| Culture Club discography | |
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.jpg.webp) Culture Club at Marcus Centre for the Performing Arts; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; 23 July 2016 | |
| Studio albums | 6 |
| Live albums | 4 |
| Compilation albums | 14 |
| Video albums | 6 |
| Music videos | 22 |
| EPs | 3 |
| Singles | 29 |
| Box sets | 4 |
Culture Club's discography consists of 6 studio albums, 9 compilation albums, 3 box sets, 3 extended plays, 24 regular commercial singles, and 5 promotional singles, largely released during the 1980s and 1990s. Culture Club has sold more than 50 million records worldwide,[1][2] including 7 million records in the United States.[3]
For the comprehensive Boy George solo discography, see Boy George discography.
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [4][5] |
AUS [6] |
CAN [7] |
GER [8] |
IT [9][10] |
NL [11] |
NZ [12] |
NOR [13] |
SWI [14] |
US [15] | ||||
| Kissing to Be Clever | 5 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | |||
| Colour by Numbers |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Waking Up with the House on Fire |
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2 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 21 | 26 | ||
| From Luxury to Heartache |
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10 | 25 | 34 | 45 | 14 | 28 | 44 | 18 | 24 | 32 |
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| Don't Mind If I Do |
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64 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Life (featuring Boy George) |
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12 | —[upper-alpha 1] | — | 58 | 66 | — | — | — | 89 | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
Live albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| The River Sessions |
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| Live at the Royal Albert Hall – 20th Anniversary Concert |
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| Live at Wembley World Tour 2016 | |
| Live 1983 – Lido Beach |
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Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [4][5] |
AUS [6] |
AUT [27] |
IT [9] |
JPN [28] |
NL [11] |
NZ [12] |
NOR [13] |
US [15] | |||
| This Time – The First Four Years |
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8 | 62 | — | 10 | 30 | 44 | 25 | — | — |
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| The Best of Culture Club |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Collect – 12" Mixes Plus |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Spin Dazzle – The Best of Boy George and Culture Club |
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— | — | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| At Worst... The Best of Boy George and Culture Club (featuring Boy George) |
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24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 169 |
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| Greatest Moments |
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15 | — | — | — | 94 | — | — | 23 | 148 |
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| Greatest Hits |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Culture Club 2005 – Singles and Remixes |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Platinum |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Miss Me Blind – Greatest Hits Live! |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Hits Collection |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 10 Great Songs |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Sight & Sound – Greatest Hits on CD & DVD |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Icon [upper-alpha 2] |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Japanese Singles Collection-Greatest Hits |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||
Box sets
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Waking Up with the House on Fire / Colour by Numbers |
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| Culture Club |
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| The Best of Culture Club / Collect – 12inch Mixes Plus |
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| Kissing to Be Clever / Colour by Numbers |
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EPs
| Title | EP details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| JPN [28] | ||
| Time |
|
8 |
| Love Is Love |
|
9 |
| Culture Club |
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— |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [4][5] |
AUS [6] |
BEL [33] |
CAN [34] |
GER [8] |
IRE [35] |
IT [9] |
NL [11] |
NZ [12] |
US [36] | |||||
| "White Boy" | 1982 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Kissing to Be Clever | ||
| "I'm Afraid of Me" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Mystery Boy" [upper-alpha 3] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| "Time (Clock of the Heart)" | 3 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 16 | 4 | — | 10 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| "Church of the Poison Mind" | 1983 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 23 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 10 | Colour by Numbers | ||
