Duran Duran discography

Duran Duran discography

Duran Duran live at the Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Canada
Studio albums 14
Live albums 4
Compilation albums 7
Video albums 14
EPs 6
Singles 39

This is a discography of the British band Duran Duran. Duran Duran have released fourteen studio albums, three remix albums, two live albums, four compilation albums, two box sets, five EPs, thirty-nine singles, fourteen video albums on various record labels. Duran Duran have sold more than 70 million records (among album and singles).[1] By reaching the top 10 on the US Billboard Top 200 Album Charts with "Paper Gods" the band has become one of the few artist to achieve this result in three different decades (1980s, 1990s and 2010s) and one of the even less to reach the top 20 in all four decades of its story: 5 albums in the 1980s ("Duran Duran", "Rio", "Seven and the Ragged Tiger", "Arena" and "Notorious"), 3 albums in the 1990s ("Liberty", "Duran Duran" [aka "The Wedding Album"] and "Thank You"), 1 album in the 2000s ("Astronaut") and 1 album in the 2010s ("Paper Gods")

Albums

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions, sales, and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[2]
AUS
[3]
CAN
[4][5]
FIN
[6]
FRA
[7]
GER
[8]
IRE
[9]
ITA
[10]
NL
[11]
NZ
[12]
SWI
[13]
US
[5]
Duran Duran 3 9 27 22 2 10
Rio
  • Released: 10 May 1982
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
2 1 1 3 40 2 6
Seven and the Ragged Tiger
  • Released: 21 November 1983
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD, cassette, LP
1 2 7 3 20 17 12 1 1 16 8
Notorious
  • Released: 24 November 1986
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD, cassette, LP
16 30 19 19 30 22 2 11 15 19 12
Big Thing
  • Release date: 18 October 1988
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: CD, cassette, LP
15 46 29
[18]
31 5 77 34 19 24
Liberty
  • Released: 20 August 1990
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: CD, cassette, LP
8 56 6 37 36 46
Duran Duran
(The Wedding Album)
  • Released: 11 February 1993
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: CD, cassette, LP
4 20 8 18 32 22 6 23 32 23 7
Thank You
  • Released: 27 March 1995
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: CD, cassette, LP
12 63 15 50 17 34 44 19
Medazzaland
  • Released: 14 October 1997
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD, cassette
66 58
Pop Trash
  • Released: 19 June 2000
  • Label: Hollywood
  • Formats: CD, cassette
53 80 40 135
Astronaut 3 22 9 87 23 38 2 17 29 21 17
Red Carpet Massacre
  • Released: 19 November 2007
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: CD, digital download, LP
44 69 145 85 75 10 73 39 36
All You Need Is Now
  • Released: 21 March 2011
  • Label: Tapemodern / Allido
  • Formats: CD, digital download, LP
11 79 52 39 78 10 23 28 29
Paper Gods 5 19 18 28 60 24 27 2 4 24 15 10
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released.

Compilation albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions, sales, and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[2]
AUS
[3]
CAN
[4][5]
FIN
[6]
IRE
[9]
ITA
[19]
NL
[11]
NZ
[12]
US
[5]
Decade
  • Released: 13 November 1989
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD, cassette, LP
5 89 81 84 67
Night Versions
  • Released: 31 March 1998
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD
Greatest
  • Released: 9 November 1998
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD, Minidisc
4 82 74 13 40 22 24 12 170
The Essential Collection
  • Released: 20 March 2000
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD
The Biggest and the Best 123
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions, sales, and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[2]
AUS
[3]
CAN
[4][21]
FIN
[6]
GER
[22]
ITA
[10]
NL
[11]
NZ
[12]
SWI
[13]
US
[5]
Arena
  • Released: 12 November 1984
  • Label: Parlophone/Capitol Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette, LP
6 8 10 8 1 1 5 3 4 4
Live from London
  • Released: 25 October 2005
  • Label: Epic Records
  • Formats: CD
Live at Hammersmith 82!
  • Released: 21 September 2009
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD
A Diamond in the Mind: Live 2011
  • Released: 10 July 2012
  • Label: Eagle Records
  • Formats: CD
186 59 40
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Extended plays

List of albums, with selected chart positions, sales, and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
AUS
[3]
ITA
[10]
US
[5]
Nite Romantics
  • Released: 1981 (Japan)
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: LP
Night Versions
  • Released: April 1982 (Australia)
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: LP
19
Carnival
  • Released: September 1982
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: LP, CD
98
Tiger! Tiger!
  • Released: 1984 (Japan)
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: LP
Mixing
  • Released: 1985 (Italy)
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: LP
3
Strange Behavior
  • Released: 1986 (Japan)
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: LP
From Mediterranea with Love
  • Released: 23 December 2010
  • Label: Tapemodern / Allido
  • Formats: Digital download
RDS Showcase
  • Released: 2011
  • Formats: Digital download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Remix albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions, sales, and certifications
Title Album details Chart Certifications
UK
[2]
Strange Behaviour
  • Released: 23 March 1999
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: LP
70
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Box sets

List of albums, with selected chart positions, sales, and certifications
Title Album details Chart Certifications
UK
[2]
ITA
[10]
Singles Box Set 1981–1985
  • Released: 12 May 2003
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD
183 42
Singles Box Set 1986–1995
  • Released: 13 September 2004
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD
19
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

