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Steppenwolf discography

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{{Infobox artist discography|Alt=Trade ad for ABC / Dunhill featuring Steppenwolf.|Artist=Steppenwolf|Caption=Trade ad for ABC / Dunhill featuring Steppenwolf. 1970|Compilation=9|EP=|Image=Steppenwolf (1970).png|Singles=21|Studio=13|Video=4|Live=5}}

The discography of Steppenwolf, a Canadian-American Hard rock band, consists of 13 studio albums, 14 compilation albums, 5 live albums, 41 singles, and three music videos. The band was formed in 1967 after some members of The Sparrows split.{{Cite book|title=The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll|last=Simon & Schuster|year=2001|isbn=9780743201209|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/rollingstoneency00holl}} Group members included John Kay, Michael Monarch, Goldy McJohn, Rushton Moreve and Jerry Edmonton. Their first album, Steppenwolf, was released in 1968, which sold well and reached 6 on Billboard.{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/280528/steppenwolf/chart?f=305|title=Steppenwolf - Chart history {{!}} Billboard|website=www.billboard.com|access-date=2019-08-26}} That same year, Steppenwolf covered "The Pusher" (previously released by Hoyt Axton).{{Cite book|title=Risky Business: Rock in Film|last=Romanowski|first=William D.|publisher=Transaction Publishers|year=1991|isbn=9780887388439|pages=169}} The song was later used in Easy Rider.{{Cite book|title=Hollywood Shack Job: Rock Music in Films And on Your Screen|last=Kubernik|first=Harvey|publisher=CounterCulture Series|year=2006|isbn=9780826335425|pages=105}} The album's most successful single was "Born to Be Wild", which reached No. 2 on the Billboard.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/search/albums/steppenwolf|title=Album Search for "steppenwolf"|website=AllMusic|language=en-us|access-date=2019-08-26}} At the time of the release of second album, The Second, the band's bassist Rushton Moreve had a dispute with band leader John Kay, and was eventually replaced with Nick St. Nicholas.{{Cite book|title=The Book of Golden Discs|last=Murrells|first=Joseph|publisher=Barrie and Jenkins Ltd|year=1978|isbn=0-214-20512-6|location=2nd|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr}} The album's single was "Magic Carpet Ride" which reached number 3 on Billboard.{{Cite book|title=Top Pop Singles 1955-1990|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|year=1991|publisher=Record Research |isbn=0-89820-089-X}}

The band's third album, At Your Birthday Party, reached number 7 on the Billboard.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/280528/steppenwolf/chart?f=305|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218203023/https://www.billboard.com/artist/280528/steppenwolf/chart?f=305|url-status=dead|archive-date=2017-02-18|title=Steppenwolf - Chart history {{!}} Billboard| magazine=Billboard |date=2017-02-18|access-date=2019-08-26}} The album's single "Rock Me" reached number 10 on Billboard; no single went that high in the United States after that, although they continued to do well on the Canadian singles chart.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/candy-original-soundtrack-mw0000860799|title=Candy [Original Soundtrack] - Steppenwolf {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=AllMusic|language=en-us|access-date=2019-08-26}} Steppenwolf released three more albums by 1972 that had no commercial success and eventually led to the band's dissolution.{{Cite book|title=The Great Rock Discography|last=Strong|first=Martin C.|publisher=Mojo Books|year=2000|isbn=1-84195-017-3|location=Edinburgh|pages=932–934}} The band re-formed in 1974 with a new lineup, including John Kay, Jerry Edmonton, Goldy McJohn, George Biondo, and Bobby Cochran.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/frickes-picks-radio-volume-1-episode-2-100784/|title=Fricke's Picks Radio: Volume 1, Episode 2|last=Fricke|first=David|date=2013-04-04|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-26}} Steppenwolf released three albums during this period, the most successful being "Slow Flux". After three albums, Steppenwolf was dissolved in 1976.{{Cite book|title=Burr's Entertainment Law in a Nutshell|last=Burr|first=Sherri|date=2012|publisher=West Academic|isbn=9781628106435|pages=PT274}} The group was re-formed in 1980 and broke up for the last time in 2018. Steppenwolf's newest studio album was Rise & Shine, released in 1990.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/25/magazine/universal-music-fire-bands-list-umg.html|title=Here Are Hundreds More Artists Whose Tapes Were Destroyed in the UMG Fire|last=Rosen|first=Jody|date=2019-06-25|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-08-26|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}

