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==Selected discography== ===Albums=== {|class="wikitable" ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Title ! colspan="3"| Chart positions ! rowspan="2"| Label |- ! width="40"| <small>[[Billboard 200|US 200]]</small><br><ref name="Awards">{{cite web|title=Percy Sledge - Awards|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/percy-sledge-mn0000838195/awards|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=24 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105042651/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/percy-sledge-mn0000838195/awards|archive-date=November 5, 2013}}</ref> ! width="40"| <small>[[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|US R&B]]</small><br><ref name="Awards"/> ! width="40"| <small>[[UK Albums Chart|UK]]</small><br><ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> |- | rowspan="2"| 1966 | ''When a Man Loves a Woman'' | align="center"| 37 | align="center"| 2 | align="center"| β | [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]] 8125 |- | ''Warm & Tender Soul'' | align="center"| 136 | align="center"| 9 | align="center"| β | Atlantic 8132 |- | 1967 | ''The Percy Sledge Way'' | align="center"| 178 | align="center"| β | align="center"| β | Atlantic 8146 |- | rowspan="2"| 1968 | ''[[Take Time to Know Her]]'' | align="center"| 148 | align="center"| 27 | align="center"| β | Atlantic 8180 |- | ''The Best of Percy Sledge'' | align="center"| 133 | align="center"| 27 | align="center"| β | Atlantic 8210 |- | 1970 | ''Percy Sledge in South Africa'' | align="center"| β | align="center"| β | align="center"| β | [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]] ATC 9257 |- | 1974 | ''I'll Be Your Everything'' | align="center"| β | align="center"| 48 | align="center"| β | [[Capricorn Records|Capricorn]] CP 0147 |- | 1987 | ''When a Man Loves a Woman (The Ultimate Collection)'' | align="center"| β | align="center"| β | align="center"| 36 | Atlantic |- | 1994 | ''[[Blue Night (Percy Sledge album)|Blue Night]]'' | align="center"| β | align="center"| β | align="center"| β | Sky Ranch Records/[[Virgin Records|Virgin]] |- | 2004 | ''Shining Through the Rain'' | align="center"| β | align="center"| β | align="center"| β | [[VarΓ¨se Sarabande]] |- | 2013 | ''The Gospel of Percy Sledge'' | align="center"| β | align="center"| β | align="center"| β | Elevate |- | colspan="6" style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt;"| "β" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |} ===Singles=== {| class="wikitable" ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Title ! colspan="4"| Chart positions ! rowspan="2"| [[Music recording sales certification|Certifications]] |- ! width="40"| <small>[[Billboard Hot 100|US Hot 100]]</small><br><ref name="Awards"/> ! width="40"| <small>[[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|US R&B]]</small><br><ref name="Awards"/> ! width="40"| <small>[[RPM (magazine)|CAN]]</small><br> ! width="40"| <small>[[UK Singles Chart|UK]]</small><br><ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book|first=David|last=Roberts|year=2006|title=British Hit Singles & Albums|edition=19th|publisher=Guinness World Records Limited|location=London|isbn=1-904994-10-5|page= 507}}</ref> |- |rowspan="3"| 1966 | "[[When a Man Loves a Woman (song)|When a Man Loves a Woman]]" |align="center"|1 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|4 | * [[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]]: Gold<ref>{{cite certification|region=United Kingdom|artist=Percy Sledge|title=When a Man Loves a Woman|id=8177-1692-1|access-date=16 October 2024}}</ref> |- | "Warm and Tender Love" |align="center"|17 |align="center"|5 |align="center"|10 |align="center"|34 | |- | "It Tears Me Up" |align="center"|20 |align="center"|7 |align="center"|12 |align="center"|β | |- |rowspan="6"| 1967 | "Baby, Help