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{{Infobox artist discography
{{Infobox artist discography
| Artist = [[Gilbert O'Sullivan]]
|Artist = [[Gilbert O'Sullivan]]
| Image = Gilbert O Sullivan in concert Tel Aviv ISRAEL May 2009.jpg
|Image = Gilbert O Sullivan in concert Tel Aviv ISRAEL May 2009.jpg
| Caption = Gilbert O'Sullivan in 2009.
|Caption = Gilbert O'Sullivan in 2009.
| Studio = 20
|Studio = 22
| Live =
|Live =
| Compilation = 8
|Compilation = 15
| Video =
|Video =
| Music videos =
|Music videos =
| Tribute =
|Tribute =
| EP =
|EP = 3
| Singles = 37
|Singles = 47
| B-sides =
|B-sides =
| Soundtrack =
|Soundtrack =
}}
}}
The following is a discography listing of [[Gilbert O'Sullivan]]'s officially released works to date.
The following is a discography listing of [[Gilbert O'Sullivan]]'s officially released works to date.


==Albums==
==Albums==
{| class="wikitable"|width=100%

|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
=== Studio albums ===
! width="20" rowspan="2"| Year
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! rowspan="2" width="20" | Title
! width="200" rowspan="2"| Title
! colspan="6"|Chart positions
! rowspan="2" width="20" | Details
! colspan="9" |Chart positions
! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:11em;" | Sales
! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:11em;" | Certifications
|- bgcolor="#DDDDDD"
|- bgcolor="#DDDDDD"
! width="30" | <small>[[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/17499/gilbert-osullivan/|title=Gilbert O'Sullivan {{!}} full Official Chart history|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=September 1, 2018}}</ref></small>
! width="30"| <small>[[Billboard 200|US]]<ref>[{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p110770/charts-awards/billboard-albums|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic.com - Charts & Awards (albums)]</ref></small>
! width="30" | <small>[[Kent Music Report|AU]]</small><ref name="aus">{{cite book |last= |first= |title=Norwegian Charts |publisher=Norwegian Charts |year=2022 |isbn=0-646-11917-6 |edition=illustrated |location=St Ives, N.S.W. |page=227 |authorlink=}}</ref>
! width="30"| <small>[[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/17499/gilbert-osullivan/|title=Gilbert O'Sullivan {{!}} full Official Chart history|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=September 1, 2018}}</ref></small>
! width="30" | <small>[[VG-lista|BEL]]</small><ref name="aus" />
! width="30"| <small>[[Netherlands|NLD]]</small>
! width="30"| <small>NOR</small>
! width="30" | <small>[[GfK Entertainment charts|DE]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/17499/gilbert-osullivan/|title=Gilbert O'Sullivan {{!}} full Official Chart history|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=September 1, 2018}}</ref></small>
! width="30"| <small>[[Kent Music Report|AUS]]</small><ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=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=227}}</ref>
![[NVPI|NLD]]
! width="30" | <small>[[VG-lista|NO]]</small><ref name="aus" />
! width="30"| <small>AUT</small>
|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"
![[Sverigetopplistan|SWE]]
|1971
! width="30" | <small>[[Swiss Hitparade|SWI]]</small><ref name="aus" />
|'''''[[Himself (Gilbert O'Sullivan album)|Himself]]'''''
! width="30" | <small>[[US Billboard 200|US]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/17499/gilbert-osullivan/|title=Gilbert O'Sullivan {{!}} full Official Chart history|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=September 1, 2018}}</ref></small>
*1st Studio album
|-
*Released: August 1971
! scope="row" |''[[Himself (Gilbert O'Sullivan album)|Himself]]''
*Formats: LP, CS, 8-Track
|
|align="center"|9
* Released: 1 January 1971
|align="center"|5
* Label: [[MAM Records]]
|align="center"|3

|align="center"|1
*Formats: CD, LP and Streaming
| align="center" |5
|align="center"|17
| align="center" |17
|align="center"|7
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |23
| align="center" |3
| align="center" |1
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |9
|
|
|-
|-
|1972
! scope="row" |''[[Back to Front (Gilbert O'Sullivan album)|Back to Front]]''
|'''''[[Back to Front (Gilbert O'Sullivan album)|Back to Front]]'''''
|
*2nd Studio album
*Released: 1972
*Released: 1972
*Formats: LP, CS, 8-Track
*Label: MAM Records
|align="center"|48
*Formats: CD, LP and Streaming
| align="center" |1
|align="center"|1
| align="center" |22
|align="center"|2
| align="center" |—
|align="center"|1
| align="center" |2
|align="center"|22
| align="center" |2
|align="center"|-
| align="center" |1
|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"
|1973
| align="center" |1
|'''''[[I'm a Writer, Not a Fighter]]'''''
| align="center" |—
*3rd Studio album
| align="center" |48
*Released: September 1973
|
*Formats: LP, CS, 8-Track
* UK: 500,000
|align="center"|101
|
|align="center"|2
* UK: 2x Gold
|align="center"|8
|-
|align="center"|15
! scope="row" |''[[I'm a Writer, Not a Fighter]]''
|align="center"|22
|
|align="center"|-
* Released: September 1973
* Label: MAM Records

