This is the discography of Canadian singer-songwriter Paul Anka.

Paul Anka in 1961

Albums

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Studio albums

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Year Title Label Format Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[1]
CAN
[2]
AUS
[3]
UK
[4]
1958 Paul Anka ABC Paramount LP
1959 My Heart Sings ABC Paramount LP, CD
1960 Swings For Young Lovers ABC Paramount LP, CD
1961 It's Christmas Everywhere ABC Paramount LP
1962 Young, Alive and In Love! RCA Victor LP 61
Let's Sit This One Out RCA Victor LP 137
1963 3 Great Guys (Paul Anka, Sam Cooke and Neil Sedaka) RCA Victor LP
Italiano RCA Victor LP
1964 A casa nostra (Sung in Italian) RCA Victor (Italy) LP
1966 Strictly Nashville RCA Victor LP
1968 Goodnight My Love RCA Victor LP 101
1969 Life Goes On RCA Victor LP 194
1972 Paul Anka Buddah LP, CD 188 46
Jubilation Buddah LP, CD 192
1974 Anka United Artists LP, CD 9 4 38
  • RIAA: Gold
1975 Feelings United Artists LP, CD 36 20
Times of Your Life (9 of 10 cuts from previous 2 albums) United Artists LP 22
  • RIAA: Gold
1976 The Painter United Artists LP, CD 85 16
1977 The Music Man United Artists LP 195 47
1978 Listen to Your Heart RCA LP, CD 179
1979 Headlines RCA LP, CD 69
1981 Both Sides of Love RCA LP 171
1983 Walk a Fine Line Columbia LP, CD 156
1987 Freedom For The World (titled Freedom in Canada) A&M Records LP, CD
1989 Somebody Loves You Polydor CD
1996 Amigos (Duets in Spanish) Sony CD
2005 Rock Swings Verve CD 120 9
2007 Classic Songs, My Way Decca CD 139 13
2011 Songs of December Decca CD
2013 Duets Sony CD 95
2021 Making Memories Green Hill CD
2021 Sessions Green Hill CD "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

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Year Title Label Format Peak chart positions
US
[7]
AUS
[3]
1959 Paul Anka Sings His Big 15 ABC Paramount CD, LP 4
1961 Paul Anka Sings His Big 15, Vol. 2 ABC Paramount LP 72
1962 Paul Anka Sings His Big 15, Vol. 3 ABC Paramount LP
1962 Diana ABC Paramount CD, LP
1963 Paul Anka's 21 Golden Hits RCA Victor CD, LP 65
1969 Diana: Paul Anka Sings His Greatest Hits RCA Victor LP
1978 Paul Anka's Golden Hits Hammard LP 57
1987 Jubilation (15 song compilation) Garland CD
1989 30th Anniversary Collection Rhino CD
1991 Five Decades Greatest Hits Curb CD
1992 Classic Hits Curb CD
1992 My Greatest Songs RCA CD
1993 In the 70s RCA CD
1996 A Golden Hour of Paul Anka LaserLight CD
1996 Best of the United Artist Years 1973-1977 EMI CD
1999 Essential RCA Rock and Roll Recordings (1962–1968) Taragon CD
2000 Vegas Style Taragon CD
2003 Absolutely the Best of Paul Anka: The 70s EMI CD
2011 25 Grandes Exitos Bear Family CD
2013 Dianacally Yours Bear Family CD
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

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Year Title Label Format US
[8]
1960 Anka at the Copa ABC Paramount LP 23

Singles

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Year Single (A-side, B-side)
Both sides from same album except where indicated
Chart positions Album
US CB
[9]
US
[10]
US
AC

