English singer-songwriter James Bay has released four studio albums, three extended plays, twenty four singles and twenty two music videos.
Studio albums Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications UK For all except where noted: For "Clocks Go Forward": For "Running": For "Best Fake Smile", "Craving", "Incomplete", "Move Together" and "When We Were on Fire": AUS "Scars": "Peer Pressure": Leap: AUT BEL(FL) GER IRE NLD NZ SWI US Chaos and the Calm Released: 23 March 2015 Label: Republic Formats: CD, DL, LP 1 3 2 10 3 1 5 6 1 15 BPI: 3× Platinum ARIA: Gold BVMI: Gold IFPI AUT: Gold IFPI SWI: Gold RMNZ: Gold RIAA: Platinum Electric Light Released: 18 May 2018 Label: Virgin EMI, Republic Formats: CD, DL, LP 2 14 20 24 14 12 13 21 6 21 BPI: Silver Leap Released: 8 July 2022 Label: Mercury, Republic Formats: CD, DL, LP 4 64 — — 36 — — — 9 — Changes All the Time Released: 4 October 2024 Label: Mercury, Republic Formats: CD, DL, LP 4 — — — — — — — 47 — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Extended plays Title Details Peak chart positions CAN SWI USHeat The Dark of the Morning Released: 18 July 2013 Label: Universal Republic Formats: Digital download, 10" — — 24 Let It Go Released: 3 May 2014 Label: Republic Format: CD, Digital download — 35 — Other Sides Released: 13 January 2015 Label: Republic Format: Digital download — — — Oh My Messy Mind Released: 10 May 2019 Label: Republic Formats: Digital download, streaming 59 — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Singles As lead artist Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album UK AUS AUT BEL(FL) GER IRE NLD NZ SWI US "Let It Go" 2014 10 8 45 — 22 21 18 10 94 16 BPI: 5× Platinum ARIA: 3× Platinum BEA: Gold BVMI: Platinum MC: 5× Platinum NVPI: Platinum RIAA: 6× Platinum RMNZ: 6× Platinum Chaos and the Calm "Hold Back the River" 2 4 4 7 4 1 14 8 4 — BPI: 5× Platinum ARIA: 3× Platinum BVMI: Platinum IFPI AUT: Gold IFPI SWI: Gold NVPI: 2× Platinum RIAA: Platinum RMNZ: 4× Platinum "Scars" 2015 48 40 — — — 71 — — — — BPI: Silver RMNZ: Gold "If You Ever Want to Be in Love" 96 — — — — — 29 — — — BPI: Platinum RMNZ: Platinum "Best Fake Smile" 2016 54 — — — — 87 33 — — — BPI: Gold "Running" 60 — — — — — — — — — "Wild Love" 2018 39 — — — — 75 — — — — BPI: Gold RMNZ: Gold Electric Light "Pink Lemonade" — — — — — — — — — — "Us" — — — — — 99 — — — — BPI: Platinum RIAA: Platinum RMNZ: Platinum "Just for Tonight" — — — — — — — — — — "Peer Pressure" 2019 85 68 — — — 62 — — 88 — BPI: Silver RMNZ: Platinum Oh My Messy Mind "Bad" — — — — — — — — — — "Chew on My Heart" 2020 — — — 36 — — 31 — — — Leap "Give Me the Reason" 2022 — — — — — — — — — — "One Life" — — — — — — — — — — "Everybody Needs Someone" — — — — — — — — — — "Save Your Love" — — — — — — — — — — "Goodbye Never Felt So Bad" 2023 — — — — — — — — — — rowspan="2" "All My Broken Pieces" — — — — — — — — — — "Up All Night" 2024 — — — — — — — — — — Changes All the Time "Easy Distraction" — — — — — — — — — — "Sunshine in the Room" 2025 — — — — — — — — — — Changes All the Time (Deluxe) "You and Me Time" — — — — — — — — — — "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.
As featured artist Title Year Peak chart positions Album BEL(FL) CANAC IRE NEDTip NZHot SWE USDance USPop "Funeral" 2021 — — — — — — — — Trying: Season 2 (Apple TV+ Original Series Soundtrack) "Chasing Stars" 40 44 93 29 15 74 10 30 "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.
Other charted and certified songs Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album UK BEL(FL)Tip BEL(WA)Tip SCO USRock "Craving" 2015 121 — — — — Chaos and the Calm "Move Together" 171 — — — — "Incomplete" 179 — — — — "When We Were on Fire" 181 10 29 — — "Need the Sun to Break" — — — — — BPI: Silver RIAA: Gold RMNZ: Gold "Clocks Go Forward" 153 — — 67 — "If I Ain't Got You" — — — — — RMNZ: Gold James Bay Spotify Session 2015 "Slide" 2018 — — — — 48 Electric Light "Rescue" 2019 — — — — 43 Oh My Messy Mind "—" denotes a song that did not chart.
Songwriting and other appearances Song Year Artist(s) Album Contribution "Raging" 2016 Kygo Cloud Nine "Two Way" 2016 KT Tunstall Kin "Kings Highway" 2017 Tom Petty Cars 3 "Blue No More" 2018 Buddy Guy The Blues Is Alive and Well "Minute to Myself" 2019 Tori Kelly Inspired by True Events "Repair" 2019 Westlife Spectrum "Without You" 2019 Westlife Spectrum Co-writer "In a Rocket" 2020 Beoga "Carousel" Co-writer "Funeral" 2021 Maisie Peters Trying (Apple TV, Series 2) "Biblical" 2021 Calum Scott Bridges Co-writer "Waste" 2024 Myles Smith A Minute... Featured artist
Music videos Title Year Director(s) "Move Together" 2013 Hobby Holmes "When We Were on Fire" Alex Shahmiri "Need the Sun to Break" "Clocks Go Forward" "Stealing Cars" "Hold Back the River" 2014 Mathy & Fran "Let It Go" 2015 Daniel Kragh-Jacobsen "Scars" Nils d'Aulaire, Benno Nelson "If You Ever Want to Be in Love" Sophie Muller "Best Fake Smile" 2016 Emil Nava "Wild Love" 2018 Marc Klasfeld "Pink Lemonade" Philip Andelman "Us" Bryan Schlam "Just for Tonight" Jackson Ducasse "Peer Pressure") 2019 Martin Langreve, Magnus Jonsson "Bad" Martin Langreve "Chew on My Heart" 2020 Philip Andelman "Chasing Stars" 2021 Jake Jelicich "Chasing Stars" (Stripped) "Give Me the Reason" 2022 "One Life" Ozzie Pullin "Save Your Love" Alexa Cha
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