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Old page wikitext, before the edit (old_wikitext ) | '{{Infobox musical artist
|name = Paul Louis Hardcastle
|background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
|image =
|image_size =
|caption =
|birth_name = Paul Louis Hardcastle
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|12|10|df=yes}}<ref name=Index/>
|origin = {{Nowrap|[[Kensington]],<ref name=Index/> London, United Kingdom}}
|genre = [[Synthpop]], [[Freestyle music|freestyle]], [[electronica]], [[ambient music|ambient]], [[electro house]], [[breakstep]], [[smooth jazz]], [[new age music|new age]]
|occupation = {{hlist|[[Musician]]|[[Record producer|producer]]|[[songwriter]]|[[radio presenter]] <small>(in the [[United States|U.S.]])</small>}}
|instrument = Synthesizer, keyboards, piano, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar, drums, percussion, programming
|years_active = 1982–present
|label = [[Chrysalis Records|Chrysalis]], [[Motown Records|Motown]], [[V2 Records|V2]], [[Profile Records|Profile]], Trippin 'N' Rhythm
|associated_acts = Direct Drive, [[First Light (band)|First Light]], [[Dance Aid]], [[Carol Kenyon]], [[Helen Rogers]], [[Jaki Graham]]
|website = {{URL|paulhardcastle.com}}
}}
'''Paul Lewis Hardcastle''' is a British [[composer]], [[musician]], [[Record producer|producer]], [[songwriter]], [[Radio personality|radio presenter]] and [[multi-instrumentalist]]. He is best known for his song "[[19 (song)|19]]", which went to number 1 in the [[UK Singles Chart]] in 1985.<ref name="UK"/>
==Early life==
Born in [[Kensington]] in London on 10 December 1957, he is the son of Joyce (''née'' Everett, 1930–1991) and Louis Hardcastle (1915–2000).<ref name=Index>"Birth of Paul Louis Hardcastle", England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916–2005</ref>
==Career==
Hardcastle began his career in 1982 while working with [[session vocalist]] Derek Green under the name [[First Light (band)|First Light]]. They achieved some minor success in the UK charts, but the project was abandoned after two years and Hardcastle pursued a solo career.<ref name="Allmusic">{{cite web|last1=Collar|first1=Matt|title=Paul Hardcastle - Artist Biography|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/paul-hardcastle-mn0000018513/biography|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=5 October 2020}}</ref>
He achieved some success with his early singles, including the 1984 [[electro (music)|electro-funk]]/[[Freestyle music|freestyle]]/[[instrumental]] track, "Rain Forest", which along with the track "Sound Chaser", reached number two on the dance chart.<ref>{{cite book|title= Hot Dance/Disco: 1974–2003|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|author-link=Joel Whitburn|year=2004|publisher=Record Research|page=117}}</ref> "Rain Forest" also hit number five on the soul chart and number fifty-seven on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|author-link=Joel Whitburn|year=2004|publisher=Record Research|page=244}}</ref>
Hardcastle is best known for the 1985 single "[[19 (song)|19]]", which went to No. 1 in the UK (for five weeks), as well as several other countries worldwide. It also reached number 15 in the U.S. Pop chart and number 1 in the U.S. Dance and Club charts. The song received the [[Ivor Novello Awards|Ivor Novello Award]] for Best-selling single of 1985.<ref>[https://nuaentertainment.com/about/paul-hardcastle/ NUA - Paul Hardcastle Biography] Retrieved 24 January 2020</ref> The follow-up single to "[[19 (song)|19]]" was "Just for Money", which reached No. 19 in the UK. It also charted in several other European countries.<ref name="UK">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/21532/paul-hardcastle|title=Paul Hardcastle - full Official Chart History|website=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=4 November 2017}}</ref>
In 1986, Hardcastle released a remix to "[[One Wish (Hiroshima song)|One Wish]]" by [[Hiroshima (band)|Hiroshima]].<ref name="Hiroshima">{{cite news|last1=Chin|first1=Brian|title=Dance Trax|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/80s/1986/BB-1986-05-10.pdf|access-date=December 28, 2016|date=May 10, 1986|pages=39–40}}</ref> In the same year, Hardcastle's "[[The Wizard (Paul Hardcastle song)|The Wizard]]" was adopted as the theme tune for the [[BBC|BBC's]] [[Top of the Pops#Theme music|''Top of the Pops'']] weekly chart show. The theme tune was used from 3 April 1986 to 26 September 1991.
The song "[[Don't Waste My Time (Paul Hardcastle song)|Don't Waste My Time]]", became Hardcastle's second UK top ten in March 1986.<ref name="UK"/> It featured singer [[Carol Kenyon]], a backing vocalist of [[Heaven 17]].
In 1989, Hardcastle resumed working on [[First Light (band)|First Light]], collaborating with vocalist Kevin Henry, whom he had worked with on previous recordings.<ref>{{cite book|title=Blues & Soul, Issues 552-563|date=1990|publisher=Napfield Limited|page=14|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sCdLAAAAYAAJ|access-date=5 October 2020}}</ref>
Since the 1990s, Hardcastle has [[sound recording and reproduction|recorded]] several synth [[jazz]] albums, alternating releases under the pseudonyms Kiss the Sky (with [[Jaki Graham]]) and The Jazzmasters, as well as under his real name Paul Hardcastle.<ref name="Allmusic"/>
==Personal life==
Hardcastle married Dolores Baker in 1985,<ref>"Marriage of Paul Louis Hardcastle and Dolores Baker", England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916–2005</ref> and they have three children including British DJ and singer Maxine as well as musician Paul Hardcastle Jr. who both contributed vocals to Hardcastle's Transcontinental, a 2011 collection of new music recorded with [[Ryan Farish]].
