Village People discography

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Village People discography
Studio albums10
Compilation albums14
Video albums5
Singles34
Box sets1

This is the discography of American disco group Village People.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
US
[1]
US R&B
[2]
AUS
[3]
CAN
[4]
JPN
[5]
NL
[6]
NZ
[7]
NOR
[8]
SWE
[9]
UK
[10]
Village People 543621708829
Macho Man
  • Released: February 27, 1978
  • Label: Casablanca
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
243152137
Cruisin'
  • Released: September 25, 1978
  • Label: Casablanca
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
3516227665324
Go West
  • Released: March 26, 1979
  • Label: Casablanca
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
81482188284714
Live and Sleazy
  • Released: September 20, 1979
  • Label: Casablanca
  • Formats: 2xLP, 2xMC, 8-track
32576923801325
Can't Stop the Music
  • Released: May 20, 1980
  • Label: Casablanca
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
4713620417359
Renaissance
  • Released: June 1981
  • Label: RCA (US), Casablanca (Japan)
1381234
Fox on the Box
  • Released: July 1, 1982
  • Label: RCA (Australia), Metronome (Germany), Casablanca (Japan), No UK or US release [20]
  • Formats: LP, MC
Sex Over the Phone 47
A Village People Christmas
  • Released: November 27, 2018
  • Label: Ceres
  • Formats: CD, digital download
  • Re-released in 2019 with two additional tracks as Magical Christmas
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
AUS
[3]
NZ
[7]
SWE
[9]
UK
[10]
I Am What I Am – The Best of Village People
  • Released: March 1979
  • Label: Telefunken
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • Germany and Sweden-only release
19
Non Stop
  • Released: November 1981
  • Label: RCA
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • Australia and New Zealand-only release
42
Greatest Hits Volume One and Two
  • Released: 1983
  • Label: J&B
  • Formats: 2xLP, 2xMC
  • Australia-only release
15
Greatest Hits
  • Released: November 1988
  • Label: Rhino
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
Greatest Hits Remix
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: Groove & Move, BCM
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
The Greatest Hits of Boney M and the Village People
(with Boney M)
  • Released: October 1990
  • Label: Concept
  • Formats: CD, LP
  • Australia-only release
68
The Best of Village People
  • Released: November 1993
  • Label: Arista/BMG
  • Formats: CD, MC
31131272
The Best of Village People
  • Released: March 22, 1994
  • Label: Casablanca
  • Formats: CD
We Want You
  • Released: January 1998
  • Label: Scorpio Music, Columbia
  • Formats: CD
38
Greatest Hits
  • Released: November 1999
  • Label: Wrasse
  • Formats: CD, MC
  • UK-only release
118 [21]
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Village People
  • Released: August 21, 2001
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD
100%
  • Released: July 2002
  • Label: Mariann
  • Formats: CD
  • Scandinavia-only release
19
Icon
  • Released: June 3, 2014
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD
Gold
  • Released: November 15, 2019
  • Label: Crimson
  • Formats: 3xCD, LP
66
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Video albums

TitleAlbum details
En concert
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: Proserpine
  • Formats: VHS
  • France-only release
The Best Of
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Wienerworld Presentation
  • Formats: VHS
  • Australia-only release
Village People DVD
  • Released: 2002
  • Label: Brioche Edizioni Musicali
  • Formats: DVD
  • Italy-only release
Can't Stop the Music
Les rois du disco
  • Released: April 29, 2008
  • Label: Scorpio Music
  • Formats: 2xDVD
  • France-only release

Box sets

TitleAlbum details
The Album Collection 1977–1985
  • Released: March 20, 2020
  • Label: Edsel
  • Formats: 10xCD

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
Album
US
[22] [23]
US Dance
[22]
AUS
[3]
BEL (FL)
[24]
CAN
[25]
GER
[26]
JPN
[27]
NL
[28]
NZ
[29]
UK
[10]
"San Francisco (You've Got Me)"19771021 [upper-alpha 1] 15 [upper-alpha 2] 4045Village People
"Macho Man"1978254 [upper-alpha 3] 316417Macho Man
"In Hollywood (Everybody Is a Star)" [upper-alpha 4] 1 [upper-alpha 1] 27Village People
"Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody" (medley) [upper-alpha 5] Macho Man
"Y.M.C.A"22 [upper-alpha 6] 111110111Cruisin'
"I Am What I Am" [upper-alpha 7] 4 [upper-alpha 3] 32Macho Man
"In the Navy"1979314 [upper-alpha 8] 711310172Go West
"Go West"451241432915
"I Wanna Shake Your Hand" [upper-alpha 9]
"Sleazy"2676Live and Sleazy
"Ready for the 80's"52
"Can't Stop the Music"198027171036211Can't Stop the Music
"Magic Night"8888
"Do You Wanna Spend the Night"198148Renaissance
"5 O'Clock in the Morning"
"Fireman" [upper-alpha 10]
"Action Man"
"Fox on the Box"1982Fox on the Box
"Play Bach" [upper-alpha 11]
"America" [upper-alpha 12] 1983Non-album single
"Sex Over the Phone"19854059Sex Over the Phone
"New York City"97
"Medley 1985" [upper-alpha 13] 91Non-album singles
"Livin' in the Wildlife" [upper-alpha 14] 1988
"Megamix"198914Greatest Hits Remix
"Y.M.C.A" ('93 remix)199376964612The Best of Village People
"In the Navy" ('94 remix)19944236
"Far Away in America" (with die Deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft) [upper-alpha 15] 44Far Away in America
"We Want You – The 1998 Megamix"199892We Want You
"Y.M.C.A." ('99 Millennium Mix) [upper-alpha 5] 199935Greatest Hits
"Let's Go Back to the Dance Floor"2013Non-album single
"A Very Merry Christmas to You"2018A Village People Christmas
"If You Believe"2020 [upper-alpha 16]
"My Agenda" (Dorian Electra featuring Village People and Pussy Riot) My Agenda
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Notes

  1. 1 2 "San Francisco" and "In Hollywood" jointly topped the National Disco Action Top 40 along with "Fire Island", as cuts from the album Village People.
  2. "San Francisco" didn't enter the Ultratop Flanders Top 30, but it did peak at number 47 on the Ultratop Wallonia Top 50. [30]
  3. 1 2 "Macho Man" and "I Am What I Am" jointly charted on the National Disco Action Top 40 along with "Key West", as cuts from the album Macho Man.
  4. Only released in France and Mexico. However, it did chart in the Netherlands, which would have been likely due to import sales.
  5. 1 2 Only released in the UK
  6. "Y.M.C.A." charted on the National Disco Action Top 40 with "Hot Cop", as cuts from the album Cruisin.
  7. Only released in the UK, Germany and Turkey.
  8. "In the Navy" and "Go West" jointly charted on the National Disco Action Top 40 along with "Manhattan Woman", as cuts from the album Go West.
  9. Only released in South Africa and Rhodesia.
  10. Only released in Japan
  11. Only released in Germany, France and Australia.
  12. Only released in Australia and New Zealand.
  13. Only released in the UK, Greece and Sweden.
  14. Only released in Australia.
  15. Only released in Germany.
  16. "If You Believe" didn't enter the Billboard Hot 100, but did peak at number 25 on the Adult Contemporary.

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