Albums

= Studio albums =

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! width="35"| US
{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/steppenwolf-mn0000022928/awards|title=Steppenwolf - Billboard charts|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=February 20, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120725172144/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/steppenwolf-mn0000022928/awards|archive-date=July 25, 2012}}

! width="35"| 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=293}}

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{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=v42uhqgf3g041lc57h99igrge0&q1=Steppenwolf&q2=Top+Albums%2FCDs&interval=20|title=Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada - Top Albums/CDs|work=RPM|access-date=February 23, 2011}}

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{{cite web|url=http://norwegiancharts.com/search.asp?cat=a&search=Steppenwolf|title=norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian charts portal|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=February 20, 2011}}

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{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/13684/steppenwolf/|title=The Official Charts Company - Steppenwolf |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=February 20, 2011 }}

scope="row"| Steppenwolf

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  • US: Gold{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=Steppenwolf&title=Steppenwolf&format=ALBUM&go=Search&perPage=50|title=RIAA - Gold & Platinum - February 20, 2011: Steppenwolf certified awards|publisher=Recording Industry Association of America|access-date=February 20, 2011}}
scope="row"| The Second

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  • Release date: October 1968
  • Label: Dunhill Records
  • Formats: CD, Vinyl record, cassette, 8-track

| 3

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  • US: Gold{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=Steppenwolf&title=Second&format=ALBUM&go=Search&perPage=50|title=RIAA - Gold & Platinum - February 20, 2011: Steppenwolf the Second certified awards|publisher=Recording Industry Association of America|access-date=February 20, 2011}}
scope="row"| At Your Birthday Party

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  • Release date: March 1969
  • Label: Dunhill Records
  • Formats: CD, Vinyl record, cassette, 8-track

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scope="row"| Monster

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  • Release date: November 1969
  • Label: Dunhill Records
  • Formats: CD, Vinyl record, cassette, 8-track

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  • US: Gold{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=Steppenwolf&title=Monster&format=ALBUM&go=Search&perPage=50|title=RIAA - Gold & Platinum - February 20, 2011: Monster certified awards|publisher=Recording Industry Association of America|access-date=February 20, 2011}}
scope="row"| Steppenwolf 7

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  • Release date: November 1970
  • Label: Dunhill Records
  • Formats: CD, Vinyl record, cassette, 8-track

| 19

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  • US: Gold{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=Steppenwolf&title=7&format=ALBUM&go=Search&perPage=50|title=RIAA - Gold & Platinum - February 20, 2011: Steppenwolf 7 certified awards|publisher=Recording Industry Association of America|access-date=February 20, 2011}}
scope="row"| For Ladies Only

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  • Release date: November 1971
  • Label: Dunhill Records
  • Formats: CD, Vinyl record, cassette, 8-track

| 54

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| 13

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scope="row"| Slow Flux

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  • Release date: August 1974
  • Label: Mums Records
  • Formats: CD, Vinyl record, cassette, 8-track

| 47

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scope="row"| Hour of the Wolf

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  • Release date: 1975
  • Label: Epic Records
  • Formats: CD, Vinyl Record, cassette, 8-track

| 155

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scope="row"| Skullduggery

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  • Release date: 1976
  • Label: Epic Records
  • Formats: CD, Vinyl record, 8-track

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scope="row"| Wolftracks

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  • Release date: October 1983
  • Label: Attic Records
  • Formats: CD, Vinyl record, cassette

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scope="row"| Paradox

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  • Release date: 1984
  • Label: Attic Records
  • Formats: CD, Vinyl record, cassette

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scope="row"| Rock & Roll Rebels

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  • Release date: 1987
  • Label: Qwil Records
  • Formats: CD, Vinyl record, cassette

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scope="row"| Rise & Shine

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  • Release date: 1990
  • Label: IRS Records
  • Formats: CD, Vinyl record, cassette

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colspan="10" style="font-size:9pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart

= Live albums =

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! colspan="4"| Peak chart
positions

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(sales threshold)

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scope="row"| Early Steppenwolf

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  • Release date: July 1969
  • Label: Dunhill Records
  • Formats: CD, Vinyl record, cassette, 8-track

| 29

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scope="row"| Steppenwolf Live

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  • Release date: April 1970
  • Label: Dunhill Records
  • Formats: CD, Vinyl record, cassette, 8-track

