Sammy Hagar discography

Sammy Hagar is a rock vocalist and guitarist. Hagar is known as a solo artist and a former member of several notable bands.

Sammy Hagar discography
Studio albums	25
Live albums	8
Compilation albums	16
Video albums	8
Singles	103

Hagar first came to prominence singing on the first two Montrose albums - Montrose (1973) and Paper Money (1974). Neither charted highly, but the band's debut proved to be very influential and would ultimately achieve platinum status in the United States, representing one million shipments. Hagar would then become a solo artist with Capitol Records, putting out five studio albums and a live album by 1980. At this point, Hagar switched to Geffen Records, and was far more successful with this label. 1981's Standing Hampton went platinum, 1982's Three Lock Box went gold (half a million shipments) and 1984's VOA went platinum. Hagar briefly formed a supergroup HSAS who released an album and a single, but to little fanfare.

In 1985, Hagar would join Van Halen, who were signed to Warner Bros. Records. It was under Hagar that the band would achieve their commercial peak, achieving four #1 studio albums - 5150 (1986), OU812 (1988), For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (1991), and Balance (1995). Though Hagar's career remained focused on Van Halen, Hagar remained a solo artist also, putting out the successful I Never Said Goodbye album in 1987, and recording new songs for the Unboxed compilation in 1994.

Hagar returned to solo work in 1996 and continued to release albums steadily to a moderate success. He put together a new backing band, The Waboritas and focused his efforts on his tequila business. He would rejoin Van Halen briefly to record three new songs for a compilation - The Best of Both Worlds (2004, platinum) and to undertake an 80-date Summer tour, before returning to work with The Wabos. In 2008, he released his first solo album since 1997, Cosmic Universal Fashion. He put the Waboritas on leave; he keeps his band paid year round. Sammy then started his next project - a self-titled album with the supergroup Chickenfoot featuring Michael Anthony of Van Halen, Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani who has previously played with Mick Jagger, Steve Vai and Deep Purple.

12 of Hagar's albums have achieved Gold or Platinum status in the United States, with a total of 25 Platinum certifications and four Gold certifications representing a total of 27 million shipments. Total US shipments are estimated to be well over 30 million. In Canada, Hagar's other main market for commercial success, only his Van Halen albums have achieved certification; 10 Platinum certifications and one Gold meaning a total of 840,000 shipments. Hagar's global sales surpass the 40 million mark, though his popularity is mostly centered in the United States.

Studio albums anthology

• This list chronologically displays the solo and group albums by Sammy Hagar

Band	Album	Year	Chart (US)	RIAA (US)	Guitar	Bass	Drums	Keyboards
Montrose	Montrose	1973	133	Platinum	Ronnie Montrose	Bill Church	Denny Carmassi	–
	Paper Money	1974	65	–		Alan Fitzgerald
Sammy Hagar	Nine on a Ten Scale	1976	167	–	sessions	Bill Church	sessions	Alan Fitzgerald
	Sammy Hagar	1977	89	–	David Lewark		Scott Mathews
	Musical Chairs		100	–	Sammy Hagar / Gary Pihl		Denny Carmassi
	Street Machine	1979	85	–			Chuck Ruff	–
	Danger Zone	1980	28	–				Geoff Workman
	Standing Hampton	1981	28	Platinum			David Lauser	–
	Three Lock Box	1982	17	Gold
	VOA	1984	32	Platinum				Jesse Harms
Hagar Schon Aaronson Shrieve	Through the Fire		42	–	Neal Schon	Kenny Aaronson	Michael Shrieve	–
Van Halen	5150	1986	1	6× Platinum	Eddie Van Halen	Michael Anthony	Alex Van Halen	Eddie Van Halen
Sammy Hagar	I Never Said Goodbye	1987	14	Gold	Sammy Hagar	Eddie Van Halen	David Lauser	Jesse Harms
Van Halen	OU812	1988	1	4× Platinum	Eddie Van Halen	Michael Anthony	Alex Van Halen	Eddie Van Halen
	For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge	1991	1	3× Platinum
	Balance	1995	1	3× Platinum
Sammy Hagar	Marching to Mars	1997	18	–	Sammy Hagar / Vic Johnson	Jonathan Pierce	Denny Carmassi	Jesse Harms
Sammy Hagar & The Waboritas	Red Voodoo	1999	22	–		Mona Gnader	David Lauser
	Ten 13	2000	52	–
	Not 4 Sale	2002	181	–
	Livin' It Up!	2006	50	–				–
Sammy Hagar	Cosmic Universal Fashion	2008	95	–
Chickenfoot	Chickenfoot	2009	4	Gold	Joe Satriani	Michael Anthony	Chad Smith
	Chickenfoot III	2011	9
Sammy Hagar	Sammy Hagar & Friends	2013	23	–	Various	Various	Various
	Lite Roast	2014	–	–	Sammy Hagar / Vic Johnson	–	–
Sammy Hagar & The Circle	Space Between	2019	4 [1]	–	Sammy Hagar / Vic Johnson	Michael Anthony	Jason Bonham	–

