| Artist | The System |
|---|---|
| Studio | 7 |
| Compilation | 2 |
| Music videos | 7 |
| Singles | 15 |
| Soundtrack | 2 |
The discography of American R&B/synthpop group the System consists of seven studio albums, fifteen singles and two compilation albums.
Formed around the year 1982, the group originally consisted of David Frank and Mic Murphy. It was disbanded in 1989, soon after their fifth and final studio album Rhythm & Romance came out.
Their most successful singles were "Don't Disturb This Groove" in 1987 and "You Are in My System" in 1983. "Don't Disturb This Groove" peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[1] "You Are in My System" peaked at number sixty-four on the Billboard Hot 100 and number ten on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[1]
Most of the material were written by band members Mic Murphy and David Frank. However, the soundtrack material was written by different people, most notably "Coming to America" was written by Nile Rodgers.[2]
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] | US R&B [1] | |||||
| Sweat | 94 | 14 | ||||
| X-Periment |
| 182 | — | |||
| The Pleasure Seekers |
| — | 40 | |||
| Don't Disturb This Groove |
| 62 | 13 | |||
| Rhythm & Romance |
| — | 85 | |||
| ESP |
| — | — | |||
| System Overload |
| — | — | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||
Compilation albums
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| X-Periment/The Pleasure Seekers |
|
| Unreleased Unleashed |
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] | US Club [3] | US R&B [4] | UK [5] | |||
| 1982 | "It's Passion" | — | 23 | — | — | Sweat |
| 1983 | "You Are in My System" | 64 | 14 | 10 | 89 | |
| "Sweat" | — | 59 | 55 | — | ||
| 1984 | "Promises Can Break" | — | — | — | — | X-Periment |
| "I Wanna Make You Feel Good" | — | — | 48 | 73 | ||
| 1985 | "This Is for You" | — | 43 | 8 | 78 | The Pleasure Seekers |
| "The Pleasure Seekers" | — | 22 | 21 | — | ||
| "I Don't Run from Danger" | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987 | "Don't Disturb This Groove" | 4 | — | 1 | — | Don't Disturb This Groove |
| "House of Rhythm / Groove" | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Nighttime Lover" | — | — | 7 | — | ||
| 1988 | "Coming to America" | 91 | — | 23 | — | Coming to America soundtrack |
| 1989 | "Midnight Special" | — | — | 5 | — | Rhythm & Romance |
| "I Wanna Be Your Lover" | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Have Mercy" | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||
Music videos
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 1983 | "You Are in My System" |
| 1985 | "The Pleasure Seekers" |
| "This Is for You" | |
| 1987 | "Don't Disturb This Groove" |
| "House of Rhythm" | |
| 1988 | "Coming to America" |
| 1989 | "Midnight Special" |
Other appearances
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] | US R&B [1] | |||||
| 1984 | "Baptize the Beat" | — | — |
| ||
| "Rock & Roll Me Again" | — | — |
| |||
| 1988 | "Coming to America" | 91 | 23 |
| ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||
References
- ^ "The System - Awards". AllMusic. Archived January 7, 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
- ^ Jancik, Wayne (1998). The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders. 2nd ed. California, U.S.: Billboard Books, 1998, the University of California. p. 451. ISBN 0-8230-7622-9.
- ^ "The System: Billboard Dance Club Songs". billboard.com. Billboard
- ^ "The System: Billboard Hot Soul Songs". billboard.com. Billboard
- ^ "The System at Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2011-08-23.