Divinyls discography

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Divinyls discography
Studio albums5
Compilation albums6
Video albums1
Music videos4
Singles26
B-sides2
Soundtrack albums1

The discography of Australian rock group Divinyls consists of five studio albums, 26 singles, 6 compilation albums and one video release.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
AUS
[1]
NZ
[2]
SWE
[3]
UK
[4]
US
[5]
Desperate
  • Release date: January 1983
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Formats: LP, cassette
5
What a Life!
  • Release date: 28 October 1985 [7]
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Formats: LP, cassette
44291
Temperamental
  • Release date: May 1988
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Formats: LP, cassette
11
  • ARIA: Gold [8]
Divinyls
  • Release date: 29 January 1991
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, cassette
5255915
Underworld
  • Release date: August 1996
  • Label: BMG
  • Formats: CD, cassette
47
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Soundtrack albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
AUS
[1]
Music from Monkey Grip 25

Live albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
AUS
[1]
Divinyls Live
  • Release date: March 1994
  • Label: Divinyls
  • Format: CD
  • Note: Limited edition
155

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
AUS
[1]
Essential
  • Release date: 4 November 1991 [11]
  • Label: Chrysalis (321846-2)
  • Formats: CD, cassette
17
  • ARIA: Platinum [8]
The Collection
  • Release date: 6 December 1993 [12]
  • Label: Virgin (8280782)
  • Formats: CD, cassette
171
Make You Happy 1981-1993
  • Release date: 1997
  • Label: Raven (RVCD-67)
  • Formats: CD, cassette
190
Greatest Hits 50
The Essential
  • Release date: 2008
  • Label: EMI (2430712)
  • Formats: CD, music download
14

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
Album
AUS
[1]
IRE
[13]
NZ
[2]
UK
[4]
US
[14]
US
Alt

[15]
1981"Boys in Town"8Desperate
1982"Only Lonely" (US and Japan only) Music from Monkey Grip
"Science Fiction"13Desperate
1983"Siren (Never Let You Go)"45
"Casual Encounter"91
1984"Good Die Young"32What a Life!
"In My Life"47
1985"Pleasure and Pain"11876
"Sleeping Beauty"50
1986"Heart Telegraph"90
1988"Back to the Wall"33Temperamental
"Hey Little Boy"23
"Punxsie"
1990"I Touch Myself"18171042Divinyls
1991"Love School"43
"Make Out Alright"10519
"I'm on Your Side"92
1992"I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore"19The Collection
1993"Wild Thing"39
"Love Is the Drug"126
1995"I'm Jealous"14Underworld
"Heart of Steel"130
1996"Hard On Me"94
"Human on the Inside"59
1997"For a Good Time"163
2007"Don't Wanna Do This"148N/A
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Videography

Music videos

YearVideoDirector
1981"Boys in Town"
"Science Fiction"
1983"Siren (Never Let You Go)"
"Casual Encounter"
"Only Lonely"
1984"Good Die Young"
"In My Life"
1985"Pleasure and Pain"
1986"Sleeping Beauty"
1988"Back to the Wall"
"Hey Little Boy"
"Punxsie"
1990"I Touch Myself" Michael Bay
1991"Love School" Marcus Nispel
"Make Out Alright" Paul Boyd
"I'm On Your Side"
1992"I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore"
1993"Wild Thing"
1995"I'm Jealous"
1996"Human on the Inside"
1996"Hard On Me"
2007"Don't Wanna Do This"Viskatoons Animation

Video albums

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    • Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to 12 June 1988: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 91. ISBN   0-646-11917-6. N.B. the Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 12 June 1988.
    • Top 50 (ARIA) peaks from 13 June 1988: "australian-charts.com > Divinyls in Australian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 June 2019. N.B. Temperamental peaked at #11 on the Kent Music Report chart in May 1988 - the peak listed on this site represents only its peak following the commencement of the ARIA-produced chart. The 1991 Essential compilation album is erroneously listed as the 1993 compilation The Collection on this site, and the 2008 compilation album The Essential is erroneously listed as "Essential".
    • Top 100 (ARIA) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010 (PDF ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 83.
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    • "Punxsie" and "Make Out Alright" (ARIA) peaks: "Response from ARIA to chart inquiry, received 5 June 2015". Imgur.com. Archived from the original on 5 June 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
    • "Hard on Me" (ARIA) peak: "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 05 May 1996". ARIA. Retrieved 10 August 2017 via Imgur.com. N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached.
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