[11]
US
R&B

[12]
UK
[4]
Canada
CHUM
RPM
GER ITA AUS
1956 "I Confess"
b/w "Blau-Wile-Deveest-Fontaine"
Non-album tracks
1957 "Diana"
b/w "Don't Gamble with Love" (from Paul Anka Sings His Big 15)
2 1 1 1 1 2 1 Paul Anka (ABC-Paramount album)
"I Love You, Baby" / 48 97 3 20 19 Paul Anka Sings His Big 10
"Tell Me That You Love Me" 25 10 Big 15, Volume 2
1958 "You Are My Destiny"
b/w "When I Stop Loving You (That'll Be the Day)"
(from Big 15, Volume 2)
9 7 14 6 2
39
13 Paul Anka Sings His Big 15
"Crazy Love" / 36 15 26
"Let the Bells Keep Ringing" 24 16 4 19 Big 15, Volume 2
"Midnight"
b/w "Verboten! (Forbidden)" (non-album track)
69 26 17 32 Paul Anka Sings His Big 15
"Just Young"
b/w "So It's Goodbye" (from My Heart Sings)
28 80 15 41 Big 15 Volume 2
"The Teen Commandments"
(with George Hamilton IV and Johnny Nash)
b/w "If You Learn to Pray" (by Don Costa's Orchestra and Chorus)
46 29 14 41 Non-album tracks
"(All of a Sudden) My Heart Sings"
b/w "That's Love" (from Paul Anka Sings His Big 15)
12 15 10 14 7 9 8 My Heart Sings
1959 "I Miss You So"
b/w "Late Last Night" (from Big 15, Volume 2)
29 33 20 15 91
"Lonely Boy"
(from Big 15, Volume 2)
1 1 6 3 2 8 2 3
"Your Love" 83 Paul Anka Sings His Big 15
"Put Your Head on My Shoulder"
2 2 12 7 4 25 2 22
"Don't Ever Leave Me"
"It's Time to Cry"
b/w "Something Has Changed Me" (from Big 15, Volume 2)
6 4 13 28 5 2 18
1960 "Puppy Love" / 2 2 33 4 3 25
"Adam and Eve" 90 4 21
"My Home Town" / 8 8 10 6 20 Big 15, Volume 2
"Something Happened" 51 41
"Hello, Young Lovers" / 24 23 44 5 13 33 Paul Anka Swings for Young Lovers
"I Love You in the Same Old Way" 86 40 Big 15, Volume 2
"Summer's Gone"
b/w "I'd Have to Share"
23 11 29 22 63
"Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer"
b/w "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"
54 104 It's Christmas Everywhere
"It's Christmas Everywhere"
b/w "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer"
1961 "The Story of My Love" / 23 16 32 26 69 Big 15, Volume 2
"Don't Say You're Sorry" 108 Non-album tracks
"(You Can) Share Your Love"
b/w "I Talk to You (On the Telephone)" (promo single only)
"Tonight My Love, Tonight"
b/w "I'm Just a Fool Anyway" (non-album track)
11 13 20 8 29 Big 15, Volume 2
"Dance on Little Girl"
b/w "I Talk to You (On the Telephone)" (non-album track)
12 10 22 12 20
"Kissin' on the Phone" / 32 35 17 27 Big 15, Volume 3
"Cinderella" 73 70 17 12
"The Bells at My Wedding" / 98 104 16 26
"Loveland" 101 110 78
1962 "All of Me"
b/w "I'm Coming Home"
"The Fools Hall of Fame"
b/w "Far from the Lights of Town"
107 103
"I'd Never Find Another You"
b/w "Uh Huh"
106
"I'm Coming Home"
b/w "Cry"
94
"Love Me Warm and Tender"
b/w "I'd Like to Know" (non-album track)
12 12 19 14 45 30 Remember Diana
"A Steel Guitar and a Glass of Wine"
b/w "I Never Knew Your Name" (non-album track)
22 13 41 17 35 32
104
"Every Night (Without You)"
b/w "There You Go"
52 46 50 Non-album tracks
"Eso Beso (That Kiss)"
b/w "Give Me Back My Heart" (non-album track)
24 19 11 14 23 18 Remember Diana
1963 "Love (Makes the World Go Round)"
b/w "Crying in the Wild" (non-album track)
30 26 47
"Remember Diana"
b/w "At Night" (non-album track)
35 39 42 79
"Hello Jim"
b/w "You've Got the Nerve to Call This Love"
90 97 46 Non-album tracks
"Hurry Up and Tell Me"
b/w "Wondrous Are the Ways of Love"
97
"Did You Have a Happy Birthday?"
b/w "For No Good Reason at All"
110 89
1964 "From Rocking Horse to Rocking Chair"
b/w "Cheer Up"
"My Baby's Comin' Home"
b/w "No, No" (from 3 Great Guys)
113
"In My Imagination"
b/w "It's Easy to Say"
"Ogni Volta (Every Time)"
b/w "Cindy Go Home" (non-album track)
A Casa Nostra
1965 "Sylvia"
b/w "Behind My Smile"
Non-album tracks
"The Loneliest Boy in the World"
b/w "Dream Me Happy"
113
"Every Day a Heart Is Broken"
b/w "As If There Were No Tomorrow"
1966 "Truly Yours"
b/w "Oh Such a Stranger"
Strictly Nashville
"I Wish"
b/w "I Went to Your Wedding"
"I Can't Help Loving You"
b/w "Can't Get Along Very Well Without Her"
Non-album tracks
"Poor Old World"
b/w "I'd Rather Be a Stranger"
58
