Kajagoogoo discography

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Kajagoogoo discography
Studio albums4
Live albums2
Compilation albums9
EPs2
Singles8
Other singles2

This article is the discography of British pop band Kajagoogoo and includes all the studio albums, live albums, compilations, and singles, as well as the peak chart positions for the United Kingdom, Austria1, Germany, Netherlands1, New Zealand, Sweden1, Switzerland and United States.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

TitleReleasePeak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[3]
GER
[4]
NL
[5]
NZ
[6]
SWE
[7]
SWZ
[8]
US
[9]
White Feathers
  • Release date: 1983
  • Label: EMI
5531573617738
Islands
  • Release date: 1984
  • Label: EMI
35171913185
Crazy Peoples Right to Speak
as Kaja
  • Release date: 1985
  • Label: EMI
Gone to the Moon
  • Release date: 2008
  • Label: Spectra
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

TitleRelease
Live in Tokyo 1984
  • Release date: 2005
  • Label: Dfp
BBC In Concert: 30th May 1983 (Live at Hammersmith Odeon)
  • Release date: 2009
  • Label: EMI

Compilation albums

TitleRelease
Too Shy: The Singles and More
(with Limahl)
  • Release date: 1993
  • Label: EMI
The Best of Kajagoogoo & Limahl
(with Limahl)
  • Release date: 1996
  • Label: Disky
The Very Best of Kajagoogoo
  • Release date: 1996
  • Label: EMI
Premium Gold Collection
  • Release date: 1998
  • Label: EMI
Best of the 80's: Kajagoogoo & Limahl
(with Limahl)
  • Release date: 2000
  • Label: Disky
The Very Best of Kajagoogoo & Limahl
(with Limahl)
  • Release date: 2003
  • Label: EMI
Greatest Hits
  • Release date: 2008
  • Label: Daydream
Too Shy: the Best of Kajagoogoo & Limahl
(with Limahl)
  • Release date: 2009
  • Label: EMI
So80s (Soeighties) Presents Kajagoogoo
  • Release date: 2011
  • Label: EMI

Extended plays

TitleRelease
Death Defying Headlines
  • Release date: 2008
  • Label: Red Dot Music
Death Defying Headlines - The Dance Remixes
  • Release date: 2009
  • Label: Red Dot Music

Singles

YearTitlePeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[11]
GER
[12]
IRE
[13]
NL
[14]
NZ
[15]
SWE
[16]
SWZ
[17]
US
[18]
1983"Too Shy"1641152425 White Feathers
"Ooh to Be Ah"76820750
"Hang on Now"13411078
"Big Apple"8131114317 Islands
1984"The Lion's Mouth"2540
"Turn Your Back on Me"472513
1985"Shouldn't Do That" (as Kaja)63 Crazy Peoples Right to Speak
2007"Rocket Boy" Gone to the Moon
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Non-album singles

YearTitleAlbum
2009"White Feathers (Manhattan Clique Remix)"White Feathers (Manhattan Clique Remixes)

Videography

Notes

1 – In the Netherlands, there are the catalogue rules in the albums chart from 2003. From this date, a back catalogue chart was established. In Sweden and Norway the albums chart is divided into Top Fullprice Albums and Top Midprice Albums. Furthermore, prior September 1993, the charts in Sweden were bi-weekly, as well as the charts in Austria during the '80s (monthly in the '70s).

2 – Digital release.

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