Sam Sparro discography#Extended plays
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{{Infobox artist discography
| Artist = Sam Sparro
| Image = SamSparro2009-crop.png
| Caption = Sparro performing in 2009
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| Studio = 3
| Music videos = 17
| EP = 7
| Singles = 21
| 1Option = 5
| 1Option name = Promotional singles
| 2Option = 2
| 2Option name = Mixtapes
| 3Option = 17
| 3Option name = Remixes
}}
Sam Sparro, the Australian-born pop, dance, house, and soul singer-songwriter, record 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.{{cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/sam-sparro/mechanical-a-mixtape-by-sam|title=Mechanical (mixtape)|publisher=SoundCloud, Sam Sparro|date= |accessdate=2 January 2014}} Love Made Me Do It was released via his SoundCloud account on 13 February 2015.{{cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/sam-sparro/love-made-me-do-it-mix|title=LOVE MADE ME DO IT MIX|publisher=SoundCloud, Sam Sparro|date=13 February 2015|accessdate=29 July 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.{{cite web| url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/21st-century-life-live/id287298571?i=287298572| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091122032521/http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/21st-century-life-live/id287298571?i=287298572| url-status=dead| archive-date=22 November 2009|title=iTunes Live: London Festival '08|publisher=iTunes, Apple Inc.|date=1 January 2008|accessdate=8 December 2015}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.samsparro.com/blog/2010/12/pink-cloud|title=New Single Pink Cloud – Free Download [Archive]|publisher=Sparro|date=25 December 2010|accessdate=8 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210213015/http://www.samsparro.com/blog/2010/12/pink-cloud|archive-date=10 December 2015|url-status = dead}}{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/sam_sparro/status/18479368179290112|title=PINK CLOUD EP w/ remixes and b-side now available for FREE at [link] Merry Christmas to you all!!! X O Sam|publisher=Twitter, Sam Sparro|date=24 December 2010|accessdate=8 December 2015}} He released Quantum Physical, Vol. 1 independently on 1 October 2014.{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/quantum-physical-vol-1-ep/715160042|title=Quantum Physical, Vol. 1 – EP|publisher=iTunes, Apple Inc.|date=1 October 2013|access-date=8 December 2015}} On 16 October 2015 Sparro released the second volume of Quantum Physical with Intuit Records.{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/quantum-physical-vol.-2-ep/id1036358781|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151212074322/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/quantum-physical-vol.-2-ep/id1036358781|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 December 2015|title=Quantum Physical, Vol. 2 – EP|publisher=iTunes, Apple Inc.|date=16 October 2015|accessdate=8 December 2015}}
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 (with DMC), 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.{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/hang-on-2-your-love-feat-durand-bernarr-single/686156684|title=Hang on 2 Your Love (feat. Durand Bernarr) – Single|publisher=iTunes, Apple Inc.|date=13 August 2013|access-date=8 December 2015}} On 31 July 2015 he released the single "Hands Up" from his extended play Quantum Physical, Vol. 2,{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/hands-up-single/id1025179928|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151212074430/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/hands-up-single/id1025179928|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 December 2015|title=Hands Up – Single|publisher=iTunes, Apple Inc.|date=31 July 2015|accessdate=8 December 2015}} with a remix single following on 25 September.{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/hands-up-remixes-single/id1040994698|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151212074403/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/hands-up-remixes-single/id1040994698|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 December 2015|title=Hands Up (Remixes) – Single|publisher=iTunes, Apple Inc.|date=25 September 2015|accessdate=8 December 2015}}
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=
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! scope="col" style="width:15em;"| Title ! scope="col" style="width:18em;"| Album details |
scope="row" | Mechanical.
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scope="row" | Love Made Me Do It
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Extended plays
Singles
=As lead artist=
=As a featured artist=
=Promotional singles=
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scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album |
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scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| BEL (Fl) |
scope="row"| "Too Many Questions"
| 2008 | — |
scope="row"| "The Shallow End"
| 2012 | 56 |
colspan="6" align="center"|"—" denotes that the release did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Other appearances
The following have been officially released, but are not featured on a main release by Sparro.