==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Album
! Label
! style="width:3em;font-size:80%;"|[[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<br><ref name="UK"/>
! [[Music recording sales certification|Certifications]]
|-
|-
|align="left"|1984
| ''Daybreak'' <br><small>(by [[First Light (band)|First Light]])</small>
|Metronome (division of [[London Records]])
|align="center"| —
|
|-
|align="left"|1985
| ''Zero One'' <br><small>(with Universal Funk)</small>
|Bluebird/10 Records, EMI Music<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/zero-one-mw0000845585/releases|title=Zero One – Paul Hardcastle – Releases – AllMusic}}</ref>
|align="center"| —
|
|-
|align="left"|1985
| ''Rainforest''
|[[Profile Records]]
|align="center"| —
|
|-
|align="left"|1985
| ''[[Paul Hardcastle (album)|Paul Hardcastle]]''
|[[Chrysalis Records]]
|align="center"| 53
|
* [[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]]: Silver<ref>{{cite web|title=Paul Hardcastle - Paul Hardcastle (album)|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/5026-3433-2 |website=bpi.co.uk|access-date=16 January 2022}}</ref>
|-
|align="left"|1988
| ''No Winners''
|Chrysalis Records
|align="center"| —
|
|-
|align="left"|1989
| ''Sound Syndicate'' <br><small>(also known as ''Are You Ready...'')</small>
|AJK Music, K-Tel International
|align="center"| —
|
|-
|align="left"|1991
| ''The Wizard''
|Chrysalis Records
|align="center"| —
|
|-
|align="left"|1993
| ''Time for Love''
|Fast Forward Records; Victor (Japan)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Time-Love-Paul-Hardcastle/dp/B0000070PU/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1441603483&sr=1-1&keywords=time%20for%20love%20hardcastle|title=Time for Love|website=Amazon.co.uk}}</ref>
|align="center"| —
|
|-
|align="left"|1994
| ''Feel the Breeze''
|Victor (Japan)
|align="center"| —
|
|-
|align="left"|1996
| ''Look to the Future''
|Victor (Japan)
|align="center"| —
|
|-
|align="left"|1996
| ''Star of the Story''
|Victor (Japan)
|align="center"| —
|
|-
|align="left"|1997
| ''First Light''
|Connoisseur Collection
|align="center"| —
|
|-
|align="left"|2009
| ''Zer01''
|Hardcastle Music
|align="center"| —
|
|-
|align="left"|2012
| ''Perceptions of Pacha VIII'' <br><small>(remixed by Nacho Marco)</small>
|Pacha Recordings
|align="center"| —
|
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2012
| ''19 Below Zero''
|Hardcastle Music, Universal Music
|align="center"| —
|
|-
|align="left"|2014
| ''Moovin & Groovin''
|Trippin 'N' Rythmn Records
|align="center"| —
|
|-
| colspan="7" align="center"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart.
|}
===Smooth jazz albums===
====Hardcastle series====
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Album
!Label
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1994
|align="center" valign="top"|''Hardcastle''
|JVC; Hardcastle Records; Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1996
|align="center" valign="top"|''Hardcastle II''
|JVC; Hardcastle Records; Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2002
|align="center" valign="top"|''Hardcastle III''
|Hardcastle Records; Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2005
|align="center" valign="top"|''Hardcastle 4''
|Hardcastle Records; Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2008
|align="center" valign="top"|''[[Hardcastle 5]]''
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2011
|align="center" valign="top"|''Hardcastle VI''
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2013
|align="center" valign="top"|''Hardcastle VII''
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2018
|align="center" valign="top"|''Hardcastle VIII''
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|2020
|''Hardcastle IX''
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|}
====Jazzmasters series====
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Album
!Label
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1993
|align="center" valign="top"|''The Jazzmasters''
|Fast Forward Records; JVC; Hardcastle Records; Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1995
|align="center" valign="top"|''The Jazzmasters II''
|JVC; Hardcastle Records; Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1999
|align="center" valign="top"|''The Jazzmasters III''
|Hardcastle Records; Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2004
|align="center" valign="top"|''The Jazzmasters 4''
|Hardcastle Records; Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2006
|align="center" valign="top"|''Jazzmasters V''
|Hardcastle Records; Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2010
|align="center" valign="top"|''Jazzmasters VI''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chatterboxworldwide.com/2009/12/08/the-holidays-are-coming-and-so-is-jazzmasters-6-paul-hardcastle/|title=The holidays are coming and so is Jazzmasters 6 – Paul Hardcastle|date=2009-12-08|website=Chatterboxworldwide's Blog|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091212214902/http://chatterboxworldwide.com/2009/12/08/the-holidays-are-coming-and-so-is-jazzmasters-6-paul-hardcastle/|archive-date=2009-12-12|url-status=dead|access-date=2017-12-16}}</ref>
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2014
|align="center" valign="top"|''Jazzmasters VII''
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|}
====Chill Lounge series====
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Album
! Label
|-
| 2012
| style="text-align:center;" |''The Chill Lounge, Volume 1''
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
| 2013
| style="text-align:center;" |''The Chill Lounge, Volume 2''
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
| 2015
| style="text-align:center;" |''The Chill Lounge, Volume 3''
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|}
====Kiss the Sky with Paul Hardcastle & [[Jaki Graham]]====
