Inner Circle discography
This is the discography for Jamaican reggae band Inner Circle.
Studio albums
| Year | Album | Label | US | US Reggae |
AUS [1] |
UK [2][3] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Dread Reggae Hits | Top Ranking | – | – | – | – | issued in the UK as Rock the Boat (1975), Trojan |
| 1974 | Heavy Reggae | Top Ranking | – | – | – | – | issued in the UK as Blame it on the Sun (1975), Trojan |
| 1976 | Reggae Thing | Capitol | – | – | – | – | |
| 1977 | Barry Biggs and the Inner Circle | Trojan | – | – | – | – | split album with Barry Biggs |
| Ready for the World | Capitol | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1978| | |||||||
| Killer Dub | Top Ranking | – | – | – | – | ||
| Heavyweight Dub | Top Ranking | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1979 | Everything is Great | Island | – | – | – | – | |
| 1980 | New Age Music | Island | – | – | – | – | Jacob Miller's last original album |
| 1982 | Something So Good - Mark Castro on Lead Guitar | Carrere/Tonpress | – | – | – | – | |
| 1987 | One Way | RAS | – | – | – | – | |
| 1989 | Identified | Warners | – | – | – | – | |
| 1990 | Black Roses | RAS | – | – | – | – | |
| 1992 | Bad to the Bone | RAS | – | – | 32 | 44 | |
| 1993 | Bad Boys | Atlantic | 64 | 2 | – | – | reissue of Bad to the Bone, US R&B No. 41 |
| 1994 | Reggae Dancer | Big Beat | – | 2 | – | – | |
| 1996 | Da Bomb | WEA | – | – | – | – | Re-issued by Soundbwoy in 1997 with several new tracks and remixed versions of previously released tracks. |
| 1998 | Speak My Language | Universal/Republic | – | 7 | – | – | Re-issue of Da Bomb (1997 version) |
| World 2000 | Laserlight | – | – | – | – | ||
| Jamaika Me Crazy | – | – | – | – | Re-issued by Eureka in 1999 with a combination of tracks from Jamaika Me Crazy (1998 version) and Montego Bay | ||
| 1999 | Montego Bay | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2000 | Big Tings | VP | – | – | – | – | Includes tracks (some remixed) from Jamaika Me Crazy, Montego Bay, and Reggae Man, as well as some original tracks. |
| Reggae Man | – | – | – | – | |||
| 2001 | Barefoot in Negril | Soundbwoy Entertainment | – | – | – | – | |
| 2002 | Log On | – | – | – | – | ||
| Kool Operator | Soundbwoy Entertainment | – | – | – | – | Compilation album featuring remixed versions of songs from Reggae Man, Barefoot in Negril, and Log On | |
| 2009 | State of Da World | Shanachie | – | – | – | – | |
| 2012 | Dubets | Dubshot Records | – | – | – | – | |
| 2013 | Hawaii Sings Jacob Miller | Dubshot Records | – | – | – | – |
Compilations
 |
- Reggae Greats: Jacob Miller and Inner Circle (1985), Island
- Rewind!, Pt.2: The Singers (1990)
- The Best of Inner Circle (1992), Mango
- The Best of Inner Circle (1993), Capitol
- Super Best of (1999)
- Big in Jamaica (2000), Music Club – Inner Circle and Jacob Miller
- Jah Jah People (2000), Metrodome
- It's Da Non Stop Best Of Inner Circle (2001), WEA Japan
- Kool Operator (2002)
- This Is Crucial Reggae (2004), RAS
- Forward Jah Jah Children (2004), Trojan
- Mixed Up Moods (2005), Absord Japan
- It's Da Best of Inner Circle (2007), WEA Japan
- Da Covers!! It's Da New Best of Inner Circle (2008), WEA Japan
- Blazzin Fire (2010), DubShot
- The Best of Inner Circle: Everything Is Great (2014), Island
Live albums
|
- Forward Jah Jah People: Highlights from the 5th Cartagena Festival (2006), Charly
Singles
1970s
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NED [4] |
UK [5] | ||||
| 1970 | "Why Can't I Touch You" | – | – | with "The Chosen Few" | |
| 1972 | "I See You" | – | – | Funky Brown and the Inner Circle Band | |
| 1973 | "Dog and Bone" | – | – | Hebrew Childrens & Inner Circles | |
| 1974 | "Duppy Gunman" | – | – | Rock the Boat | |
| "You Make Me Feel Brand New" | – | – | as Inner Circles | ||
| "Can You Handle It?" | – | – | Blame It on the Sun | ||
| 1975 | "Your Kiss Is Sweet" | – | – | ||
| 1976 | "Jah Music" | – | – | Reggae Thing | |
| "Tired Fe Lick Weed in a Bush" | – | – | split singles with Jacob Miller | ||
| 1977 | "All Night Till Daylight / Greater Light Dub" | – | – | single only | |
| 1979 | "Everything Is Great" | – | 37 | Everything Is Great | |
| "Music Machine" | 28 | – | Germany/Netherlands only | ||
| "Stop Breaking My Heart" | – | 50 | |||
| "Mary Mary" | 38 | – | |||
| "We a Rockers" | – | – | |||
| "-" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. | |||||
1980s
|
| Year | Single | Album | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | "We Come to Rock You" | New Age Music | |
| "New Age Music" | |||
| "Discipline Child" | |||
| "Summer in the City" | |||
| 1982 | "Something So Good" | Something So Good | |
| 1986 | "Groovin' In Love" | singles only | UK only |
| "Computer Style" | Jamaica only | ||
| "Massive Girl" | |||
| "Reggae Beat Box" | US only | ||