Montrose

Studio albums

Album	Year	Chart (US)	RIAA (US)
Montrose	1973	133	Platinum
Paper Money	1974	65	-

Singles

Year	Title	Album
1973	"Rock the Nation"	Montrose
	"Space Station #5"
	"Bad Motor Scooter"
1974	"I Got the Fire"	Paper Money
	"Paper Money"
	"Connection"

Compilations

Hagar was in Montrose from 1973-1975. Montrose's compilation include songs featuring Bob James who recorded with the band from 1975-1976 and Johnny Edwards who sang for the band in 1987. Consequently, not all songs on this album feature Hagar or his songwriting.

Album	Year	Chart (US)	RIAA (US)	Release period covered (Hagar songs)	Newly released songs with Hagar
The Very Best of Montrose	2000	-	-	1973-1974	No

Solo and Sammy Hagar & The Waboritas

Sammy Hagar solo/Sammy Hagar & The Waboritas discography
Sammy Hagar live at the Moondance Jam on July 10, 2008 with The Waboritas. Photo by Matt Becker
Studio albums	17
Live albums	6
Compilation albums	12
Video albums	3
Singles	60

The Waboritas (also known as "The Wabos") is a backing band Hagar uses on some of his albums, but he tends to still refer to these as solo albums so they have been kept together. On compilation albums, often no distinction is made between Hagar's solo work and his work with the Waboritas so none has been made here.

Studio albums

Sammy Hagar/Waboritas	Album	Year	Chart (USA)	RIAA (USA)
Sammy Hagar	Nine on a Ten Scale	1976	-	-
	Sammy Hagar	1977	167	-
	Musical Chairs		100	-
	Street Machine	1979	71	-
	Danger Zone	1980	85	-
	Standing Hampton	1982	28	Platinum
	Three Lock Box	1982	17	Gold
	VOA	1984	32	Platinum
	I Never Said Goodbye	1987	14	Gold
	Marching to Mars	1997	18	-
Sammy Hagar & The Waboritas	Red Voodoo	1999	22	-
	Ten 13	2000	52	-
	Not 4 Sale	2002	181	-
	Livin' It Up!	2006	50	-
Sammy Hagar	Cosmic Universal Fashion	2008	95	-
	Sammy Hagar & Friends	2013	23	-
	Lite Roast	2014	188	-

Note: I Never Said Goodbye was originally named Sammy Hagar but was renamed after an MTV competition where a fan got to pick a name for the album.

Live albums

Artist	Album	Year	Chart (USA)	RIAA (USA)
Sammy Hagar	All Night Long	1978	89	-
Sammy Hagar	Live 1980	1983	203	-
Sammy Hagar & The Waboritas	Live: Hallelujah	2003	152	-
Sammy Hagar	Special Limited Edition (Live In St. Louis Enhanced CD)	2003	-	-
Sammy Hagar	Greatest Hits Live	2003	-	-
Sammy Hagar & The Circle	At Your Service (Live)	2015	78	-

Compilations

Album	Year	Chart (USA)	RIAA (USA)	Release period covered	Newly released tracks
Rematch	1982	171	—	1976–1980	No
Crusin' & Boozin'	1984	—	—	1976–1980	No
Red Hot!	1989	—	—	1976–1980	No
The Best of Sammy Hagar	1992	—	—	1976–1980	No
Turn Up the Music!	1993	—	—	1976–1980	No
Unboxed	1994	51	Gold	1981–1987	2 songs
The Anthology	1994	—	—	1973–1984	No
The Best of Sammy Hagar	1999	—	—	1977–1979	No
Masters of Rock	2001	—	—	1976–1980	No
Classic Masters	2002	—	—	1977–1980	No
The Essential Red Collection	2004	75	—	1973–1999	2 songs
This Is Sammy Hagar: When the Party Started Volume 1	2016	—	—	1999–2006	2 songs

