This is the discography of American musician Bootsy Collins.
| Year | Band | Album title | Peak chart positions | Certification | Record label | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US 200 [1] | US R&B | |||||||||||||||
| 1976 | Bootsy's Rubber Band | Stretchin' Out in Bootsy's Rubber Band | align=center | 59 | align=center | 10 | Warner Bros. Records | |||||||||
| 1977 | Bootsy's Rubber Band | Ahh... The Name Is Bootsy, Baby! | align=center | 16 | align=center | 1 |
| Warner Bros. Records | ||||||||
| 1978 | Bootsy's Rubber Band | Bootsy? Player of the Year | align=center | 16 | align=center | 1 |
| Warner Bros. Records | ||||||||
| 1979 | Bootsy's Rubber Band | This Boot Is Made for Fonk-N | align=center | 52 | align=center | 9 | Warner Bros. Records | |||||||||
| 1980 | Bootsy Collins | Ultra Wave | align=center | 70 | align=center | 30 | Warner Bros. Records | |||||||||
| 1980 | The Sweat Band | Sweat Band | align=center | — | align=center | — | Uncle Jam/Columbia Records | |||||||||
| 1982 | Bootsy Collins | The One Giveth, the Count Taketh Away | align=center | 120 | align=center | 18 | Warner Bros. Records | |||||||||
| 1988 | Bootsy Collins | What's Bootsy Doin'? | align=center | — | align=center | 58 | Columbia Records | |||||||||
| 1990 | Bootsy's Rubber Band | Jungle Bass | align=center | — | align=center | — | 4th & Broadway | |||||||||
| 1992 | Praxis | Transmutation | align=center | — | align=center | — | Axiom | |||||||||
| 1992 | Hardware | Third Eye Open | align=center | — | align=center | — | Rykodisc/Polystar | |||||||||
| 1994 | Bootsy's New Rubber Band | Blasters of the Universe | align=center | — | align=center | — | Rykodisc | |||||||||
| 1994 | Zillatron | Lord of the Harvest | align=center | — | align=center | — | Rykodisc | |||||||||
| 1994 | Praxis | Sacrifist | align=center | — | align=center | — | Subharmonic | |||||||||
| 1995 | Bootsy's New Rubber Band | Keepin' Dah Funk Alive 4-1995 | align=center | — | align=center | — | Rykodisc | |||||||||
| 1997 | Bootsy Collins | Fresh Outta 'P' University | align=center | — | align=center | — | WEA/Black Culture | |||||||||
| 1998 | Bootsy's Rubber Band | Live in Louisville 1978 | align=center | — | align=center | — | Disky | |||||||||
| 2001 | Bootsy's Rubber Band | Live in Oklahoma 1976 | align=center | — | align=center | — | Funk to the Max | |||||||||
| 2002 | Bootsy Collins | Play with Bootsy | align=center | — | align=center | — | WEA International | |||||||||
| 2006 | Bootsy's New Rubber Band | Live in Concert 1998 | align=center | — | align=center | — | ABC Entertainment/Charly Films | |||||||||
| 2006 | Bootsy Collins | Christmas Is 4 Ever | align=center | — | align=center | — | Shout Factory | |||||||||
| 2008 | Science Faxtion | Living on Another Frequency | align=center | — | align=center | — | Mascot Records | |||||||||
| 2009 | Bootsy Collins | The Official Boot-Legged-Bootsy-CD | align=center | — | align=center | — | Bootzilla | |||||||||
| 2011 | Bootsy Collins | Tha Funk Capital of the World | align=center | — | align=center | 43 | Mascot Records | |||||||||
| 2017 | Bootsy Collins | World Wide Funk | align=center | — | align=center | — | Mascot Records | |||||||||
| 2020 | Bootsy Collins | The Power of the One | align=center | — | align=center | — | Bootzilla Records | |||||||||
| 2024 | Bootsy Collins | Album of the Year #1 Funkateer | align=center | — | align=center | — | Bootzilla Records | |||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. | ||||||||||||||||
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US R&B | AUS [3] | UK [4] [5] | GER [6] | SWI [7] | ||||||||||||
