Bananarama discography

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Bananarama discography
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Bananarama performing in 2018
Studio albums12
Live albums2
Compilation albums16
Video albums4
EPs2
Singles51

English group Bananarama have released 12 studio albums, two live albums, 16 compilation albums, two extended plays, 51 singles (including three as a featured artist) and four video albums.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
TitleDetailsPeak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[3]
GER
[4]
NZ
[5]
SWE
[6]
SWI
[7]
US
[8]
Deep Sea Skiving 7854863
Bananarama
  • Released: 16 April 1984
  • Label: London
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD
169945930
  • BPI: Silver [9]
True Confessions
  • Released: 30 June 1986
  • Label: London
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD
4619102533615
Wow!
  • Released: 4 September 1987
  • Label: London
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD
261326538312244
Pop Life
  • Released: 18 May 1991
  • Label: London
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
4214637
Please Yourself
  • Released: 3 April 1993
  • Label: London
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
4695
Ultra Violet
  • Released: 21 August 1995
  • Label: Avex Trax
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
Exotica
  • Released: 12 March 2001
  • Label: M6 Interactions
  • Formats: CD, cassette
Drama 169
Viva
  • Released: 14 September 2009
  • Label: Fascination
  • Formats: LP, CD, digital download
87
In Stereo
  • Released: 19 April 2019
  • Label: In Synk
  • Formats: LP, CD, digital download
29 [upper-alpha 1]
Masquerade
  • Released: 22 July 2022
  • Label: In Synk
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette, digital download
2283 [upper-alpha 2]
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

TitleDetails
Live at the London Eventim
Hammersmith Apollo
  • Released: 14 September 2018
  • Label: Live Here Now
  • Formats: CD, DVD, coloured vinyl, digital download
Live in Stereo
  • Released: 1 November 2019 [14]
  • Label: In Synk
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
TitleDetailsPeak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[3]
GER
[4]
NZ
[5]
SWE
[6]
US
[8]
The Greatest Hits Collection
  • Released: October 1988
  • Label: London
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
3216843743151
The Greatest Remixes Collection
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: PolyGram
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
Bunch of Hits
  • Released: 13 March 1993
  • Label: Spectrum
  • Formats: CD, cassette
Master Series
  • Released: 1 April 1996
  • Label: London
  • Format: CD
The Very Best of Bananarama 43
  • BPI: Silver [9]
The Essentials
  • Released: 18 June 2002
  • Label: Rhino
  • Format: CD
Venus and Other Hits
  • Released: 10 October 2003 [16]
  • Label: Flashback
  • Format: CD
Really Saying Something: The Platinum Collection
  • Released: 27 September 2005
  • Label: Warner Strategic Marketing
  • Formats: CD, digital download
The Twelve Inches of Bananarama
  • Released: 2 October 2006
  • Label: Rhino
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Drama Remixes Volume One
  • Released: 10 October 2006 [17]
  • Label: The Lab
  • Format: CD
Greatest Hits & More More More61
The Works
  • Released: 5 November 2007
  • Label: Rhino
  • Formats: 3-CD, digital download
Bananarama: The Collection
  • Released: 12 December 2011
  • Label: Rhino
  • Formats: 2-CD, digital download
30 Years of Bananarama
  • Released: 9 July 2012
  • Label: Rhino
  • Formats: CD + DVD, digital download
62
Megarama: The Mixes
  • Released: 16 March 2015
  • Label: Edsel
  • Formats: 3-CD, digital download
98
In a Bunch: The Singles 1981–1993
  • Released: 28 August 2015
  • Label: Edsel, Rhino
  • Formats: 33-CD, digital download
Glorious: The Ultimate Collection
  • Released: 8 March 2024
  • Label: London
  • Formats: 2×CD, 3×CD, 3×LP, digital download
30
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Extended plays

List of extended plays, with selected chart positions
TitleDetailsPeak chart positions
US
Sales

[18]
US
Dance
Sales

[19]
The 12″ Mixes [upper-alpha 3]
  • Released: 30 August 1991
  • Label: Liberation
  • Formats: CD, cassette
Now or Never
  • Released: 25 September 2012
  • Label: In a Bunch
  • Format: Digital download
114
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
TitleYearPeak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
BEL
(FL)

