 1 1 — 5 1 — 30 27 UK: Gold 1971 "This Is My Song" 66 — — — — — — — Early Lightfoot "If I Could" — — — — — — — — Back Here on Earth "Talking in Your Sleep" 19 2 — 64 11 — — — Summer Side of Life "Summer Side of Life" 21 4 — 98 — — — — 1972 "Beautiful" 13 1 — 58 30 — — — Don Quixote "Alberta Bound" — — — — — — — — "You Are What I Am" 3 1 1 — 32 — — 37 Old Dan's Records 1973 "Can't Depend on Love" 27 — — — — — — — 1974 "Sundown" 1 2 4 1 1 13 33 4 US: Gold Sundown "Carefree Highway" 11 1 1 10 1 81 — 74 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 "Race Among the Ruins" 30 11 14 65 13 — — — 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 — "Dreamland" — 24 — — — 100 — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart

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

1990s–2010s Year Title Peak positions Album CAN AC 1993 "I'll Prove My Love" — 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 Original A-side CAN CAN AC CAN Country US 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" "Baby Step Back" "In My Fashion" "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 (2022)

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