The Cars discography

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Complete listing of all The Cars albums, singles, DVD/Videos.

[edit] Albums

Year Title U.S. U.K. RIAA certification
1978 The Cars 18 29 6x Platinum
1979 Candy-O 3 30 4x Platinum
1980 Panorama 5 Platinum
1981 Shake It Up 9 2x Platinum
1984 Heartbeat City 3 25 4x Platinum
1985 Greatest Hits 12 27 6x Platinum
1987 Door to Door 26 Gold
1995 Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology
1999 The Cars: Deluxe Edition
2001 Shake It Up & Other Hits
2002 Complete Greatest Hits 144
2005 The Essentials

[edit] Singles

Year Title U.S.
Pop
U.S.
Rock
UK Canada Album
1978 "Just What I Needed" † 27 17 35 The Cars
1978 "My Best Friend's Girl" 35 3 55
1979 "Good Times Roll" 41
1979 "Let's Go" † 14 51 5 Candy-O
1979 "Double Life"
1979 "It's All I Can Do" † 41 17
1980 "Touch and Go" 37 16 Panorama
1980 "Don't Tell Me No" †
1981 "Gimme Some Slack"
1981 "Shake It Up" 4 2 7 Shake It Up
1982 "Since You're Gone" 41 24 37
1982 "Victim of Love" 39
1984 "You Might Think" 7 1 88 8 Heartbeat City
1984 "Magic" 12 1 14
1984 "Drive" † 3 3 51 6
1984 "Hello Again" 20 22 42
1985 "Why Can't I Have You" 33 11 90
1985 "Tonight She Comes" 7 1 79 36 Greatest Hits
1986 "I'm Not the One" 32 29 82
1987 "You Are the Girl" 17 2 33 Door to Door
1987 "Strap Me In" 85 4
1988 "Coming Up You" † 74

† Lead vocals by Benjamin Orr (Ric Ocasek on all others).

1 Re-entered the UK singles chart in 1985 and peaked at #4.

[edit] Videos

Year Title Format
1984 Heartbeat City VHS, Betamax, Laserdisc
1985 The Cars Live 1984–1985 VHS, Betamax, Laserdisc
2000 The Cars Live VHS, DVD
2006 The Cars Unlocked DVD/CD