[20]
GER
[4]
IRE
[21]
NL
[22]
NZ
[5]
SWI
[7]
US
[23]
US
Dance

[24]
"Aie a Mwana"19819266Deep Sea Skiving
"It Ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)"
(with Fun Boy Three)
19824553533749 Fun Boy Three
"Really Saying Something"
(featuring Fun Boy Three)
5747916 [upper-alpha 4] 16
  • BPI: Silver [9]
Deep Sea Skiving
"Shy Boy"42681258314
  • BPI: Silver [9]
"Cheers Then"45
"Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye"198353829429 [upper-alpha 5]
"Cruel Summer"832402474832911Bananarama
"Robert De Niro's Waiting..."1984340347822895
  • BPI: Silver [9]
"Rough Justice"2319632416
"Hot Line to Heaven"58
"The Wild Life"70
"Do Not Disturb"19853122True Confessions
"Venus"198681621251111
"More Than Physical"41283825735
"A Trick of the Night"19873299247639
"I Heard a Rumour"1432273791681043Wow!
"Love in the First Degree"3592161211184810
  • BPI: Silver [9]
"I Can't Help It"202713311230477
"I Want You Back"19885340293491023
"Love, Truth and Honesty"233242128720258926Greatest Hits Collection
"Nathan Jones"155922167322
"Help!"
(featuring Lananeeneenoonoo)
198932598224358
  • BPI: Silver [9]
"Cruel Summer '89"19158241622
  • BPI: Silver [9]
Non-album single
"Only Your Love"1990275149Pop Life
"Preacher Man"20147404611
"Long Train Running"199130179474518
"Tripping on Your Love"7614
"Movin' On"199224177335234Please Yourself
"Last Thing on My Mind"716347
"More, More, More"1993246516
"Every Shade of Blue"199512441Ultra Violet
"Take Me to Your Heart"180
"Move in My Direction"2005144125936714Drama
"Look on the Floor (Hypnotic Tango)"26952
"Love Comes"200944Viva
"Love Don't Live Here"2010114
"Baby It's Christmas"199Non-album single
"Now or Never"2012Now or Never
"Stuff Like That"2019 [upper-alpha 6] In Stereo
"Looking for Someone"
"Masquerade"2022Masquerade
"Forever Young" [29]
"Running with the Night" [30]
"Feel the Love" [31] 2023 [upper-alpha 7] Glorious: The Ultimate Collection
"Supernova"2024 [upper-alpha 8]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
List of singles as featured artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
TitleYearPeak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[32]
AUS
[33]
GER
[34]
IRE
[21]
NL
[35]
NZ
[36]
SWE
[37]
SWI
[38]
US
[39]
"Do They Know It's Christmas?"
(as part of Band Aid)
19841111111113Non-album singles
"Let It Be"
(as part of Ferry Aid)
1987128324491
"Do They Know It's Christmas?"
(as part of Band Aid II)
19891307412081524
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Promotional singles

List of promotional singles, showing year released and album name
TitleYearAlbum
"He's Got Tact"1982Deep Sea Skiving
"King of the Jungle"1984Bananarama
"Set on You"1987Non-album single
"Megarama '89"1989
"I Found Love"1995Ultra Violet
"Careless Whisper"2001Exotica
"If"
"Dance Music"2019In Stereo
"Favourite"2022Masquerade

Other charted songs

List of other charted songs, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
RUS
[45]
"Don't Step on My Groove"2006117Drama
"Frequency"175

Guest appearances

List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name
TitleYearOther artist(s)Album
"Sanctuary"1982Fun Boy Three Fun Boy Three [46]
"Funrama 2"
"Alone"
"No Feelings"None Party Party: Original Movie Soundtrack [47]
"Riskin' a Romance"1987 The Secret of My Success:
Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
[48]
"Waterloo"1998A Song for Eurotrash [49]
"U R My Baby"2002DiscobrothersDiscobrothers Presenting Stars of the Eighties [50]
"Love, Leave, Forget"Multitude Is Harry on the Boat? [51]

Video albums

TitleDetailsNotes
And That's Not All... [52]
  • Released: 15 June 1984
  • Label: London
  • Format: VHS
The Video Singles [53]
  • Released: 20 November 1987
  • Label: London
  • Format: VHS
The Greatest Hits Collection
  • Released: 14 October 1988
  • Label: London
  • Formats: VHS, VCD
  • Compilation of Bananarama's videos until 1988.
30 Years of Bananarama
  • Released: 9 July 2012
  • Label: London
  • Formats: DVD, digital download
  • Compilation of 35 videos of Bananarama.

Notes

  1. In Stereo did not enter the ARIA Albums Chart, but peaked at number 23 on the ARIA Digital Album Chart. [12]
  2. "Masquerade" did not enter the Billboard 200, but peaked at number 99 on the Top Current Albums Sales chart. [13]
  3. Released only in Australia.
  4. "Really Saying Something" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 8 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. [26]
  5. "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 1 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. [27]
  6. "Stuff Like That" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 22 on the UK Airplay Chart. [28]
  7. "Feel the Love" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 96 on the UK Singles Sales Chart. [1]
  8. "Supernova" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 74 on the UK Singles Sales Chart. [1]

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Peak chart positions in the United Kingdom:
    • All except noted: "Bananarama | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 25 April 2016. N.B. The Official Chart Company website erroneously duplicates the 3 April 1983 albums chart for the week of 27 March 1983; hence "Deep Sea Skiving" is listed as peaking at number eight instead of number seven.
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  33. Peak chart positions for singles featuring Bananarama in Australia:
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  34. Peak chart positions for singles featuring Bananarama in Germany:
  35. Peak chart positions for singles featuring Bananarama in the Netherlands:
  36. Peak chart positions for singles featuring Bananarama in New Zealand:
  37. Peak chart positions for singles featuring Bananarama in Sweden:
  38. Peak chart positions for singles featuring Bananarama in Switzerland:
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