The B-52's discography

This is the discography and videography of American rock band The B-52's.

Albums

Studio albums

Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[1]
AUS
[2]
BEL
[3]
CAN
[4]
GER
[5]
NED
[6]
NZ
[7]
SWE
[8]
SWI
[9]
UK
[10]
The B-52's 59 7 14 3 22
Wild Planet
  • Released: August 27, 1980
  • Label: Warner Bros.
18 12 32 3 18
Whammy!
  • Released: April 27, 1983
  • Label: Warner Bros.
29 97 40 42 29 33
Bouncing off the Satellites
  • Released: September 8, 1986
  • Label: Warner Bros.
85 73 50 74
Cosmic Thing
  • Released: June 27, 1989
  • Label: Reprise
4 1 152 8 25 70 1 38 8
Good Stuff
  • Released: June 23, 1992
  • Label: Reprise
16 36 21 22 45 14 36 26 8
Funplex 11 93 67 38 71 73
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[1]
AUS
[2]
NZ
[7]
SWE
[8]
UK
[10]
Party Mix!
  • Released: July 1981
  • Label: Warner Bros.
55 80 23 36
The Best of the B-52's –
Dance This Mess Around
  • Released: July 1990
  • Label: Island
36
Party Mix! – Mesopotamia[17]
  • Released: February 1991
  • Label: Reprise
184
Planet Claire
  • Release: 1995
  • Label: Spectrum Music
Time Capsule:
Songs for a Future Generation
  • Released: May 26, 1998
  • Label: Reprise
93 40 15
Nude on the Moon:
The B-52's Anthology
  • Released: January 15, 2002
  • Label: Rhino
136
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

Title Details
With the Wild Crowd!
Live in Athens, GA
  • Released: October 10, 2011
  • Label: Eagle
Live! 8-24-1979
  • Released: April 21, 2015
  • Label: Rhino
West Park, Chicago, 1979
  • Released: July 10, 2015
  • Label: Live Wire

Extended plays

Title Details Peak chart positions
US
[1]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[19]
NED
[6]
SWE
[8]
UK
[10]
Mesopotamia
  • Released: January 27, 1982
  • Label: Warner Bros.
35 79 38 29 21 18

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[20]
AUS
[2]
BEL
[3]
CAN
[21]
FRA
[22]
GER
[5]
IRE
[23]
NED
[6]
NZ
[7]
UK
[10]
1978 "Rock Lobster" 56 3 1 38 37 The B-52's
1979 "Planet Claire" 43 35
"Dance This Mess Around"
1980 "Private Idaho" 74 11 Wild Planet
"Give Me Back My Man" 59 61
"Party Out of Bounds"
1983 "Legal Tender" 81 Whammy!
"Whammy Kiss"
"Song for a Future Generation" 63
1986 "Rock Lobster" (European re-release) 20 12 The B-52's
"Summer of Love" 90 35 Bouncing off the Satellites
"Girl from Ipanema Goes to Greenland"
1987 "Wig" 79
1989 "Channel Z" 145 43 Cosmic Thing
"Love Shack" 3 1 12 5 42 1 15 1 2
1990 "Roam" 3 11 4 40 9 2 17
"Deadbeat Club" 30 73 35 21
"Channel Z" (re-release) 61
1992 "Good Stuff" 28 56 25 24 37 26 28 23 21 Good Stuff
"Tell It Like It T-I-Is" 120 61
"Revolution Earth" 146
"Is That You Mo-Dean?" 79
1993 "Hot Pants Explosion" 78
1994 "(Meet) The Flintstones" 33 54 2 19 9 5 5 15 3 The Flintstones
(soundtrack)
1998 "Debbie" Time Capsule:
Songs for a Future Generation
1999 "Love Shack '99" 112 66
2008 "Funplex" Funplex
"Juliet of the Spirits"
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Video

Music videos

Year Song Director
1979 "Rock Lobster" (studio performance video) Charles Libin & Paul Cameron
1980 "Private Idaho"
"Give Me Back My Man"
1983 "Legal Tender" Mick Haggerty & C.D. Taylor
"Song for a Future Generation"
1984 "Monster"
1986 "Rock Lobster" (conceptual video)
"Girl from Ipanema Goes to Greenland" Paul Tassie
"Planet Claire"
1989 "Channel Z" Drew Carolan
"Love Shack" Adam Bernstein
1990 "Roam"
"Deadbeat Club" Jeff Preiss
"(Shake That) Cosmic Thing" (Live 1990)
1992 "Good Stuff" Marcus Nispel
"Is That You Mo-Dean?"
"Tell It Like It T-I-Is"
1993 "Revolution Earth" James Herbert
"Hot Pants Explosion"
1994 "(Meet) The Flintstones"
1998 "Debbie" Ramaa Mosley
2008 "Funplex" Robert Schober
"Juliet of the Spirits"

VHS, Laserdisc and DVD

References

  1. "The B-52s Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
  2. Australian chart peaks:
  3. "Ultratop > The B-52's in Ultatop Vlaanderen" (in Dutch). Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  4. Canadian Albums:
  5. German chart peaks:
  6. "dutchcharts.nl > The B-52's in Dutch Charts" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  7. "charts.org.nz > The B-52's in New Zealand Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  8. "swedishcharts.com > The B-52's in Swedish Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  9. "hitparade.ch > Suche nach: B-52's (Alben)" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  10. UK chart peaks:
  11. "RIAA Certification". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
  12. "Canadian Certification". Music Canada. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
  13. "New Zealand Certification - "The B-52's"". RMNZ. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
  14. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 21.
  15. "New Zealand Certification - "Cosmic Thing"". RMNZ. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
  16. "BPI Certification". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
  17. http://www.billboard.com/artist/1493301/the-b-52s/chart?page=1&f=305
  18. "New Zealand Certification - "Time Capsule"". RMNZ. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
  19. Canadian Albums:
  20. "The B-52s Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
  21. Canadian singles:
  22. French chart peaks:
  23. "The Irish Charts - All there is to know > Search results for The B-52's". Fireball Media. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  24. "New Zealand Certification - "(Meet) The Flintstones"". RMNZ. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
  25. https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=B-52%27S&ti=1979-1989
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