*Formats: CD, LP and Streaming
| align="center" |2
| align="center" |22
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |5
| align="center" |8
| align="center" |15
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |101
|
* UK: 100,000
|
* UK: Gold
|-
|-
|1974
! scope="row" |[[A Stranger In My Own Back Yard|''A Stranger In My Own Back Yard'']]
|'''''[[A Stranger In My Own Back Yard]]'''''
|
*4th Studio album
*Released: October 1974
*Released: October 1974
*Formats: LP, CS, 8-Track
*Label: MAM Records
|align="center"|-
*Formats: CD, LP and Streaming
| align="center" |9
|align="center"|9
| align="center" |—
|align="center"|-
| align="center" |—
|align="center"|-
| align="center" |38
|align="center"|-
| align="center" |—
|align="center"|-
|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"
| align="center" |—
|1976
| align="center" |—
|'''''Greatest Hits'''''
| align="center" |—
*
| align="center" |—
*Released: November 1976
|
* UK: 60,000
*Formats: LP, CS,
|align="center"|-
|
|align="center"|13
* UK: Silver
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|-
|-
|1977
! scope="row" |[[Southpaw (album)|''Southpaw'']]
|'''''[[Southpaw (album)|Southpaw]]'''''
|
*5th Studio album
*Released: November 1977
*Released: November 1977
*Formats: LP, CS,
*Label: MAM Records
|align="center"|-
*Formats: CD, LP and Streaming
| align="center" | —
|align="center"|-
| align="center" | —
|align="center"|-
| align="center" |—
|align="center"|-
| align="center" |—
|align="center"|-
| align="center" |—
|align="center"|-
|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"
| align="center" | —
|1980
| align="center" |—
|'''''[[Off Centre (album)|Off Centre]]'''''
| align="center" |—
*6th Studio album
| align="center" |—
|
|
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Off Centre (album)|Off Centre]]''
|
*Released: October 1980
*Released: October 1980
*Formats: LP
*Label: [[Columbia Records]]
|align="center"|-
*Formats: CD and LP
| align="center" |—
|align="center"|-
| align="center" |98
|align="center"|-
| align="center" |—
|align="center"|-
| align="center" |—
|align="center"|98
| align="center" |—
|align="center"|-
|-
| align="center" |—
|1981
| align="center" |—
|'''''20 Golden Greats'''''
| align="center" |—
*
| align="center" |—
*Released: 1981
|
*Formats: LP
|
|align="center"|-
|-
|align="center"|98
! scope="row" |''[[Life & Rhymes]]''
|align="center"|-
|
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"
|1982
|'''''[[Life & Rhymes]]'''''
*7th Studio album
*Released: October 1982
*Released: October 1982
*Formats: LP
*Label: Columbia Records
|align="center"|-
*Formats: CD and LP
| align="center" |—
|align="center"|-
| align="center" |—
|align="center"|-
| align="center" |—
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| align="center" |—
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| align="center" |—
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| align="center" |—
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |—
|
|
|-
|-
|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"
|1986
|'''''The Very Best of Gilbert O'Sullivan'''''
*Released: October 1986
*Formats: LP
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|19
|align="center"|-
|-
|-
|1987
! scope="row" |''Frobisher Drive''
|'''''[[Frobisher Drive]] (Germany Only)'''''
|
*8th Studio album
*Released: 1987
*Released: 1987
*Formats: LP, CD
*Label: Ultraphone
|align="center"|-
*Formats: CD and LP
| align="center" | —
|align="center"|-
| align="center" |—
|align="center"|-
| align="center" |—
|align="center"|-
| align="center" |—
|align="center"|-
| align="center" |—
|align="center"|-
|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"
| align="center" |—
|1989
| align="center" |—
|'''''[[In the Key of G]] [Updated / Edited Version Of 'Frobisher Drive']'''''
| align="center" |—
*9th Studio album
| align="center" |—
|
|
|-
! scope="row" |''[[In the Key of G]]''
|
*Released: November 1989
*Released: November 1989
*Formats:
*Label: Dover
|align="center"|-
*Formats: CD, LP and Streaming
| align="center" | —
|align="center"|-
| align="center" |—
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| align="center" |—
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|
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|-
|-
|1991
! scope="row" |''[[Sounds of the Loop]]''
|'''''Nothing But The Best'''''
|
*
*Released: 1991
*Formats: CS
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|50
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"
|1992
|'''''Rare Tracks'''''
*
*Released: April 1992
*Formats:
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|-
|1993
|'''''[[Sounds of the Loop]]'''''
*10th Studio album
*Released: November 1991
*Released: November 1991
*Formats:
*Label: Toshiba and [[Park Records]]
|align="center"|-
*Formats: CD, LP and Streaming
| align="center" | —
|align="center"|-
| align="center" |—
|align="center"|-
| align="center" |—
|align="center"|-
| align="center" |—
|align="center"|-
| align="center" |—
|align="center"|-
|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"
| align="center" |—
|1994
| align="center" |—
|'''''By Larry (also known as 'The Little Album')'''''
| align="center" |—
*11th Studio album
| align="center" |—
*Released: April 1994
|
*Formats:
|
|align="center"|-
|-
|align="center"|-
! scope="row" |''Every Song Has Its Play''
|align="center"|-
|
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|-
|1995
|'''''The Best Of Gilbert O'Sullivan: Live In Japan'''''
*
*Released: April 1995
*Formats:
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"
|1995
|'''''Every Song Has Its Play'''''
*12th Studio album
*Released: May 1995
*Released: May 1995
*Formats:
*Label: Park Records
|align="center"|-
*Formats: CD and Streaming
| align="center" | —
|align="center"|-
| align="center" |—
|align="center"|-
| align="center" |—
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|
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|-
|-
|1997
! scope="row" |''Singer Sowing Machine''
|'''''Singer Sowing Machine'''''
|
*13th Studio album
*Released: November 1997
*Released: November 1997
*Formats:
*Label: Park Records
|align="center"|-
*Formats: CD and Streaming
| align="center" | —
|align="center"|-
| align="center" |—
|align="center"|-
| align="center" |—
|align="center"|-
| align="center" |—
|align="center"|-
| align="center" |—
|align="center"|-
|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"
| align="center" |—
|2001
| align="center" |—
|'''''Irlish'''''
| align="center" |—
*14th Studio album
| align="center" |—
|
|
|-
! scope="row" |''Irlish''
|
*Released: October 2001
*Released: October 2001
*Formats:
*Label: Bygum Records
|align="center"|-
*Formats: CD and Streaming
| align="center" | —
|align="center"|-
| align="center" |—
|align="center"|-
| align="center" |—
|align="center"|-
| align="center" |—
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| align="center" |—
|
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|-
|-
|2003
! scope="row" |''Piano Foreplay''
|'''''Piano Foreplay'''''
|
*15th Studio album
*Released: 2003
*Released: 2003
*Formats:
*Label: [[EMI]]
|align="center"|-
*Formats: CD and Streaming
| align="center" | —
|align="center"|-
| align="center" |—
|align="center"|-
| align="center" |—
|align="center"|-
| align="center" |—
|align="center"|-
| align="center" |—
|align="center"|-
|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"
| align="center" |—
|2004
| align="center" |—
|'''''[[The Berry Vest of Gilbert O'Sullivan]]'''''
| align="center" |—
*
| align="center" |—
*Released: March 2004
|
*Formats:
|
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|20
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|32
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|-
|-
|2007
! scope="row" |''A Scruff At Heart''
|'''''A Scruff At Heart'''''
|
*16th Studio album
*Released: March 2007
*Released: March 2007
*Formats:
*Label: Victor
|align="center"|-
*Formats: CD and Streaming
| align="center" | —
|align="center"|-
| align="center" |—
|align="center"|-
| align="center" |—
|align="center"|-
| align="center" |—
|align="center"|-
| align="center" |—
|align="center"|-
|-
| align="center" |—
|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"
| align="center" |—
|2011
| align="center" |—
|'''''Gilbertville'''''
| align="center" |—
*17th Studio album
|
|
|-
! scope="row" |''By Larry''
|
*Released: April 2007
*Label: Union Square Music
*Formats: CD
| align="center" | —
| align="center" |—
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|
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|-
! scope="row" |''Gilbertville''
|
*Released: 31 January 2011
*Released: 31 January 2011
*Formats:
*Label: Hypertension Music
|align="center"|-
*Formats: CD and Streaming
| align="center" |—
|align="center"|-
| align="center" |—
|align="center"|-
| align="center" |—
|align="center"|-
| align="center" |—
|align="center"|-
| align="center" |—
|align="center"|-
|-
| align="center" |—
|2012
| align="center" |—
|'''''The Very Best of Gilbert O'Sullivan: A Singer & His Songs''''' <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-very-best-of-gilbert-osullivan-a-singer-his-songs-mw0002299257|title = The Very Best of Gilbert O'Sullivan: A Singer & His Songs - Gilbert O'Sullivan &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits &#124; AllMusic|website = [[AllMusic]]}}</ref>
| align="center" |—
*Released: 12 March 2012
| align="center" |—
*Formats: CD, MP3
|
|align="center"|-
|
|align="center"|-
|-
|align="center"|-
! scope="row" |''Latin ala G!''
|align="center"|-
|
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|-
|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"
|2015
|'''''Latin ala G!'''''
*18th Studio album
*Released: 8 June 2015
*Released: 8 June 2015
*Formats:
*Label: Union Square Music
|align="center"|-
*Formats: CD and Streaming
| align="center" |—
|align="center"|-
| align="center" |—
|align="center"|-
| align="center" |—
|align="center"|-
| align="center" |—
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| align="center" |—
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| align="center" |—
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |—
|
|
|-
|-
|2018
! scope="row" |''Gilbert O'Sullivan''
|'''''Gilbert O'Sullivan'''''
|
*19th Studio album
*Released: 24 August 2018
*Released: 24 August 2018
*Formats: CS
*Label: Union Square Music
|align="center"|-
*Formats: CD, LP and Streaming
|align="center"|20<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/gilbert-o'sullivan/|title = Gilbert o'sullivan &#124; full Official Chart History &#124; Official Charts Company|website = [[Official Charts Company|Official Charts]]}}</ref>
| align="center" |20
| align="center" |—
|align="center"|-
| align="center" |—
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| align="center" |—
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| align="center" |—
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| align="center" |—
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|
|
|-
|-
|2022
! scope="row" |'''''Driven'''''
|'''''Driven'''''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://superdeluxeedition.com/news/the-next-sde-exclusive-blu-ray-is-gilbert-osullivans-new-album-driven/|title = The next SDE-exclusive blu-ray is Gilbert O'Sullivan's new album, 'Driven' – SuperDeluxeEdition}}</ref>
|
*20th Studio album
*Released: 22 July 2022
*Released: 22 July 2022
*Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, vinyl
*Label: Union Square Music
|align="center"|-
*Formats: CD, LP and Streaming
| align="center" |26
|align="center"|-
| align="center" |—
|align="center"|-
| align="center" |157
|align="center"|-
| align="center" |—
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| align="center" |—
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |89
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|
|
|-
| colspan="16" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
|}