<ref name="Allmusic"/>
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Album
!Label
|-
|align="left"|1991
| ''Kiss the Sky''
|Victor (Japan); [[Motown Records]]
|-
|align="left"|1994
| ''Millennium Skyway'' <br><small>(also known as ''Kiss the Sky II'')</small>
|Victor (Japan); JVC; Hardcastle Records
|}
====Transcontinental with Paul Hardcastle & [[Ryan Farish]]====
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/transcontinental-ep/470326774|title=Transcontinental - EP by Paul Hardcastle & Ryan Farish|website=Music.apple.com|access-date=10 October 2019}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Album
!Label
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2011
|align="center" valign="top"|''Transcontinental'' (6-song EP)
|Rytone Entertainment
|}
===Compilations===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Album
!Label
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1993
|align="center" valign="top"|''The Definitive Paul Hardcastle''
|Connoisseur Collection
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1996
|align="center" valign="top"|''The Very Best (The Gold Collection)''
|EMI Music
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1997
|align="center" valign="top"|''P.H. (Paul Hardcastle Works)''
|Victor (Japan)
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1997
|align="center" valign="top"|''Cover to Cover: A Musical Autobiography''
|[[JVC Kenwood Victor Entertainment|JVC]]; Hardcastle Records; Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/cover-to-cover-mw0000029669/releases|title=Cover to Cover – Paul Hardcastle – Releases – AllMusic}}</ref>
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2000
|align="center" valign="top"|''Jazzmasters: The Greatest Hits''
|Hardcastle Records; Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2003
|align="center" valign="top"|''The Very Best of Paul Hardcastle 1983–2003''
|Jazz FM Records
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2004
|align="center" valign="top"|''Jazzmasters: The Smooth Cuts''
|Hardcastle Records; Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/jazzmasters-the-smooth-cuts-mw0000473936|title=Jazzmasters: the Smooth Cuts – Paul Hardcastle – Songs, Reviews, Credits – AllMusic}}</ref>
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2009
|align="center" valign="top"|''Paul Hardcastle: The Collection''
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-collection-mw0000816835|title=The Collection - Paul Hardcastle | Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2011
|align="center" valign="top"|''Desire: The Ultimate Seductive Album''
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/desire-mw0002093551|title=Desire – Paul Hardcastle – Songs, Reviews, Credits – AllMusic}}</ref>
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2013
|align="center" valign="top"|''Electrofied 80s: Essential Paul Hardcastle''
|Music Club Deluxe (division of [[Demon Records]])
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2015
|align="center" valign="top"|''19: The 30th Anniversary Mixes''
|Nusic Sounds, Caroline International
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2016
|align="center" valign="top"|''The History of Paul Hardcastle 1984–2016''
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|}
===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+ List of singles, with selected chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year
! scope="col" colspan="16"| Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Certifications
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;" | Album
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:80%;" | [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="UK"/><ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book|first=David|last=Roberts|year=2006|title=British Hit Singles & Albums|edition=19th|publisher=Guinness World Records Limited|location=London|isbn=1-904994-10-5|page=243}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:80%;" | [[Billboard Hot 100|US]]<br /><ref name="VF">{{cite web|title=Paul Hardcastle Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography|url=https://www.musicvf.com/Paul+Hardcastle.art|website=Music VF|access-date=5 October 2020}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:80%;" | [[Dance Club Songs|US Dance]]<br><ref name="VF"/>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:80%;" | [[Smooth Jazz Songs|US Jazz]]<br><ref name="billboard">{{cite web|title=Chart History: Paul Hardcastle - SMOOTH JAZZ SONGS|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/paul-hardcastle/chart-history/jsi/|website=Billboard|access-date=5 October 2020}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:80%;" | [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|US R&B]]<br><ref name="VF"/>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:80%;" | [[Ireland|IRE]]<br>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:80%;" | [[Switzerland|SWI]]<br>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:80%;" | [[VG-lista|NOR]]<br>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:80%;" | [[Media Control Charts|GER]]<br>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:80%;" | [[MegaCharts|NLD]]<br>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:80%;" | [[Sweden|SWE]]<br>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:80%;" | [[Austria|ATR]]<br>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:80%;" | [[Italy|ITL]]<br>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:80%;" | [[France|FR]]<br>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:80%;" | [[Kent Music Report|AUS]]<br><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=133}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:80%;" | [[Official New Zealand Music Chart|NZ]]<br>
|-
! scope="row" | "You're the One for Me – Daybreak – A.M."
