Bananarama discography
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| Releases | ||
|---|---|---|
| ↙Studio albums | 10 | |
| ↙Compilation albums | 13 | |
| ↙Singles | 45 | |
| ↙Video albums | 3 | |
This article lists the discography of the English girl group Bananarama.
Contents |
[edit] Albums
[edit] Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
GER | NZ [3] |
SWE [4] |
US [5] |
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| 1983 | Deep Sea Skiving | 7 | 85 | - | - | - | 63 | |
| 1984 | Bananarama
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16 | 99 | 45 | - | - | 30 |
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| 1986 | True Confessions
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46 | 19 | 25 | 33 | - | 15 | |
| 1987 | Wow!
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26 | 1 | 65 | 38 | 31 | 44 | |
| 1991 | Pop Life
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42 | - | - | - | 37 | - | |
| 1993 | Please Yourself
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46 | - | 95 | - | - | - | |
| 1995 | Ultra Violet
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- | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 2001 | Exotica
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- | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 2005 | Drama
|
169 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 2009 | Viva
|
87 | - | - | - | - | - | |
[edit] Compilations
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
US [9] |
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| 1987 | 12" Mixes (Australia only) | - | - | - | |
| 1988 | The Greatest Hits Collection | 3 | 21 | 151 | |
| 1990 | The Greatest Remixes Collection (Asia only) | - | - | - | |
| 1991 | Special Sampler (Japanese promo only) | - | - | - | |
| 1993 | Bunch of Hits | - | - | - | |
| 1996 | Master Series | - | - | - | |
| 2001 | The Very Best of Bananarama | 43 | - | - | |
| 2002 | The Very Best of Bananarama (UK collector's edition) | - | - | - | |
| 2002 | The Essentials | - | - | - | |
| 2003 | Venus and Other Hits | - | - | - | |
| 2005 | Really Saying Something: The Platinum Collection | - | - | - | |
| 2006 | The Twelve Inches of Bananarama | - | - | - | |
| 2007 | Greatest Hits and More More More | 61 | - | - | |
| 2007 | The Works | - | - | - | |
| 2008 | The Very Best of Bananarama (European collector's edition) | - | - | - | |
[edit] Singles
| Year | Sing | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | U.S. | U.S. Dance | IRE | AUS | NZ | GER | NL | SWI | SPA | ||||
| 1981 | "Aie a Mwana" | - | - | 66 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Deep Sea Skiving | |
| 1982 | "It Ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)" (as The Fun Boy Three with Bananarama) | 4 | - | 49 | 5 | 55 | 37 | - | 3 | - | Fun Boy Three | ||
| "Really Saying Something" (as Bananarama featuring Fun Boy Three) | 5 | - | 16 | 9 | 74 | - | - | 16 | - | - | Deep Sea Skiving | ||
| "Shy Boy" | 4 | 83 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 5 | - | 12 | - | - |
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| "Cheers Then" | 45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| "He's Got Tact" (Japan only) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 1983 | "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" | 5 | - | 14 | 4 | 38 | 29 | - | - | - | - | ||
| "Cruel Summer" | 8 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 32 | 32 | 24 | 48 | - | - | Bananarama | ||
| 1984 | "Robert De Niro's Waiting" | 3 | 95 | - | 8 | 40 | - | 7 | 22 | 8 | - |
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| "Rough Justice" | 23 | - | - | 24 | - | - | 63 | 16 | - | - | |||
| "King of the Jungle" (Japan only) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| "Hot Line to Heaven" | 58 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| "The Wild Life" | - | 70 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 1985 | "Do Not Disturb" | 31 | - | - | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | True Confessions | |
| 1986 | "Venus" | 8 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
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| "More Than Physical" | 41 | 73 | 5 | 25 | 28 | - | 38 | - | - | - | |||
| 1987 | "A Trick of the Night" | 32 | 76 | 39 | 24 | 99 | - | - | - | - | |||
| "Set on You" (Canada only) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | ||
| "I Heard a Rumour" | 14 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 32 | 8 | 37 | 16 | 10 | - | Wow! | ||
| "Love in the First Degree" | 3 | 48 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 12 | 18 | 12 |
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| "I Can't Help It" | 20 | 47 | 7 | 12 | 27 | - | 31 | 30 | - | 22 | |||
| 1988 | "I Want You Back" | 5 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 10 | 29 | 49 | 23 | 6 | ||