| 1987 | "Never Can Say Goodbye" | ||
| "One Way" | One Way | ||
| 1989 | "Black & White" | Identified | |
| "Bad Boys" | US only (theme from the TV show "Cops") | ||
| There were no charting singles in this period. | |||
1990s
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album | Notes | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [6] |
US R&B [7] |
AUS [1] |
NZ [8] |
NED [4] |
BEL (FLA) [9] |
FRA [10] |
GER [11] |
AUT [12] |
SWI [13] |
SWE [14] |
NOR [15] |
IRE [16] |
UK [5] | ||||
| 1990 | "Bad Boys" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | Black Roses | Europe only |
| 1991 | "Black Roses" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1992 | "Sweat (A La La La La Long)" | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | – | 43 | Bad to the Bone | Europe only |
| "Rock with You" | – | – | – | – | 7 | 3 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 38 | – | – | – | |||
| 1993 | "Bad to the Bone" | – | – | – | – | – | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| "Wrapped Up in Your Love" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| "Bad Boys" | 8 | 58 | 25 | 5 | – | – | – | 35 | 21 | – | – | – | 26 | 52 | Bad Boys | reissue | |
| "Sweat (A La La La La Long)" | 16 | 73 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | |||
| "Rock with You" | 98 | – | – | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1994 | "Hit and Run" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | I Believe | Sandy Reed featuring Inner Circle |
| "Games People Play" | 84 | – | 97 | 4 | 8 | 12 | – | 27 | 11 | 7 | 7 | – | – | 67 | Reggae Dancer | ||
| "Summer Jammin'" | – | – | – | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1995 | "Whip It (With My Love)" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| "Black Roses" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1996 | "Da Bomb" | – | – | – | 8 | – | – | – | 55 | 20 | – | 7 | – | – | – | Da Bomb | |
| "I Think I Love You" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1997 | "Tell Me" | – | – | – | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 38 | – | – | – | ||
| 1998 | "Ob-la-di Ob-la-da" | – | – | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | single only | |
| "Not About Romance" | 92 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Speak My Language | ||
| "-" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. | |||||||||||||||||
2000s and 2010s
|
| Year | Single | Album | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | "Sweat (A La La La La Long) 2004" | featuring Lady Saw | |
| "Don't Quit" | |||
| "Forward Jah Jah Children" | |||
| 2005 | "One Day Christian" | ||
| "Girls Wild All Over the World" | |||
| 20?? | "Too Much Blood a Run" | with Junior Reid | |
| 20?? | "Beg a Little Piece" | with Mr Vegas | |
| 2010 | "Candy Girl" | State of da World | featuring Flo Rida |
| "No Cocaine" | Slightly Stoopid and Inner Circle | ||
| There are no charting singles in this period. | |||
References
- ^ a b Australian (ARIA Chart) peaks:
- Top 50 peaks: "australian-charts.com > Inner Circle in Australian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
- Top 100 peaks: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- "Games People Play": "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – 25 Sep 1994". ARIA. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 269. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ Inner Circle(Link redirected to OCC website), Chart Archive, retrieved 10 September 2012
- ^ a b "Inner Circle – Dutch Chart". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
- ^ a b "Official Charts Company: Inner Circle". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
- ^ "Inner Circle – US Hot 100 Chart". billboard.com. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
- ^ "Inner Circle – US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". billboard.com. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
- ^ "Inner Circle – New Zealand Chart". charts.org.nz. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
- ^ "Inner Circle – Belgian Chart". ultratop.be. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
- ^ "Inner Circle – French Chart". lescharts.com. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
- ^ "Inner Circle – German Chart". charts.de. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
- ^ "Inner Circle – Austrian Chart". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
- ^ "Inner Circle – Swiss Chart". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
- ^ "Inner Circle – Swedish Chart". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
- ^ "Inner Circle – Norwegian Chart". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
- ^ "Inner Circle – Irish Chart". IRMA 2006–2008. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
