Culture Club discography | |
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![]() Culture Club at Marcus Centre for the Performing Arts; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; 23 July 2016 | |
Studio albums | 6 |
EPs | 3 |
Live albums | 4 |
Compilation albums | 14 |
Singles | 29 |
Video albums | 6 |
Music videos | 22 |
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 .
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||||||||||
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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 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
Waking Up with the House on Fire |
| 2 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 21 | 26 | ||
From Luxury to Heartache |
| 10 | 25 | 34 | 45 | 14 | 28 | 44 | 18 | 24 | 32 |
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Don't Mind If I Do |
| 64 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Life (featuring Boy George) |
| 12 | — [A] | — | 58 | 66 | — | — | — | 89 | — | ||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
Title | Album details |
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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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Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||||||||
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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 |
| 8 | 62 | — | 10 | 30 | 44 | 25 | — | — |
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The Best of Culture Club |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Collect – 12" Mixes Plus |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Spin Dazzle – The Best of Boy George and Culture Club |
| — | — | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
At Worst... The Best of Boy George and Culture Club (featuring Boy George) |
| 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 169 |
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Greatest Moments |
| 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 [B] |
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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. |
Title | Album details |
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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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Title | EP details | Peak chart positions |
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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. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | Album | ||||||||||
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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 | — |
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"Miss Me Blind" [E] | 1984 | — | 26 | — | 6 | — | — | 21 | — | — | 5 |
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"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 | — | — | — | — |
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"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. |
Title | Album details |
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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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Title | Year | Director [52] |
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"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 |