| rowspan="4"| 1984
| 41 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
| rowspan="2"| ''Daybreak''
|-
! scope="row" | "Guilty"
| 53 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
|-
! scope="row" | "Eat Your Heart Out"
| 59 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
| rowspan="3"| ''Rain Forest''
|-
! scope="row" | "King Tut"
| 42 || — || 10 || — || 32 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
|-
! scope="row" | "Rain Forest"
| rowspan="4"| 1985
| 41 || 57 || 2 || — || 5 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
|-
! scope="row" | "[[19 (song)|19]]"
| 1 || 15 || 1 || — || 8 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 15 || 10 || 1 ||
* [[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]]: Gold<ref>{{cite web|title=Paul Hardcastle - 19|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/73-3433-1|website=bpi.co.uk|access-date=16 January 2022}}</ref>
| rowspan="4"| ''Paul Hardcastle''
|-
! scope="row" | "19 (German Version)"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 17 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
|-
! scope="row" | "Just for Money"
| 19 || — || — || — || — || 15 || 27 || — || 31 || — || — || — || — || — || — | — || — ||
|-
! scope="row" | "[[Don't Waste My Time (Paul Hardcastle song)|Don't Waste My Time]]"
| rowspan="3"| 1986
| 8 || — || 31 || — || 65 || 15 || 9 || — || 15 || 12 || — || — || — || — || 66 || 20 ||
|-
! scope="row" | "Foolin' Yourself"
| 51 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
| rowspan="2"| ''The Definitive Paul Hardcastle''
|-
! scope="row" | "[[The Wizard (Paul Hardcastle song)|The Wizard]]"
| 15 || — || — || — || — || 10 || — || — || 51 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
|-
! scope="row" | "Walk in the Night"
| rowspan="2"| 1988
| 54 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
| rowspan="2"| ''No Winners''
|-
! scope="row" | "40 Years"
| 53 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
|-
! scope="row" | "Are You Ready"
| rowspan="2"| 1989
| 90 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
| rowspan="2"| ''Sound Syndicate''
|-
! scope="row" | "Galaxy of Love"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
|-
! scope="row" | "Serene"
| rowspan="1"| 2005
| — || — || — || 1 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
| rowspan="1"| ''Hardcastle IV''
|-
! scope="row" | "Marimba"
| rowspan="2"| 2008
| — || — || — || 3 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
| rowspan="2"| ''Hardcastle V''
|-
! scope="row" | "Lucky Star"
| — || — || — || 1 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
|-
! scope="row" | "The Circle"
| rowspan="1"| 2009
| — || — || — || 8 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
| rowspan="3"| ''Hardcastle VI''
|-
! scope="row" | "Rain Forest" / "What's Going On"
| rowspan="2"| 2011
| — || — || — || 16 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
|-
! scope="row" | "Easy Come, Easy Go"
| — || — || — || 1 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
|-
! scope="row" | "No Stress (At All)"
| rowspan="2"| 2013
| — || — || — || 1 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
| rowspan="2"| ''Hardcastle VII''
|-
! scope="row" | "Easy Street"
| — || — || — || 2 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
|-
! scope="row" | "Unlimited Love, Pt. 1"
| rowspan="1"| 2014
| — || — || — || 7 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
| rowspan="1"| ''Moovin & Groovin''
|-
! scope="row" | "Rhythm of Life"
| rowspan="1"| 2015
| — || — || — || 3 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
| rowspan="1"| ''Jazzmasters VII''
|-
! scope="row" | "Echoes Rising"
| rowspan="1"| 2016
| — || — || — || 1 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
| rowspan="1"| ''The History of Paul Hardcastle''
|-
! scope="row" | "Cut Loose"
| rowspan="2"| 2018
| — || — || — || 3 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
| rowspan="4"| ''Hardcastle VIII''
|-
! scope="row" | "Amber Skies"
| — || — || — || 5 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
|-
! scope="row" | "Happy Go Lucky"
| rowspan="1"| 2019
| — || — || — || 1 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
|-
! scope="row" | "Dancing Galaxies"
| rowspan="2"| 2020
| — || — || — || 1 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
|-
! scope="row" | "Latitude"
| — || — || — || 1 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
| rowspan="3"| ''Hardcastle IX''
|-
! scope="row" | "Welcome to the Beach"
| rowspan="2"| 2021
| — || — || — || 1 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
|-
! scope="row" | "Tropicool"
| — || — || — || 1 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
|-
| colspan="20" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
|}
===Unreleased promotional tracks===
This is a list of several unreleased tracks that were made by Paul Hardcastle that were originally intended to have been used to promote the [[Lego]] [[Bionicle]] toyline in 2001.
These tracks were originally meant to have been included with the ''Bionicle Power Pack'' CD package that was later released in the same year.