=== Compilation albums ===
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" width="200" |Title
! rowspan="2" width="200" |Details
! colspan="3" |Chart positions
! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:11em;" | Sales
! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:11em;" | Certifications
|-
!<small>[[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums2" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Gilbert O'Sullivan {{!}} full Official Chart history |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/17499/gilbert-osullivan/ |access-date=September 1, 2018 |publisher=Official Charts Company}}</ref></small>
! width="30" |<small>NOR</small>
! width="30" |[[Kent Music Report|<small>AUS</small>]]<small><ref name="aus2">{{cite book |last=Kent |first=David |title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 |publisher=Australian Chart Book |year=1993 |isbn=0-646-11917-6 |edition=illustrated |location=St Ives, N.S.W. |page=227 |authorlink=David Kent (historian)}}</ref></small>
|-
! scope="row" |'''''Greatest Hits'''''
|
*Released: November 1976
* Formats: LP, CS,
| align="center" |13
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | —
|
* UK: 60,000
|
* BPI: Silver
|-
! scope="row" |'''''20 Golden Greats'''''
|
*Released: 1981
* Formats: LP
| align="center" |98
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | —
|
|
|-
! scope="row" |'''''The Very Best of Gilbert O'Sullivan'''''
|
*Released: October 1986
* Formats: LP
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | —
| align="center" |19
|
|
|-
! scope="row" |'''''Nothing But The Best'''''
|
*Released: 1991
* Formats: CS
| align="center" |50
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | —
|
|
|-
! scope="row" |'''''Rare Tracks'''''
|
*Released: April 1992
* Formats:
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | —
|
|
|-
! scope="row" |'''''The Best Of Gilbert O'Sullivan: Live In Japan'''''
|
*Released: April 1995
* Formats:
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | —
|
|
|-
! scope="row" |'''''[[The Berry Vest of Gilbert O'Sullivan]]'''''
|
*Released: March 2004
* Formats:
| align="center" |20
| align="center" |32
| align="center" | —
|
* UK: 60,000
* IRE: 15,000
|
* IRMA: Platinum
* BPI: Silver
|-
! scope="row" |'''''The Very Best of Gilbert O'Sullivan: A Singer & His Songs''''' <ref>{{Cite web |title=The Very Best of Gilbert O'Sullivan: A Singer & His Songs - Gilbert O'Sullivan &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits &#124; AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-very-best-of-gilbert-osullivan-a-singer-his-songs-mw0002299257 |website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>
|
*Released: 12 March 2012
* Formats: CD, MP3
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | —
|
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|-
| colspan="7" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
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==Singles==
==Singles==
{|class="wikitable sortable"

