Metric discography

Metric discography
Metric, Coachella Festival, April 2008 From left to right: James Shaw, Joules Scott-Key, Emily Haines, Joshua Winstead
Studio albums	9
EPs	7
Soundtrack albums	3
Singles	25
Video albums	2
Music videos	29

Canadian indie rock and new wave band Metric have released nine studio albums, seven extended plays, 25 singles, two video albums, 29 music videos, and three soundtrack albums.

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions										Certifications
		CAN [1] [2]	AUS [3]	BEL (FL) [4]	BEL (WA) [5]	FRA [6]	GER [7]	SCO [8]	SWI [9]	UK [10]	US [11]
Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?	Released: September 2, 2003 (CAN) [12] Label: Last Gang Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming	198	—	—	—	188	—	—	—	—	—	MC: Gold [13]
Live It Out	Released: September 27, 2005 (CAN) [14] Label: Last Gang Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	— [A]	MC: Platinum [13]
Grow Up and Blow Away	Released: June 26, 2007 (CAN) [16] Label: Last Gang Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Fantasies	Released: April 7, 2009 (CAN) Label: Metric Music International Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming	6	48	—	—	110	—	—	—	164	76	MC: Platinum [13]
Synthetica	Released: June 12, 2012 (CAN) [17] Label: Metric Music International Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming	2	21	132	113	91	78	53	59	51	12	MC: Platinum [13]
Pagans in Vegas	Released: September 18, 2015 Label: Metric Music International Formats: CD, LP, digital download, cassette, streaming	5	87	—	143	—	—	94	—	124	36
Art of Doubt	Released: September 21, 2018 Label: Metric Music International Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming	5	—	—	—	—	—	61	—	— [B]	95
Formentera	Released: July 8, 2022 [19] Label: Metric Music International Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming	38	—	—	—	—	—	61	—	—	—
Formentera II	Released: October 13, 2023 [20] Label: Metric Music International Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming	82	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Soundtrack albums

List of soundtrack albums

Title	Album details
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	Released: June 8, 2010 (US) Label: Chop Shop/Atlantic Formats: CD, digital download
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World	Released: August 10, 2010 (US) [21] Label: ABKCO Records Formats: CD, digital download
Cosmopolis (with Howard Shore)	Released: May 15, 2012 (FRA) [22] Label: Howe Formats: CD, digital download

Video albums

List of video albums

Title	Album details
Live at Metropolis	Released: February 12, 2008 (CAN) [23] Label: Last Gang Format: DVD
Dreams So Real	Released: April 13, 2018 (CAN) [24] Label: Media Goes Here Format: DVD, Blu-ray, digital

Extended plays

• Mainstream EP (1998)
• Static Anonymity (2001)
• Live at Metropolis (2007)
• Plug In, Plug Out (2009)
• Spotify Acoustic EP (2010)
• Spotify Covers EP (2010)
• iTunes Session EP (2011)
• The Shade EP [Cassette only] (2015)

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Peak chart positions										Certifications	Album
		CAN [25]	CAN Rock [26]	AUS Hit. [27]	BEL (FL) [4]	BEL (WA) [5]	MEX [28]	SCO [29]	UK [30]	US [31]	US Rock [32]
"Combat Baby"	2004	—	×	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?
"Dead Disco"		—	×	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Monster Hospital"	2006	—	×	—	—	—	—	43	55	—	—		Live It Out
"Poster of a Girl" [33]		—	×	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Empty" [34]	2007	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	— [C]	—	—
"Help I'm Alive"	2008	21	15	9	63	—	—	—	160	— [D]	30	MC: Gold [13]	Fantasies
"Front Row" [37]	2009	65	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Gimme Sympathy" [38]		52	16	—	—	—	17	—	—	—	—	MC: Platinum [13]
"Sick Muse" [39]		— [E]	26	—	—	—	18	—	—	—	—
"Gold Guns Girls"		85	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	28
"Waves" [41]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Stadium Love"	2010	— [F]	22	—	—	—	50	—	—	—	—
"Eclipse (All Yours)" [42]		—	—	—	—	86	—	—	—	—	—		The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
"Black Sheep" [43] (original or featuring Brie Larson)		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	34	RMNZ: Gold [44]	Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
"Youth Without Youth"	2012	63	12	—	—	—	32	—	—	—	28	MC: Gold [13]	Synthetica
"Speed The Collapse" [45]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	— [G]	—
"Breathing Underwater" [47]		22	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	— [H]	MC: Gold [13]
"Synthetica" [49]	2013	—	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"The Shade" [50]	2015	92	11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	— [I]		Pagans in Vegas
“Lie, Lie, Lie” [52]		—	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"The Governess" [53]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Dark Saturday" [54]	2018	—	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Art of Doubt
"Dressed to Suppress" [55]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Now or Never Now" [56]		—	11	—	— [J]	— [K]	—	—	—	—	—
"Risk" [57]	2019	—	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Common Lives" [58]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Non-album singles
"Auld Anxi" [59]	2020	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"All Comes Crashing" [19]	2022	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	— [L]		Formentera
"Doomscroller" [60]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"What Feels Like Eternity" [61]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"False Dichotomy" [62]		—	11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Just the Once" [20]	2023	—	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	— [M]		Formentera II
"Nothing Is Perfect" [64]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Who Would You Be for Me" [65]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart. "×" denotes periods where charts did not exist or were not archived.

