Everything but the Girl discography

The discography of Everything but the Girl consists of eleven studio albums, eight compilation albums, five extended plays, thirty-one singles, and one video album.

Everything but the Girl discography
Studio albums11
Compilation albums8
Video albums1
EPs5
Singles31

The band formed in Hull during 1982, consisting of lead singer and occasional guitarist Tracey Thorn and guitarist, keyboardist, and singer Ben Watt.[1]

Albums

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[2]
AUS
[3]
CAN
[4]
FRA
[5]
GER
[6]
NED
[7]
NZ
[8]
SWE
[9]
SWI
[10]
US
[11]
Eden 14 3 28
Everything but the Girl
  • Released: 1984
  • Label: Sire
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
Love Not Money
  • Released: 15 April 1985
  • Label: Blanco y Negro
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
10 51 26 38
Baby, the Stars Shine Bright
  • Released: 25 August 1986
  • Label: Blanco y Negro
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
22 30 40
Idlewild
  • Released: 29 February 1988
  • Label: Blanco y Negro
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
13 38
The Language of Life
  • Released: 5 February 1990
  • Label: Blanco y Negro
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
10 90 61 19 77
Worldwide
  • Released: 23 September 1991
  • Label: Blanco y Negro
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
29
Acoustic
  • Released: 2 June 1992
  • Label: Blanco y Negro
  • Formats: CD, cassette
Amplified Heart
  • Released: 13 June 1994
  • Label: Blanco y Negro
  • Formats: CD, cassette
20 60 32 21 20 46
Walking Wounded
  • Released: 6 May 1996
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, cassette
4 11 19 48 59 52 18 6 33 37
Temperamental
  • Released: 27 September 1999
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, cassette
16 3 29 18 65 17 14 65
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[2]
AUS
[3]
NZ
[8]
SCO
[16]
US
Elec

[17]
US
Indie

[18]
Essence & Rare 82–92
Home Movies
  • Released: 10 May 1993
  • Label: Blanco y Negro
5
The Best of Everything but the Girl
  • Released: 28 October 1996
  • Label: Blanco y Negro
23 58 30 46
Back to Mine
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: DMC
54 15 15
Like the Deserts Miss the Rain
  • Released: 21 October 2002
  • Label: Blanco y Negro
58 5
Adapt or Die: Ten Years of Remixes
  • Released: 14 March 2005
  • Label: Virgin
9
The Platinum Collection
  • Released: 2006
  • Label: Rhino
The Works
  • Released: 2007
  • Label: Rhino
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Extended plays

Title EP details Peak chart positions
UK
[2]
UK
Dance

[19]
IRE
[20]
SCO
[21]
Covers
  • Released: February 1992
  • Label: Blanco y Negro
13 18
The Only Living Boy in New York
  • Released: April 1993
  • Label: Blanco y Negro
42
I Didn't Know I Was Looking for Love
  • Released: June 1993
  • Label: Blanco y Negro
72
Rollercoaster
  • Released: May 1994
  • Label: Blanco y Negro
65
Missing
  • Released: August 1994
  • Label: Blanco y Negro
69 30 78
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[2]
AUS
[3]
FRA
[5]
GER
[6]
IRE
[20]
NED
[7]
NZ
[8]
SWE
[9]
SWI
[10]
US
[22]
US Dance
[23]
1983 "Night and Day" 92 Non-album single
1984 "Each and Every One" 28 19 19 Eden
"Mine" 58 Everything but the Girl
"Native Land" 73
1985 "When All's Well" 77 Love Not Money
"Angel" 93
1986 "Come on Home" 44 27 49 Baby, the Stars Shine Bright
"Don't Leave Me Behind" 72 85
1987 "Cross My Heart"
1988 "These Early Days" 75 Idlewild
"I Always Was Your Girl" 87
1989 "I Don't Want to Talk About It" 3 3 85 19
"Love Is Here Where I Live"
1990 "Driving" 54 30 [lower-alpha 1] The Language of Life
"Take Me" [lower-alpha 2]
1991 "Old Friends" Worldwide
"Twin Cities"
1992 "Talk to Me Like the Sea"
1993 "The Only Living Boy in New York" 42 Home Movies
"I Didn't Know I Was Looking for Love" 72
1994 "Rollercoaster" 65 Amplified Heart
"Missing" 69
1995 "Missing" (Todd Terry remix) 3 2 2 1 3 5 14 3 2 2 [lower-alpha 3]
1996 "Walking Wounded" 6 30 29 31 34 41 Walking Wounded
"Wrong" 8 36 43 59 20 29 47 41 68 1
"Single" 20 102
"Driving" (remix) 36 127 The Best of Everything but the Girl
1997 "Before Today" 25 [lower-alpha 4] Walking Wounded
1998 "The Future of the Future (Stay Gold)"
(Deep Dish with EBTG)
31 58 1 Temperamental
1999 "Five Fathoms (Love More)" 27 111 1
"Blame"
2000 "Temperamental" 72 1
"Lullaby of Clubland" 3
2001 "Tracey in My Room"
(EBTG vs Soul Vision)
34 76 Like the Deserts Miss the Rain
2002 "Corcovado"
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
  1. "Driving" didn't enter the Hot 100 but peaked at No. 23 at the Adult Contemporary Chart, No. 26 in the Alternative Airlplay Chart and No. 73 in the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.[24][25][26]
  2. "Take Me" didn't chart in the Hot 100 but peaked at No. 30 at the Adult Contemporary Chart in September 1990.[27]
  3. "Missing" didn't chart in the Dance Club Songs chart but peaked at No. 1 at the Dance Singles Sales in January 1996.[28]
  4. "Before Today" didn't chart in the Dance Club Songs chart but peaked at No. 46 at the Dance Singles Sales in May 1997.[32]