'''List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions, showing year released.'''

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:20em;" | Title
! rowspan="2"| Release date
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"|[[A-side and B-side|A-side]]
! rowspan="2"|[[A-side and B-side|B-side]]
! colspan="11" |Peak chart positions
! colspan="7"|Chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| [[List of music recording certifications|Certifications]]
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album
|-
|-
! <small>[[UK]]</small><ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book
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! <small>[[Kent Music Report|AUS]]</small><ref name="aus" />
! <small>[[Kent Music Report|AUS]]</small><ref name=aus/>
![[Ultratop|BEL FLA]]
![[Ultratop|BEL WAL]]
![[Canadian Singles Chart|CAN]]
![[Hitlisten|DEN]]
! <small>[[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRE]]</small><ref>[http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement The Irish Singles Charts - Searchable Database] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105231849/http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |date=January 5, 2010 }} Note: User must define "Gilbert O'Sullivan" as the search parameter. www.irishcharts.ie. Access date: 28-04-2010.</ref>
! <small>[[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRE]]</small><ref>[http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement The Irish Singles Charts - Searchable Database] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105231849/http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |date=January 5, 2010 }} Note: User must define "Gilbert O'Sullivan" as the search parameter. www.irishcharts.ie. Access date: 28-04-2010.</ref>
! <small>[[Billboard Hot 100|US]]</small><ref name="AMG Singles">[{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p110770/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic.com - Charts & Awards (singles)]</ref>
! <small>[[Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks|US AC]]</small><ref name="AMG Singles"/>
! <small>[[Netherlands|NLD]]</small>
! <small>[[Netherlands|NLD]]</small>
! <small>[[New Zealand|NZ]]</small>
! <small>[[New Zealand|NZ]]</small>
! <small>[[Billboard Hot 100|US]]</small><ref name="AMG Singles">[{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p110770/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic.com - Charts & Awards (singles)]</ref>
! <small>[[Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks|US AC]]</small><ref name="AMG Singles" />
|-
|-
| November 1967
! scope="row" | "[[Nothing Rhymed]]"
| "Disappear"
| rowspan="1" | 1970
| "You"
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|-
| April 1968
| "What Can I Do?"
| "You"
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|-
| May 1969
| "Mr. Moody's Garden"
| "I Wish I Could Cry"
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|-
| October 1970
| "[[Nothing Rhymed]]"
| "Everybody Knows"
| style="text-align:center;" |8
| style="text-align:center;" |8
| style="text-align:center;" |85
| style="text-align:center;" |85
|3
|13
|—
|2
| style="text-align:center;" |2
| style="text-align:center;" |2
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |1
| style="text-align:center;" |1
| style="text-align:center;" |14
| style="text-align:center;" |14
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |—
|
* BPI: Gold
| rowspan="4" |''[[Himself (Gilbert O'Sullivan album)|Himself]]''
|-
|-
| February 1971
! scope="row" | "Matrimony"
| "[[Underneath the Blanket Go]]"
| rowspan="3" |1971
| "Doing the Best I Can"
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |40
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|7
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|15
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|—
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |1
| style="text-align:center;" |3
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |—
|
|-
|-
| May 1971
! scope="row" | "[[We Will (song)|We Will]]"
| "[[Susan van Heusen]]"
| "I didn't know what to do"
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|-
| June 1971
| "I Wish I Could Cry"
| "Mr. Moody's Garden"
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |20
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|-
| July 1971
| "[[We Will (song)|We Will]]"
| "I Didn't Know What to Do"
| style="text-align:center;" |16
| style="text-align:center;" |16
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|—
| style="text-align:center;" |23
|—
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |21
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |—
|
|-
|-
| November 1971
! scope="row" | "No Matter How I Try"
| "No Matter How I Try"
| "If I Don't Get You (Back Again)"
| style="text-align:center;" |5
| style="text-align:center;" |5
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|—
|—
|—
|—
| style="text-align:center;" |7
| style="text-align:center;" |7
| style="text-align:center;" |17
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |13
| style="text-align:center;" |10
| style="text-align:center;" |10
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |—
|
|-
|-
| February 1972
! scope="row" | "[[Alone Again (Naturally)]]"
| "[[Alone Again (Naturally)]]"
| rowspan="3" | 1972
| "Save It"
| style="text-align:center;" |3
| style="text-align:center;" |3
| style="text-align:center;" |2
| style="text-align:center;" |2
|1
|18
|9
|1
| style="text-align:center;" |2
| style="text-align:center;" |18
| style="text-align:center;" |2
| style="text-align:center;" |2
| style="text-align:center;" |1
| style="text-align:center;" |1
| style="text-align:center;" |1
| style="text-align:center;" |1
| style="text-align:center;" |21
|
| style="text-align:center;" |2
* IRMA: Platinum
* BPI: Gold
* RIAA: Gold
* IFPI: Gold
| rowspan="4" |''[[Back to Front (Gilbert O'Sullivan album)|Back to Front]]''
|-
|-
| May 1972
! scope="row" | "[[Ooh-Wakka-Doo-Wakka-Day]]"
| "Matrimony"
| "January Git"
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |4
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|-
| May 1972
| "[[Ooh-Wakka-Doo-Wakka-Day]]"
| "But I'm Not"
| style="text-align:center;" |8
| style="text-align:center;" |8
| style="text-align:center;" |14
| style="text-align:center;" |14
|12
|29
|—
|—
| style="text-align:center;" |1
| style="text-align:center;" |1
| style="text-align:center;" |9
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |12
| style="text-align:center;" |3
| style="text-align:center;" |3
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |—
|
|-
|-
| October 1972
! scope="row" | "[[Clair (song)|Clair]]"
| "[[Clair (song)|Clair]]"
| "What Could Be Nicer (Mum, the Kettle's Boiling)"
| style="text-align:center;" |1
| style="text-align:center;" |1
| style="text-align:center;" |12
| style="text-align:center;" |12
|1
|5
|1
|1
| style="text-align:center;" |1
| style="text-align:center;" |1
| style="text-align:center;" |3
| style="text-align:center;" |2
| style="text-align:center;" |2
| style="text-align:center;" |2
| style="text-align:center;" |1
| style="text-align:center;" |1
| style="text-align:center;" |4
|
| style="text-align:center;" |2
* IRMA: Platinum
* IFPI: Gold
* BPI: Gold