{| class="wikitable"
!Title
!Year
!Album
!Label
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|''Bionic Age'' (also referred to as the ''Bionicle Age'')
|align="center" valign="top"|2001
|Extreme Global Hardcore
|[[Warner Chappell Music]] (division of [[Warner Music Group]])
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|''Killing Machines'' (also known as the original full version of ''The Bionicle Music'' track that was cut following the final release of the CD & later uses in commercials for the toyline)
|align="center" valign="top"|2001
|Extreme Global Hardcore
|Warner Chappell Music (division of Warner Music Group)
|}
==See also==
* [[List of number-one dance hits (United States)]]
* [[List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart]]
* [[List of 1980s one-hit wonders in the United States]]
* [[List of performers on Top of the Pops]]
* [[List of Euro disco artists]]
* [[List of smooth jazz performers]]
* [[List of synthpop artists]]
* [[List of artists who reached number one on the UK Singles Chart]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* [http://paulhardcastle.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.trippinrecords.com Trippin 'n' Rhythm Records]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111126102958/http://paulhardcastle.com/charts.html Paul Hardcastle charts]
* {{IMDb name|id=0362058|name=Paul Hardcastle}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2014}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hardcastle, Paul}}
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New page wikitext, after the edit (new_wikitext ) | '{{Infobox musical artist
|name = Paul Lewis Hardcastle
|background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
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|birth_name = Paul Louis Hardcastle
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|12|10|df=yes}}<ref name=Index/>
|origin = {{Nowrap|[[Kensington]],<ref name=Index/> London, United Kingdom}}
|genre = [[Synthpop]], [[Freestyle music|freestyle]], [[electronica]], [[ambient music|ambient]], [[electro house]], [[breakstep]], [[smooth jazz]], [[new age music|new age]]
|occupation = {{hlist|[[Musician]]|[[Record producer|producer]]|[[songwriter]]|[[radio presenter]] <small>(in the [[United States|U.S.]])</small>}}
|instrument = Synthesizer, keyboards, piano, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar, drums, percussion, programming
|years_active = 1982–present
|label = [[Chrysalis Records|Chrysalis]], [[Motown Records|Motown]], [[V2 Records|V2]], [[Profile Records|Profile]], Trippin 'N' Rhythm
|associated_acts = Direct Drive, [[First Light (band)|First Light]], [[Dance Aid]], [[Carol Kenyon]], [[Helen Rogers]], [[Jaki Graham]]
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'''Paul Lewis Hardcastle''' is a British [[composer]], [[musician]], [[Record producer|producer]], [[songwriter]], [[Radio personality|radio presenter]] and [[multi-instrumentalist]]. He is best known for his song "[[19 (song)|19]]", which went to number 1 in the [[UK Singles Chart]] in 1985.<ref name="UK"/>
==Early life==
Born in [[Kensington]] in London on 10 December 1957, he is the son of Joyce (''née'' Everett, 1930–1991) and Louis Hardcastle (1915–2000).<ref name=Index>"Birth of Paul Louis Hardcastle", England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916–2005</ref>
==Career==
Hardcastle began his career in 1982 while working with [[session vocalist]] Derek Green under the name [[First Light (band)|First Light]]. They achieved some minor success in the UK charts, but the project was abandoned after two years and Hardcastle pursued a solo career.<ref name="Allmusic">{{cite web|last1=Collar|first1=Matt|title=Paul Hardcastle - Artist Biography|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/paul-hardcastle-mn0000018513/biography|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=5 October 2020}}</ref>
He achieved some success with his early singles, including the 1984 [[electro (music)|electro-funk]]/[[Freestyle music|freestyle]]/[[instrumental]] track, "Rain Forest", which along with the track "Sound Chaser", reached number two on the dance chart.<ref>{{cite book|title= Hot Dance/Disco: 1974–2003|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|author-link=Joel Whitburn|year=2004|publisher=Record Research|page=117}}</ref> "Rain Forest" also hit number five on the soul chart and number fifty-seven on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|author-link=Joel Whitburn|year=2004|publisher=Record Research|page=244}}</ref>
Hardcastle is best known for the 1985 single "[[19 (song)|19]]", which went to No. 1 in the UK (for five weeks), as well as several other countries worldwide. It also reached number 15 in the U.S. Pop chart and number 1 in the U.S. Dance and Club charts. The song received the [[Ivor Novello Awards|Ivor Novello Award]] for Best-selling single of 1985.<ref>[https://nuaentertainment.com/about/paul-hardcastle/ NUA - Paul Hardcastle Biography] Retrieved 24 January 2020</ref> The follow-up single to "[[19 (song)|19]]" was "Just for Money", which reached No. 19 in the UK. It also charted in several other European countries.<ref name="UK">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/21532/paul-hardcastle|title=Paul Hardcastle - full Official Chart History|website=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=4 November 2017}}</ref>
In 1986, Hardcastle released a remix to "[[One Wish (Hiroshima song)|One Wish]]" by [[Hiroshima (band)|Hiroshima]].<ref name="Hiroshima">{{cite news|last1=Chin|first1=Brian|title=Dance Trax|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/80s/1986/BB-1986-05-10.pdf|access-date=December 28, 2016|date=May 10, 1986|pages=39–40}}</ref> In the same year, Hardcastle's "[[The Wizard (Paul Hardcastle song)|The Wizard]]" was adopted as the theme tune for the [[BBC|BBC's]] [[Top of the Pops#Theme music|''Top of the Pops'']] weekly chart show. The theme tune was used from 3 April 1986 to 26 September 1991.
The song "[[Don't Waste My Time (Paul Hardcastle song)|Don't Waste My Time]]", became Hardcastle's second UK top ten in March 1986.<ref name="UK"/> It featured singer [[Carol Kenyon]], a backing vocalist of [[Heaven 17]].
In 1989, Hardcastle resumed working on [[First Light (band)|First Light]], collaborating with vocalist Kevin Henry, whom he had worked with on previous recordings.<ref>{{cite book|title=Blues & Soul, Issues 552-563|date=1990|publisher=Napfield Limited|page=14|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sCdLAAAAYAAJ|access-date=5 October 2020}}</ref>
Since the 1990s, Hardcastle has [[sound recording and reproduction|recorded]] several synth [[jazz]] albums, alternating releases under the pseudonyms Kiss the Sky (with [[Jaki Graham]]) and The Jazzmasters, as well as under his real name Paul Hardcastle.<ref name="Allmusic"/>
==Personal life==
Hardcastle married Dolores Baker in 1985,<ref>"Marriage of Paul Louis Hardcastle and Dolores Baker", England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916–2005</ref> and they have three children including British DJ and singer Maxine as well as musician Paul Hardcastle Jr. who both contributed vocals to Hardcastle's Transcontinental, a 2011 collection of new music recorded with [[Ryan Farish]].
