Culture Club discography

Culture Club's discography consists of 6 studio albums, 9 compilation albums, 3 box sets, 3 extended plays, 20 regular commercial singles and 5 promotional singles largely released during the 1980s and 1990s. Culture Club sold more than 50 million records worldwide,[1][2] including 7 million records in the United States.[3]

Culture Club discography
Culture Club at Marcus Centre for the Performing Arts; Milwaukee, WI; 23 July 2016.
Studio albums	6
Compilation albums	9
Video albums	7
Music videos	22
EPs	3
Singles	22
Box sets	3
Promotional singles	5

For the comprehensive Boy George solo discography, see Boy George discography.

Studio albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions												Certifications (sales thresholds)
		UK [4][5]	AUS [6]	CAN [7]	FRA [8]	GER [9]	ITA [10]	NLD [11]	NZL [12]	NOR [13]	SWE [14]	SWI [15]	US [16]
1982	Kissing to Be Clever Release date: 4 October 1982 Label: Virgin/Epic	5	12	2	2	8	22	10	2	3	3	9	14	BPI: Platinum[17] MC: 3× Platinum[18] RIAA: Platinum[19] RMNZ: Gold[20]
1983	Colour by Numbers Release date: 10 October 1983 Label: Virgin/Epic	1	1	1	4	6	9	3	1	2	3	4	2	BPI: 3× Platinum[21] MC: Diamond[18] NVPI: Platinum[22] RIAA: 4× Platinum[19] RMNZ: Platinum[23] SNEP: Gold[24]
1984	Waking Up with the House on Fire Release date: 25 October 1984 Label: Virgin/Epic	2	2	6	2	22	7	7	15	9	19	21	26	BPI: Platinum[25] MC: 2× Platinum[18] RIAA: Platinum[19] RMNZ: Platinum[26] SNEP: Gold[24]
1986	From Luxury to Heartache Release date: 31 March 1986 Label: Virgin/Epic	10	25	34	—	45	14	28	44	18	13	24	32	BPI: Silver[27]
1999	Don't Mind If I Do Release date: 22 November 1999 Label: Virgin	64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	Life	12	25	—	58	66 [28]	—	—	—	—	89	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Notes

Compilation albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions								Certifications (sales thresholds)
		UK [4][5]	AUS [6]	FRA [8]	ITA [10]	NLD [11]	NZL [12]	NOR [13]	US [16]
1987	This Time – The First Four Years Release date: 6 April 1987 Label: Virgin	8	62	—	10	44	25	—	—	BPI: Gold[29]
1989	The Best of Culture Club Release date: 1989 Label: Virgin/EMI	—	—	4	—	—	—	—	—
1991	Collect – 12" Mixes Plus Release date: 7 January 1991 Label: Virgin	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1992	Spin Dazzle – The Best of Boy George and Culture Club Release date: 29 June 1992 Label: Virgin	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1993	At Worst... The Best of Boy George and Culture Club Release date: 20 September 1993 Label: Virgin	24	—	13	—	—	—	—	169	BPI: Silver[30]
1998	Greatest Moments Release date: 9 November 1998 Label: Virgin	15	—	—	—	—	—	23	148	BPI: Silver[31]
2005	The Best of Culture Club Release date: 14 March 2005 Label: EMI Gold	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	BPI: Gold[32]
	Greatest Hits Release date: 21 June 2005 Label: Virgin	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	Culture Club 2005 – Singles and Remixes Release date: 30 August 2005 Label: EMI	—	—	19	—	—	—	—	—
2012
	Sight & Sound – Greatest Hits on CD & DVD Release date: 6 August 2012 Label: Virgin	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Box sets

• 1997: Waking Up with the House on Fire/Colour by Numbers
• 2002: Culture Club
• 2011: Kissing to Be Clever/Colour by Numbers

