Electric Six discography

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Electric Six discography
Studio albums16
Soundtrack albums1
Live albums4
Compilation albums2
Singles14
Video albums2
Music videos23
Kickstarter4
The Wildbunch discography
Studio albums1
Live albums2
Singles3

This article catalogues the releases of the American band Electric Six.

Contents

Discography as Electric Six

Official canon studio albums

TitleDetailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[1]
FRA
[2]
IRE
[3]
US
Dance

[4]
Fire
  • Released: May 20 in US and June 30 in UK, 2003
  • Label: XL
  • Formats: CD, LP
7150225
Señor Smoke 105
Switzerland
  • Released: September 12, 2006
  • Label: Metropolis
  • Formats: CD, download
I Shall Exterminate Everything Around Me That Restricts Me from Being the Master
  • Released: October 9, 2007
  • Label: Metropolis
  • Formats: CD, download
5
Flashy
  • Released: October 20, 2008
  • Label: Metropolis
  • Formats: CD, download
14
Kill
  • Released: October 19, 2009
  • Label: Metropolis
  • Formats: CD, download
20
Zodiac
  • Released: September 28, 2010
  • Label: Metropolis
  • Formats: CD, download
Heartbeats and Brainwaves
  • Released: October 11, 2011
  • Label: Metropolis
  • Formats: CD, download
Mustang
  • Released: October 8, 2013
  • Label: Metropolis
  • Formats: CD, download
Human Zoo
  • Released: October 14, 2014
  • Label: Metropolis
  • Formats: CD, download
Bitch, Don't Let Me Die!
  • Released: October 2, 2015
  • Label: Metropolis
  • Formats: CD, download
Fresh Blood for Tired Vampyres
  • Released: October 7, 2016
  • Label: Metropolis
  • Formats: CD, download
How Dare You?
  • Released: October 13, 2017
  • Label: Metropolis
  • Formats: CD, download
Bride of the Devil
  • Released: October 5, 2018
  • Label: Metropolis
  • Formats: CD, download
Streets of Gold
  • Released: July 30, 2021
  • Label: Cleopatra
  • Formats: CD, vinyl, download
Turquoise
  • Released: September 8, 2023
  • Label: Metropolis
  • Formats: CD, download

Kickstarter campaign and self-released studio albums

TitleDetails
Mimicry
  • Released: 2015
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD, download
Roulette Stars of Metro Detroit
  • Released: 2016
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD, download
You're Welcome!
  • Released: 2017
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD, download
A Very Electric SiXmas
  • Released: October 25, 2018 [6]
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD, download

Soundtrack albums

TitleDetails
Roulette Stars of Metro Detroit
  • Released: July 13, 2016
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD, download

Live albums

TitleDetails
Absolute Pleasure
You're Welcome! (Live in Oxford)
  • Released: September 2017
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD, download
Chill Out!
  • Released: October 2018 [6]
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD, download
Live in Liverpool!
  • Released: October 2019
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD, download

Compilations

TitleDetails
Sexy Trash
  • Released: October 17, 2008
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD, download
Memories
  • Released: March 2015
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD, download

Singles

SingleYearPeak chart positions Certifications Album
AUS
[7]
BEL
[8]
IRE
[3]
NLD
[9]
SCO
[10]
UK
[11]
UK
Indie

[11]
"Danger! High Voltage"200367411581121
  • BPI: Silver [5]
Fire
"Gay Bar"32652
  • BPI: Silver [5]
"Dance Commander"39405
"Vibrator"2004Señor Smoke
"Radio Ga Ga"441621
"I Buy the Drugs"2006Switzerland
"Jam it in the Hole"2010Zodiac
"Interchangeable Knife" (Dubai Bros. Remix)"2011Heartbeats and Brainwaves
"Eye in the Sky"2020Non-album single
"Danger! High Voltage (Re-Recorded)"2021Streets of Gold
"Gay Bar (Re-Recorded)"
"Yah Mo B There"
"Take Me to the Sugar"2021Turquoise
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Music videos