Singles

Year	Title	US[2]	US Rock[3]	UK Singles Chart[4]	Album	Sammy Hagar/Waboritas
1976	"Flamingos Fly"	-	-	-	Nine on a Ten Scale	Sammy Hagar
1977	"Cruzin' and Boozin'"	-	-	-	Sammy Hagar
	"Catch the Wind"	-	-	-
	"Filmore Shuffle"	-	-	-
	"Turn Up the Music"	-	-	-	Musical Chairs
	"You Make Me Crazy"	62	-	-
1978	"I've Done Everything for You"	-	-	36	All Night Long
1979	"(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay"	65	-	-	Non-album single
	"Plain Jane"	77	-	-	Street Machine
	"Falling in Love"	-	-	-
	"This Planet's on Fire"	-	-	52
1980	"Straight to the Top"	-	-	-
	"Heartbeat"	-	-	67	Danger Zone
	"Run for Your Life"	-	-	-
1981	"Heavy Metal"	-	-	-	Heavy Metal soundtrack
1982	"I'll Fall in Love Again"	43	2	-	Standing Hampton
	"There's Only One Way to Rock"	-	31	-
	"Piece of My Heart"	73	-	67
	"Baby's on Fire"	-	35	-
	"Can't Get Loose"	-	49	-
	"Fast Times at Ridgemont High"	-	21	-	Fast Times at Ridgemont High soundtrack
	"Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy"	13	3	-	Three Lock Box
1983	"Never Give Up"	46	-	-
	"Remember the Heroes"	-	6	-
	"I Don't Need Love"	-	24	-
1984	"Two Sides of Love"	38	5	-	VOA
	"I Can't Drive 55"	26	9	-
	"VOA"	-	-	-
	"Swept Away"	-	-	-
1987	"Winner Takes It All"	54	3	-	Over the Top soundtrack
	"Returning Home"	-	20	-	I Never Said Goodbye
	"Give to Live"	23	1	78
	"Eagles Fly"	82	22	-
	"Boy's Night Out"	-	15	-
1994	"High Hopes"	-	4	-	Unboxed
	"Buying My Way into Heaven"	-	36	-
1997	"Marching to Mars"	-	3	-	Marching to Mars
	"Little White Lie"	-	1	-
	"Both Sides Now"	-	11	-
	"Kama"	-	-	-
1998	"On the Other Hand"	-	-	-
1999	"Shag"	-	22	-	Red Voodoo	Sammy Hagar & The Waboritas
	"Mas Tequila"	116	2	-
	"Right on Right"	-	-	-
2000	"Serious Juju"	-	10	-	Ten 13
	"Deeper Kinda Love"	-	-	-
2001	"Let Sally Drive (Ride Sally Ride)"	-	16	-
	"I Can't Drive 65"	-	-	-	Non-album single
2002	"Things've Changed"	-	35	-	Not 4 Sale
2003	"Hallelujah"	-	-	-	Live: Hallelujah
2004	"Call My Name"	-	-	-	The Essential Red Collection	Sammy Hagar
2005	"Let Me Take You There"	-	-	-	Livin' It Up	Sammy Hagar & The Waboritas
2006	"Sam I Am"	-	-	-
	"Mexico"	-	-	-
2007	"Open"	-	-	-	Non-album single	Sammy Hagar
2008	"I'm on a Roll"	-	-	-	Cosmic Universal Fashion
	"Cosmic Universal Fashion"	-	-	-
	"Loud"	-	-	-
2013	"Knockdown Dragout"	-	-	-	Sammy Hagar & Friends
	"Personal Jesus"	-	-	-
2016	"Inner Child"	-	-	-	Non-album single

