Metric discography

Metric is a Canadian indie rock and new wave band founded in 1998 in Toronto, Ontario. The band has also at various times been based in Montreal, London, New York City and Los Angeles. Metric consists of vocalist Emily Haines (who also plays the synthesizer and guitar), guitarist James Shaw (who also plays the synthesizer and theremin), bassist Josh Winstead and drummer Joules Scott-Key.

Metric discography
Metric, Coachella Festival, April 2008
From left to right: James Shaw, Joules Scott-Key, Emily Haines, Joshua Winstead
Studio albums7
Video albums2
Music videos29
EPs7
Singles25
Soundtrack albums3

The Metric discography includes seven 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]
AUS
[2]
BEL
(FL)

[3]
BEL
(WA)

[4]
FRA
[5]
GER
[6]
SCO
[7]
SWI
[8]
UK
[9]
US
[10]
Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? 188
Live It Out
  • Released: September 27, 2005 (CAN)[13]
  • Label: Last Gang
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
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Grow Up and Blow Away
  • Released: June 26, 2007 (CAN)[15]
  • Label: Last Gang
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
Fantasies
  • Released: April 7, 2009 (CAN)
  • Label: Metric Music International
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
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Synthetica
  • Released: June 12, 2012 (CAN)[16]
  • Label: Metric Music International
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
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Pagans in Vegas
  • Released: September 18, 2015
  • Label: Metric Music International
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download, cassette
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Art of Doubt
  • Released: September 21, 2018
  • Label: Metric Music International
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
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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)[17]
  • Label: ABKCO Records
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Cosmopolis
(with Howard Shore)
  • Released: May 15, 2012 (FRA)[18]
  • Label: Howe
  • Formats: CD, digital download

Video albums

List of video albums
Title Album details
Live at Metropolis
  • Released: February 12, 2008 (CAN)[19]
  • Label: Last Gang
  • Format: DVD
Dreams So Real
  • Released: April 13, 2018 (CAN)[20]
  • 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

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Album
CAN
[21]
CAN
Rock

[22]
BEL
(FL)

[3]
MEX
Air.

[23]
SCO
[24]
UK
[25]
US
Alt.

[26]
US Rock
[27]
2004 "Combat Baby" × Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?
"Dead Disco" ×
2006 "Poster of a Girl" × Live It Out
"Monster Hospital" × 43 55
2007 "Empty" [upper-alpha 2]
2008 "Help I'm Alive" 21 15 63 160 17 30 Fantasies
2009 "Front Row" 65
"Gimme Sympathy" 52 16 17
"Sick Muse" 26 18
"Gold Guns Girls" 85 17 16 28
2010 "Stadium Love" 22 50
2012 "Youth Without Youth" 63 12 32 15 28 Synthetica
"Breathing Underwater" 22 16 11 [upper-alpha 3]
2013 "Synthetica" 21
2015 "The Shade" 92 11 40 Pagans in Vegas
"Cascades"
"Too Bad, So Sad"
"Fortunes"
"The Governess"
2018 "Dark Saturday" 5 Art of Doubt
"Dressed to Suppress"
"Now or Never Now" 11
2019 "Love You Back"
"Risk" 15
"Common Lives"[30] Non-album single
"Dark Saturday (Dirt Road Version)"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
"×" denotes periods where charts did not exist or were not archived.

Other charting songs

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
CAN
Rock

[22]
BEL
(WA)

[4]
US
Bub.
[31]
2010 "Eclipse (All Yours)" 86 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
2012 "Speed The Collapse" 22 Synthetica
2015 "Lie Lie Lie" 25 Pagans in Vegas

Notes

  1. Live It Out did not enter the US Billboard 200, but peaked at number 37 on the US Heatseekers Albums Chart.[14]
  2. "Empty" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 68 on the UK Physical Singles Chart Top 100.[28]
  3. "Breathing Underwater" did not enter the Rock Songs chart, but peaked at number 31 on the Rock Airplay chart.[29]

Music videos

Year Title Director
2003 "Calculation Theme" Ramon Bloomberg
"IOU"[32] Michael Lustig, Steve Hanft[33]
"Combat Baby" Michael Schiller[34]
"Succexy" Ashley Cahill[35]
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[36]
2010 "Gold Guns Girls" Eady Bros., Metric[37]
"Stadium Love" Deco Dawson, Robby Starbuck, Frank Borin[38]
"Eclipse (All Yours)" Brantley Gutierrez
"Black Sheep" Michael Gochanour[39]
"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
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References

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  15. MacNeil, Jason. "Grow Up and Blow Away – Metric". AllMusic. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
  16. Sendra, Tim. "Synthetica – Metric". AllMusic. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
  17. "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". Amazon.com. Retrieved August 6, 2013.
  18. "Cosmopolis (Bof)". Amazon.com (in French). Retrieved March 19, 2013.
  19. "Metric 2006 Live at Metropolis". Amazon.com. Retrieved June 24, 2013.
  20. "Metric 2018 Dreams So Real". Amazon.com. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  21. "Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
  22. "Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
  23. "Chart History: Mexico Ingles Airplay". Billboard. Retrieved August 21, 2019.
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  25. "Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
  26. "Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
  27. "Official Physical Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  28. "Metric Chart History: Rock Airplay". Billboard. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  29. Metric (band) [@Metric] (November 1, 2019). "New single "Common Lives" METRIC x CDMX feat. Sergio Acosta, Rodrigo Guardiola, Sánchez Dub and Capri OUT NOW x" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  30. "Metric Chart History: Bubbling Under Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  31. Metric. I.O.U. (Video). YouTube.
  32. "Metric – IOU". MTV. Viacom. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  33. Metric. Combat Baby (Video) via YouTube.
  34. Metric. Succexy (Video) via YouTube.
  35. Metric. Sick Muse (Video) via YouTube.
  36. Metric (22 March 2010). Gold Guns Girls (Video). MySpace.
  37. Metric. Stadium Love (Video) via YouTube.
  38. "Metric – Black Sheep". MTV. Viacom. Archived from the original on 10 December 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
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