| "I'll Tumble 4 Ya" [upper-alpha 4] | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 9 |
|
Kissing to Be Clever | ||
| "Karma Chameleon" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Colour by Numbers | |||
| "Victims" | 3 | 4 | 11 | — | 39 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 7 | — |
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| "Miss Me Blind" [upper-alpha 5] | 1984 | — | 26 | — | 6 | — | — | 21 | — | — | 5 |
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| "It's a Miracle" | 4 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 41 | 2 | — | 15 | 5 | 13 | ||||
| "Mister Man" [upper-alpha 6] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "The War Song" | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 17 | Waking Up with the House on Fire | |||
| "The Medal Song" | 32 | — | — | — | — | 14 | — | — | 50 | — | ||||
| "Mistake No. 3" [upper-alpha 7] | — | 61 | — | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | 33 | ||||
| "Love Is Love" [upper-alpha 8] | 1985 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | — | — | — | Electric Dreams (soundtrack) | ||
| "Don't Go Down That Street" [upper-alpha 9] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||
| "Move Away" | 1986 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 12 | From Luxury to Heartache | ||
| "God Thank You Woman" | 31 | 48 | 31 | — | — | 22 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Gusto Blusto" [upper-alpha 10] | — | — | — | 88 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "I Just Wanna Be Loved" | 1998 | 4 | 84 | — | — | 80 | 35 | — | — | — | — |
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Greatest Moments | |
| "Your Kisses Are Charity" | 1999 | 25 | — | — | — | 88 | — | — | — | — | — | Don't Mind If I Do | ||
| "Cold Shoulder"/"Starman" | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" (DJ LBR remix) [upper-alpha 11] | 2005 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Culture Club 2005 – Singles and Remixes | ||
| "More Than Silence" | 2014 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Life | ||
| "Let Somebody Love You" (featuring Boy George) | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Life" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "God & Love" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Runaway Train" (featuring Boy George & Gladys Knight) | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Promotional and other singles
- 1984–89: 19 flexi discs titled "Boy Talk" were issued by Culture Club's official Multicultural Fan Club between March 1984 and December 1989
- 1985: "Don't Talk About It" (Mexico-only promo release)
- 1986: "Heaven's Children"/"Come Clean" (cancelled release)
- 1992: "Culture Club Megamix" (Sweden-only promo release)
- 1999: "Sign Language" (promo release)
- 2000: "See Thru" (promo release as the moniker CD:UK)
- 2003: "If I Were You" (promo release)
Videos
Video albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| A Kiss Across the Ocean |
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| This Time – The First Four Years |
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| Don't Mind If I Do... Video 3-Pack |
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| Live at the Royal Albert Hall – 20th Anniversary Concert | |
| Greatest Hits |
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| Live in Sydney |
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Music videos
| Title | Year | Director[52] |
|---|---|---|
| "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" | 1982 | Julien Temple |
| "Time (Clock of the Heart)" | Chris Gabrin | |
| "Church of the Poison Mind" | 1983 | |
| "I'll Tumble 4 Ya" | Zelda Barron | |
| "Karma Chameleon" | Peter Sinclair | |
| "Victims" | Godley & Creme | |
| "Black Money" | Keith McMillan | |
| "Miss Me Blind" | 1984 | Zelda Barron |
| "It's a Miracle" | ||
| "The War Song" | Russell Mulcahy | |
| "The Medal Song" | Zelda Barron | |
| "Mistake No. 3" | David Mallet | |
| "Love Is Love" | 1985 | Steve Barron |
| "The Dream" | ||
| "Move Away" | 1986 | Willy Smax |
| "God Thank You Woman" | Steve Barron | |
| "Gusto Blusto" | Various | |
| "I Just Wanna Be Loved" | 1998 | Ben Unwin |
| "Your Kisses Are Charity" | ||
| "Cold Shoulder" | ||
| "Let Somebody Love You" | 2018 | Howard Greenhalgh |
| "Life" | Mark Whelan |
Notes
- ↑ Life did not enter the ARIA Albums Chart, but peaked at number 25 on the ARIA Digital Albums Chart.[26]
- ↑ Icon was originally released by Virgin in the US and Canada in May 2013. An expanded release with a different cover was released in the UK and Europe by Universal in November 2013.
- ↑ "Mystery Boy" was only released as a single in Japan. It was only included on the Japanese release of Kissing to Be Clever.
- ↑ "I'll Tumble 4 Ya" was only released as a single in North America.
- ↑ "Miss Me Blind" was only released as a single in North America, continental Europe, Australia, Japan, and several other territories.
