Colin Hay discography

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The discography of Colin Hay, a Scottish-born Australian singer, consists of fifteen studio albums, two video albums and twenty-nine singles (including five as a featured artist). Before his solo career commenced in 1986, Hay was the lead vocalist of the band Men at Work.

==Albums== ===Studio albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1" ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Details ! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart positions |- ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" | AUS <ref name=aus/><ref name=aus2>*For ''Wayfaring Sons'' and "Into My Life"{{cite web|url=https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2021/04/week-commencing-9-april-1990.html|title=Week commencing 9 April 1990|publisher=bubblingdownunder.com|access-date=10 April 2021}}</ref><ref name=aus3>{{cite web|url=https://australian-charts.com/search.asp?cat=a&search=colin+hay|title=Discography Colin Hay|publisher=australian-charts.com|accessdate=22 June 2021}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| ''Looking for Jack'' (as Colin James Hay) | * Released: March 1987 * Label: CBS (450355 1) * Format: LP, Cassette, CD | 58 |- ! scope="row"| ''Wayfaring Sons'' (as Colin Hay Band) | * Released: April 1990 * Label: MCA (256911-1) * Format: LP, Cassette, CD | 118 |- ! scope="row"| ''Peaks & Valleys'' | * Released: 1992 * Label: EastWest (903176180-2) * Format: CD | — |- ! scope="row"| ''Topanga'' | * Released: 1994 * Label: Lazy Eye Records, Newmarket Music (NEW1063.2) * Format: CD | — |- ! scope="row"| ''Transcendental Highway'' | * Released: October 1998 * Label: Lazy Eye Records, Festival Records (D31831) * Format: CD | — |- ! scope="row"| ''Going Somewhere'' | * Released: 2000 * Label: Lazy Eye Records, Head Records (HEAD038) * Format: CD | — |- ! scope="row"| ''Company of Strangers'' | * Released: 2002 * Label: Lazy Eye Records * Format: CD | — |- ! scope="row"| ''Man @ Work'' | * Released: July 2003 * Label: Lazy Eye Records (7 4365 2) * Format: CD | — |- ! scope="row"| ''Are You Lookin' at Me?'' | * Released: April 2007 * Label: Lazy Eye Records, Compass Records (7 4453 2) * Format: CD | — |- ! scope="row"| ''American Sunshine'' | * Released: August 2009 * Label: Lazy Eye Records, Compass Records (7 4512 2) * Format: CD, DD | — |- ! scope="row"| ''Gathering Mercury'' | * Released: May 2011 * Label: Lazy Eye Records, Compass Records (7 4551 2) * Format: CD, DD | — |- ! scope="row"| ''Next Year People'' | * Released: 13 February 2015<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.noise11.com/news/colin-hay-to-release-12th-solo-album-next-year-people-20150202|title=Colin Hay To Release 12th Solo Album Next Year People|website=noise11|date=2 February 2015|access-date=1 January 2022}}</ref> * Label: Lazy Eye Records, Compass Records (7 4641 2) * Format: CD, DD, LP, streaming | — |- ! scope="row"| ''Fierce Mercy'' | * Released: March 2017 * Label: Lazy Eye, Compass Records (7 4680 2) * Format: CD, DD, LP, streaming | 44 |- ! scope="row"| ''I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself'' | * Released: August 2021 * Label: Lazy Eye, Compass Records, Sony (7 4781 1) * Format: CD, DD, LP, streaming | — |- ! scope="row"| ''Now and the Evermore'' | * Released: 18 March 2022<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jbhifi.com.au/products/cd-hay-colin-now-and-the-evermore-cd?queryID=56312ae593add34e60836db6b6dc6f92&objectID=578542&view=pdp|title=Colin Hay Now and the Evermore|website=JB Hi-Fi|access-date=14 March 2022}}</ref> * Label: Song (19658706062) * Format: CD, DD, LP, streaming | — |- ! scope="row"| ''Man @ Work Volume 2'' | * Released: 18 July 2025<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.colinhay.com/2025/05/27/man-work-vol-2-coming-july-18th/|title= Man @ Work Vol. 2 Coming 18 July|website=Colin Hay|date=27 July 2025|access-date=8 June 2025}}</ref> * Label: Compass Records * Format: CD digital, LP | — |- |}