Music videos

Year	Video	Director	Editor
1983	"Your Love is Driving Me Crazy"
	"Three Lock Box"	Rick Sereeni
1984	"I Can't Drive 55"	Gil Bettman
	"Two Sides of Love"
1985	"VOA"
1987	"Hands and Knees"	John Sanborn
	"Winner Takes It All"
	"Give to Live"	Gil Bettman
1997	"Little White Lie"	Kevin Donovan
	"Kama"
1999	"Mas Tequila"	Gil Bettman	Paul Ware
2002	"Things've Changed"	Gil Bettman	Paul Ware
2006	"Sam I Am"	Paul Ware	Paul Ware
2008	"LOUD"	Andrew Bennett
	"Cosmic Universal Fashion"	Zan Passante & Todd Gallopo
2013	"Knockdown Dragout"	Arthur Rosato	Albert Lopez & Jon Luini

Video releases

• Cabo Wabo Birthday Bash Tour (2001)
• The Long Road To Cabo (2003)
• Sammy and The Wabos: Livin' It Up In St. Louis (2007)
• Go There Once, Be There Twice (2010) [Unreleased]

Guest appearances

Year	Album	Artist	Comment
1967	non-album single	Samson & Hagar	Appears on a single released on the Ranwood label. "Reach Out To Find Me" b/w "Read My Thoughts"[5]
1981	Heavy Metal soundtrack	Sammy Hagar	new version of the song "Heavy Metal"
1982	Fast Times at Ridgemont High	Sammy Hagar	Hagar plays the title track
1984	Footloose	Sammy Hagar	"The Girl Gets Around"
1987	Over The Top Soundtrack	Sammy Hagar	"Winner Takes It All"
1992	Lone Ranger	Jeff Watson	Vocal scatts on "Cement Shoes"
1995	Welcome to the Neighbourhood	Meat Loaf	"Amnesty is Granted", which later appeared on Hagar's Marching to Mars record
1997	A Fistful of Alice	Alice Cooper	Guest lead guitar on "School's Out" - Live June 2, 1996 at Hagar's Cabo Wabo Cantina in Mexico).
1998	Pleasure & Pain	Roy Rogers	Co-vocals on "You Can't Stop Now"
1999	Kill My Brain	Nick Gravenites And Animal Mind	Guest guitar/backing vocals on "Bad Talking Blues" and "Didn't You Used To Be Somebody"
2007	Baghdad Heavy Metal	Baghdad Heavy Metal	The track "Cosmic Universal Fashion" was included here, which was later reworked and appeared on Hagar's full-length album of the same name.
2011	Santa's Going South	Hagar with Toby Keith	Digital holiday single, released in the U.S. only
2012	Melodicrock.com Volume 9 - 15 Years Later	Hagar with Jesse Harms and Denny Carmassi	"Fallen From Grace". Previously unreleased demo version of the song that was officially released in the 1990 album Brigade by the rock band Heart. The song was written by the trio.
2014	Shutup & Jam!	Ted Nugent	Vocals on "She's Gone".

Hagar Schon Aaronson Shrieve

Hagar Schon Aaronson Shrieve discography
Live albums	1
Singles	1

Live album

Album	Year	Chart (USA)	RIAA (USA)
Through The Fire	1984	42	-

Singles

Year	Title	US Hot 100	US Rock	UK Singles Chart[4]	Album
1984	"Whiter Shade of Pale"	94	-	-	Through the Fire

Van Halen (1985–1996, 2004)

Studio albums

Album	Year	Chart (USA)	RIAA (USA)	Chart (Canada)	CRIA (Canada)
5150	1986	1	6x Platinum	2	3× Platinum
OU812	1988	1	4× Platinum[6]	1	-
For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge	1991	1	3[7]× Platinum	4	Platinum
Balance	1995	1	3X Platinum	2	Platinum

Live albums

Album	Year	Chart (USA)	RIAA (USA)	Chart (Canada)	CRIA (Canada)
Live: Right Here, Right Now	1993	5	2× Platinum	15	Gold

Compilations

Hagar was in Van Halen from 1985-1996 and 2004. Both of Van Halen's compilation albums also include songs featuring current lead vocalist David Lee Roth who recorded with the band from 1974 to 1985. He returned in 1996 for the first best of album that went #1 on Billboard. He then returned in 2006 and is still a member, touring with them in 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013 and 2015. Consequently, not all songs on these albums feature Hagar or his songwriting.