==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Album
! Label
! style="width:3em;font-size:80%;"|[[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<br><ref name="UK"/>
! [[Music recording sales certification|Certifications]]
|-
|-
|align="left"|1984
| ''Daybreak'' <br><small>(by [[First Light (band)|First Light]])</small>
|Metronome (division of [[London Records]])
|align="center"| —
|
|-
|align="left"|1985
| ''Zero One'' <br><small>(with Universal Funk)</small>
|Bluebird/10 Records, EMI Music<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/zero-one-mw0000845585/releases|title=Zero One – Paul Hardcastle – Releases – AllMusic}}</ref>
|align="center"| —
|
|-
|align="left"|1985
| ''Rainforest''
|[[Profile Records]]
|align="center"| —
|
|-
|align="left"|1985
| ''[[Paul Hardcastle (album)|Paul Hardcastle]]''
|[[Chrysalis Records]]
|align="center"| 53
|
* [[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]]: Silver<ref>{{cite web|title=Paul Hardcastle - Paul Hardcastle (album)|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/5026-3433-2 |website=bpi.co.uk|access-date=16 January 2022}}</ref>
|-
|align="left"|1988
| ''No Winners''
|Chrysalis Records
|align="center"| —
|
|-
|align="left"|1989
| ''Sound Syndicate'' <br><small>(also known as ''Are You Ready...'')</small>
|AJK Music, K-Tel International
|align="center"| —
|
|-
|align="left"|1991
| ''The Wizard''
|Chrysalis Records
|align="center"| —
|
|-
|align="left"|1993
| ''Time for Love''
|Fast Forward Records; Victor (Japan)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Time-Love-Paul-Hardcastle/dp/B0000070PU/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1441603483&sr=1-1&keywords=time%20for%20love%20hardcastle|title=Time for Love|website=Amazon.co.uk}}</ref>
|align="center"| —
|
|-
|align="left"|1994
| ''Feel the Breeze''
|Victor (Japan)
|align="center"| —
|
|-
|align="left"|1996
| ''Look to the Future''
|Victor (Japan)
|align="center"| —
|
|-
|align="left"|1996
| ''Star of the Story''
|Victor (Japan)
|align="center"| —
|
|-
|align="left"|1997
| ''First Light''
|Connoisseur Collection
|align="center"| —
|
|-
|align="left"|2009
| ''Zer01''
|Hardcastle Music
|align="center"| —
|
|-
|align="left"|2012
| ''Perceptions of Pacha VIII'' <br><small>(remixed by Nacho Marco)</small>
|Pacha Recordings
|align="center"| —
|
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2012
| ''19 Below Zero''
|Hardcastle Music, Universal Music
|align="center"| —
|
|-
|align="left"|2014
| ''Moovin & Groovin''
|Trippin 'N' Rythmn Records
|align="center"| —
|
|-
| colspan="7" align="center"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart.
|}
===Smooth jazz albums===
====Hardcastle series====
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Album
!Label
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1994
|align="center" valign="top"|''Hardcastle''
|JVC; Hardcastle Records; Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1996
|align="center" valign="top"|''Hardcastle II''
|JVC; Hardcastle Records; Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2002
|align="center" valign="top"|''Hardcastle III''
|Hardcastle Records; Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2005
|align="center" valign="top"|''Hardcastle 4''
|Hardcastle Records; Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2008
|align="center" valign="top"|''[[Hardcastle 5]]''
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2011
|align="center" valign="top"|''Hardcastle VI''
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2013
|align="center" valign="top"|''Hardcastle VII''
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2018
|align="center" valign="top"|''Hardcastle VIII''
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|2020
|''Hardcastle IX''
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|}
====Jazzmasters series====
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Album
!Label
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1993
|align="center" valign="top"|''The Jazzmasters''
|Fast Forward Records; JVC; Hardcastle Records; Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1995
|align="center" valign="top"|''The Jazzmasters II''
|JVC; Hardcastle Records; Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1999
|align="center" valign="top"|''The Jazzmasters III''
|Hardcastle Records; Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2004
|align="center" valign="top"|''The Jazzmasters 4''
|Hardcastle Records; Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2006
|align="center" valign="top"|''Jazzmasters V''
|Hardcastle Records; Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2010
|align="center" valign="top"|''Jazzmasters VI''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chatterboxworldwide.com/2009/12/08/the-holidays-are-coming-and-so-is-jazzmasters-6-paul-hardcastle/|title=The holidays are coming and so is Jazzmasters 6 – Paul Hardcastle|date=2009-12-08|website=Chatterboxworldwide's Blog|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091212214902/http://chatterboxworldwide.com/2009/12/08/the-holidays-are-coming-and-so-is-jazzmasters-6-paul-hardcastle/|archive-date=2009-12-12|url-status=dead|access-date=2017-12-16}}</ref>
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2014
|align="center" valign="top"|''Jazzmasters VII''
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|}
====Chill Lounge series====
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Album
! Label
|-
| 2012
| style="text-align:center;" |''The Chill Lounge, Volume 1''
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
| 2013
| style="text-align:center;" |''The Chill Lounge, Volume 2''
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
| 2015
| style="text-align:center;" |''The Chill Lounge, Volume 3''
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|}
====Kiss the Sky with Paul Hardcastle & [[Jaki Graham]]====