- ↑ "Mister Man" was only released as a single in South Africa.
- ↑ "Mistake No. 3" was only released as a single in North America, Australia, and several other territories.
- ↑ "Love Is Love" was only released as a single in continental South America,Japan and South Africa,several other territories
- ↑ "Don't Go Down That Street" was only released as a single in Japan.
- ↑ "Gusto Blusto" was only released as a single in North America.
- ↑ This remix of "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" was only released as a single in France.
References
- ↑ "Culture Club to perform in Singapore in December". CNA. Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ↑ "Culture Club announces Brighton show". Eastbourne Herald. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ↑ RIAA, Gold & Platinum Culture Club, retrieved on 7 January 2017
- 1 2 3 "Culture Club". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
- 1 2 3 "Culture Club | full Official Chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
- 1 2 3 Peaks in Australia:
- Peaks until 1992: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- Peaks after 1992: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- ↑ "Results - RPM". www.collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
- 1 2 "Discographie Culture Club" (enter "Culture Club" into the "Suchen" box). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- 1 2 3 "Classifiche". Musica e dischi (in Italian). Set "Tipo" on "Album" or "Singoli". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Culture Club".
- ↑ "italiancharts.com - Italian charts portal". italiancharts.com. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
- 1 2 3 "Discografie Culture Club". dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 9 June 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
- 1 2 3 "Discography Culture Club". charts.nz. Retrieved 8 February 2011.
- 1 2 "Discography Culture Club". norwegiancharts.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
- ↑ "Culture Club". swisscharts.com (in German). Archived from the original on 30 May 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
- 1 2 "Culture Club". Billboard. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ↑ "Culture Club: Kissing to Be Clever". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- 1 2 3 "Canadian certifications – Culture Club". Music Canada. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- 1 2 3 "American certifications – Culture Club". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ↑ "New Zealand album certifications – Culture Club – Kissing to Be Clever". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ↑ "Culture Club: Colour by Numbers". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ↑ "Dutch certifications – Culture Club" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. Retrieved 16 June 2020. Enter Culture Club in the "Artiest of titel" box.
- ↑ "New Zealand album certifications – Culture Club – Colour by Numbers". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ↑ "Culture Club: Waking Up with the House on Fire". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ↑ "New Zealand album certifications – Culture Club – Waking Up with the House on Fire". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ↑ "Culture Club: From Luxury to Heartache". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ↑ "ARIA Top 50 Digital Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. 5 November 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
- ↑ "Das österreichische Hitparaden- und Musik-Portal". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
- 1 2 Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
- ↑ "Culture Club: This Time – The First Four Years". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ↑ "Culture Club: Best of". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ↑ "Boy George & Culture Club: At Worst... The Best of Boy George and Culture Club". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ↑ "Culture Club: Greatest Moments". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ↑ "Discografie Culture Club". www.ultratop.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 November 2013.
- ↑ "Results - RPM". www.collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
- ↑ "Search the charts". www.irishcharts.ie. Archived from the original on 2 June 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
- ↑ "Culture Club Chart history: Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ↑ "Culture Club: Do You Really Want to Hurt Me". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Culture Club)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Canadian certifications – Culture Club". Music Canada. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ↑ "Dutch certifications – Culture Club" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. Retrieved 16 June 2020. Enter Culture Club in the "Artiest of titel" box.
- ↑ "Culture Club: Time (Clock of the Heart)". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ↑ "Culture Club: Church of the Poison Mind". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ↑ "Canadian certifications – Culture Club". Music Canada. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ↑ "Culture Club: Karma Chameleon". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ↑ "American certifications – Culture Club". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ↑ "New Zealand single certifications – Culture Club – Karma Chameleon". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ↑ "Culture Club: Victims". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ↑ "Culture Club: The War Song". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ↑ "Canadian certifications – Culture Club". Music Canada. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ↑ "Culture Club: I Just Wanna Be Loved". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ↑ "Virgin TV ads" (PDF). Music Week. 14 April 1984. p. 13. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
- ↑ "Culture Club". www.mvdbase.com. Archived from the original on 16 May 2008. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
External links
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