==Singles== ===As lead artist=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Year ! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Title ! colspan="3" scope="col" | Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Album |- ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" | AUS <ref name="aus">{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=135}}</ref><ref name="aus2" /> ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" | CAN AC <ref name="can">Canadian singles: *"I Haven't Seen You in a Long Time": {{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.2873&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.2873.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.2873 |title=Image : RPM Weekly February 5, 1996|publisher=RPM |date=5 February 1996|accessdate=23 June 2021}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" | US <ref name="US">{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|author-link=Joel Whitburn|title=Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Eighties : Reproductions of Billboard's Hot 100 Charts, 1980-1989 |edition=1st|publisher=Record Research|location=Menomonee Falls, WI|year=1991|isbn=9780898200799|page=111}}</ref> |- | rowspan="3" |1987 | "Hold Me" | align="center" | 40 | align="center" | — | align="center" | 99 | rowspan="3" |''Looking for Jack'' |- | "Looking for Jack" | align="center" |— | align="center" | — | align="center" | — |- | "Can I Hold You?" | align="center" | — | align="center" | — | align="center" | — |- | rowspan="3" | 1990 | "Into My Life"<ref name="aus2" /> | align="center" | 117 | align="center" | — | align="center" | — | rowspan="3" | ''Wayfaring Sons'' |- | "Wayfaring Sons"<ref name="aus2" /> | align="center" | — | align="center" | — | align="center" | — |- | "Storm in My Heart"<ref name="aus2" /> | align="center" | — | align="center" | — | align="center" | — |- | 1995 | "I Haven't Seen You in a Long Time" | align="center" | — | align="center" | 49 | align="center" | — | ''Topanga'' |- | 1997 | "Don't Believe You Anymore" | align="center" | — | align="center" | — | align="center" | — | rowspan="4" |''Transcendental Highway'' |- | rowspan="2" | 1998 | "My Brilliant Feat" | align="center" | — | align="center" | — | align="center" | — |- | "If I Go" | align="center" | — | align="center" | — | align="center" | — |- | rowspan="2" | 1999 | "Goodbye My Red Rose" | align="center" | — | align="center" | — | align="center" | — |- | "Misty Bay" (with Cecilia Noël)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://colinhay.com.br/disco/colin-hay-cecilia-noel-misty-bay-1999|title=Colin Hay & Cecilia Noël – Misty Bay (1999)|website=colinhay.com.br|date=2 January 2017 |access-date=1 January 2022}}</ref> | align="center" | — | align="center" | — | align="center" | — | ''Bongoland'' |- | rowspan="2" | 2011 | "Far from Home"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBiAfHcxPAI|title=Colin Hay - Far From Home (Official Video)|website=YouTube|date=21 September 2011|access-date=1 January 2022}}</ref> | align="center" | — | align="center" | — | align="center" | — | rowspan="2" | ''Gathering Mercury'' |- | "Send Somebody"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzPJjxL7wZE|title=Colin Hay - Send Somebody (Official Video)|website=YouTube|date=21 September 2011|access-date=1 January 2022}}</ref> | align="center" | — | align="center" | — | align="center" | — |- | 2012 | "Down Under 2012" | align="center" | — | align="center" | — | align="center" | — | Non-album single |- | 2014 | "Trying to Get to You"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.noise11.com/news/new-colin-hay-trying-to-get-to-you-listen-20141226|title=New Colin Hay – Trying To Get To You LISTEN|website=noise11|date=26 December 2014|access-date=1 January 2022}}</ref> | align="center" | — | align="center" | — | align="center" | — | rowspan="2" | ''Next Year People'' |- | rowspan="2" | 2016 | "Mr. Grogan"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l23rWqD6emA|title=Colin Hay - Mr. Grogan Animated Music Video|website=YouTube|date=14 June 2016|access-date=1 January 2022}}</ref> | align="center" | — | align="center" | — | align="center" | — |- | "A Thousand Million Reasons"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://colinhay.com.br/news/listen-now-to-a-thousand-million-reasons-new-song-from-the-upcoming-album-fierce-mercy|title=Listen now to "A Thousand Million Reasons", new song from the upcoming album ''Fierce Mercy''|website=colinhay.com.br|date=15 December 2016|access-date=1 January 2022}}</ref> | align="center" | — | align="center" | — | align="center" | — | rowspan="3" | ''Fierce Mercy'' |- | rowspan="3" | 2017 | "Come Tumbling Down"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeIMRGKjtro|title="Come Tumblin' Down" - Colin Hay (Official Video)|website=YouTube|date=31 May 2017|access-date=1 January 2022}}</ref> | align="center" | — | align="center" | — | align="center" | — |- | "Secret Love"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIiI1ix_HIE|title=Colin Hay "Secret Love" Music Video|website=YouTube|date=June 2017|access-date=1 January 2022}}</ref> | align="center" | — | align="center" | — | align="center" | — |- |"Precious Packages - A Plena for Puerto Rico" | align="center" |— | align="center" |— | align="center" |— |non-album |- | 2018 | "You Saved Me from Myself"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.soundtrack.net/album/the-resident-you-saved-me-from-myself-single/|title=The Resident: You Saved Me from Myself (Single)|website=Soundtrack.net|date=12 October 2018|access-date=1 January 2022}}</ref> | align="center" | — | align="center" | — | align="center" | — | ''The Resident: Season 2'' (soundtrack) |- | 2020 | "Now and the Evermore"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.colinhay.com/2020/05/12/now-and-the-evermore-released-today/|title="NOW AND THE EVERMORE" RELEASED TODAY!|website=Colin Hay|date=12 May 2020|access-date=1 January 2022}}</ref> (acoustic version) | align="center" | — | align="center" | — | align="center" | — | non-album |- | rowspan="2" | 2021 | "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.colinhay.com/2021/06/17/new-album-i-just-dont-know-what-to-do-with-myself-out-august-6th/|title=Announcing Colin's newest studio album: "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself" – out August 6th!|website=Colin Hay|date=17 June 2021|access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref> | align="center" | — | align="center" | — | align="center" | — | rowspan="2" | ''I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself'' |- | "Oh La La"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lightning100.com/2021/colin-hay-ooh-la-la-dj-pick-of-the-week/|title=Colin Hay – "Ooh La La": DJ Pick of the Week|website=Lightning 100|date=29 July 2021|access-date=1 January 2022}}</ref> | align="center" | — | align="center" | — | align="center" | — |- | 2025 | "Down Under 2025" (with Lizot and Kickbait) | align="center" | — | align="center" | — | align="center" | — | non-album |}