| "The Bananarama Mega-Mix" (Japan, Portugal and Spain only) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | |||
| "Love, Truth and Honesty" | 23 | 89 | 26 | 12 | 32 | 20 | 42 | 87 | 25 | - | Greatest Hits Collection | ||
| "Nathan Jones" | 15 | - | - | 16 | 61 | 22 | - | 73 | - | - | |||
| 1989 | "Help!" (with Lananeeneenoonoo) | 3 | - | - | 2 | 25 | 35 | 8 | 24 | 8 | 4 | ||
| "Cruel Summer'89" | 19 | - | - | 16 | - | - | 24 | - | 22 | — | |||
| "Megarama '89" | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 1990 | "Only Your Love" | 27 | - | - | - | 51 | 49 | - | - | - | - | Pop Life | |
| "Preacher Man" | 20 | - | - | 11 | - | - | 46 | - | - | - | |||
| 1991 | "Long Train Running" | 30 | - | - | 18 | - | - | 45 | - | - | - | ||
| "Tripping on Your Love" | 76 | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 1992 | "Movin' On" | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | 52 | 34 | - | - | Please Yourself | |
| "Last Thing on My Mind" | 71 | - | - | - | - | - | 63 | 47 | - | - | |||
| 1993 | "More, More, More" | 24 | - | - | 16 | - | - | 65 | - | - | - | ||
| 1995 | "I Found Love" (Japan only) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Ultra Violet | |
| "Every Shade of Blue" | - | - | 41 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 1996 | "Take Me to Your Heart" | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2001 | "Careless Whisper" (France only) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Exotica | |
| "If" (France only) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 2005 | "Really Saying Something" (as Solasso vs. Bananarama) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Drama | |
| "Move in My Direction" | 14 | - | 14 | 34 | 41 | - | 93 | 67 | - | - | |||
| "Look on the Floor (Hypnotic Tango)" | 26 | - | 2 | 46 | 95 | - | - | - | - | 12 | |||
| 2009 | "Love Comes" | 44 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Viva | |
| 2010 | "Love Don't Live Here" | 114 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| "Baby It's Christmas" | 199 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | ||
[edit] Miscellaneous songs
- 1982 The Fun Boy Three (album included 4 tracks with Bananarama :"It Ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)", "Funrama 2", "Sanctuary" and "Alone". They also featured as backing vocals in another two Fun Boy Three songs, "Just Do It" and "The Funrama Theme" which were included in the 2009 re-release of The Fun Boy Three's first album "Fun Boy Three").
- 1982 "No Feelings" (a cover of the Sex Pistols song) on the Party Party soundtrack
- 1984 Band Aid "Do They Know It's Christmas?"
- 1987 Ferry Aid (included Sara Dallin and Keren Woodward) "Let It Be"
- 1987 "Riskin' a Romance" on the soundtrack of "The Secret of My Success (1987 film)"
- 1989 Band Aid II "Do They Know It's Christmas?"
- 1998 "Waterloo" from A Song For Eurotrash (one-off reunion with Siobhan Fahey)
- 2002 "U R My Baby" on the Disco Brothers album Disco Brothers present Stars of the '80s
- 2002 Multitude featuring Bananarama "Love, Leave, Forget" on the Is Harry on the Boat? TV soundtrack
[edit] Videography
- And That's Not All... (1984)
- Video Singles (1987)
- The Greatest Hits Collection (1988) Available on Laserdisc only.
- Drama (2005) Taiwanese DVD Release.
[edit] References
- ^ a b "UK Charts > Bananarama". Official Charts Company. http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/bananarama/. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
- ^ a b "AUS Charts > Bananarama". australian-charts.com. http://australian-charts.com/search.asp?search=Bananarama&cat=a. Retrieved 2011-10-30.
- ^ "Discography Bananarama". Charts.ord.nz. http://charts.org.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Bananarama. Retrieved 2011-10-30.
- ^ "Discography Bananarama". SwedishCharts.com. http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Bananarama. Retrieved 2011-10-30.
- ^ "US Charts > Bananarama". billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/bananarama/chart-history/4037?f=305&g=Albums. Retrieved 2011-10-30.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved on 2011-10-30. Note: User needs to enter "Bananarama" in the "Search" field, "Artist" in the "Search by" field and click the "Go" button. Select "More info" next to the relevant entry to see full certification history.
- ^ a b c d "Certified Awards Search". Music Canada. Retrieved on 2011-10-30. Note: User needs to enter "Bananarama" in the "Search" field, "Artist" in the "Search by" field and click the "Go" button. Select "More info" next to the relevant entry to see full certification history.
- ^ a b "Searchable Database". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH. Retrieved 2011-10-30. Note: User must define 'Artist' search parameter as "Bananarama".
- ^ "US Charts > Bananarama". billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/bananarama/chart-history/4037?f=305&g=Albums. Retrieved 2011-10-30.