Year [12] TitleDirectorNotes
2002"Danger! High Voltage"Tom Kuntz & Mike MaguireReleased to promote "Danger! High Voltage!" and Fire
2003"Gay Bar"Tom Kuntz & Mike MaguireReleased to promote "Gay Bar" and Fire
"Dance Commander" Ruben Fleischer Released to promote "Dance Commander" and Fire
2005"Radio Ga Ga"Tom Kuntz & Mike MaguireReleased to promote Señor Smoke
2006"I Buy the Drugs"Anthony Ernst GarthReleased to promote Switzerland and part of Electric Six's project to create a music video for every song on the album
"Mr. Woman"Kris Kaczor
"There's Something Very Wrong with Us, So Let's Go Out Tonight"Justin Lowe
"Rubber Rocket"
"Chocolate Pope"
2007"Infected Girls"Digitelio
"Down at McDonnelzzz"Zac HolmanReleased to promote I Shall Exterminate Everything Around Me That Restricts Me from Being the Master
"It's Showtime!"
"Randy's Hot Tonight!"
2008"Pulling the Plug on the Party"Released to promote Switzerland and part of Electric Six's project to create a music video for every song on the album
"Formula 409"Anthony Ernst GarthReleased to promote Flashy
"Making Progress"
2009"Body Shot"Nabil ElderkinReleased to promote Kill
2011"You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch"A live-performance video produced as part of the "Holiday Undercover" series for The A.V. Club . [13]
2012"Psychic Visions"Justin LoweGiven that it was the band's first music video in 3 years and that it was released a year after the release of Heartbeats and Brainwaves, it is likely that this video represented a creative project that the band wished to undertake as opposed to a means of promoting the album.
2017"I'll Be in Touch"Dillon VaughnProduced as part of a stretch goal for Electric Six's You're Welcome! Kickstarter campaign. [14]
"I Got the Box"Andre Bennet
2020"Panic! Panic!"Music video produced for the band's demo version of "Panic! Panic!" shot and released during the Coronavirus pandemic.
2021"Ya Mo B There"Music video produced to promote the release of the single and the release of the corresponding album Streets of Gold.
2022"Nuclear War (On the Dancefloor)"An official upload to the band's YouTube channel featuring Tait Nucleus and stock footage produced during the COVID pandemic. [15]

Films

YearTitleDirectorActorsWriterProducersNotes
2014 Absolute Treasure John Anderson Dick Valentine, Tait Nucleus?, Johnny Na$hinal, Percussion World, Smörgåsbord, Da Ve Tyler Spencer Mel Caceres, Phil Crossland, Pat Divis, Sharon Iles, Peter Schofield & Niles StanberyA concert film of the band's performance at St. Andrews Hall in Detroit, Michigan on September 7, 2013.
2016 Roulette Stars of Metro Detroit Tom Lehrer & Tom NahasDick Valentine, Tait Nucleus?, Johnny Na$hinal, Percussion World & Da VeTyler SpencerChris FullerA mockumentary film starring members of the band as fictional versions of themselves.
2018Chill Out: Electric Six UnpluggedTyler SpencerChris FullerA live broadcast of the gig performed for the band's Chill Out! live album. [6]
2019Electric Six: Live in Liverpool!Tom Lehrer & Tom NahasTyler SpencerChris FullerConcert film of the band's performance in Liverpool, UK in May 2019 shot and released as part of a Kickstarter campaign.
2020Electric Six: Live from QuarantineTom Lehrer & Tom NahasTyler SpencerChris FullerA live-streamed concert film showcasing the band's first socially-distant gig during the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic.
2020Electric Six: Halloween SpooktacularTom Lehrer & Tom NahasTyler SpencerChris FullerA Halloween-themed live-streamed concert film of the band performing a socially-distant show during the Coronavirus pandemic.
2020It's the Most Wonderful Time... of the Least Wonderful YearTom Lehrer & Tom NahasTyler SpencerChris FullerA Christmas-themed live-streamed concert film of the band performing a socially-distant show during the Coronavirus pandemic.
2021Electric Six: Mood Is ImprovingTom Lehrer & Tom NahasTyler SpencerChris FullerA live-streamed concert film of the band performing a socially-distant show during the Coronavirus pandemic with the theme of optimism surrounding the pandemic soon being over.

Splits

Kickstarter commissions

The band routinely offer the option for backers of their frequent Kickstarter campaigns to commission them to record an original song or cover version of a song by another artist. Although these are usually only made available to the backer, many have been made available online by their backer, leaked online or subsequently included on releases by the band.

