Megan Washington discography explained

Artist:Washington
Studio:4
Ep:9
Singles:33

Australian singer-songwriter Washington has released four studio albums, nine extended plays, and thirty-three singles (including two as a featured artist and two charity singles). In 2006, in collaboration with jazz pianist, Sean Foran, Washington released her debut EP Nightlight.[1] The EP won the 2008 Australian Jazz Bell Award for Best Australian Jazz Vocal Album.[2] She released her second EP, Bennetts Lane, with pianist Paul Grabowsky in 2007. Her musical style moved away from jazz when she began backing a blues and roots musician, Old Man River, as the keyboardist and backing vocalist.[3]

In July 2010, Washington released her debut album. I Believe You Liar. The album was a commercial and critical success, peaking at number 3 on the ARIA Charts, and was certified platinum.

Studio albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2"
Album detailsPeak chart
positions		Certifications
AUS
[4]
I Believe You Liar
  • Released: 30 July 2010
  • Label: Mercury (2744633)
  • Formats: CD, digital download, LP
3

Platinum[5]

There There
  • Released: 12 September 2014
  • Label: Mercury (3784717)
  • Formats: CD, digital download
5
Batflowers
  • Released: 28 August 2020
  • Label: Universal Music Australia / Island Records (3504377)
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming, LP
23
[6]
Hot Fuss
  • Released: 8 December 2022[7]
  • Label: Batflowers Records
  • Formats: digital download, streaming

Extended plays

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2"
EP detailsPeak chart
positions
AUS
Nightlight
(Megan Washington and Sean Foran)
  • Released: 2006
  • Label: Newmarket (NEW3227.2)
  • Formats: CD
53
Bennetts Lane
(Megan Washington and Paul Grabowsky)
  • Released: 2007
  • Label: Independent
  • Formats: CD
—
Clementine
  • Released: November 2008[8]
  • Label: Washington (HUB001)
  • Formats: CD, digital download
—
How to Tame Lions 73
Rich Kids
  • Released: 7 May 2010[10]
  • Label: Mercury/Universal Music Australia (2737298)
  • Formats: CD, digital download
70
iTunes Live: ARIA Awards Concert Series '10
  • Released: 4 November 2010
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: Digital download
—
Insomnia
  • Released: 21 October 2011
  • Label: Mercury (2782609)
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
24
Moon Tunes
  • Released: 23 April 2021[11]
  • Label: Universal Music Australia / Island Records
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
—
Switches
  • Released: 23 July 2021[12]
  • Label: Universal Music Australia / Island Records
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
—

Singles

As lead artist

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:6em;"
YearPeak chart
positions		CertificationAlbum
AUS
"Clementine"[13] 2008—Clementine
"Cement"[14] 2009—How to Tame Lions
"How to Tame Lions"[15] —
"Rich Kids"[16] 2010—Rich Kids
"Sunday Best"[17] 64 I Believe You Liar
"The Hardest Part"[19] —
"Bed of Nails"[20] 2011—
"Clementine"[21]
I Believe You Liar
"Holy Moses"[22] —
"I Believe You Liar"—
"Riders on the Storm"[23] 2012—
"Who Are You?"[24] 2014—There There
"Limitless"[25] 95
"My Heart is a Wheel"[26] —
"Begin Again"[27] —
"Saint Lo"[28] 2016—Moon Tunes
"Claws"[29] 2018—rowspan="2"
"American Spirit"[30] 2019—
"Dirty Churches"[31] —Moon Tunes
"Dark Parts"[32] 2020—Batflowers
"Switches"[33] —
"Kiss Me Like We're Gonna Die"[34] —
"Achilles Heart"[35] —
"Batflowers"[36] —
"My Happiness"[37] 2021—
"Jenny Was a Friend of Mine"[38] 2022—Hot Fuss
"Eastcoaster"[39] 2023—
"Catherine Wheel"
[40] 		—
"Honeysuckle Island"2024—

As featured artist

List of featured singles, with selected details! Title! Year! Album
"King of the Rodeo"
[41] 		2009Side Stepper
"Heist"[42]
(Gillieson featuring Megan Washington)		2020