Extended plays

• 1983: Time
• 1984: Love Is Love
• 1985: Culture Club

Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart positions														Certifications (sales thresholds)	Album
		UK [4][5]	AUS [6]	BEL [33]	CAN [34]	FRA [35]	GER [36]	IRE [37]	ITA [38]	NLD [11]	NZL [12]	NOR [13]	SWE [14]	SWI [15]	US [39]
1982	"White Boy"	114	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Kissing to Be Clever
	"I'm Afraid of Me"	100	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Do You Really Want to Hurt Me"	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	BPI: Gold[40] BVMI: Gold[41] MC: Platinum[18] NVPI: Gold[22] SNEP: Gold[42]
	"Time (Clock of the Heart)"	3	12	13	4	—	16	4	—	10	4	—	11	9	2	BPI: Gold[43] MC: Gold[18]
	"I'll Tumble 4 Ya"	—	—	—	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9	MC: Gold[18]
1983	"Church of the Poison Mind"	2	4	9	5	43	23	2	12	11	9	11	13	—	10	BPI: Gold[44] MC: Gold[18]	Colour by Numbers
	"Karma Chameleon"	1	1	1	1	5	2	1	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	BPI: Platinum[45] MC: 2× Platinum[18] RIAA: Gold[19] RMNZ: Gold[46] SNEP: Gold[42]
	"Victims"	3	4	11	—	—	39	2	2	17	7	—	—	18	—	BPI: Gold[47]
1984	"Miss Me Blind"	—	26	—	6	28	—	—	32	—	—	—	—	—	5	MC: Gold[18]
	"It's a Miracle"	4	14	15	5	—	41	2	—	15	5	—	—	—	13
	"The War Song"	2	2	4	3	5	12	1	3	7	5	5	6	10	17	BPI: Silver[48] MC: Gold[18]	Waking Up with the House on Fire
	"The Medal Song"	32	—	—	—	—	—	14	—	—	50	—	—	—	—
	"Mistake No. 3"	—	61	—	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33
	"Love Is Love"	—	—	—	3	29	—	—	28	—	—	—	—	—	—		Electric Dreams
1986	"Move Away"	7	10	8	4	29	21	6	10	16	16	8	7	18	12		From Luxury to Heartache
	"God Thank You Woman"	31	48	31	—	—	—	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Gusto Blusto"	—	—	—	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	"I Just Wanna Be Loved"	4	84	—	18	—	80	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	BPI: Silver[49]	Greatest Moments
1999	"Your Kisses Are Charity"	25	—	—	—	—	88	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Don't Mind If I Do
	"Cold Shoulder"/"Starman"	43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	"Life"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Life
"—" denotes singles which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

Promotional singles

• 1982: "Mystery Boy" (official single in Japan)
• 1984: "Mister Man" (South Africa)
• 1984: "Don't Talk About It" (promo single in Mexico)
• 1985: "Don't Go Down That Street" (official single in Japan)
• 1986: "Heaven's Children" (cancelled release)
• 2000: "See Thru" (promo released with the moniker CD:UK)
• 2014: "More Than Silence" (digital release only)
• 2018: "Let Somebody Love You" (digital release only)
• 2018: "Life" (digital release only)
• 2019: "Runaway Train (feat. Gladys Knight)" (digital release and limited picture disc)

Video and DVD/Blu-ray releases

• 1984: A Kiss Across the Ocean
• 1987: This Time – The First Four Years
• 2003: Live at the Royal Albert Hall
• 2004: Greatest Hits
• 2006: Live in Sydney
• 2014: Live at Yokohama stadium, Japan 1985"
• 2017 :"Live From Wembley (blu ray/DVD/CD)"

Music videos

Year	Title	Director[50]
1982	"Do You Really Want to Hurt Me"	Julien Temple
	"Time (Clock of the Heart)"	Chris Gabrin
1983	"I'll Tumble 4 Ya"	Zelda Barron
	"Church of the Poison Mind"	Chris Gabrin
	"Karma Chameleon"	Peter Sinclair
	"Victims"	Godley & Creme
	"Black Money"	Keith MacMillan
1984	"Miss Me Blind"	Zelda Barron
	"It's a Miracle"	Zelda Barron
	"The War Song"	Russell Mulcahy
	"The Medal Song"	Zelda Barron
	"Mistake No. 3"	David Mallet
1985	"Love Is Love"	Steve Barron
	"The Dream"	Steve Barron
1986	"Move Away"	Willy Smax
	"God Thank You Woman"	Steve Barron
	"Gusto Blusto"	various
1998	"I Just Wanna Be Loved"	Ben Unwin
1999	"Your Kisses Are Charity"
	"Cold Shoulder"
2018	"Let Somebody Love You"	Howard Greenhaigh
2018	"Life"	Mark Whelan

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External links

• Culture Club at Discogs
• Culture Club at AllMusic
• Culture Club at Rate Your Music