===As featured artist=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Year ! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Title ! colspan="3" scope="col" | Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Certifications ! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Album |- ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" | AUS <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/singles-chart/2022-02-07|title=ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|date=7 February 2022|access-date=4 February 2022}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" | NZ <ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/singles/2022-01-14|title=NZ Top 40 Singles Chart|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|date=17 January 2022|access-date=15 January 2022}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" | UK <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/817/colin-hay/|title=Colin Hay {{!}} full Official Chart History|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref> |- | 1997 | "Overkill" (Lazlo Bane featuring Colin Hay) | align="center" | — | align="center" | — | align="center" | — | | ''11 Transistor'' |- | 2016 | "Un Poquito de Amor Everyday (Everybody Needs Some Love Today)" (San Miguel featuring Colin Hay)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/san-miguel-colin-hay-un-poquito-de-amor-everyday-video-7775682/|title=San Miguel & Colin Hay Perform "Un Poquito de Amor Everyday" in New Video: Premiere|website=Billboard Magazine|date=27 April 2017|access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref> | align="center" | — | align="center" | — | align="center" | — | | ''Un Poquito de Amor Everyday'' |- | 2017 | "Now the Time Has Come"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7661747/ringo-starrs-peace-song-now-the-time-has-come-debuts-as-free-download|title=Ringo Starr's Peace Song 'Now the Time Has Come' Debuts as Free Download|publisher=billboard.com|date=19 January 2017|access-date=25 September 2018}}</ref> (with Ringo Starr, and various artists) | align="center" | — | align="center" | — | align="center" | — | | {{n/a|Non-album single}} |- | rowspan="2" | 2021 | "Overkill" (DJ Chris All featuring Colin Hay)<ref name="Overkill - single">{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/sk/album/overkill-feat-colin-hay-single/1584227770|title=Overkill - single|website=Apple Music|date=17 September 2021|access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref> | align="center" | — | align="center" | — | align="center" | — | | {{tba}} |- | "Down Under" (Luude featuring Colin Hay)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/at/album/down-under-single/1600137214?l=en|title=Down Under - single|website=Apple Music|date=12 December 2021|access-date=8 January 2021}}</ref> | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 5 | * ARIA: 4× Platinum<ref name=ARIA26s>{{Cite certification|region=Australia|type=single|certyear=2026|access-date=3 March 2026}}</ref> * BPI: Platinum<ref name="BPI">{{cite certification|region=United Kingdom|artist=Colin Hay|type=single|access-date=14 August 2022}}</ref> | {{n/a|Non-album single}} |- | 2022 | "Colin"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://musicfeeds.com.au/news/lime-cordiale-colin-hay-tribute/|title=Listen to Lime Cordiale's Colin Hay Tribute Song "Colin", Featuring the Man Himself|website=MusicFeeds|date=24 November 2022|access-date=25 November 2022}}</ref> (Lime Cordiale featuring Colin Hay) | align="center" | — | align="center" | — | align="center" | — | | ''Enough of the Sweet Talk'' |- |}