* RIAA: Gold
* NVPI: Silver
|-
|-
| January 1973
! scope="row" | "[[Out of the Question (Gilbert O'Sullivan song)|Out of the Question]]"
| "[[Out of the Question (Gilbert O'Sullivan song)|Out of the Question]]"
| rowspan="4" | 1973
| "Everybody Knows"
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|—
|9
|—
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |17
| style="text-align:center;" |17
| style="text-align:center;" |2
| style="text-align:center;" |2
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|-
|-
| March 1973
! scope="row" | "[[Get Down (Gilbert O'Sullivan song)|Get Down]]"
| "[[Get Down (Gilbert O'Sullivan song)|Get Down]]"
| "A Very Extraordinary Sort of Girl"
| style="text-align:center;" |1
| style="text-align:center;" |1
| style="text-align:center;" |6
| style="text-align:center;" |6
|2
|3
|—
|—
| style="text-align:center;" |1
| style="text-align:center;" |1
| style="text-align:center;" |3
| style="text-align:center;" |7
| style="text-align:center;" |7
| style="text-align:center;" |7
| style="text-align:center;" |3
| style="text-align:center;" |3
| style="text-align:center;" |3
|
| style="text-align:center;" |7
| rowspan="3" |''[[I'm a Writer, Not a Fighter]]''
|-
|-
| August 1973
! scope="row" | "Ooh, Baby"
| "Ooh, Baby"
| "Good Company"
| style="text-align:center;" |18
| style="text-align:center;" |18
| style="text-align:center;" |31
| style="text-align:center;" |31
|6
|10
|—
|—
| style="text-align:center;" |2
| style="text-align:center;" |2
| style="text-align:center;" |18
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |25
| style="text-align:center;" |25
| style="text-align:center;" |29
| style="text-align:center;" |29
| style="text-align:center;" |18
|
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|-
|-
| November 1973
! scope="row" | "Why, Oh Why, Oh Why"
| "Why, Oh Why, Oh Why"
| "You Don't Have to Tell Me"
| style="text-align:center;" |6
| style="text-align:center;" |6
| style="text-align:center;" |50
| style="text-align:center;" |50
|—
|—
|—
|—
| style="text-align:center;" |3
| style="text-align:center;" |3
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" | —
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" | —
| style="text-align:center;" |15
|
|-
|-
| February 1974
! scope="row" | "Happiness Is Me and You"
| "Happiness Is Me and You"
| rowspan="3" | 1974
| "Breakfast, Dinner, and Tea"
| style="text-align:center;" |19
| style="text-align:center;" |19
| style="text-align:center;" |65
| style="text-align:center;" |65
|—
|—
|—
|—
| style="text-align:center;" |4
| style="text-align:center;" |4
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |62
| style="text-align:center;" |62
| style="text-align:center;" |23
| style="text-align:center;" |23
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| rowspan="2" |''[[A Stranger in My Own Back Yard]]''
|-
|-
| August 1974
! scope="row" | "A Woman's Place"
| "A Woman's Place"
| "Too Bad"
| style="text-align:center;" |42
| style="text-align:center;" |42
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|—
| style="text-align:center;" | —
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" | —
| style="text-align:center;" | —
|
|-
|-
| November 1974
! scope="row" | "Christmas Song"
| "Christmas Song"
| "To Cut a Long Story Short"
| style="text-align:center;" |12
| style="text-align:center;" |12
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|—
|—
|—
|—
| style="text-align:center;" |5
| style="text-align:center;" |5
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" | —
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" | —
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|
| rowspan="2" |Non album-single
|-
|-
| January 1975
! scope="row" | "I Don't Love You But I Think I Like You"
| "You Are You"
| rowspan="2" |1975
| "Tell Me Why"
| style="text-align:center;" |53{{Efn|Chart position is from the official UK "Breakers List".|name=fn2|group=upper-alpha}}
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |17
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|-
| May 1975
| "I Don't Love You But I Think I Like You"
| "That's a Fact"
| style="text-align:center;" |14
| style="text-align:center;" |14
| style="text-align:center;" |95
| style="text-align:center;" |95
|29
|44
|—
|—
| style="text-align:center;" |7
| style="text-align:center;" |7
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" | —
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" | 17
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|
|-
|-
| August 1975
! scope="row" | "I'll Believe It When I See It"
| "I'll Believe It When I See It"
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| "Just as You Are"
| style="text-align:center;" |52{{Efn|name=fn2|group=upper-alpha}}
| style="text-align:center;" |100
| style="text-align:center;" |100
|—
|—
|—
|—
| style="text-align:center;" |16
| style="text-align:center;" |16
| style="text-align:center;" |16
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" | —
| style="text-align:center;" |11
| style="text-align:center;" | —
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|
| rowspan="2" |''[[Southpaw (album)|Southpaw]]''
|-
|-
| October 1975
! scope="row" | "To Each His Own"
| "You Never Listen to Reason"
|1976
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| "Call on Me"
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|-
| April 1976
| "Doing What I Know"
| "I, of Course, Replied"
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|-
| October 1976
| "To Each His Own"
| "Can't Get You out of My Mind"
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |10
| style="text-align:center;" |10
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|
|-
|-
| November 1976
! scope="row" | "What's in a Kiss?"
| "Matrimony"
| 1980
| "You Don't Have to Tell Me"
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|-
| May 1977
| "My Love and I"
| "Call on Me"
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|-
| July 1977
| "You Got Me Going"
| "As Long as I Can"
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|-
| February 1978
| "Miss My Love Today"
| "Our Own Baby"
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|-
| August 1980
| "What's in a Kiss?"
| "Down, Down, Down"
| style="text-align:center;" |19
| style="text-align:center;" |19
| style="text-align:center;" |27
| style="text-align:center;" |27
|—
|—
|—
|29
| style="text-align:center;" |4
| style="text-align:center;" |4
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |13
| style="text-align:center;" | —
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" | 13
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|
|-
| November 1980
* BPI: Gold
| "I Love It But"
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Off Centre (album)|Off Centre]]''
| "Help Is on the Way"
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|-
| January 1981
| "Hello, It's Goodbye"
| "Break It to Me Gently"
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|-
| March 1981
| "Can't Get Enough of You"
| "Or So They Say"
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|-
|-
| April 1981
! scope="row" | "Hello, It's Goodbye"
| "Why Pretent"
| 1981
| N/A
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |98
| style="text-align:center;" |98