YearTitleOriginal artistRelated Kickstarter campaignRelease status
2014"Gary's in the Park" [16] Gary Wilson Absolute Treasure Made available online by backer
"Maneater" [17] Hall & Oates
"2112 Overture/The Temples of Syrinx" [18] Rush
"Pokémon Theme" [19] Jason Paige Leaked online
"Rock DJ" [20] Robbie Williams
"She Drives Me Crazy" [19] Fine Young Cannibals Made available online by backer [21]
unknown cover [22] unknownStill unreleased
"Ziggy" [23] Electric SixSubsequently, included on Mimicry and Memories [24]
unknown original song [22] Electric SixStill unreleased
2015"Turn Me Loose" [25] Loverboy Mimicry and Memories Released on Mimicry and Memories
"Rockets" [25]
"Stuck in a Closet with Vanna White" [25] "Weird Al" Yankovic
"Cat People" [25] David Bowie
"The Caveman Diet" [26] Electric SixMade available online by backer [27]
2016"All Night Long" [28] Rainbow Roulette Stars of Metro Detroit Released on Roulette Stars of Metro Detroit soundtrack album
"Obsession" [28] Animotion|
"When the Lights Go Out" [28] Oingo Boingo
2017"Rasputin" [29] Boney M. You're Welcome!Released on You're Welcome!
"Magic Dance" [29]
"Seminole Bingo" [29] Warren Zevon
"Last Night I Had a Dream" [29] Randy Newman
"Vow" [29] Garbage
"Nightclubbing" [29] Iggy Pop
"Young Americans" [29]
"A Song About Skeletons" [30] Electric SixMade available on Dick Valentine's Patreon [31]
unknown [32]
unknown [32]
2018–2019"Christmas Wrapping" [6] The Waitresses A Very Electric SiXmas and Chill Out!Included on A Very Electric SiXmas
"Same Old Lang Syne" [6] Dan Fogelberg
"Christmas at K-Mart" [6] Root Boy Slim
"Don't Shoot Me Santa" [6] The Killers
"Christmas Vacation" [6] Mavis Staples
"The Night Santa Went Crazy" [6] "Weird Al" Yankovic
"Cold Blooded Christmas" [6] Jon Lajoie
"Santa Claus Is Watchin' You" [6] Ray Stevens
"Ghost of Christmas Past" [6]
"Dead Puppies" [6] Ogden EdslIncluded in the band's 2019 subscription club package [6]
"Goodbye Horses" [6] Q Lazzarus
"Heart-Shaped Box" [6] Nirvana
"Ride Like the Wind" [6] Christopher Cross
"The Safety Dance" [6] Men Without Hats
"Smoke from a Distant Fire" [6] Sanford Townsend Band
"Soul Pressure" [6] Mark Mallman
"Twilight Zone" [6] Golden Earring
"Un-Reborn Again" [6] Queens of the Stone Age
"We All March On" [6] Scott Buckley-Hewitt
"You Little Fool" [6]
unknown [6] Electric SixUnreleased
unknown [6]

Discography as The Wildbunch

Albums

  1. "Nuclear War (On the Dance Floor)"
  2. "Speak English"
  3. "Naked Pictures"
  4. "The Model"
  5. "Computer"
  6. "The Ballade of MC Sucka DJ"
  7. "Clones (We're All)"
  8. "Immolate Me"
  9. "Taxi to Nowhere"
  10. "Don't Be Afraid of the Robot"
  11. "Breaking Up"
  12. "I'm on Acid"
  13. "R U Afraid of the Devil?"
  14. "Meat the Band"
  15. "I Am the Knife"
  16. "I Am Detroit"
  17. "I Lost Control"
  18. "Freshman"
  19. "I'm a Demon"
  20. "Tiny Little Men"
  21. "Take Off Your Clothes"
  22. "Gay Bar"
  23. "I Know Karate"
  1. "Don't Be Afraid of the Robot"
  2. "Remote Control (Me)"
  3. "Gay Bar"
  4. "TV"
  5. "Getting Into the Jam"
  6. "Take Me to Your Leader"
  7. "Animal Attraction"
  8. "Dancing Like an Idiot"
  9. "Synthesizer"
  10. "I Am the Knife"
  11. "Naked Pictures (Of Your Mother)"
  12. "R U Afraid of the Devil?"
  13. "I'm on Acid"
  14. "Computer"
  15. "Christian Radio Manchester"
  16. "I Am Detroit"
  17. "Honolulu"
  18. "I'm a Demon"
  19. "Gay Bar (Remix)"
  20. "Persona vs. Wildbunch"

Singles

500 copies
  1. "I Lost Control (Of My Rock and Roll)"
  2. "Tiny Little Men"
  3. "Gay Bar"
  4. "I Know Karate"
  1. "Take Off Your Clothes"
  2. "Nuclear War (On the Dancefloor)"
  3. "The Ballade of MC Sucka DJ"
recorded by Jim Diamond
  1. "Danger (High Voltage)"
  2. "Neurocameraman"
  3. "She's Guatemala"

Compilations

"X-Mas Xorcismus (Ho Ho Ho)"
Clear green or black vinyl
"Dealin' in Death N' Stealin' in the Name of the Lord"
Recorded by Jim Diamond

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