Kool & The Gang

They went through several musical phases during the course of their recording career, starting out with a purist jazz sound, then becoming practitioners of R&B and funk, progressing to a smooth pop-funk ensemble. They have sold over 120 million albums worldwide.

Kool & The Gang released the following albums including Forever (1986), Spin Top Hits (1990), Emergency (1990), Everything's Kool & The Gang (1990), Celebrate (1990), The Best of Kool & the Gang 1969-1976 (1993), The Best of Kool & the Gang 1979-1987 (1994), Hollywood Swinging (1995), Ladies Night (1995), Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track (1996), Good Times (1996), Light of Worlds (1996), Wild and Peaceful (1996), State of Affairs (1996), Live at the Sex Machine (1996), Kool & the Gang - All-Time Greatest Hits (1998), Love & Understanding (1998), Love & Understanding (1998), Singles Collection (1999), The Very Best of Kool & the Gang (1999), 12-Inch Collection & More (1999), 20th Century Masters (Jewl) (2000), Funk Collection (2002), Ultimate Collection (2003), Ultimate Collection (2003), Ballad Collection (2004), Hits: Reloaded (2004), Kool and the Gang - Gold (2005), Something Special (2005), Still Kool (2007), Super Hits Live (2007), # 1's (2007) and Live At P.J.'s (2009).

Forever

Jun 1986

  1. Victory
  2. I.B.M.C.
  3. Stone Love
  4. Forever
  5. Holiday
  6. Peacemaker
  7. Broadway
  8. Special Way
  9. God's Country

Spin Top Hits

Oct 1990

  1. Open Sesame
  2. Spirit Of The Boogie
  3. Kool & The Gang
  4. Hollywood Swinging
  5. Funky Stuff
  6. More Funky Stuff
  7. Jungle Boogie
  8. Caribbean Festival
  9. Love And Understanding
  10. Summer Madness

Emergency

Oct 1990

  1. Emergency
  2. Fresh
  3. Misled
  4. Cherish
  5. Surrender
  6. Bad Woman
  7. You Are The One

Everything's Kool & The Gang

Oct 1990

  1. Rags To Riches
  2. Strong
  3. Money And Power
  4. Stone Love
  5. Joanna
  6. Too Hot
  7. Fresh (Mark Berry Remix)
  8. Jungle Boogie (Club Remix)
  9. Hollywood Swinging (Club Remix)
  10. Funky Stuff (Club Remix)
  11. Open Sesame (Club Remix)
  12. Peacemaker (European Club Remix)
  13. Celebration

Celebrate

Oct 1990

  1. Celebration
  2. Jones vs. Jones
  3. Take It To The Top
  4. Morning Star
  5. Love Festival
  6. Just Friends
  7. Night People
  8. Love Affair

The Best of Kool & the Gang 1969-1976

May 1993

  1. Funky Stuff
  2. Who's Gonna Take The Weight, Pts. I & II
  3. Rhyme Tyme People
  4. Hollywood Swinging
  5. Love The Life You Live, Pts. I & II
  6. Give It Up
  7. Chocolate Buttermilk
  8. Jungle Boogie
  9. Let The Music Take Your Mind (Extended Version)
  10. Open Sesame, Pt. II
  11. Kool It (Here Comes The Fuzz)
  12. Summer Madness (Live)
  13. N.T., Pts. I & II
  14. Pneumonia
  15. Love & Understanding (Come Together)
  16. Spirit Of The Boogie

The Best of Kool & the Gang 1979-1987

Jun 1994

  1. Celebration
  2. Get Down On It
  3. Too Hot
  4. Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It)
  5. Let's Go Dancin' (Ooh La, La, La)
  6. Ladies Night
  7. Steppin' Out
  8. Joanna
  9. In The Heart
  10. Take It To The Top
  11. Tonight (12in version)
  12. No Show
  13. Straight Ahead
  14. Stone Love
  15. Fresh
  16. Misled
  17. Cherish

Hollywood Swinging

Apr 1995

  1. Hollywood Swinging
  2. Soul Vibrations
  3. Rhyme-Tyme People
  4. N.T., Pts. 1 & 2
  5. Who's Gonna Take The Weight, Pts. 1 & 2
  6. Good Times
  7. The Penguin
  8. Fruitman
  9. Summer Madness
  10. Light Of Worlds
  11. Winter Sadness
  12. Chocolate Buttermilk
  13. North, East, South, West
  14. Wild And Peaceful
  15. Sea Of Tranquility
  16. Do It Right Now

Ladies Night

Apr 1995

  1. Ladies Night
  2. Got You Into My Life
  3. If You Feel Like Dancin
  4. Hangin' Out
  5. Tonight's The Night
  6. Too Hot

Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track

Feb 1996

  1. Stayin' Alive - Bee Gees
  2. How Deep Is Your Love - Bee Gees
  3. Night Fever - Bee Gees
  4. More Than A Woman - Bee Gees
  5. If I Can't Have You - Yvonne Elliman
  6. A Fifth Of Beethoven (Based On Beethoven's Fifth Symphony) - Walter Murphy
  7. Manhattan Skyline - David Shire
  8. Calypso Breakdown - Ralph McDonald
  9. Night On Disco Mountain (Based On 'Night On Bald Mountain') - David Shire
  10. Open Sesame - Kool & The Gang
  11. Jive Talkin' - Bee Gees
  12. You Should Be Dancing - Bee Gees
  13. Boogie Shoes - K.C. And The Sunshine Band
  14. Salsation - David Shire
  15. K-Jee - M.F.S.B.
  16. Disco Inferno - Trammps
  17. More Than A Woman (2007 Remastered)

Good Times

Mar 1996

  1. Good Times
  2. Country Junky
  3. Wild Is Love
  4. North, East, South, West
  5. Making Merry Music
  6. I Remember John W. Coltrane
  7. Rated X
  8. Father, Father

Light of Worlds

Mar 1996

  1. Street Corner Symphony
  2. Fruitman
  3. Light Of Worlds
  4. Whiting H. & G.
  5. You Don't Have To Change
  6. Higher Plane
  7. Here After
  8. Rhyme-Tyme People
  9. Summer Madness

Wild and Peaceful

Mar 1996

  1. More Funky Stuff
  2. Heaven At Once
  3. This Is You, This Is Me
  4. Life Is What You Make It
  5. Wild And Peaceful
  6. Funky Stuff
  7. Jungle Boogie
  8. Hollywood Swinging

State of Affairs

Mar 1996

  1. Salute to the Ladies
  2. In the Hood
  3. Color Line
  4. Second Thoughts
  5. Crabs in a Barrel
  6. Woman, Lover, Friend
  7. Game of Love
  8. '90s News
  9. Life in the '90s
  10. Friends
  11. My Body
  12. Reunited

Live at the Sex Machine

Sep 1996

  1. What Would The World Be Like Without Music/ Let The Music Take Your Mind
  2. Walk On By
  3. Chocolate Buttermilk
  4. Trying To Make A Fool Of Me
  5. Who's Gonna Take The Weight
  6. Pneumonia
  7. Wichita Lineman
  8. I Want To Take You Higher
  9. Funky Man
  10. The Touch Of You
  11. Kool It (Here Comes The Fuzz)

Kool & the Gang - All-Time Greatest Hits

Apr 1998

  1. Ladies Night
  2. Celebration
  3. Cherish
  4. Get Down on It
  5. Joanna
  6. No Show
  7. Let's Go Dancin' (Ooh, la, la, La)
  8. Fresh
  9. Color Line [Alternate Version][Alternate Take]
  10. Jungle Boogie
  11. In the Hood [Beat System Remix]

Love & Understanding

May 1998

  1. Love & Understanding
  2. Sugar
  3. Do It Right Now
  4. Cosmic Energy
  5. Hollywood Swinging
  6. Summer Madness
  7. Universal Sound
  8. Come Together

Love & Understanding

May 1998

  1. Love & Understanding
  2. Sugar
  3. Do It Right Now
  4. Cosmic Energy
  5. Hollywood Swinging
  6. Summer Madness
  7. Universal Sound
  8. Come Together

Singles Collection

Jan 1999

  1. Celebration
  2. Ladies Night
  3. Too Hot
  4. Get Down On It
  5. Joanna
  6. Steppin' Out
  7. Straight Ahead
  8. Cherish
  9. Ohh La, La, La (Let's Go
  10. Big Fun
  11. Fresh
  12. (When You Say You Love So
  13. Hi De Hi, Hi De Ho
  14. Take It To The Top
  15. Victory
  16. Jones Vs. Jones
  17. Misled
  18. Take My Heart (You Can Ha

The Very Best of Kool & the Gang

Mar 1999

  1. Celebration
  2. Get Down On It
  3. Fresh
  4. Too Hot
  5. Let's Go Dancin'
  6. Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It)
  7. Jungle Boogie
  8. Ladies Night
  9. Cherish
  10. Funky Stuff
  11. (When You Say You Love Somebody) In The Heart
  12. Steppin' Out
  13. Joanna
  14. Hollywood Swinging
  15. Tonight
  16. Misled
  17. Take It To The Top
  18. Hi Di Hi, Hi De Ho
  19. Big Fun
  20. Victory
  21. Celebration

12-Inch Collection & More

May 1999

  1. Open Sesame
  2. Love & Understanding
  3. Mighty Mighty High
  4. Ladies Night
  5. Get Down On It
  6. Hanging Out
  7. Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It)
  8. Tonight
  9. Fresh
  10. Celebremos

20th Century Masters (Jewl)

Feb 2000

  1. Celebration
  2. Jungle Boogie
  3. Ladies Night
  4. Joanna
  5. Get Down On It
  6. Hollywood Swinging
  7. Cherish
  8. Fresh
  9. Too Hot
  10. Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It)
  11. Big Fun

