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Culture Club discography

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Culture Club discography
Culture Club at Marcus Centre for the Performing Arts; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; 23 July 2016
Studio albums6
EPs3
Live albums4
Compilation albums14
Singles29
Video albums6
Music videos22
Box sets4

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

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Studio albums

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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
  • Released: 10 October 1983
  • Label: Virgin, Epic
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC, 8-track
1 1 1 6 9 3 1 2 4 2
Waking Up with the House on Fire
  • Released: 22 October 1984
  • Label: Virgin, Epic
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC, 8-track
2 2 6 22 7 7 15 9 21 26
From Luxury to Heartache
  • Released: 1 April 1986
  • Label: Virgin, Epic
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
10 25 34 45 14 28 44 18 24 32
Don't Mind If I Do
  • Released: 22 November 1999
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, MC
64
Life (featuring Boy George) 12 [A] 58 66 89
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

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Title Album details
The River Sessions
  • Released: May 2005
  • Label: River
  • Formats: CD
Live at the Royal Albert Hall – 20th Anniversary Concert
  • Released: 8 July 2013
  • Label: Angel Air
  • Formats: CD+DVD, digital download
Live at Wembley World Tour 2016
  • Released: 8 December 2017
  • Label: Cleopatra
  • Formats: CD+DVD, CD+DVD+Blu-ray, 2xLP, digital download
Live 1983 – Lido Beach
  • Released: 25 March 2022
  • Label: Laser Media
  • Formats: CD

Compilation albums

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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
  • Released: 6 April 1987
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
8 62 10 30 44 25
The Best of Culture Club
  • Released: September 1989
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
Collect – 12" Mixes Plus
  • Released: 7 January 1991
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, MC
Spin Dazzle – The Best of Boy George and Culture Club
  • Released: 29 June 1992
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
36
At Worst... The Best of Boy George and Culture Club (featuring Boy George)
  • Released: 20 September 1993
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, MC
24 169
Greatest Moments
  • Released: 9 November 1998
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 2xCD, MC
15 94 23 148
Greatest Hits
  • Released: 21 June 2005
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD
Culture Club 2005 – Singles and Remixes
  • Released: July 2005
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD
Platinum
  • Released: 24 June 2008
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD
Miss Me Blind – Greatest Hits Live!
  • Released: 9 August 2011
  • Label: Fuel 2000
  • Formats: CD
The Hits Collection
10 Great Songs
  • Released: 3 April 2012
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD
Sight & Sound – Greatest Hits on CD & DVD
  • Released: 6 August 2012
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD+DVD
Icon [B]
  • Released: 14 May 2013
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD
Japanese Singles Collection-Greatest Hits [jp]
  • Released: 21 December 2022
  • Label: Universal Music Japan
  • Formats: CD+DVD
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Box sets

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Title Album details
Waking Up with the House on Fire / Colour by Numbers
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: EMI/Virgin
  • Formats: 2xCD
  • Australia-only release
Culture Club
  • Released: 2 December 2002
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 4xCD
The Best of Culture Club / Collect – 12inch Mixes Plus
  • Released: September 2003
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 2xCD
Kissing to Be Clever / Colour by Numbers
  • Released: 3 May 2011
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 2xCD

EPs

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Title EP details Peak chart positions
JPN
[28]
Time
  • Released: 21 May 1983
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 12"
  • Japan-only release
8
Love Is Love
  • Released: 20 April 1985
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 12"
  • Japan-only release
9
Culture Club
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: Amiga
  • Formats: 7"
  • East Germany-only release
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Singles

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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" [C]
"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" [D] 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
"Miss Me Blind" [E] 1984 26 6 21 5
"It's a Miracle" 4 14 15 16 41 2 15 5 13
"Mister Man" [F]
"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" [G] 61 24 33
"Love Is Love" [H] 1985 23 Electric Dreams (soundtrack)
"Don't Go Down That Street" [I] 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" [J] 88
"I Just Wanna Be Loved" 1998 4 84 80 35 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) [K] 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

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  • 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