Album	Year	Chart (USA)	RIAA (USA)	CRIA (Canada)	Release period covered (Hagar songs)	Newly released songs with Hagar
Best Of – Volume I	1996	1	3× Platinum	3× Platinum	1986-1996	1 song
The Best of Both Worlds	2004	3	Platinum	-	1986-1995	3 songs

Singles

Year	Title	US Hot 100	US Rock	UK Singles Chart[8]	Album
1986	"Why Can't This Be Love"	3	1	8	5150
	"Dreams"	22	6	62
	"Love Walks In"	22	4	-
	"Best of Both Worlds"	-	12	-
	"Summer Nights"	-	33	-
1988	"When It's Love"	5	1	28	OU812
	"Black and Blue"	34	1	-
	"Finish What Ya Started"	13	2	-
	"Cabo Wabo"	-	31	-
	"Mine All Mine"	-	50	-
1989	"Feels So Good"	35	6	63
1991	"Poundcake"	-	1	74	For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
	"Runaround"	-	1	-
	"Top of the World"	27	1	63
1992	"The Dream Is Over"	-	7	-
	"Right Now"	55	2	-
	"Man on a Mission"	-	21	-
1993	"Jump" (live)	-	-	26	Live: Right Here, Right Now
	"Dreams" (live)	111	-	-
	"Won't Get Fooled Again" (live)	-	1	-
1995	"The Seventh Seal"	-	36	-	Balance
	"Don't Tell Me (What Love Can Do)"	-	1	27
	"Can't Stop Lovin' You"	30	2	33
	"Not Enough"	97	27	-
	"Amsterdam"	-	9	-
1996	"Humans Being"	-	1	-	Twister Soundtrack
2004	"It's About Time"	-	6	-	The Best of Both Worlds
	"Up For Breakfast"	-	33	-

Video releases

Year	Title	RIAA (USA)[9]
1986	Live Without a Net	2× Platinum
1993	Live: Right Here, Right Now	Gold
1996	Video Hits Volume I	Gold

with The Hagar/Hart Project

The Hagar/Hart Project discography
Singles	1

Singles

Year	Title	US Hot 100	US Rock	UK Singles Chart[4]	Album
1999	"Code War"	-	-	-	Non-album single

Chickenfoot

Studio album

Chickenfoot discography
Studio albums	2
Live albums	1
Singles	7

Album	Year	Chart (US)	RIAA (US)	Chart (Canada)	CRIA (Canada)
Chickenfoot	2009	4	Gold	5	Gold
Chickenfoot III	2011	9	-	-	-

Live albums

Album	Year	Chart (USA)	RIAA (USA)	Chart (Canada)	CRIA (Canada)
LV	2012	-	-	-	-

Singles

Year	Title	US Hot 100	US Rock	UK Singles Chart[4]	Album
2009	"Oh Yeah"	-	21	-	Chickenfoot
	"Soap on a Rope"	-	-	-
	"Sexy Little Thing"	-	40	-
	"My Kinda Girl"	-	-	-
2011	"Big Foot"	-	32	-	Chickenfoot III
	"Different Devil"	-	-	-
2017	"Divine Termination"	-	-	-	Best + Live

with The Circle (2014–present)

The Circle discography
Studio albums	1
Live albums	1
Singles	2

Studio albums

Album	Year	Chart (USA)	RIAA (USA)	Chart (Canada)	CRIA (Canada)
Space Between	2019	-	-	-	-

Live albums

Album	Year	Chart (USA)	RIAA (USA)	Chart (Canada)	CRIA (Canada)
At Your Service.	2015	-	-	-	-

Singles

Year	Title	US Hot 100	US Rock	UK Singles Chart[4]	Album
2019	"Trust Fund Baby"	-	-	-	Space Between
	"Can't Hang"	-	-	-

Music videos

Year	Video	Director
2019	"Trust Fund Baby" (Lyric Video)	-
	"Trust Frund Baby"	ZZ Satriani
	"Can't Hang"	-

References

1. Caulfield, Keith (May 19, 2019). "Logic Scores Third No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Confessions of a Dangerous Mind'". Billboard. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
2. "Sammy Hagar Chart History Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
3. "Sammy Hagar Chart History: Mainstream Rock". Billboard. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
4. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 239. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
5. Kent-abo (2010). "The Number One Sammy Hagar Discography".
6. http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?content_selector=gold-platinum-searchable-database
7. http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?content_selector=gold-platinum-searchable-database
8. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 580. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
9. RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for videos by Van Halen