Grand Funk Railroad had significant chart success in the United States, particularly in the 1970s but in the UK only the single "Inside Looking Out" (1969) - peaked at #40. And we never played them at school - and we very clued up and even played Canada’s Mahogany Rush in 1975 and were no strangers to popular American bands that didn’t sell over here. I’ve often wondered why we hadn’t heard of them because if anyone would have it was us. We prided ourselves on being hip to such groups. The contrast is massive, proving success in one doesn't automatically mean you will be in the other over the water - ask Status Quo.
USA albums - look at these many years of success. Did they even play in the UK?
* **On Time** (1969) - Peaked at #27
* **Grand Funk** (1970) - Peaked at #11
* **Closer to Home** (1970) - Peaked at #6
* **Live Album** (1970) - Peaked at #5
* **Survival** (1971) - Peaked at #6
* **E Pluribus Funk** (1971) - Peaked at #5
* **Phoenix** (1972) - Peaked at #7
* **We're an American Band** (1973) - Peaked at #2
* **Shinin' On** (1974) - Peaked at #5
* **All the Girls in the World Beware!!!** (1974) - Peaked at #10
* **Born to Die** (1976) - Peaked at #47
* **Good Singin', Good Playin'** (1976) - Peaked at #52
* **Grand Funk Lives** (1981) - Peaked at #149
**Singles**
The band had several hit singles, including two songs that reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
* "Time Machine" (1969) - Peaked at #48
* "Mr. Limousine Driver" (1969) - Peaked at #97
* "I'm Your Captain (Closer to Home)" (1970) - Peaked at #22
* "Mean Mistreater" (1970) - Peaked at #47
* "Footstompin' Music" (1971) - Peaked at #29
* "Rock 'N Roll Soul" (1972) - Peaked at #29
* "We're an American Band" (1973) - **Peaked at #1**
* "Walk Like a Man" (1973) - Peaked at #19
* "The Loco-Motion" (1974) - **Peaked at #1**
* "Shinin' On" (1974) - Peaked at #11
* "Some Kind of Wonderful" (1974) - Peaked at #3
* "Bad Time" (1975) - Peaked at #4
