Sam Sparro discography


, the Australian born pop, dance, house, and soul singer-songwriter, producer, and remix engineer, has released three studio albums. His eponymous debut album, Sam Sparro, released through both Modus Vivendi and Island Records, has been certified Gold. His second album, Return to Paradise was released with EMI. He has released two mixtapes. On 5 August 2013 Sparro released the mixtape Mechanical. to his SoundCloud account to promote his upcoming extended play, Quantum Physical, Vol. 1. Love Made Me Do It was released via his SoundCloud account on 13 February 2015. Sparro has released five extended plays. His first extended play Black + Gold was released by Modus Vivendi Music in January 2007. London Festival '08 was first released on 1 January 2008 with Island Records. Sparro released his third extended play, Pink Cloud, as a free download to promote his then upcoming second album before a number of release push-backs. He released Quantum Physical, Vol. 1 independently on 1 October 2014. On 16 October 2015 Sparro released the second volume of Quantum Physical with Intuit Records.
As a lead artist, Sparro has released ten singles and five promotional singles. His most successful single, "Black and Gold", garnered him a Grammy nomination for Best Dance Recording in 2009. The single "Happiness" was certified Platinum in Belgium. The single "21st Century Life" also experienced some commercial success following the release of "Black and Gold" in 2008, and in Belgium his song "Yellow Orange Rays" charted following the release of "Happiness". The single "Pocket" also charted in Australia. Sparro has also been featured on four singles, including songs by Beni, Mason, and Plastic Plates; the most notable being "Feelings Gone" from Basement Jaxx's fifth studio album, Scars. On 13 August 2013 he released the single "Hang on 2 Your Love" with Durand Bernarr from his extended play Quantum Physical, Vol. 1. On 31 July 2015 he released the single "Hands Up" from his extended play Quantum Physical, Vol. 2, with a remix single following on 25 September.
Sparro has also made numerous other album appearances through featured vocal performances, remix engineering, songwriting, and production. Sparro has written 3 songs with Adam Lambert that have appeared on Lambert's albums, For Your Entertainment, Glam Nation Live, and Trespassing, and two songs with Courtney Act which appeared on his extended play Kaleidoscope. He has remixed songs for Kimbra, OK Go, Livvi Franc, Sky Ferreira, Miami Horror, Penguin Prison, Lolene, Saint Motel, O'Spada, and Love Grenades. Cameo Lover, the song Sparro remixed for Kimbra, has been featured as a bonus track on her Platinum selling debut album, Vows.

Albums

Studio albums

Mixtapes

TitleAlbum details
Mechanical.
Love Made Me Do It
  • Released: 13 February 2015
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: Digital download

    • Extended plays

    Singles

    As lead artist

    Track listings for maxi singles that failed to chart

    As a featured artist

    Promotional singles

    Other appearances

    The following have been officially released, but are not featured on a main release by Sparro.

    Special releases

    Remixes

    Writing and production credits

    Music

    The following have been written and/or produced by Sparro for other artists.

    Unpublished

    The following are songs that have been written and/or produced by Sparro but remain unpublished.
    LabelSongCo-Writer
    Soul69"Fork In Road" / "Can't Be"-
    Soul69"He's Just Not That Into You" / "Something's Queer"-
    Soul69"Love Is What We Need" / "Wait"-
    Soul69"Ooh"-
    Soul69"Sing" / "I'm Gonna Sing"-
    Soul69"What In The World" / "How It Used To Be"-
    EMI"Break the Law"-
    EMI"Devil Distracted Me"Falson, James Bowan
    EMI"Easy"-
    EMI"I'm Not OK"DeStefano, Chris
    EMI"I'm Not OK"Stevens, Shane
    EMI"Misguided"-
    EMI"Monster"-
    EMI"That Was Really Fun"-
    EMI"Use Your Imagination"-
    EMI"We Love It"Kurstin, Greg
    EMI"Where Do We Go"-
    "Last Night"
    Pulse"On The Side"Cunningham, Ruth-Anne
    Pulse"Take Love"Cunningham, Ruth-Anne

    Television & Film

    The following are original compositions written and/or produced by Sparro for use in television and film.
    TitleNotes
    "Bargain Hunt-BG Cues"Background cues written/produced by Sparro and Jesse Rogg for the BBC program Bargain Hunt.
    "Daily 10-BG Cues"Background cues written/produced by Sparro for the E! program Daily 10.
    "Got To Dance-BG Cues"Background cues written/produced by Sparro and Jesse Rogg for the Sky One program Got To Dance.
    "Style Star-BG Cues"Background cues written/produced by Sparro for the Style Network program Style Star.

    Music videos

    As featured artist

    Other music video appearances