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|—
| style="text-align:center;" | —
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" | —
| style="text-align:center;" | —
|
|-
|-
| June 1982
! scope="row" | "A Minute of Your Time"
| "A Minute of Your Time"
| rowspan="2" | 1982
| "In Other Words"
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|—
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|—
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| style="text-align:center;" |-
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| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" | —
| style="text-align:center;" | —
|
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Life & Rhymes]]''
|-
|-
| September 1982
! scope="row" | "Bear with Me"
| "Bear with Me"
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| "Don't Bother at All"
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|—
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|—
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| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" | —
| style="text-align:center;" | —
|
|-
|-
! scope="row" | "Lost a Friend"
| 1989
| 1989
| "Lost a Friend"
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| "You Better Run"
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|—
| style="text-align:center;" | —
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" | —
| style="text-align:center;" | —
|
| rowspan="2" | ''[[In the Key of G]]''
|-
|-
| February 1990
! scope="row" | "So What"
| "So What"
| 1990
| "In a Nutshell"
| style="text-align:center;" |70
| style="text-align:center;" |70
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|37
| style="text-align:center;" | —
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" | —
| style="text-align:center;" | —
|
|-
|-
| June 1990
! scope="row" | "What A Way (To Show I Love You)"
| "At the Very Mention of Your Name"
| rowspan="2" | 1991
| "What You See Is What You Get"
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|—
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|—
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|—
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|—
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| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" | —
| style="text-align:center;" | —
|
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Sounds of the Loop]]''
|-
|-
| October 1991
! scope="row" | "Can't Think Straight" <span style="font-size:85%;">(ft. [[Peggy Lee]])</span>
| "What A Way (To Show I Love You)"
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| "Lost A Friend"
| style="text-align:center;" |—
|—
|
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|—
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|—
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| style="text-align:center;" | —
| style="text-align:center;" | —
|
|-
|-
| May 1992
! scope="row" | "Dear Dream"
| "Tomorrow, Today"
| rowspan="1" | 1995
| "What's In A Kiss"
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|—
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|—
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|—
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|—
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| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" | —
| style="text-align:center;" | —
|
| rowspan="1" | ''Every Song Has It's Play''
|-
|-
| 1992
! scope="row" | "Taking A Chance On Love"
| "Can't Think Straight" †
| rowspan="2" | 2001
| "Sometimes" / "Divorce Irish Style"
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|—
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| style="text-align:center;" |-
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| style="text-align:center;" | —
| style="text-align:center;" | —
|
| rowspan="1" |''Non album-single''
|-
|-
| August 1993
! scope="row" | "Say Goodbye"
| "Anytime"
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| "Alone Again (naturally)"
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
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| style="text-align:center;" | —
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|
| rowspan="2" |''Irlish''
|-
|-
| November 1993
! scope="row" | "Two's Company (Three Is Allowed)"
| "Are You Happy?"
| rowspan="1" | 2002
| "Nothing Rhymed" (live) / "Or So They Say" (live)
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|—
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|
|-
|-
| November 1995
! scope="row" | "Just So You Know"
| "Dear Dream"
| rowspan="1" | 2007
| "Dear Dream" (dance mix) / "Sometimes"
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
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| style="text-align:center;" | —
|
| rowspan="1" |''A Scruff at Heart''
|-
|-
| October 1998
! scope="row" | "Me Mum"
| "Ain't No Telling (What Tomorrow Will Bring)"
| 2013
| "Doesn't It Make You Sick" / "Break a Leg"
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|—
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| style="text-align:center;" | —
|
| rowspan="1" |''Non album-single''
|-
|-
| May 2001
! scope="row" | "Made in Love"
| "Taking A Chance On Love"
| 2015
| "Clair" / "Happiness Is Me And You"
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|—
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| style="text-align:center;" | —
|
| rowspan="2" |''Latin ala G!''
|-
|-
| July 2001
! scope="row" | "No Way"
| "Say Goodbye"
| 2016
| "Sex Appeal" / "Clair"
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
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|
|-
|-
| June 2002
! scope="row" |"Where Did You Go To?"
| "Two's Company (Three Is Allowed)"
| rowspan="2" | 2018
| "I Have a Coat to Keep Me Warm" / "There Are Others"
| style="text-align:center;" |182
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|98
| style="text-align:center;" |-
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| style="text-align:center;" | —
|
| rowspan="2" |''Gilbert O'Sullivan''
|-
|-
| December 2002
! scope="row" | "The Same the Whole World Over"
| "Ooh, Baby"
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| "Ooh, Baby" (versions)
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|—
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|
|-
|-
| June 2007
! scope="row" | "Take Love" <span style="font-size:85%;">(ft. [[KT Tunstall]])</span>
| "Just So You Know"
| rowspan="2" | 2022
|
| style="text-align:center;" |114
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
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|
| rowspan="2" |''Driven''
|-
|-
| July 2008
! scope="row" | "You Can’t Say I Didn’t Try
| "Never Say Di"
| style="text-align:center;" |—
|
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|—
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|-
| style="text-align:center;" | —
| March 2013
| style="text-align:center;" | —
| "Me Mum"
|
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|-
| June 2015
| "Made in Love"
|
| style="text-align:center;" |-
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|-
| February 2016
| "No Way"
|
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|-
|-
| colspan="16" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
|}
|}