1967 "Until It's Time for You to Go"
b/w "Would You Still Be My Baby"
"A Woman Is a Sentimental Thing"
b/w "That's How Love Goes"
1968 "Can't Get You Out of My Mind"
b/w "When We Get There" (non-album track)
Life Goes On
1969 "Goodnight, My Love"
b/w "This Crazy World" (non-album track)
26 27 2 23 Goodnight My Love
"In the Still of the Night"
b/w "Picking Up the Pieces"
64 64 36 62
"Sincerely"
b/w "Next Year" (from Goodnight My Love)
78 80 30 75 Non-album track
"Happy"
b/w "Can't Get You Out of My Mind"
80 86 13 77 89 Life Goes On
1970 "Midnight Mistress"
b/w "Medley: Before It's Too Late / (Remember)
This Land Is Your Land"
70's
1971 "Why Are You Leaning on Me Sir"
b/w "You're Some Kind of Friend"
Non-album tracks
"Do I Love You"
b/w "So Long City" (non-album track)
38 53 14 16 Paul Anka (Buddah album)
1972 "Jubilation"
b/w "Everything's Been Changed"
(from Paul Anka (Buddah) album)
58 65 27 Jubilation
"Life Song"
b/w "Something Good Is Coming"
1973 "While We're Still Young"
b/w "This Is Your Song"
61 Non-album tracks
"Hey Girl"
b/w "You and Me Today" (from Jubilation)
63
"Flashback" 100
1974 "Let Me Get to Know You"
b/w "Flashback" (non-album track)
54 80 40 13 Anka
"(You're) Having My Baby" (with Odia Coates)
b/w "Papa"
1 1 5 6 1 15 2
"One Man Woman/One Woman Man"
(with Odia Coates) b/w "Let Me Get to Know You"
7 7 5 4 35
1975 "I Don't Like to Sleep Alone" (with Odia Coates)
b/w "How Can Anything Be Beautiful-After You" (from Anka)
5 8 8 1 74 Feelings
"(I Believe) There's Nothing Stronger Than Our Love"
(with Odia Coates) b/w "Today I Became a Fool"
14 15 3 1 83
"Times of Your Life"
b/w "Water Runs Deep" (from Feelings)
17 7 1 31 Times of Your Life
1976 "Anytime (I'll Be There)"
b/w "Something About You" (from Anka)
50 33 2 56 Feelings
"Make It Up to Me in Love" (with Odia Coates)
b/w "You" (by Odia Coates)
101 20 34 Non-album tracks
"Happier"
b/w "Closing Doors"
97 60 10 46 The Painter
1977 "My Best Friend's Wife"
b/w "Never Gonna Fall in Love Again
(Like I Fell in Love with You)" (from The Painter)
74 80 41 63 The Music Man
"Everybody Ought to Be in Love"
b/w "Tonight"
83 75 55
1978 "Brought Up in New York (Brought Down in L.A.)"
b/w "Love Me Lady"
Listen to Your Heart
"This Is Love"
b/w "I'm By Myself Again"
70 35 3 66
1979 "As Long As We Keep Believing"
b/w "Headlines"
29 80 Headlines
1981 "Think I'm in Love Again"
b/w "We Love Each Other"
Both Sides of Love
"I've Been Waiting for You All of My Life"
b/w "Think I'm in Love Again"
63 48 16
"Lady Lay Down"
b/w "You're Still a Part of Me"
1983 "Hold Me 'Til the Mornin' Comes"
b/w "This Is the First Time"
38 40 2 1 (AC) 49 Walk a Fine Line
1984 "Second Chance"
b/w "Walk a Fine Line"
14
1996 "Diana" (with Ricky Martin) Amigos
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Paul Anka – Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. July 11, 2018.
  2. ^ "RPM Magazine search results".
  3. ^ a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 18. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  4. ^ a b "Paul Anka – UK Singles Chart". Official Charts. July 11, 2018.
  5. ^ "Paul Anka - Rock Swings". bpi.co.uk. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Paul Anka - My Way". bpi.co.uk. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Paul Anka – Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. July 11, 2018.
  8. ^ "Paul Anka – Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. July 11, 2018.
  9. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2014). Cash Box Pop Hits 1952-1996. Sheridan Books, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-209-0. Whitburn, Joel (2014). Cash Box Looking Ahead Pop Hits 101-150. Sheridan Books, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-211-3.
  10. ^ "Paul Anka – Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. July 11, 2018.
  11. ^ "Paul Anka – Chart History: Billboard Adult Contemporary". Billboard. July 11, 2018.
  12. ^ "Paul Anka – Chart History: Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. July 11, 2018.
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