| 1976 | "Stretching Out (In a Rubber Band)" | 18 | — | — | — | — | Strechin’ Out In Bootsy’s Rubber Band (Bootsy's Rubber Band) | |||||||||
| "I'd Rather Be with You" | 25 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| 1977 | "Psychoticbumpschool" | 69 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "The Pinocchio Theory" | 6 | — | 51 | — | — | Ahh... The Name Is Bootsy, Baby | (Bootsy's Rubber Band) | |||||||||
| "Can't Stay Away" | 19 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| 1978 | "Bootzilla" | 1 | — | 43 | — | — | Bootsy? Player of the Year (Bootsy's Rubber Band) | |||||||||
| "Hollywood Squares" | 17 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| 1979 | "Jam Fan (Hot)" | 13 | — | — | — | — | This Boot Is Made for Fonk-N (Bootsy's Rubber Band) | |||||||||
| "Bootsy Get Live" | 38 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| "Under the Influence of a Groove" | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| 1980 | "Freak to Freak" | 25 | — | — | — | — | Sweat Band (Sweat Band) | |||||||||
| "Body Shop" | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| "Mug Push" | 25 | — | — | — | — | Ultra Wave (Bootsy Collins) | ||||||||||
| 1981 | "F-Encounter" | 51 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Is That My Song?" | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| 1982 | "Take a Lickin' and Keep on Kickin'" | 29 | — | — | — | — | The One Giveth, the Count Taketh Away (Bootsy Collins) | |||||||||
| "Shine-O-Myte (Rag Popping)" | 78 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| "Body Slam!" | 12 | — | — | — | — | single only (Bootsy's Rubber Band) | ||||||||||
| 1988 | "Party on Plastic (What's Bootsy Doin'?)" | 27 | — | — | — | — | What's Bootsy Doin'? (Bootsy Collins) | |||||||||
| "1st One 2 the Egg Wins" | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| 1990 | "Jungle Bass" | — | — | — | — | — | Jungle Bass (Bootsy's Rubber Band) | |||||||||
| 1994 | "Hollywood Squares" (US promo only) | — | — | — | — | — | Back In The Day: The Best Of Bootsy Collins (Bootsy Collins) | |||||||||
| 1997 | "I'm Leavin U (Gotta Go, Gotta Go)" (feat. MC Lyte) | — | — | 78 | 59 | — | Fresh Outta 'P' University (Bootsy Collins) | |||||||||
| 1998 | "Do the Freak" | — | 93 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| 1999 | "Party Lick-A-Ble's" | — | — | 77 | — | — | ||||||||||
| 2002 | "Play with Bootsy" (feat. Kelli Ali) | — | — | — | 57 | 73 | Play with Bootsy (Bootsy Collins) | |||||||||
| 2003 | "Dance to the Music" | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| 2004 | "Dreamship Surprise" (feat. Bonita) (GER only) | — | — | — | — | — | (T)Raumschiff Surprise - Periode 1 Die Songs (Various Artists) | |||||||||
| 2011 | "Don't Take My Funk" (promo only) | — | — | — | — | — | Tha Funk Capital of the World (Bootsy Collins) | |||||||||
| 2017 | "Worth My While" (feat. Kali Uchis) | — | — | — | — | — | World Wide Funk (Bootsy Collins) | |||||||||
| 2022 | "Hip Hop Lollipop" (feat. Fantaazma) | — | — | — | — | — | Hip Hop Lollipop (non-album single) | |||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. | ||||||||||||||||
"I'd Rather Be with You", from the album Stretchin' Out in Bootsy's Rubber Band was featured in the movie Baby Boy.
Collins recorded music for the animated television series Loonatics Unleashed.
Collins co-wrote, with Lyle Workman and performed on several songs in the soundtrack to 2007‘s Superbad. He performed with a reunion of the original JBs rhythm section: Phelps Collins, Clyde Stubblefield and Jabo Starks, and supplemented by Bernie Worrell.