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Video albums

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Title Album details
A Kiss Across the Ocean
This Time – The First Four Years
  • Released: 6 April 1987
  • Label: Virgin Video
  • Formats: VHS, Beta, LD
Don't Mind If I Do... Video 3-Pack
  • Released: 30 September 2000
  • Label: Virgin/Zebra Marketing
  • Formats: VHS
  • Limited release
Live at the Royal Albert Hall – 20th Anniversary Concert
  • Released: 10 March 2003
  • Label: Angel Air, Hot JWP Music
  • Formats: DVD
Greatest Hits
  • Released: 25 October 2004
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: DVD
Live in Sydney
  • Released: 16 May 2006
  • Label: EV Classics
  • Formats: DVD

Music videos

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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

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  1. ^ Life did not enter the ARIA Albums Chart, but peaked at number 25 on the ARIA Digital Albums Chart.[26]
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Mystery Boy" was only released as a single in Japan. It was only included on the Japanese release of Kissing to Be Clever.
  4. ^ "I'll Tumble 4 Ya" was only released as a single in North America.
  5. ^ "Miss Me Blind" was only released as a single in North America, continental Europe, Australia, Japan, and several other territories.
  6. ^ "Mister Man" was only released as a single in South Africa.
  7. ^ "Mistake No. 3" was only released as a single in North America, Australia, and several other territories.
  8. ^ "Love Is Love" was only released as a single in continental South America, Japan, and several other territories.
  9. ^ "Don't Go Down That Street" was only released as a single in Japan.
  10. ^ "Gusto Blusto" was only released as a single in North America.
  11. ^ This remix of "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" was only released as a single in France.

References

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  1. ^ "Culture Club to perform in Singapore in December". CNA. Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Culture Club announces Brighton show". Eastbourne Herald. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  3. ^ RIAA, Gold & Platinum Culture Club, retrieved on 7 January 2017
  4. ^ a b c "Culture Club". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
  5. ^ a b c "Culture Club | full Official Chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  6. ^ a b c 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.
  7. ^ "Results - RPM". www.collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  8. ^ a b "Discographie Culture Club" (enter "Culture Club" into the "Suchen" box). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  9. ^ a b c "Classifiche". Musica e dischi (in Italian). Set "Tipo" on "Album" or "Singoli". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Culture Club".
  10. ^ "italiancharts.com - Italian charts portal". italiancharts.com. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  11. ^ a b c "Discografie Culture Club". dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 9 June 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
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  13. ^ a b "Discography Culture Club". norwegiancharts.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
  14. ^ "Culture Club". swisscharts.com (in German). Archived from the original on 30 May 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
  15. ^ a b "Culture Club". Billboard. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
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  17. ^ a b c "Canadian certifications – Culture Club". Music Canada. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  18. ^ a b c "American certifications – Culture Club". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  19. ^ "New Zealand album certifications – Culture Club – Kissing to Be Clever". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  20. ^ "Culture Club: Colour by Numbers". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  21. ^ "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.
  22. ^ "New Zealand album certifications – Culture Club – Colour by Numbers". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  23. ^ "Culture Club: Waking Up with the House on Fire". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  24. ^ "New Zealand album certifications – Culture Club – Waking Up with the House on Fire". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  25. ^ "Culture Club: From Luxury to Heartache". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  26. ^ "ARIA Top 50 Digital Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. 5 November 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  27. ^ "Das österreichische Hitparaden- und Musik-Portal". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  28. ^ a b Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
  29. ^ "Culture Club: This Time – The First Four Years". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  30. ^ "Culture Club: Best of". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  31. ^ "Boy George & Culture Club: At Worst... The Best of Boy George and Culture Club". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  32. ^ "Culture Club: Greatest Moments". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  33. ^ "Discografie Culture Club". www.ultratop.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 November 2013.
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  35. ^ "Search the charts". www.irishcharts.ie. Archived from the original on 2 June 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
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  40. ^ "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.
  41. ^ "Culture Club: Time (Clock of the Heart)". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  42. ^ "Culture Club: Church of the Poison Mind". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  43. ^ "Canadian certifications – Culture Club". Music Canada. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  44. ^ "Culture Club: Karma Chameleon". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  45. ^ "American certifications – Culture Club". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  46. ^ "New Zealand single certifications – Culture Club – Karma Chameleon". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  47. ^ "Culture Club: Victims". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  48. ^ "Culture Club: The War Song". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  49. ^ "Canadian certifications – Culture Club". Music Canada. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  50. ^ "Culture Club: I Just Wanna Be Loved". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
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  52. ^ "Culture Club". www.mvdbase.com. Archived from the original on 16 May 2008. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
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