† Duet with [[Peggy Lee]]

==EPs==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Release date
! Titles
|-
| 1972
| "Alone Again (Naturally)" / "Save It" / "No Matter How I Try" / "If I Don't Get You"
|-
| 1972
| "Clair" / "What Could be Nicer" / "[[Ooh-Wakka-Doo-Wakka-Day]]" / "But I'm Not"
|-
| November 1978
| "Christmas Song" / "Clair" / "Nothing Rhymed"
|-
|}

==Notes==
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==References==
==References==

Revision as of 16:56, 8 August 2022

Gilbert O'Sullivan discography
Gilbert O'Sullivan in 2009.
Studio albums22
EPs3
Compilation albums15
Singles47

The following is a discography listing of Gilbert O'Sullivan's officially released works to date.

Albums

Year Title Chart positions
US[1] UK[2][3] NLD NOR AUS[4] AUT
1971 Himself
  • 1st Studio album
  • Released: August 1971
  • Formats: LP, CS, 8-Track
 9 5 3 1 17 7
1972 Back to Front
  • 2nd Studio album
  • Released: 1972
  • Formats: LP, CS, 8-Track
 48 1 2 1 22 -
1973 I'm a Writer, Not a Fighter
  • 3rd Studio album
  • Released: September 1973
  • Formats: LP, CS, 8-Track
 101 2 8 15 22 -
1974 A Stranger In My Own Back Yard
  • 4th Studio album
  • Released: October 1974
  • Formats: LP, CS, 8-Track
 - 9 - - - -
1976 Greatest Hits
  • Released: November 1976
  • Formats: LP, CS,
 - 13 - - - -
1977 Southpaw
  • 5th Studio album
  • Released: November 1977
  • Formats: LP, CS,
 - - - - - -
1980 Off Centre
  • 6th Studio album
  • Released: October 1980
  • Formats: LP
 - - - - 98 -
1981 20 Golden Greats
  • Released: 1981
  • Formats: LP
 - 98 - - - -
1982 Life & Rhymes
  • 7th Studio album
  • Released: October 1982
  • Formats: LP
 - - - - - -
1986 The Very Best of Gilbert O'Sullivan
  • Released: October 1986
  • Formats: LP
 - - - - 19 -
1987 Frobisher Drive (Germany Only)
  • 8th Studio album
  • Released: 1987
  • Formats: LP, CD
 - - - - - -
1989 In the Key of G [Updated / Edited Version Of 'Frobisher Drive']
  • 9th Studio album
  • Released: November 1989
  • Formats:
 - - - - - -
1991 Nothing But The Best
  • Released: 1991
  • Formats: CS
 - 50 - - - -
1992 Rare Tracks
  • Released: April 1992
  • Formats:
 - - - - - -
1993 Sounds of the Loop
  • 10th Studio album
  • Released: November 1991
  • Formats:
 - - - - - -
1994 By Larry (also known as 'The Little Album')
  • 11th Studio album
  • Released: April 1994
  • Formats:
 - - - - - -
1995 The Best Of Gilbert O'Sullivan: Live In Japan
  • Released: April 1995
  • Formats:
 - - - - - -
1995 Every Song Has Its Play
  • 12th Studio album
  • Released: May 1995
  • Formats:
 - - - - - -
1997 Singer Sowing Machine
  • 13th Studio album
  • Released: November 1997
  • Formats:
 - - - - - -
2001 Irlish
  • 14th Studio album
  • Released: October 2001
  • Formats:
 - - - - - -
2003 Piano Foreplay
  • 15th Studio album
  • Released: 2003
  • Formats:
 - - - - - -
2004 The Berry Vest of Gilbert O'Sullivan
  • Released: March 2004
  • Formats:
 - 20 - 32 - -
2007 A Scruff At Heart
  • 16th Studio album
  • Released: March 2007
  • Formats:
 - - - - - -
2011 Gilbertville
  • 17th Studio album
  • Released: 31 January 2011
  • Formats:
 - - - - - -
2012 The Very Best of Gilbert O'Sullivan: A Singer & His Songs [5]
  • Released: 12 March 2012
  • Formats: CD, MP3
 - - - - - -
2015 Latin ala G!
  • 18th Studio album
  • Released: 8 June 2015
  • Formats:
 - - - - - -
2018 Gilbert O'Sullivan
  • 19th Studio album
  • Released: 24 August 2018
  • Formats: CS
 - 20[6] - - - -
2022 Driven[7]
  • 20th Studio album
  • Released: 22 July 2022
  • Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, vinyl
 - - - - - -