Funk Collection

Oct 2002

  1. Kool And The Gang
  2. Hollywood Swinging
  3. Funky Stuff
  4. Whos Gonna Take The Weight (Pts 1 And 2)
  5. Rhyme Time People
  6. Electric Frog (Part 1)
  7. Raw Hamburger
  8. Spirit Of The Boogie
  9. Sunshine And Love
  10. Open Sesame
  11. Kool It (Here Comes The Fuzz)
  12. The Penguin
  13. Cosmic Energy
  14. Summer Madness
  15. Winter Sadness
  16. Jungle Boogie

Ultimate Collection

Oct 2003

Ultimate Collection

Oct 2003

  1. Ladies Night
  2. Too Hot
  3. Hangin' Out
  4. Love Affair
  5. Celebration
  6. Jones vs. Jones
  7. Take It to the Top
  8. Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It)
  9. Get Down on It
  10. Good Time Tonight
  11. Steppin' Out
  12. Think It Over
  13. Big Fun
  14. Let's Go Dancin' (Ooh, la, la, La)
  15. Hi de Hi, Hi de Ho
  16. Straight Ahead
  17. Tonight
  18. Joanna
  19. In the Heart
  20. Fresh
  21. Cherish
  22. Misled
  23. Bad Woman
  24. Emergency
  25. Victory
  26. God's Country
  27. Peacemaker
  28. Stone Love
  29. Rags to Riches
  30. Strong

Ballad Collection

Feb 2004

  1. Cherish
  2. Joanna
  3. September Love
  4. Home Is Where The Heart Is
  5. No Show
  6. As One
  7. Special Way
  8. Never Give Up
  9. Gods Country
  10. Just Friends
  11. Love Affair
  12. Place For Us
  13. Pass It On
  14. Bad Woman
  15. Think It Over

Hits: Reloaded

Oct 2004

  1. Jones Vs. Jones
  2. Jungle Boogie
  3. Take My Heart
  4. Hollywood Swingin'
  5. Too Hot
  6. Ladies Night
  7. Cherish
  8. No Show
  9. (Ooh La La La) Let's Go Dancin'
  10. Summer Madness
  11. Jazziacs At The Kool Jazz Cafe'

Kool and the Gang - Gold

Mar 2005

  1. Kool & The Gang
  2. Kools Back Again
  3. Let The Music Take Your Mind
  4. Funky Man
  5. Who's Gonna Take The Weight
  6. Love The Life You Live
  7. Funky Stuff
  8. Jungle Boogie
  9. Hollywood Swinging
  10. Higher Plane
  11. Rhyme-Tyme People
  12. Summer Madness
  13. Spirit Of The Boogie
  14. Caribbean Festival
  15. Love & Understanding (Come Together)
  16. Open Sesame
  17. Ladies Night
  18. Too Hot
  19. Celebration
  20. Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It)
  21. Get Down On It
  22. Big Fun
  23. Let's Go Dancin' (Ohh La, La La)
  24. Joanna
  25. Tonight
  26. Misled
  27. Fresh
  28. Cherish
  29. Emergency
  30. Victory
  31. Stone Love

Something Special

Sep 2005

  1. Good Time Tonight
  2. Be My Lady
  3. Pass It On
  4. Stand Up And Sing
  5. Stop!
  6. Steppin' Out
  7. Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It)
  8. Get Down On It
  9. No Show

Still Kool

Jul 2007

  1. Dave
  2. Steppin' into Love
  3. America
  4. What's Happening Brother
  5. It Is What It Is
  6. Everything's Gonna Change
  7. Too Low for Zero
  8. Bang Bang With the Gang
  9. Made for Love
  10. Give It Up
  11. Trust Me
  12. Miracles
  13. Livin' in the 21
  14. Sorry
  15. Someone Like You
  16. Sailing
  17. Bonus Medley: Celebration/Hollywood Swinging/Summer Madness/Joanna/Ladi

Super Hits Live

Aug 2007

  1. Fresh (LIVE)
  2. Take My Heart (LIVE)
  3. Too Hot (LIVE)
  4. Joanna (LIVE)
  5. Hollywood Swinging (LIVE)
  6. Jungle Boogie (LIVE)
  7. Open Sesame (LIVE)
  8. Ladies Night (LIVE)
  9. Get Down On It (LIVE)
  10. Celebration (LIVE)

# 1's

Aug 2007

  1. Ladies Night
  2. Hollywood Swinging
  3. Celebration
  4. Take It To The Top
  5. Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It)
  6. Get Down On It
  7. Joanna
  8. Cherish
  9. Fresh
  10. Higher Plane
  11. Spirit Of The Boogie
  12. Jungle Boogie
  13. Misled
  14. Too Hot
  15. Victory

Live At P.J.'s

Jul 2009

  1. N.T.
  2. Ricksonata
  3. Sombrero Sam
  4. Ronnie's Groove
  5. Ike's Mood/You've Lost That Loving Feeling
  6. Lucky for Me
  7. Dujii
  8. The Penguin [#][*]

Songs

  1. "Tonight (12"" Version)"
  2. Ooh La La La
  3. Peace Maker
  4. Ride The Rhythm
  5. Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It)
  6. Who's Gonna Take the Weight?
  7. Let's Go Dancin' (Ooh La, La, La)
  8. Livin' In The 21

Kool & The Gang