Culture Club discography

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Culture Club discography
Culture Club Marcus Center for the Performing Arts Milwaukee, WI 7-23-2016 (28543520975).jpg
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 .

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak 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 51228221023914
Colour by Numbers
  • Released: 10 October 1983
  • Label: Virgin, Epic
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC, 8-track
1116931242
Waking Up with the House on Fire
  • Released: 22 October 1984
  • Label: Virgin, Epic
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC, 8-track
22622771592126
  • BPI: Platinum [23]
  • MC: 2× Platinum [17]
  • RIAA: Platinum [18]
  • RMNZ: Platinum [24]
From Luxury to Heartache
  • Released: 1 April 1986
  • Label: Virgin, Epic
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
10253445142844182432
Don't Mind If I Do
  • Released: 22 November 1999
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, MC
64
Life (featuring Boy George)12 [A] 586689
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

TitleAlbum 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

TitleAlbum detailsPeak 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
86210304425
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
24169
Greatest Moments
  • Released: 9 November 1998
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 2xCD, MC
159423148
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

TitleAlbum 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

TitleEP detailsPeak 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

TitleYearPeak 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"1982Kissing to Be Clever
"I'm Afraid of Me"
"Mystery Boy" [C]
"Do You Really Want to Hurt Me"1111111222
"Time (Clock of the Heart)"3121341641042
"Church of the Poison Mind"198324952321511910Colour by Numbers
"I'll Tumble 4 Ya" [D] 59Kissing to Be Clever
"Karma Chameleon"1111213111Colour by Numbers
"Victims"34113922177
"Miss Me Blind" [E] 1984266215
"It's a Miracle"414151641215513
"Mister Man" [F]
"The War Song"224312147517Waking Up with the House on Fire
"The Medal Song"321450
"Mistake No. 3" [G] 612433
"Love Is Love" [H] 198523 Electric Dreams (soundtrack)
"Don't Go Down That Street" [I] Non-album single
"Move Away"198671081521611161612From Luxury to Heartache
"God Thank You Woman"31483122
"Gusto Blusto" [J] 88
"I Just Wanna Be Loved"19984848035Greatest Moments
"Your Kisses Are Charity"19992588Don't Mind If I Do
"Cold Shoulder"/"Starman"43
"Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" (DJ LBR remix) [K] 2005Culture Club 2005 – Singles and Remixes
"More Than Silence"2014Life
"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

Videos

Video albums

TitleAlbum 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

TitleYearDirector [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"1984Zelda 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"1986Willy 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

  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.

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