= Special releases =
Remixes
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scope="col"| Title
!scope="col"| Year !scope="col"| Artist !scope="col"| Album(s) !scope="col"| Notes |
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scope="row" rowspan=2| "Young Lovers" (Sam Sparro Edit)
| 2007 | rowspan=2| Love Grenades | rowspan=2|
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2008
| Tigers in the Fire - EP{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/tigers-in-the-fire-ep/296598028|title=Tigers in the Fire on iTunes|publisher=apple inc.|date= 9 December 2008|access-date=2 January 2014}} |
scope="row"| "Now I'm That Bitch" (Sam Sparro Remix) [Explicit]
| rowspan=8| 2009 | rowspan=3| Livvi Franc | rowspan=2| Now I'm That Bitch (Remixes) - EP{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/now-im-that-remixes-ep/319926674|title=Now I'm That (Remixes) – EP|date=23 June 2009 |publisher=iTunes/Apple Inc.|access-date=18 February 2014}} | rowspan=3|
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scope="row"| "Now I'm That Chick" (Sam Sparro Remix) [Edited] |
scope="row"| "Now I'm That Bitch" (Sam Sparro & Golden Extended Mix) [Explicit]
| Special SoundCloud Release{{cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/modusvivendimusic/livvi-franc-now-im-that-bitch-sam-sparro-and-golden-mix-extended-dirty|title="Now I'm That Bitch" (Sam Sparro & Golden Extended Mix) [Explicit]|publisher=SoundCloud|accessdate=18 February 2014}} |
scope="row"| "Feelings Gone" (Sam Sparro Remix)
| Basement Jaxx | Feelings Gone – Digital Single{{Cite AV media notes |title=Feelings Gone|year=2009|url=https://www.discogs.com/Basement-Jaxx-feat-Sam-Sparro-Feelings-Gone/release/3938277|access-date=21 March 2018|author=Basement Jaxx featuring Sam Sparro|publisher=XL Recordings|location=UK}} |
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scope="row"| "Sexy People" (Sam Sparro & Golden's Starlight Mix)
| rowspan=3| Lolene | rowspan=3| Sexy People{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Lolene-Sexy-People/release/1973081|title=Sexy People vinyl on discogs|publisher=discogs.com|date= |accessdate=2 January 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Lolene-Sexy-People/release/1973103|title=Sexy People US CD on discogs|publisher=discogs.com|date= |accessdate=2 January 2014}} | rowspan=3|
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scope="row"| "Sexy People" (Sam Sparro & Golden's Starlight Dub) |
scope="row"| "Sexy People" (Sam Sparro & Golden's Starlight Radio Edit) |
scope="row"| "Walking On A Line" (Sam Sparro Remix)
| {{n/a}} |
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scope="row"| "Pay Off" (Sam Sparro & Golden WERQ remix)
| rowspan=7| 2010 | O'Spada |
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scope="row"| "Dear Dictator" (Sam Sparro Remix)
| {{n/a}} |
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scope="row"| "Obsession" (Sam Sparro & Golden Touch Club Mix)
| rowspan=3| Sky Ferreira | rowspan=3| Obsession (The Remixes) - US Promo EP{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Sky-Ferreira-Obsession-The-Remixes/release/3251545|title=Obsession Promo CD|publisher=discogs.com|date= |accessdate=2 January 2014}} | rowspan=3|
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scope="row"| "Obsession" (Sam Sparro & Golden Touch Dub) |
scope="row"| "Obsession" (Sam Sparro & Golden Touch Radio Mix) |
scope="row"| "White Knuckles" (Sam Sparro Remix)
| OK Go | White Knuckles - EP{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/ie/album/white-knuckles-ep/id393455636|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140520003119/https://itunes.apple.com/ie/album/white-knuckles-ep/id393455636|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 May 2014|title=White Knuckleson iTunes|publisher=apple inc.|date= 8 October 2010|accessdate=3 January 2014}} |
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scope="row"| "Holidays" (Sam Sparro and Golden Touch Remix) (featuring Alan Palomo) |
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scope="row"| "Golden Train" (Sam Sparro Remix)
| rowspan=3| 2011 |
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scope="row" rowspan=2| "Cameo Lover" (Sam Sparro & Golden Touch Remix)
| rowspan=2| Kimbra | Vows (iTunes Deluxe Version) | rowspan=2|
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Settle Down - EP{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/settle-down-ep/472114057|title=Settle Down – EPon iTunes|publisher=apple inc.|date= 17 October 2011|access-date=3 January 2014}} |
scope="row"| "Burn It Down" (Sam Sparro Remix)
| 2012 | {{n/a}} | rowspan="2"|
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scope="row"| "To Dust" (Sam Sparro Remix)
| 2013 | To Dust/I Loved You – Single{{Cite AV media notes |title=To Dust / I Loved You|year=2013|url=https://alicerussellmusic.bandcamp.com/album/to-dust-i-loved-you|access-date=17 March 2018|first=Alice|last=Russell|author-link=Alice Russell (singer)|type=Digital Single|publisher=Tru Thoughts|location=UK}} |
scope="row"| "Hair & Makeup" (Sam Sparro Gorgeous Mix)
| 2014 | Trinidad Senolia |
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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.