Me" |align="center"|87 |align="center"|44 |align="center"|β |align="center"|β | |- | "Out of Left Field" |align="center"|59 |align="center"|25 |align="center"|β |align="center"|β | |- | "[[Love Me Tender (song)|Love Me Tender]]" <small>(A-Side)</small> |align="center"|40 |align="center"|35 |align="center"|35 |align="center"|β | |- |β "[[What Am I Living For]]" <small>(B-Side)</small> |align="center"|91 |align="center"|β |align="center"|β |align="center"|β | |- | "[[Just Out of Reach (Of My Two Open Arms)|Just Out of Reach (of My Two Empty Arms)]]" |align="center"|66 |align="center"|β |align="center"|β |align="center"|β | |- | "Cover Me" |align="center"|42 |align="center"|39 |align="center"|β |align="center"|β | |- |rowspan="3"| 1968 | "[[Take Time to Know Her (song)|Take Time to Know Her]]" |align="center"|11 |align="center"|6 |align="center"|5 |align="center"|β | |- | "Sudden Stop" |align="center"|63 |align="center"|41 |align="center"|β |align="center"|β | |- | "You're All Around Me" |align="center"|109 |align="center"|β |align="center"|β |align="center"|β | |- |rowspan="5"| 1969 | "My Special Prayer" |align="center"|93 |align="center"|44 |align="center"|β |align="center"|β | |- | "Any Day Now" <small>(A-Side)</small> |align="center"|86 |align="center"|35 |align="center"|β |align="center"|β | |- |β "The Angels Listened In" <small>(B-Side)</small> |align="center"|126 |align="center"|β |align="center"|β |align="center"|β | |- | "Kind Woman" |align="center"|116 |align="center"|β |align="center"|β |align="center"|β | |- | "[[True Love Travels on a Gravel Road]]" |align="center"|β |align="center"|β |align="center"|β |align="center"|β | |- |rowspan="2"| 1970 | "[[Many Rivers to Cross]]" |align="center"|β |align="center"|β |align="center"|β |align="center"|β | |- | "[[Help Me Make It Through the Night]]" |align="center"|β |align="center"|β |align="center"|β |align="center"|β | |- | 1971 | "Stop the World Tonight" |align="center"|β |align="center"|β |align="center"|β |align="center"|β | |- |rowspan="2"| 1972 | "Rainbow Road" |align="center"|β |align="center"|β |align="center"|β |align="center"|β | |- | "Sunday Brother" |align="center"|β |align="center"|β |align="center"|β |align="center"|β | |- | 1973 | "Sunshine" |align="center"|β |align="center"|89 |align="center"|β |align="center"|β | |- | 1974 | "I'll Be Your Everything" |align="center"|62 |align="center"|15 |align="center"|β |align="center"|β | |- | 1987 | "When a Man Loves a Woman" <small>(Re-issue)</small> |align="center"|β |align="center"|β |align="center"|β |align="center"|2 | |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt;"|'''Source:'''<ref name="The Great Rock Discography"/><br/> "β" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |} * 1994: "[[I Wish It Would Rain]]" (Sky Ranch / Virgin, Sweden) duet with Mikael Rickfors produced by Saul Davis & Barry Goldberg. * 1994 "You Got Away with Love" (Pat Robinson & Rocky Burnette) / "Why Did You Stop?" (Carla Olson) (Sky Ranch / Virgin, France) produced by Saul Davis & Barry Goldberg.<ref name="The Great Rock Discography">{{cite book|first=Martin C.|last=Strong|year=2000|title=The Great Rock Discography|edition=5th|publisher=Mojo Books|location=Edinburgh|pages=892β893|isbn=1-84195-017-3}}</ref> ===In popular culture=== Sledge is sometimes cited as the inspiration behind the [[Australian language]] term "[[Sledging (cricket)|to sledge]]", meaning "to put someone off their game", first used in [[Test cricket]], though the phrase more probably derives from "subtle as a sledgehammer".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/oct/18/the-spin-history-of-sledging|title=Cricket's laboured 'art' of sledging has been going downhill for years {{!}} The Spin|last=Bull|first=Andy|date=2016-10-18|website=The Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-09-25}}</ref>
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