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  • US: Gold{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=Steppenwolf&title=Live&format=ALBUM&go=Search&perPage=50|title=RIAA - Gold & Platinum - February 20, 2011: Steppenwolf Live certified awards|publisher=Recording Industry Association of America|access-date=February 20, 2011}}
scope="row"| Live in London

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  • Release date: 1981 (Australia Only)
  • Label: Mercury Records
  • Formats: CD, Vinyl record, cassette

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scope="row"| Live at 25

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  • Release date: March 17, 1995
  • Label: K-tel
  • Formats: CD, cassette

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scope="row"| Live in Louisville

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  • Release date: October 5, 2004
  • Label: Rainman Records
  • Formats: CD, music download

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colspan="10" style="font-size:9pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart

= Compilation albums =

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rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"| Title

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! colspan="2"| Peak positions

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(sales threshold)

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! width="35"| AUS

scope="row"| Gold: Their Great Hits

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  • Release date: March 1971
  • Label: Dunhill Records
  • Formats: CD, Vinyl record, cassette, 8-track

| 24 || 38

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  • US: Gold{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=Steppenwolf&title=Gold&format=ALBUM&go=Search&perPage=50|title=RIAA - Gold & Platinum - February 20, 2011: Gold: Their Great Hits certified awards|publisher=Recording Industry Association of America|access-date=February 20, 2011}}
scope="row"| Rest in Peace

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  • Release date: February 1972
  • Label: Dunhill Records
  • Formats: CD, Vinyl record, cassette, 8-track

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scope="row"| 16 Greatest Hits

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  • Release date: February 1973
  • Label: Dunhill Records
  • Formats: CD, Vinyl record, cassette, 8-track

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  • US: Platinum{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=Steppenwolf&title=16&format=ALBUM&go=Search&perPage=50|title=RIAA - Gold & Platinum - February 20, 2011: 16 Biggest Hits certified awards|publisher=Recording Industry Association of America|access-date=February 20, 2011}}
scope="row"| Sixteen Great Performances

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  • Release date: 1975
  • Label: ABC Records
  • Formats: Vinyl record, cassette, 8-track

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scope="row"| The ABC Collection

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  • Release date: 1976
  • Label: ABC Records
  • Formats: CD, Vinyl record, cassette, 8-track

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scope="row"| The Best of Steppenwolf: Reborn to be Wild

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  • Release date: 1976
  • Label: Epic Records
  • Formats: CD, Vinyl record, cassette, 8-track

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scope="row"| Born to Be Wild - A Retrospective

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  • Release date: 1991
  • Label: MCA Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette

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scope="row"| Feed the Fire

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  • Release date: 1996
  • Label: Winter Harvest
  • Formats: CD, Vinyl record, cassette

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scope="row"| Silver

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  • Release date: November 7, 1997
  • Label: Phantom Sound & Vision
  • Formats: CD

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scope="row"| All Time Greatest Hits

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  • Release date: November 23, 1999
  • Label: MCA Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette

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scope="row"| 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Steppenwolf

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  • US: Gold{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=Steppenwolf&title=Masters&format=ALBUM&go=Search&perPage=50|title=RIAA - Gold & Platinum - February 20, 2011: The Millennium Collection certified awards|publisher=Recording Industry Association of America|access-date=February 20, 2011}}
scope="row"| The Collection

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  • Release date: July 8, 2003
  • Label: Spectrum Music
  • Formats: CD

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scope="row"| Steppenwolf Gold

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  • Release date: January 11, 2005
  • Label: Geffen Records
  • Formats: CD, music download

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scope="row"| The ABC/Dunhill Singles Collection

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  • Release date: August 14, 2015
  • Label: Real Gone Music
  • Formats: CD

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Singles

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! colspan="7" | Peak chart positions

! rowspan="2" style="width:8em;"| Certifications
(sales threshold)

! rowspan="2"| Album

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! width="35"| US

! width="40"| AUS

! width="35" |CAN
{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/list.aspx?OCRText=steppenwolf&ChartEn=Top%20Singles|title=RPM Database|date=July 17, 2013 |publisher=Library and Archives Canada|access-date=April 19, 2019}}

! width="35"| AUT
{{cite web|url=http://austriancharts.at/search.asp?search=Steppenwolf&cat=s|title=austriancharts.at - Austria Top 40|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=February 20, 2011}}