1980s

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
Album
UK
[2]
AUS
[3]
FIN
[6]
FRA
[23]
FRA Airplay
[24]
GER
[22]
IRE
[9]
ITA
[10]
NL
[11]
NZ
[12]
SWI
[25]
US
[5]
US Dance
[5]
US Rock
[5]
1981 "Planet Earth" 12 8 70 1 14 26 Duran Duran
"Careless Memories" 37 60 72
"Girls on Film" 5 11 2 16 4 26 19
"My Own Way" 14 10 14 20 12 Rio
1982 "Hungry Like the Wolf" 5 5 4 4 32 50 4 3 36 1
"The Chauffeur" 2
"Save a Prayer" 2 56 1 2 35
"Rio" 9 60 14 9 36 14 5
1983 "Is There Something I Should Know?" 1 4 2 28 2 29 24 5 7 4 34 3 Non-album single but in USA with reedition of Duran Duran
"Union of the Snake" 3 4 1 8 37 5 22 17 3 3 33 2 Seven and the Ragged Tiger
1984 "New Moon on Monday" 9 48 6 5 28 32 10 4
"The Reflex" 1 4 3 2 6 8 1 11 1 6 10 1 15 35
"The Wild Boys" 2 3 4 3 10 1 2 1 3 5 2 2 27 42 Arena
1985 "Save a Prayer" (US Single Version) 27 17 16 Rio
"A View to a Kill" 2 6 6 18 7 9 2 1 3 13 7 1 42 A View to a Kill (soundtrack)
1986 "Notorious" 7 17 4 15 12 5 1 6 6 4 2 26 Notorious
1987 "Skin Trade" 22 57 35 10 10 11 36 39
"Meet El Presidente" 24 10 54 13 16 31 70
1988 "I Don't Want Your Love" 14 23 15 73 10 31 8 1 11 12 15 4 1 13 Big Thing
"All She Wants Is" 9 74 17 3 28 10 4 44 47 22 1 24
1989 "Do You Believe in Shame?" 30 22 17 7 41 72
"Burning the Ground" 31 23 7 75 23 Decade: Greatest Hits
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
Album
UK
[2]
AUS
[3]
FIN
[6]
FRA
[7]
FRA Airplay
[24]
GER
[22]
IRE
[9]
ITA
[10]
NL
[11]
NZ
[12]
SWI
[25]
US
[5]
US Dance
[5]
1990 "Violence of Summer (Love's Taking Over)" 20 59 15 69 21 4 43 29 64 36 Liberty
"Serious" 48 69 7
1993 "Ordinary World" 6 18 18 5 8 16 3 2 16 3 11 3 Duran Duran (The Wedding Album)
"Come Undone" 13 19 23 6 42 9 6 16 7
"Too Much Information" 35 93 48 45 17
"Drowning Man" 40
1995 "Perfect Day" 28 101 Thank You
"White Lines" 17 20 22 31 5
"Lay Lady Lay" 19
1997 "Out of My Mind" 21 91 8 The Saint (soundtrack)
"Electric Barbarella" 4 52 Medazzaland
1998 "Electric Barbarella" (UK release) 23 Greatest
"Girls on Film" (Remix) 24
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
Album
UK
[2]
AUS
[3]
GER
[22]
IRE
[9]
ITA
[10]
NL
[11]
SWI
[25]
US
[5]
US Dance
[5]
2000 "Someone Else Not Me" 53 26 Pop Trash
2004 "(Reach Up for The) Sunrise" 5 22 39 32 2 25 61 89 1 Astronaut
2005 "What Happens Tomorrow" 11 80 47 2 2
2007 "Falling Down" 52 79 2 60 Red Carpet Massacre
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2010s

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
UK
[2]
ITA
[10]
2010 "All You Need Is Now" 196 20 All You Need Is Now
2011 "Girl Panic!"
"Leave a Light On"[30]
2015 "Pressure Off" 59 Paper Gods
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos

Videography

Year Video/DVD Additional notes
1983 Duran Duran Video compilation
1984 Duran Duran Video 45 Video EP featuring "Girls on Film" and "Hungry Like the Wolf"
Dancing on the Valentine Video compilation
As the Lights Go Down Slightly different version of Arena film. Initially only shown on Cinemax and MTV, released to the consumer market first with the 2010 reissue of Seven and the Ragged Tiger.
Sing Blue Silver Documentary; released on DVD in 2004
Arena (An Absurd Notion) Concert film; released on DVD in 2004
The Making of Arena Documentary; released on DVD in 2004
1987 Three to Get Ready Black-and-white documentary
* Short version – 29 minutes
* Long version ("Collector's Edition") – 75 minutes
1988 Working for the Skin Trade Concert film
6ix by 3hree Video compilation
1989 Decade Video compilation. 1995 UK version adds videos of "Violence of Summer", "Serious", "Ordinary World" and "Come Undone"
1993 Extraordinary World Documentary and video compilation
1998 Greatest Video compilation; reissued on DVD in 2004
2005 Live from London Concert at Wembley Arena
2008 Classic Albums: Rio 2008 documentary on the making of Rio.
2010 Live at Hammersmith '82! 1982 Rio Tour concert at London's Hammersmith Odeon. Released as a CD/DVD package, the DVD also includes bonus tracks including the promo video of "My Own Way" which had never been released on DVD.
2012 A Diamond in the Mind: Live 2011 2011 All You Need Is Now Tour concert at Manchester's MEN Arena. Includes bonus features of two additional songs as well as a behind the scenes documentary including interviews with band members.

Other appearances

Year Song Album
1995 "Thank You" Encomium: A Tribute to Led Zeppelin
2007 "Instant Karma!" Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur
2010 "Boys Keep Swinging" We Were So Turned On: A Tribute to David Bowie

References

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Chart positions

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