The B-52's discography
This is the discography and videography of American rock band The B-52's.
Albums
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US Rock | UK[1] | AUS | NZ | SWE | ||||
| 1979 | The B-52's
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59 | — | 22 | 7 | 3 | — | ||
| 1980 | Wild Planet
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18 | — | 18 | 12 | 3 | — |
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| 1983 | Whammy!
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29 | — | 33 | 97 | 42 | 29 |
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| 1986 | Bouncing off the Satellites
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85 | — | 74 | 73 | 50 | — | ||
| 1989 | Cosmic Thing
|
4 | — | 8 | 1 | 1 | 38 | ||
| 1992 | Good Stuff
|
16 | — | 8 | 36 | 14 | 36 |
| |
| 2008 | Funplex
|
11 | 5 | 73 | 93 | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or that were not released on that market | |||||||||
Extended plays
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | UK[1] | AUS | SWE | ||
| 1981 | Party Mix!
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— | — | 79 [A] |
— |
| 1982 | Mesopotamia
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35 | 18 | 79 | 21 |
Live albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | UK | AUS | SWE | ||
| 2011 | With the Wild Crowd! Live in Athens, GA
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— | — | — | — |
| 2015 | Live! 8-24-1979
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— | — | — | — |
Compilation albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | UK [1] |
AUS [4] |
NZ | SE | |||||
| 1981 | Party Mix!
|
55 | 36 | 80 [A] |
— | 23 | |||
| 1990 | Dance This Mess Around: The Best of the B-52's
|
— | 36 | — | — | — | |||
| 1995 | Planet Claire
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— | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1998 | Time Capsule: Songs for a Future Generation
|
93 | — | 40 | 15 | — | |||
| 2002 | Nude on the Moon: The B-52's Anthology
|
136 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or that were not released on that market | |||||||||
Notes
A. ^ In Australia Party Mix! initially charted on the Albums Chart, but was then two weeks later it was also listed on the Singles Chart as the original vinyl release was considered as an EP and therefore charted on the Singles Chart.
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | RIAA [5] |
Album | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US Dance | US Mod | CAN | NED [6] |
BEL (FLA) [7] |
FRA [8] |
GER [9] |
IRE | UK [1] |
AUS [4][10] |
NZ [11] | |||||
| 1978 | "Rock Lobster" | 56 | 24 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 37 | 3 | 38 | The B-52's | ||
| 1979 | "Planet Claire" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 43 | 35 | ||||
| "Dance This Mess Around" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1980 | "Private Idaho" | 74 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | — | Wild Planet | ||
| "Give Me Back My Man" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 61 | — | — | |||||
| "Party out of Bounds" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1982 | "Mesopotamia" | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Mesopotamia | ||
| 1983 | "Legal Tender" | 81 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Whammy! | ||
| "Whammy Kiss" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Song for a Future Generation" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 63 | — | — | |||||
| 1986 | "Rock Lobster" (UK/EUR re-release) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | 12 | — | — | The B-52's | ||
| "Summer of Love" | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 90 | 35 | Bouncing off the Satellites | |||
| "Girl from Ipanema Goes to Greenland" | — | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1987 | "Wig" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 79 | — | — | |||
| 1989 | "(Shake That) Cosmic Thing" (promo only) | — | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Cosmic Thing | ||
| "Channel Z" | — | — | 1 | — | — | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Love Shack" | 3 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 42 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Gold | |||
| 1990 | "Roam" | 3 | 10 | 6 | 4 | — | — | — | 40 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 2 | Gold | ||
| "Channel Z" (re-release) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 61 | — | — | ||||
| "Deadbeat Club" | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 76 | 21 | ||||
| 1992 | "Good Stuff" | 28 | — | 1 | — | 28 | 25 | — | 37 | 26 | 21 | 56 | 23 | Good Stuff | ||
| "Tell It Like It T-I-Is" | — | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 61 | — | — | ||||
| "Revolution Earth" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Is That You Mo-Dean?" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 78 | — | — | ||||
| 1993 | "Hot Pants Explosion" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1994 | "(Meet) The Flintstones" | 33 | 3 | — | — | 5 | 2 | — | 9 | 5 | 3 | 54 | 15 | The Flintstones (soundtrack) | ||
| 1998 | "Debbie" | — | 32 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Time Capsule | ||
| 1999 | "Love Shack '99" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 66 | — | — | Non-album song | ||
| 2008 | "Funplex" | — | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Funplex | ||
| "Juliet of the Spirits" | — | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released. | ||||||||||||||||
Video
Music videos
| Year | Song | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | "Rock Lobster" (Live) | Charles Libin and Paul Cameron |
| 1980 | "Private Idaho" | |
| 1983 | "Legal Tender" | Mick Haggerty and C.D. Taylor |
| "Song for a Future Generation" | ||
| 1984 | "Monster" | |
| 1986 | "Rock Lobster" | |
| "Girl from Ipanema Goes to Greenland" | Paul Tassie | |
| 1989 | "Channel Z" | Drew Carolan |
| "Love Shack" | Adam Bernstein | |
| 1990 | "Roam" | |
| "Deadbeat Club" | Jeff Preiss | |
| "(Shake That) Cosmic Thing" (Live 1990) | ||
| 1992 | "Good Stuff" | Marcus Nispel |
| "Is That You Mo-Dean?" | ||
| "Tell It Like It T-I-Is" | ||
| 1993 | "Revolution Earth" | James Herbert |
| "Hot Pants Explosion" | ||
| 1994 | "(Meet) The Flintstones" | |
| 1998 | "Debbie" | Ramaa Mosley |
| 2008 | "Funplex" | Robert Schober |
VHS, Laserdisc & DVD
- The B-52's 1979–1989 (1989) VHS.
- The B-52's Time Capsule: Videos for a Future Generation 1979–1998 (1998) VHS & Laserdisc.
- The B-52's Time Capsule: Videos for a Future Generation 1979–1998 (1998) DVD as a bonus disc with the Australian "Time Capsule" CD re-release in 2009
- With the Wild Crowd! Live in Athens, GA (2012) DVD & Blu-ray.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 36. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "RIAA - Gold & Platinum - April 1, 2010: B-52's certified albums". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2010-04-01.
- ↑ "BPI Search Results". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 2010-04-01.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (DOC). Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ↑ RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for singles by The B-52's
- ↑ "The B-52's - Dutch chart". dutchcharts.nl. 17 November 2014.
- ↑ "The B-52's - Belgian Chart". ultratop.be. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
- ↑ "The B-52's - French Chart". lescharts.com. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
- ↑ "The B-52's - German Chart". charts.de. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
- ↑ "Australian Charts > The B-52's". australian-charts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-06-28.
- ↑ http://charts.org.nz/search.asp?cat=s&artist=the+b&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts
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