===Other appearances=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! rowspan="1" scope="col" | Year ! rowspan="1" scope="col" | Title ! rowspan="1" scope="col" | Album |- | 1996 | "The Flying Song" | ''Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain'' |- | rowspan="2" | 2015 | "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" (with Alison Brown) | ''The Songs of the Banjo'' |- | "Are We There Yet?" (with Renee and Friends) | ''Simpatico'' |- | 2016 | "Who Can It Be Now?" (with Barenaked Ladies) | ''BNL Rocks Red Rocks'' |- | rowspan="3" | 2019 | "Next Year People" (with Sara Storer) | ''Raindance'' |- | "What's My Name" (with Ringo Starr) | ''What's My Name'' |- | "I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You" (with (Gabriel Mann) | ''A Million Little Things (soundtrack)'' |- | rowspan="2" | 2021 | "First Class Man" (with Imogen Clarke) | ''Bastards'' |- | "You've Got a Friend" (with Lazlo Bane and Louise Goffin) | ''Someday We'll Be Together'' |- | 2025 | "Caledonia" (with Swanee) | ''Believe'' |- |} ==Videography== ===Video albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1" ! scope="col" rowspan="1" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="1" | Details |- ! scope="row"| ''Live at the Continental'' | * Released: 2002 * Label: Lazy Eye Records * Format: VHS * Recorded in 2000 |- ! scope="row"| ''Live at the Corner'' | * Released: 2010 * Label: Compass Records (7 4546 9) * Format: DVD * Recorded in 2007 at The Corner hotel in Melbourne, Australia. |}

=== Music videos === {| class="wikitable" !Year !Title !Album |- | rowspan="3" |1986 |"Looking for Jack" | rowspan="3" |''Looking for Jack'' |- |"Hold Me" |- |"Can I Hold You?" |- | rowspan="2" |1990 |"Into My Life" | rowspan="2" |''Wayfaring Sons'' |- |"Help Me" |- |1998 |"Don't Believe You Anymore" |''Trascendental Highway'' |- |2007 |"Are You Lookin' at Me?" |''Are You Lookin' at Me?'' |- | rowspan="2" |2011 |"Send Somebody" | rowspan="2" |''Gathering Mercury'' |- |"Far from Home" |- |2016 |"Mr. Grogan" |''Next Year People'' |- | rowspan="3" |2017 |"Come Tumblin' Down" | rowspan="3" |''Fierce Mercy'' |- |"Secret Love" |- |"A Thousand Million Reasons" |- | rowspan="2" |2020 |"Precious Packages - A Plena for Puerto Rico" | rowspan="2" |non-album |- |"Now and the Evermore" (acoustic version) |- |2022 |"Love Is Everywhere" |''Now and the Evermore'' |- |2024 |"We the People" (with Derrick "Solpowa" Rice) |''Man @ Work Volume 2'' |}

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