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! scope="col" | Label ! scope="col" | Song ! scope="col" | Co-Writer(s) ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |
rowspan="6"| Soul69
!scope="row"| "Fork In Road" / "Can't Be" |None |{{efn|name=BMIrep|Song credits adapted from the repertoire of BMI. All songs licensed under > Songwriter/Composer > "Falson, Samuel F" and/or "Falson, Samuel Frankland".}} |
scope="row"| "He's Just Not That Into You" / "Something's Queer"
|None |{{efn|name=BMIrep}} |
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scope="row"| "Love Is What We Need" / "Wait"
|None |{{efn|name=BMIrep}} |
scope="row"| "Ooh"
|None |{{efn|name=BMIrep}} |
scope="row"| "Sing" / "I'm Gonna Sing"
|None |{{efn|name=BMIrep}} |
scope="row"| "What In The World" / "How It Used To Be"
|None |{{efn|name=BMIrep}} |
rowspan="11"| EMI
!scope="row"| "Break the Law" |None |{{efn|name=BMIrep}} |
scope="row"| "Devil Distracted Me"
|Falson, James Bowan{{efn|name=brother}} |{{efn|name=BMIrep}} |
scope="row"| "Easy"
|None |{{efn|name=BMIrep}} |
scope="row" rowspan="2"| "I'm Not OK"
|{{efn|name=BMIrep}} |
Stevens, Shane
|{{efn|name=BMIrep}} |
scope="row"| "Misguided"
|None |{{efn|name=BMIrep}} |
scope="row"| "Monster"
|None |{{efn|name=BMIrep}} |
scope="row"| "That Was Really Fun"
|None |{{efn|name=BMIrep}} |
scope="row"| "Use Your Imagination"
|None |{{efn|name=BMIrep}} |
scope="row"| "We Love It"
|{{efn|name=BMIrep}} |
scope="row"| "Where Do We Go"
|None |{{efn|name=BMIrep}} |
{{n/a|unknown}}
!scope="row"| "Last Night" |{{n/a|unknown}} |
rowspan="2"|Pulse
!scope="row"| "On The Side" |{{efn|name=BMIrep}} |
scope="row"| "Take Love"
|{{efn|name=BMIrep}} |
=Television and film=
The following are original compositions written and/or produced by Sparro for use in television and film.
Music videos
=As featured artist=
=Other music video appearances=
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scope="col" style="width:220px"|Title
!scope="col"| Year !scope="col" style="width:150px;"| Director(s) |
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scope="row"| "Young Lovers" (Love Grenades) |2008 |
References
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General
- {{cite web| url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p1050334|pure_url=yes}}| title=Sam Sparro > Discography| publisher=Allmusic. Macrovision| accessdate=12 November 2009}}
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Specific
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External links
- {{official website}}
- {{cite web| url=https://soundcloud.com/sam-sparro| title=Sam Sparro on Soundcloud| publisher=Soundcloud| accessdate=3 January 2014}}
- {{cite web| url=https://www.youtube.com/user/samsparro| title=Sam Sparro on Youtube| publisher=Youtube| accessdate=3 January 2014}}
- {{cite web| url=http://www.vevo.com/artist/sam-sparro| title=Sam Sparro on Vevo| publisher=Vevo| accessdate=3 January 2014}}
- {{cite web| url=https://twitter.com/samsparro| title=Sam Sparro on Twitter| publisher=Twitter| accessdate=3 January 2014}}
- {{cite web| url=http://instagram.com/samsparro| title=Sam Sparro on Instagram| publisher=Instagram| accessdate=3 January 2014}}
- {{cite web| url=http://samsparro.com/discography/| title=Sam Sparro's Official Discogrophy| publisher=samsparro.com| accessdate=3 January 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103181623/http://samsparro.com/discography/| archive-date=3 January 2014|url-status = dead}}
- {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p1050334|label=Sam Sparro}}
- {{cite web| url=http://repertoire.bmi.com/writer.asp?page=1&blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&fromrow=1&torow=25&affiliation=BMI&cae=466131660&keyID=951831&keyname=FALSON+SAM&querytype=WriterID| title=Sam Falson on BMI Publishing| publisher=BMI.com| accessdate=3 January 2014}}{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- {{cite web| url=http://repertoire.bmi.com/writer.asp?page=1&blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&fromrow=1&torow=25&affiliation=BMI&cae=466131856&keyID=951831&keyname=FALSON+SAMUEL+F&querytype=WriterID| archive-url=https://archive.today/20140103103510/http://repertoire.bmi.com/writer.asp?page=1&blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&fromrow=1&torow=25&affiliation=BMI&cae=466131856&keyID=951831&keyname=FALSON+SAMUEL+F&querytype=WriterID|url-status = dead| archive-date=3 January 2014| title=Sam F Falson on BMI Publishing| publisher=BMI.com| accessdate=3 January 2014}}
- {{cite web| url=http://repertoire.bmi.com/writer.asp?page=1&blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&fromrow=1&torow=25&affiliation=BMI&cae=466131562&keyID=951831| title=Sam Frankland Falson on BMI Publishing| publisher=BMI.com| accessdate=3 January 2014}}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- {{Discogs artist|artist=Sam Sparro|name=Sam Sparro}}
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