Singles

Release date A-side B-side Chart positions
UK[2] AUS[4] IRE[8] US[9] US AC[9] NLD NZ
November 1967 "Disappear" "You" - - - - - - -
April 1968 "What Can I Do?" "You" - - - - - - -
May 1969 "Mr. Moody's Garden" "I Wish I Could Cry" - - - - - - -
October 1970 "Nothing Rhymed" "Everybody Knows" 8 85 2 - - 1 14
February 1971 "Underneath the Blanket Go" "Doing the Best I Can" 40 - - - - 1 -
May 1971 "Susan van Heusen" "I didn't know what to do" - - - - - - -
June 1971 "I Wish I Could Cry" "Mr. Moody's Garden" - - - - - 20 -
July 1971 "We Will" "I Didn't Know What to Do" 16 - - - - 23 -
November 1971 "No Matter How I Try" "If I Don't Get You (Back Again)" 5 - 7 - - 13 10
February 1972 "Alone Again (Naturally)" "Save It" 3 2 2 1 1 21 2
May 1972 "Matrimony" "January Git" - - - - - 4 -
May 1972 "Ooh-Wakka-Doo-Wakka-Day" "But I'm Not" 8 14 1 - - 12 3
October 1972 "Clair" "What Could Be Nicer (Mum, the Kettle's Boiling)" 1 12 1 2 1 4 2
January 1973 "Out of the Question" "Everybody Knows" - - - 17 2 - -
March 1973 "Get Down" "A Very Extraordinary Sort of Girl" 1 6 1 7 3 3 7
August 1973 "Ooh, Baby" "Good Company" 18 31 2 25 29 18 -
November 1973 "Why, Oh Why, Oh Why" "You Don't Have to Tell Me" 6 50 3 - - - 15
February 1974 "Happiness Is Me and You" "Breakfast, Dinner, and Tea" 19 65 4 62 23 - -
August 1974 "A Woman's Place" "Too Bad" 42 - - - - - -
November 1974 "Christmas Song" "To Cut a Long Story Short" 12 - 5 - - - -
January 1975 "You Are You" "Tell Me Why" 53[A] - - - 17 - -
May 1975 "I Don't Love You But I Think I Like You" "That's a Fact" 14 95 7 - - - -
August 1975 "I'll Believe It When I See It" "Just as You Are" 52[A] 100 16 - - 11 -
October 1975 "You Never Listen to Reason" "Call on Me" - - - - - - -
April 1976 "Doing What I Know" "I, of Course, Replied" - - - - - - -
October 1976 "To Each His Own" "Can't Get You out of My Mind" - - 10 - - - -
November 1976 "Matrimony" "You Don't Have to Tell Me" - - - - - - -
May 1977 "My Love and I" "Call on Me" - - - - - - -
July 1977 "You Got Me Going" "As Long as I Can" - - - - - - -
February 1978 "Miss My Love Today" "Our Own Baby" - - - - - - -
August 1980 "What's in a Kiss?" "Down, Down, Down" 19 27 4 - 13 - -
November 1980 "I Love It But" "Help Is on the Way" - - - - - - -
January 1981 "Hello, It's Goodbye" "Break It to Me Gently" - - - - - - -
March 1981 "Can't Get Enough of You" "Or So They Say" - - - - - - -
April 1981 "Why Pretent" N/A - 98 - - - - -
June 1982 "A Minute of Your Time" "In Other Words" - - - - - - -
September 1982 "Bear with Me" "Don't Bother at All" - - - - - - -
1989 "Lost a Friend" "You Better Run" - - - - - - -
February 1990 "So What" "In a Nutshell" 70 - - - - - -
June 1990 "At the Very Mention of Your Name" "What You See Is What You Get" - - - - - - -
October 1991 "What A Way (To Show I Love You)" "Lost A Friend" - - - - - -
May 1992 "Tomorrow, Today" "What's In A Kiss" - - - - - - -
1992 "Can't Think Straight" † "Sometimes" / "Divorce Irish Style" - - - - - - -
August 1993 "Anytime" "Alone Again (naturally)" - - - - - - -
November 1993 "Are You Happy?" "Nothing Rhymed" (live) / "Or So They Say" (live) - - - - - - -
November 1995 "Dear Dream" "Dear Dream" (dance mix) / "Sometimes" - - - - - - -
October 1998 "Ain't No Telling (What Tomorrow Will Bring)" "Doesn't It Make You Sick" / "Break a Leg" - - - - - - -
May 2001 "Taking A Chance On Love" "Clair" / "Happiness Is Me And You" - - - - - - -
July 2001 "Say Goodbye" "Sex Appeal" / "Clair" - - - - - - -
June 2002 "Two's Company (Three Is Allowed)" "I Have a Coat to Keep Me Warm" / "There Are Others" - - - - - - -
December 2002 "Ooh, Baby" "Ooh, Baby" (versions) - - - - - - -
June 2007 "Just So You Know" - - - - - - -
July 2008 "Never Say Di" - - - - - - -
March 2013 "Me Mum" - - - - - - -
June 2015 "Made in Love" - - - - - - -
February 2016 "No Way" - - - - - - -

† Duet with Peggy Lee

EPs

Release date Titles
1972 "Alone Again (Naturally)" / "Save It" / "No Matter How I Try" / "If I Don't Get You"
1972 "Clair" / "What Could be Nicer" / "Ooh-Wakka-Doo-Wakka-Day" / "But I'm Not"
November 1978 "Christmas Song" / "Clair" / "Nothing Rhymed"

Notes

  1. ^ a b Chart position is from the official UK "Breakers List".

References

  1. ^ Allmusic.com - Charts & Awards (albums)
  2. ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 411. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  3. ^ "Gilbert O'Sullivan | full Official Chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
  4. ^ a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 227. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  5. ^ "The Very Best of Gilbert O'Sullivan: A Singer & His Songs - Gilbert O'Sullivan | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
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  7. ^ "The next SDE-exclusive blu-ray is Gilbert O'Sullivan's new album, 'Driven' – SuperDeluxeEdition".
  8. ^ The Irish Singles Charts - Searchable Database Archived January 5, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Note: User must define "Gilbert O'Sullivan" as the search parameter. www.irishcharts.ie. Access date: 28-04-2010.
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