<ref name="Allmusic"/>
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Album
!Label
|-
|align="left"|1991
| ''Kiss the Sky''
|Victor (Japan); [[Motown Records]]
|-
|align="left"|1994
| ''Millennium Skyway'' <br><small>(also known as ''Kiss the Sky II'')</small>
|Victor (Japan); JVC; Hardcastle Records
|}
====Transcontinental with Paul Hardcastle & [[Ryan Farish]]====
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/transcontinental-ep/470326774|title=Transcontinental - EP by Paul Hardcastle & Ryan Farish|website=Music.apple.com|access-date=10 October 2019}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Album
!Label
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2011
|align="center" valign="top"|''Transcontinental'' (6-song EP)
|Rytone Entertainment
|}
===Compilations===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Album
!Label
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1993
|align="center" valign="top"|''The Definitive Paul Hardcastle''
|Connoisseur Collection
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1996
|align="center" valign="top"|''The Very Best (The Gold Collection)''
|EMI Music
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1997
|align="center" valign="top"|''P.H. (Paul Hardcastle Works)''
|Victor (Japan)
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1997
|align="center" valign="top"|''Cover to Cover: A Musical Autobiography''
|[[JVC Kenwood Victor Entertainment|JVC]]; Hardcastle Records; Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/cover-to-cover-mw0000029669/releases|title=Cover to Cover – Paul Hardcastle – Releases – AllMusic}}</ref>
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2000
|align="center" valign="top"|''Jazzmasters: The Greatest Hits''
|Hardcastle Records; Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2003
|align="center" valign="top"|''The Very Best of Paul Hardcastle 1983–2003''
|Jazz FM Records
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2004
|align="center" valign="top"|''Jazzmasters: The Smooth Cuts''
|Hardcastle Records; Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/jazzmasters-the-smooth-cuts-mw0000473936|title=Jazzmasters: the Smooth Cuts – Paul Hardcastle – Songs, Reviews, Credits – AllMusic}}</ref>
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2009
|align="center" valign="top"|''Paul Hardcastle: The Collection''
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-collection-mw0000816835|title=The Collection - Paul Hardcastle | Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2011
|align="center" valign="top"|''Desire: The Ultimate Seductive Album''
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/desire-mw0002093551|title=Desire – Paul Hardcastle – Songs, Reviews, Credits – AllMusic}}</ref>
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2013
|align="center" valign="top"|''Electrofied 80s: Essential Paul Hardcastle''
|Music Club Deluxe (division of [[Demon Records]])
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2015
|align="center" valign="top"|''19: The 30th Anniversary Mixes''
|Nusic Sounds, Caroline International
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2016
|align="center" valign="top"|''The History of Paul Hardcastle 1984–2016''
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|}
===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+ List of singles, with selected chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year
! scope="col" colspan="16"| Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Certifications
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;" | Album
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:80%;" | [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="UK"/><ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book|first=David|last=Roberts|year=2006|title=British Hit Singles & Albums|edition=19th|publisher=Guinness World Records Limited|location=London|isbn=1-904994-10-5|page=243}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:80%;" | [[Billboard Hot 100|US]]<br /><ref name="VF">{{cite web|title=Paul Hardcastle Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography|url=https://www.musicvf.com/Paul+Hardcastle.art|website=Music VF|access-date=5 October 2020}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:80%;" | [[Dance Club Songs|US Dance]]<br><ref name="VF"/>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:80%;" | [[Smooth Jazz Songs|US Jazz]]<br><ref name="billboard">{{cite web|title=Chart History: Paul Hardcastle - SMOOTH JAZZ SONGS|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/paul-hardcastle/chart-history/jsi/|website=Billboard|access-date=5 October 2020}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:80%;" | [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|US R&B]]<br><ref name="VF"/>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:80%;" | [[Ireland|IRE]]<br>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:80%;" | [[Switzerland|SWI]]<br>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:80%;" | [[VG-lista|NOR]]<br>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:80%;" | [[Media Control Charts|GER]]<br>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:80%;" | [[MegaCharts|NLD]]<br>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:80%;" | [[Sweden|SWE]]<br>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:80%;" | [[Austria|ATR]]<br>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:80%;" | [[Italy|ITL]]<br>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:80%;" | [[France|FR]]<br>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:80%;" | [[Kent Music Report|AUS]]<br><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=133}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:80%;" | [[Official New Zealand Music Chart|NZ]]<br>
|-
! scope="row" | "You're the One for Me – Daybreak – A.M."