Promotional singles

List of promotional singles, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Album
"Handshakes"	2006	Live It Out
"Hardwire" [66]	2007	Grow Up and Blow Away
"Lost Kitten" [67]	2013	Synthetica
"The Fatal Gift" [68]	2014	Non-album single
"Cascades" [69]	2015	Pagans in Vegas
"Too Bad, So Sad" [70]
"Fortunes" [71]
"Come on Angel" [72]	2017	Non-album single
"Love You Back" [73]	2019	Art of Doubt
"Dark Saturday (Dirt Road version)" [74]		Non-album singles
"Empty (Dirt Road version)" [75]	2020
"The Police and the Private (Dirt Road version)" [76]
"Live It Out (Dirt Road version)" [77]
"Cascades (Dirt Road version)" [78]	2021
"Now or Never Now (Dirt Road version)" [78]

Other charting songs

List of songs, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
		CAN Rock [26]
"Paper Walls" (with Rezz)	2021	37	Spiral

Music videos

Year	Title	Director
2003	"Calculation Theme"	Ramon Bloomberg
	"IOU" [79]	Michael Lustig, Steve Hanft [80]
	"Combat Baby"	Michael Schiller [81]
	"Succexy"	Ashley Cahill [82]
2004	"The List"	Chris Grismer
	"Dead Disco"
2005	"Monster Hospital"	Micah Meisner
2006	"Poster of a Girl"
2007	"Empty"	Jaron Albertin
2009	"Help, I'm Alive"	Deco Dawson
	"Gimme Sympathy"	Frank Borin
	"Sick Muse"	Justin Broadbent [83]
2010	"Gold Guns Girls"	Eady Bros., Metric [84]
	"Stadium Love"	Deco Dawson, Robby Starbuck, Frank Borin [85]
	"Eclipse (All Yours)"	Brantley Gutierrez
	"Black Sheep"	Michael Gochanour [86]
"Collect Call"	Christopher Mills
2011		"Expecting to Fly"
2012	"Youth Without Youth"	Justin Broadbent
	"Breathing Underwater"	Lauren Graham
2013	"Synthetica"	Justin Broadbent
	"Lost Kitten"	Sammy Rawal
2015	"The Shade"	Lauren Graham
	"The Governess"
2018	"Dark Saturday"	Justin Broadbent
	"Dressed to Suppress"
	"Now or Never Now"	Lorraine Nicholson, Emily Haines
2019	"Love You Back"	Kristina Fleischer, Jonny Sanders
	"Risk"	Kristina Fleischer, Duane Fernandez
2022	"All Comes Crashing"	Justin Broadbent

Notes

1. Live It Out did not enter the US Billboard 200, but peaked at number 37 on the US Heatseekers Albums Chart. ^[15]
2. Art of Doubt did not enter the UK Albums Chart, but peaked at number 68 on the UK Album Downloads chart. ^[18]
3. "Empty" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 68 on the UK Physical Singles Chart Top 100. ^[35]
4. "Help I'm Alive" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100 chart, but peaked at number 34 on the Hot Singles Sales chart. ^[36]
5. "Sick Muse" did not enter the Billboard Canadian Hot 100, but peaked at number 28 on the Canada Emerging Artists chart. ^[40]
6. "Stadium Love" did not enter the Billboard Canadian Hot 100, but peaked at number 24 on the Canada Emerging Artists chart. ^[40]
7. "Speed The Collapse" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100 chart, but peaked at number 22 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. ^[46]
8. "Breathing Underwater" did not enter the Rock Songs chart, but peaked at number 31 on the Rock Airplay chart. ^[48]
9. "The Shade" did not enter the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, but peaked at number 40 on the Alternative Airplay chart. ^[51]
10. "Now or Never Now" did not enter the Flemish Ultratop Top 50, but spent 4 weeks as an extra tip on the Flemish Ultratop Bubbling Under chart. ^[4]
11. "Now or Never Now" did not enter the Walloon Ultratop Top 50, but spent 4 weeks as an extra tip on the Walloon Ultratop Bubbling Under chart. ^[5]
12. "All Comes Crashing" did not enter the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, but peaked at number 39 on the Alternative Airplay chart. ^[51]
13. "Just the Once" did not enter the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, but peaked at number 38 on the Adult Alternative Airplay chart. ^[63]

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43. "Black Sheep - Single by Metric on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
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External links

• Metric Official site