The discography of Tonic, an American rock band, consists of five studio albums, one live album, one compilation album, six singles, and six music videos. Tonic was formed in Los Angeles, California in 1993. After signing a recording contract in 1995, the band released its first album in 1996, titled Lemon Parade. Based on the success of the single "If You Could Only See", Lemon Parade sold 1,300,000 copies. Tonic also contributed songs to original soundtracks in the late 1990s, such as the song "Flower Man" for The X-Files: The Album. Continuing to tour extensively, the band released an album of live songs entitled Live and Enhanced, which also featured extra content, such as the music video for the song "Soldier's Daughter".
Tonic self-produced their second studio album Sugar in 1999, from which the song "You Wanted More" came to be the lead single from the American Pie movie soundtrack. Their third studio album, 2002's Head on Straight, charted on the Billboard 200 for one week, yet the band was nominated for two Grammy awards related to the album. After the band ended a four-year hiatus in 2008, the greatest hits compilation A Casual Affair: The Best of Tonic was released in 2009. The greatest hits compilation served as a prelude to their fourth studio album, 2010's Tonic. The band later utilized crowdfunding from fans to create an all-acoustic version of Lemon Parade titled Lemon Parade Revisited in 2016, before releasing their first-ever non-album single with 2021's track "To Be Loved".
Albums Studio albums TitleDetailsPeak chart positionsSalesCertifications(sales thresholds) US USInd. AUSPeaks in Australia: All except noted: Sugar, "Open Up Your Eyes", "You Wanted More"/"Sugar": CAN Lemon Parade Released: July 16, 1996 Label: A&M 28 — 12 34 US: 1,328,821 RIAA: Platinum ARIA: Platinum MC: Platinum Sugar Released: November 9, 1999 Label: Universal 81 — 93 — US: 274,587 Head on Straight Released: September 24, 2002 Label: Universal 141 — — — US: 34,000 Tonic Released: May 4, 2010 Label: 429 150 25 — — Lemon Parade Revisited Released: July 22, 2016 Label: None (self-released) — 30 — —
Live albums Title Details Live and Enhanced Released: March 1, 1999 Label: Unknown
Compilation albums Title Details A Casual Affair: The Best of Tonic Released: June 23, 2009 Label: Polydor
Singles Year Single Peak chart positions Certification AlbumUSUSPopUSAdultUSAlt.USMain.AUSCANRock/Alt.NLD 1996 "Open Up Your Eyes" 68 30 33 22 2 90 — — Lemon Parade1997 "Casual Affair" — — — — 8 — — — "If You Could Only See" 11 11 7 3 1 20 1 100 ARIA: Gold "Soldier's Daughter" — — — — — — — —1999 "You Wanted More" 103 — 26 10 3 58 6 — Sugar "Knock Down Walls" — — — — 20 — 10 —2000 "Mean to Me" — — — — — — — — "Sugar" — — — — — — — —2002 "Take Me as I Am" — — 36 — — — — — Head on Straight "Head on Straight" — — — — — — — — 2010 "Release Me" — — 34 — — — — — Tonic 2021 "To Be Loved" — — — — — — — — Non-album single 2021 "If You Could Only See (25th Anniversary)" — — — — — — — — Non-album single
Soundtrack and other songs Year Soundtrack Track 1997 Scream 2 Soundtrack Released: November 18, 1997 Label: Capitol Records "Eyes of Sand"1998 Legacy: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac's Rumours Released: March 17, 1998 Label: Lava/Atlantic "Second Hand News" The X-Files: The Album Released: June 2, 1998 Label: Elektra "Flower Man" Clay Pigeons Original Soundtrack Released: September 22, 1998 Label: Uptown/Universal "Everybody's Talkin'" Live in the X Lounge Released: 1998 Label: unknown "Open Up Your Eyes" (Live)1999 King of the Hill Original Television Soundtrack Released: 1999 Label: Elektra Entertainment "East Bound and Down" American Pie Original Soundtrack Released: June 29, 1999 Label: Upton/Universal "You Wanted More" 2001 Live in the X Lounge IV Released: 2001 Label: Unknown "Mean to Me" (Live)
Live cover songs Tonic is known to have covered the songs "Jessie's Girl" (acoustic version), "Go Your Own Way", and "Suspicious Minds" at least once each in live settings. However, Tonic-played versions of these songs are not currently commercially available, with "Jessie's Girl" only known to exist as bootleg copies on file-sharing networks.
Music videos Year Title Director(s) 1996 "If You Could Only See" Jeff Cutter and Ramaa Mosley "Open Up Your Eyes" (original version) Thomas Mignone "Open Up Your Eyes" (roller skating version) Tonic and Niels Alpert "Soldier's Daughter" Kevin Godley1999 "You Wanted More" Niels Alpert "Mean to Me" Niels Alpert
Other music videos Year Title Director(s) Notes 2000 "Mean to Me" Unknown Produced for the American feature film Gossip, this music video combined footage from Tonic's previous "Mean to Me" music video with clips from the "Gossip" film. 2021 "To Be Loved" (Lyric Video) Sean Sorensen Owing to a trend of music fans creating videos that display a song's lyrics while the song's audio plays, Tonic released their own official lyric video for their single "To Be Loved", complete with both additional and the same artwork as the cover for the digital single of this song. Credits listed on the video's official YouTube page listed credited Doug Nahory with the Artwork, & Video Design by: Inspired Films Studios - Sean Sorensen.
Video game releases Year Game Platforms Track 2005 Karaoke Revolution Party Released: November 8, 2005 PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube "If You Could Only See" 2009 Band Hero and Guitar Hero 5 Released: November 3, 2009 PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii "If You Could Only See" 2016 Rock Band 4 Released: August 16, 2016 PlayStation 4, Xbox One "If You Could Only See"
Notes
A. "Open Up Your Eyes" and "If You Could Only See" peaked on the US Radio Songs chart. B. "You Wanted More" peaked outside of the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, therefore it is listed on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.
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