Charity singles

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"
YearPeak chart positionsNotes
AUS
"I Touch Myself"
(as part of the I Touch Myself Project)		201472 The I Touch Myself Project launched in 2014 with a mission to encourage young women to touch themselves regularly to find early signs of cancer.[43]
"Spirit of the Anzacs"
(Lee Kernaghan featuring Guy Sebastian, Sheppard, Jon Stevens, Jessica Mauboy, Shannon Noll and Megan Washington)		201532 First single from Kernaghan's album Spirit of the Anzacs. The single was released to raise funds for Legacy and Soldier On.[44]

Other album appearances

Title! style="width:4em;"
YearAlbum
"Beautiful Trash"
(Lanu featuring Megan Washington)		2011Her 12 Faces
"Fall"
(Lanu featuring Megan Washington)
"Roosevelt Blues"
(Lanu featuring Megan Washington)
"The Monkey Dance"ReWiggled - A Tribute to the Wiggles
"The Wilhelm Scream"
(The Bamboos featuring Megan Washington)		2012Medicine Man
"What Goes On"
(Megan Washington & G.Love)		2013RockWiz Duets: With a Little Help from My Friends
"Ghost"
(Kate Miller-Heidke featuring Megan Washington)		2014O Vertigo!
"Idiot"
(Paul Mac featuring Megan Washington)		2015Holiday from Me
"Zanzibar"
(Pat Davern featuring Megan Washington)		Alexander the Elephant in Zanzibar
"What's Going On in the Forest"
(Pat Davern featuring Alex Lloyd & Megan Washington)
"Alexander Can Run"
(Pat Davern featuring Megan Washington)
"On the Count of Three"
(Pat Davern featuring Alex Lloyd & Megan Washington)
"A Plan is Hatched"
(Pat Davern featuring Alex Lloyd & Megan Washington)
"The Truck Is Beginning to Roll"
(Pat Davern featuring Alex Lloyd & Megan Washington)
"We Saved the Forest"
(Pat Davern featuring Alex Lloyd, Connie Mitchell, Tom Williams & Megan Washington)
"Eliza"
(The Bamboos featuring Washington)		2019By Special Arrangement
"The Gnome Song"
(Bluey featuring Washington)		2023Dance Mode!

Notes

a Released under Washington's full name, Megan Washington. b Sales of the single counted towards the EP.