Videos

Year Title
2003 Like the Deserts Miss the Rain

Videography:

  1. On My Mind – 1983
  2. Each and Every One – 1984
  3. Mine – 1984
  4. Native Land – 1984
  5. When All's Well – 1985
  6. Come On Home – 1986
  7. Don't Leave Me Behind – 1986
  8. These Early Days – 1988
  9. I Don't Want to Talk About It – 1988
  10. Love Is Where I Live – 1988
  11. Driving – 1990
  12. Take Me – 1990
  13. Old Friend – 1991
  14. Love Is Strange – 1992
  15. The Only Boy Living in New York – 1993
  16. Rollercoaster – 1994
  17. Missing – 1994
  18. Missing – 1995 (Remix)
  19. Walking Wounded – 1996
  20. Wrong – 1996
  21. Single – 1996
  22. The Future of the Future (Stay Gold) – 1998 – (by Deep Dish featuring Everything But The Girl)
  23. Five Fathoms (Love More) – 1999
  24. Temperamental – 1999

References

  1. "Biography by Jason Ankeny". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 July 2009.
  2. "Official Charts > Everything but the Girl". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  3. Australian chart peaks:
  4. Canadian studio albums:
  5. "lescharts.com > Everything but the Girl dans les Charts Français" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  6. "Offizielle Deutsche Charts > Suchen nach "Everything but the Girl"" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 5 June 2019. N.B. Select 'Album' tab to display album chart peaks.
  7. "dutchcharts.nl > Everything but the Girl in Dutch Charts" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  8. "charts.nz > Everything but the Girl in New Zealand Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  9. "swedishcharts.com > Everything but the Girl in Swedish Chaarts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  10. "hitparade.ch > Everything but the Girl > Charts" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 June 2019. N.B. Select 'Alben' tab for albums chart peaks.
  11. "Everything but the Girl Chart History > Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  12. "BPI Certification". British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  13. "RIAA Certification". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  14. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. pp. 97–98.
  15. "New Zealand Certification – "Walking Wounded"". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  16. Scottish compilation album peaks:
  17. "Everything but the Girl Chart History > Top Dance/Electronic Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  18. "Everything but the Girl Chart History > Independent Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  19. UK extended play dance chart peaks:
  20. "Irish chart peaks". irishcharts.ie. Archived from the original on 3 June 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  21. Scottish extended play peaks:
  22. "Everything but the Girl Chart History > Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  23. "Everything But The Girl Dance Club Songs Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  24. "Everything But The Girl Adult Conteporary Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  25. "Everything But The Girl Alternative Airplay Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  26. "Everything But The Girl Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  27. "Everything But The Girl Adult Conteporary Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  28. "Everything But The Girl Dance Singles Sales Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  29. "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles 1996". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Archived from the original on 2 November 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  30. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank ('Missing')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 28 August 2008.
  31. "French Certification" (in French). SNEP. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  32. "Everything But The Girl Dance Singles Sales Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
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