| rowspan="4"| 1984
| 41 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
| rowspan="2"| ''Daybreak''
|-
! scope="row" | "Guilty"
| 53 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
|-
! scope="row" | "Eat Your Heart Out"
| 59 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
| rowspan="3"| ''Rain Forest''
|-
! scope="row" | "King Tut"
| 42 || — || 10 || — || 32 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
|-
! scope="row" | "Rain Forest"
| rowspan="4"| 1985
| 41 || 57 || 2 || — || 5 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
|-
! scope="row" | "[[19 (song)|19]]"
| 1 || 15 || 1 || — || 8 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 15 || 10 || 1 ||
* [[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]]: Gold<ref>{{cite web|title=Paul Hardcastle - 19|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/73-3433-1|website=bpi.co.uk|access-date=16 January 2022}}</ref>
| rowspan="4"| ''Paul Hardcastle''
|-
! scope="row" | "19 (German Version)"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 17 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
|-
! scope="row" | "Just for Money"
| 19 || — || — || — || — || 15 || 27 || — || 31 || — || — || — || — || — || — | — || — ||
|-
! scope="row" | "[[Don't Waste My Time (Paul Hardcastle song)|Don't Waste My Time]]"
| rowspan="3"| 1986
| 8 || — || 31 || — || 65 || 15 || 9 || — || 15 || 12 || — || — || — || — || 66 || 20 ||
|-
! scope="row" | "Foolin' Yourself"
| 51 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
| rowspan="2"| ''The Definitive Paul Hardcastle''
|-
! scope="row" | "[[The Wizard (Paul Hardcastle song)|The Wizard]]"
| 15 || — || — || — || — || 10 || — || — || 51 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
|-
! scope="row" | "Walk in the Night"
| rowspan="2"| 1988
| 54 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
| rowspan="2"| ''No Winners''
|-
! scope="row" | "40 Years"
| 53 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
|-
! scope="row" | "Are You Ready"
| rowspan="2"| 1989
| 90 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
| rowspan="2"| ''Sound Syndicate''
|-
! scope="row" | "Galaxy of Love"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
|-
! scope="row" | "Serene"
| rowspan="1"| 2005
| — || — || — || 1 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
| rowspan="1"| ''Hardcastle IV''
|-
! scope="row" | "Marimba"
| rowspan="2"| 2008
| — || — || — || 3 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
| rowspan="2"| ''Hardcastle V''
|-
! scope="row" | "Lucky Star"
| — || — || — || 1 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
|-
! scope="row" | "The Circle"
| rowspan="1"| 2009
| — || — || — || 8 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
| rowspan="3"| ''Hardcastle VI''
|-
! scope="row" | "Rain Forest" / "What's Going On"
| rowspan="2"| 2011
| — || — || — || 16 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
|-
! scope="row" | "Easy Come, Easy Go"
| — || — || — || 1 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
|-
! scope="row" | "No Stress (At All)"
| rowspan="2"| 2013
| — || — || — || 1 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
| rowspan="2"| ''Hardcastle VII''
|-
! scope="row" | "Easy Street"
| — || — || — || 2 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
|-
! scope="row" | "Unlimited Love, Pt. 1"
| rowspan="1"| 2014
| — || — || — || 7 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
| rowspan="1"| ''Moovin & Groovin''
|-
! scope="row" | "Rhythm of Life"
| rowspan="1"| 2015
| — || — || — || 3 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
| rowspan="1"| ''Jazzmasters VII''
|-
! scope="row" | "Echoes Rising"
| rowspan="1"| 2016
| — || — || — || 1 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
| rowspan="1"| ''The History of Paul Hardcastle''
|-
! scope="row" | "Cut Loose"
| rowspan="2"| 2018
| — || — || — || 3 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
| rowspan="4"| ''Hardcastle VIII''
|-
! scope="row" | "Amber Skies"
| — || — || — || 5 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
|-
! scope="row" | "Happy Go Lucky"
| rowspan="1"| 2019
| — || — || — || 1 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
|-
! scope="row" | "Dancing Galaxies"
| rowspan="2"| 2020
| — || — || — || 1 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
|-
! scope="row" | "Latitude"
| — || — || — || 1 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
| rowspan="3"| ''Hardcastle IX''
|-
! scope="row" | "Welcome to the Beach"
| rowspan="2"| 2021
| — || — || — || 1 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
|-
! scope="row" | "Tropicool"
| — || — || — || 1 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — ||
|-
| colspan="20" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
|}
===Unreleased promotional tracks===
This is a list of several unreleased tracks that were made by Paul Hardcastle that were originally intended to have been used to promote the [[Lego]] [[Bionicle]] toyline in 2001.
These tracks were originally meant to have been included with the ''Bionicle Power Pack'' CD package that was later released in the same year.
{| class="wikitable"
!Title
!Year
!Album
!Label
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|''Bionic Age'' (also referred to as the ''Bionicle Age'')
|align="center" valign="top"|2001
|Extreme Global Hardcore
|[[Warner Chappell Music]] (division of [[Warner Music Group]])
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|''Killing Machines'' (also known as the original full version of ''The Bionicle Music'' track that was cut following the final release of the CD & later uses in commercials for the toyline)
|align="center" valign="top"|2001
|Extreme Global Hardcore
|Warner Chappell Music (division of Warner Music Group)
|}
==See also==
* [[List of number-one dance hits (United States)]]
* [[List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart]]
* [[List of 1980s one-hit wonders in the United States]]
* [[List of performers on Top of the Pops]]
* [[List of Euro disco artists]]
* [[List of smooth jazz performers]]
* [[List of synthpop artists]]
* [[List of artists who reached number one on the UK Singles Chart]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* [http://paulhardcastle.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.trippinrecords.com Trippin 'n' Rhythm Records]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111126102958/http://paulhardcastle.com/charts.html Paul Hardcastle charts]
* {{IMDb name|id=0362058|name=Paul Hardcastle}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2014}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hardcastle, Paul}}
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[[Category:British synth-pop musicians]]
[[Category:British jazz keyboardists]]
[[Category:Chrysalis Records artists]]
[[Category:English boogie musicians]]
[[Category:English electro musicians]]
[[Category:English keyboardists]]
[[Category:English male composers]]
[[Category:English multi-instrumentalists]]
[[Category:English radio presenters]]
[[Category:English record producers]]
[[Category:English songwriters]]
[[Category:Musicians from London]]
[[Category:People from Kensington]]
[[Category:Profile Records artists]]
[[Category:Smooth jazz musicians]]
[[Category:British male jazz musicians]]
[[Category:British male songwriters]]' |
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