Bucks Fizz discography
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| Releases | |
|---|---|
| ↙Studio albums | 6 |
| ↙Live albums | 1 |
| ↙Compilation albums | 6 |
| ↙Singles | 25 |
| ↙Video albums | 4 |
| ↙Music videos | 18 |
This is a discography of UK pop group Bucks Fizz.
The group, formed in 1981, reached number one three times in the UK and scored 20 chart hits there. Their biggest selling single in the UK is "The Land of Make Believe", while worldwide it is "Making Your Mind Up" at 4 million copies sold. The group's first week on the singles chart was 28 March 1981, with their last week falling on 19 November 1988.[1][2] In albums, the group saw less success, but managed to chart seven times in total - three of them reaching the top 20 and five in the top 40. Are You Ready is the biggest selling of these. Their first week on the album charts was 8 August 1981, while their most recent week was 26 May 2007.[3][4]
Singles
| Year | Month | Song | UK [5] |
GER [6] |
AUS [7] |
LUX | AUT [8] |
NL [9] |
IRL [10] |
Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | March | "Making Your Mind Up" | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Bucks Fizz | RCA |
| May | "Piece of the Action" | 12 | 35 | 26 | - | 11 | 26 | 10 | |||
| August | "One of Those Nights" | 20 | - | - | - | 6 | - | 29 | |||
| November | "Another Night" (Japan only) | N/A | - | - | - | - | - | - | Are You Ready | ||
| "The Land of Make Believe" | 1 | 3 | 15 | - | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 1982 | March | "My Camera Never Lies" | 1 | 31 | 63 | - | 11 | 22 | 2 | ||
| June | "Now Those Days Are Gone" | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | |||
| "Are You Ready" (Not UK) | N/A | - | 93 | - | - | - | - | ||||
| "Easy Love" (Not UK) | N/A | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| November | "If You Can't Stand the Heat" | 10 | 75 | 93 | - | - | 41 | 10 | Hand Cut | ||
| 1983 | March | "Run for Your Life" | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | ||
| May | "When We Were Young" | 10 | 52 | - | 8 | 19 | 14 | 6 | Greatest Hits | ||
| September | "London Town" | 34 | 64 | - | - | 19 | - | 24 | |||
| November | "Rules of the Game" | 57 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 1984 | August | "Talking in Your Sleep" | 15 | - | - | 14 | - | - | 14 | I Hear Talk | |
| October | "Golden Days" | 42 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| December | "I Hear Talk" | 34 | - | - | 25 | - | - | 29 | |||
| 1985 | June | "You and Your Heart so Blue" | 43 | - | - | 40 | - | - | - | Writing on the Wall | |
| September | "Magical" | 57 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 1986 | May | "New Beginning (Mamba Seyra)" | 8 | - | - | 5 | - | 24 | 11 | Polydor | |
| August | "Love the One You're With" | 47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| November | "Keep Each Other Warm" | 45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 1988 | October | "Heart of Stone" | 50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | The Story so Far | RCA |
| 1989 | May | "You Love Love" | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1998 | May | "Making Your Mind Up '98" | 84 | - | President[11] |
Albums
Studio albums
| Year | Album title | UK [5] |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Bucks Fizz
|
14 |
| 1982 | Are You Ready
|
10 |
Il Mundo de Ilusion
|
N/A | |
Bucks Fizz 1 2
|
N/A | |
| 1983 | Hand Cut
|
17 |
| 1984 | I Hear Talk
|
66 |
| 1986 | New Beginning 1
|
N/A |
Writing on the Wall
|
89 |
- NOTES
^1 Compilation albums, but previously unreleased in the US
^2 Different from the 1981 album
Compilation albums
| Year | Album title | UK [5] |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Greatest Hits
|
25 |
| 1988 | The Story So Far
|
— |
| 2005 | The Ultimate Anthology
|
— |
| 2006 | The Lost Masters
|
— |
| 2007 | The Very Best of Bucks Fizz
|
40 |
| 2008 | The Lost Masters 2 - The Final Cut
|
— |
- A number of budget compilation albums have also been released
Live albums
| Year | Album title | UK [5] |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Live at Fairfield Halls
|
— |
Video / DVD releases
| Year | Album title |
|---|---|
| 1986 | Less Bucks More Fizz - Bucks Fizz Greatest Hits [12] |
| 1992 | The Best of Bucks Fizz
|
| 2007 | The Very Best of Bucks Fizz |
| 2010 | The Bucks Fizz Story [13]
|
Music videos
The following is a list of music videos which were produced to accompany their singles. No videos were made for "One of Those Nights", "Magical" or "You Love Love" (or non-UK releases). "Making Your Mind Up" was a BBC-made production for the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 previews.
| Year | Song | Director[14] |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | "Making Your Mind Up" | A BBC production |
| "Piece of the Action" | Unknown | |
| "The Land of Make Believe" | Unknown | |
| 1982 | "My Camera Never Lies" | Terry Bedford |
| "Now Those Days Are Gone" | Terry Bedford | |
| "If You Can't Stand the Heat" | Tony Halton | |
| 1983 | "Run for Your Life" | M. Geoghegan |
| "When We Were Young" | Unknown | |
| "London Town" | D. Trattman | |
| "Rules of the Game" | D. Trattman | |
| 1984 | "Talking in Your Sleep" | D. Trattman |
| "Golden Days" | Pete Cornish | |
| "I Hear Talk" | Terence Bulley | |
| 1985 | "You and Your Heart so Blue" | Richard Duplock & Andrew Coggins |
| 1986 | "New Beginning (Mamba Seyra)" | Unknown |
| "Love the One You're With" | Unknown | |
| "Keep Each Other Warm" | Unknown | |
| 1988 | "Heart of Stone" | Unknown |
References
- ↑ Official UK Charts, 28 March 1981
- ↑ Chartstats, UK chart 19 November 1988
- ↑ Chartstats, UK album chart 8 August 1981
- ↑ Official UK albums chart, 26 May 2007
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Official UK charts - Bucks Fizz
- ↑ German charts - archive
- ↑ Australian Chart Book, 1970-1992
- ↑ Tsort- Selected European chart details
- ↑ Dutch charts - searchable archive
- ↑ Irishcharts - Irish Chart details
- ↑ "Bucks Fizz". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
- ↑ Raffem - Bucks Fizz website, 1986
- ↑ Glassbeach Media. Bucks Fizz Story DVD
- ↑ Less Bucks More Fizz - Bucks Fizz Greatest Hits, RCA Video Ltd. 1986
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