Notes and References

  1. Book: McFarlane, Ian . Ian McFarlane . Jenkins, Jeff (Foreword) . . Encyclopedia entry for 'Megan Washington' . 2017 . . Third Stone Press . 2nd . 506 . 978-0-9953856-0-3 .
  2. Web site: The Australian Jazz Bell Award Winners 2008. Australian Jazz Bell Awards. 2 September 2012.
  3. News: Megan Washington in the spotlight. Mengel. Noel. The Courier-Mail. Queensland Newspapers (News Corporation). 11 December 2009. 6 January 2010.
    • ARIA chart positions (1–50): Web site: Megan Washington Discography . Australian-charts.com . 17 February 2019 .
    • Nightlight (2006) and How to Tame Lions (2009): 26 October 2009 . https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20091104130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20091105-0000/Issue1026.pdf . Week Commencing ~ 26th October 2009 ~ Issue #1026 . Wallace . Ian . The ARIA Report . Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) . 1026 . 2, 4, 6–7, 11, 15, 17, 23–24 . 5 November 2009 . 17 February 2019 .
    • Rich Kids (2010): 17 May 2010 . https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20100610140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20100611-0000/Issue1055.pdf . Week Commencing ~ 17th May 2010 ~ Issue #1055 . Wallace . Ian . The ARIA Report . Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) . 1055 . 2, 4, 16, 21 . 11 June 2010 . 17 February 2019 .
    • "Sunday Best" (2010): 19 November 2010 . https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20110120130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20110121-0000/Issue1083.pdf . Week Commencing ~ 19th November 2010 ~ Issue #1083 . Wallace . Ian . The ARIA Report . Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) . 1083 . 4, 21 . 21 January 2011 . 18 February 2019 .
    • "I Touch Myself": Web site: Chart Watch. 5 July 2014. 18 March 2021.
    • "Limitless": Web site: ARIA Chartifacts 2 June 2014.
  5. http://www.aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupageshttpwww.aria.com.aupageshttpwww.aria.com.auALBUMaccreds2011.htm ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2011 Albums
  6. Web site: ARIA Australian Top 50 Albums. Australian Recording Industry Association. 7 September 2020. 5 September 2020.
  7. Web site: Meg Washington takes on The Killers' debut 'Hot Fuss' on new covers album. NME. 15 December 2022. 17 December 2022.
  8. Web site: Clementine (EP). Apple Music. November 2008. 9 August 2020.
  9. Web site: How to Tame Lions (EP). Apple Music. September 2009. 9 August 2020.
  10. Web site: Rich Kids (EP). Apple Music. 7 May 2010. 9 August 2020.
  11. Web site: Moon Tunes (EP). Apple Music. 23 April 2021. 23 April 2021.
  12. Web site: Switches(EP). Apple Music. 23 July 2021. 23 July 2021.
  13. Web site: Animated film clip for Washington's single "Clementine", taken from her first EP. YouTube. 20 November 2008. 18 March 2021.
  14. Web site: Washington – "Cement" (Exclusive). Who the Hell. July 2009. 18 March 2021.
  15. Web site: Washington - How To Tame Lions (Official Video). YouTube. 12 October 2009. 18 March 2021.
  16. Web site: Washington - Rich Kids (Official Video). YouTube. 13 May 2010. 18 March 2021.
  17. Web site: Sunday Best - single. Apple Music. 2010. 9 August 2020.
  18. Web site: ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2020 Singles. ARIA. 2020. 27 June 2020.
  19. Web site: The Hardest Part - single. Apple Music. 2010. 9 August 2020.
  20. Web site: Bed of Nails - single. Apple Music. March 2011. 9 August 2020.
  21. Web site: Clementine by Washington. US iTunes Store. 2011. 9 August 2020.
  22. Web site: Holy Moses - single. Apple Music. 2011. 9 August 2020.
  23. Web site: Riders on the Storm - single. Apple Music. 2012. 9 August 2020.
  24. Web site: Who Are You? - single. Apple Music. 2014. 9 August 2020.
  25. Web site: Limitless - single. Apple Music. May 2014. 9 August 2020.
  26. Web site: Megan Washington - My Heart Is A Wheel (Official Video). YouTube. September 2014. 9 August 2020.
  27. Web site: Megan Washington - Begin Again (Official Video). YouTube. November 2014. 9 August 2020.
  28. Web site: Saint Lo - single. Apple Music. November 2016. 9 August 2020.
  29. Web site: Claws - single. Apple Music. November 2018. 9 August 2020.
  30. Web site: American Spirit - single. Apple Music. January 2019. 9 August 2020.
  31. Web site: Dirty Churches - single. Apple Music. May 2019. 9 August 2020.
  32. Web site: Dark Park - single. Apple Music. 15 May 2020. 9 August 2020.
  33. Web site: Switches - single. Apple Music. 26 June 2020. 9 August 2020.
  34. Web site: Kiss Me Like We're Gonna Die - single. Apple Music. 13 July 2020. 9 August 2020.
  35. Web site: Achilles Heart - single. Apple Music. 23 July 2020. 9 August 2020.
  36. Web site: Batflowers - single. Apple Music. 6 August 2020. 9 August 2020.
  37. Web site: My Happiness - single. Apple Music. 26 February 2021. 26 February 2021.
  38. Web site: NEW AUS MUSIC PLAYLIST: Our Favourite Tunes Of The Week. Music Feeds. 16 December 2022. 17 December 2022.
  39. Web site: Meg Washington releases ‘Eastcoaster’, reveals involvement in Rebel Wilson musical. NME. 13 July 2023. 15 July 2023.
  40. Web site: Meg Washington To Perform With Tasmanian, Sydney and Melbourne Symphony Orchestras. Noise11. 17 November 2023. 18 November 2023.
  41. Web site: King of the Rodeo - single. Apple Music. March 2009. 10 September 2020.
  42. Web site: Heist - single. Apple Music. February 2020. 9 August 2020.
  43. News: I Touch Myself 2014. I Touch Myself. 18 March 2021.
  44. News: Kathy. McCabe. Lee Kernaghan enlists Sheppard, Jessica Mauboy and Guy Sebastian for Spirit of the Anzacs single. News.com.au. News Corp Australia. 23 January 2015. 23 January 2015.

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