! width="35"| GER
{{cite web|url=http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Steppenwolf/single|title=Die ganze Musik im Internet - German Charts - Singles|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=February 20, 2011}}

! width="35"| NL
{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?cat=s&cat2=s&search=Steppenwolf|title=dutchcharts.nl - Dutch charts portal|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=February 20, 2011}}

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1967

! scope="row"| "A Girl I Knew" / "The Ostrich"

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| align="left" rowspan="3"| Steppenwolf

rowspan="3" |1968

! scope="row" | "Sookie Sookie" / "Take What You Need"

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scope="row" | "Born to Be Wild" / "Everybody's Next One"

| 2{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/steppenwolf|title=Steppenwolf Born To Be Wild Chart History|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2019-08-26}}

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  • US: Gold{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=Steppenwolf&title=Born%20to%20Be%20Wild&format=SINGLE&go=Search&perPage=50|title=RIAA - Gold & Platinum - February 20, 2011: "Born to Be Wild" certified awards|publisher=Recording Industry Association of America|access-date=February 20, 2011}}
  • UK: Platinum{{cite certification|region=United Kingdom|artist=Steppenwolf|access-date=November 21, 2024}}
scope="row"| "Magic Carpet Ride" / "Sookie Sookie"

| 3{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/steppenwolf|title=Steppenwolf Magic Carpet Ride Chart History|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2019-08-26}}

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  • US: Gold{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=Steppenwolf&title=Magic&format=SINGLE&go=Search&perPage=50|title=RIAA - Gold & Platinum - February 20, 2011: "Magic Carpet Ride" certified awards|publisher=Recording Industry Association of America|access-date=February 20, 2011}}

| align="left"| Steppenwolf the Second

rowspan="4"| 1969

! scope="row"| "Rock Me" / "Jupiter's Child"

| 10{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/steppenwolf|title=Steppenwolf Rock Me Chart History|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2019-08-26}}

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| align="left" rowspan="2"| At Your Birthday Party

scope="row"| "It's Never Too Late" / "Happy Birthday"

| 51

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scope="row"| "Move Over" / "Power Play"

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| align="left" rowspan="2"| Monster

scope="row"| "Monster" / "Berry Rides Again"

| 39

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rowspan="5"| 1970

! scope="row"| "The Pusher" / "Your Wall's Too High" Used in Easy Rider movie.

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| align="left" rowspan="1"| Steppenwolf

scope="row"| "Hey Lawdy Mama" / "Twisted"

| 35

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| align="left"| Steppenwolf Live

scope="row"| "Screaming Night Hog" / "Spiritual Fantasy" ("Corina, Corina" b-side of promo single)

| 62

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| align="left"| Gold: Their Great Hits

scope="row"| "Who Needs Ya" / "Earschplittenloudenboomer"

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| align="left" rowspan="2"| Steppenwolf 7

scope="row"| "Snowblind Friend" / "Hippo Stomp"

| 60

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rowspan="2"| 1971

! scope="row"| "Ride with Me" / "For Madmen Only"

| 52

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| align="left" rowspan="2"| For Ladies Only

scope="row"| "For Ladies Only" / "Sparkle Eyes"

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1974

! scope="row"| "Straight Shootin' Woman" / "Justice Don't Be Slow"

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| align="left" rowspan="3"| Slow Flux

rowspan="3"| 1975

! scope="row"| "Get Into the Wind" / "Morning Blue"

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scope="row"| "Smokey Factory Blues" / "A Fool's Fantasy"

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scope="row"| "Caroline (Are You Ready for the Outlaw World)" / "Angeldrawers"

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| align="left"| Hour of the Wolf

1981

! scope="row"| "Hot Night in a Cold Town" / "Every Man for Himself"

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| align="left"| Wolftracks

1999

! scope="row"| "Born to Be Wild" / "Rock Me" (re-release)

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| align="left"| 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Steppenwolf

colspan="11" style="font-size:9pt" | "—" denotes releases that did not chart

Videography

class="wikitable"

|+List of videos, with Labels, showing year released

!Title

!Year

!Label(s)

Hard Times to Hard Rock

|1995

|K-Tel Video

Living Legends of Rock & Roll - Live from Itchycoo Park

|2001

|Image Entertainment

Live In Louisville

|2004

|Rainman Records

Rock N’ Roll Greats

|2005

|Passport Video

Notes

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References

External links

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