The Chemical Brothers discography
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British big beat duo the Chemical Brothers have released ten studio albums, one live album, five compilation albums, two remix albums, five mix albums, one soundtrack album, two video albums, six extended plays, thirty-seven singles, fifteen promotional singles and thirty-two music videos.
Studio albums10
EPs6
Soundtrack albums1
Live albums1
| The Chemical Brothers discography | |
|---|---|
The Chemical Brothers performing live: Ed Simons (left) and Tom Rowlands (right) | |
| Studio albums | 10 |
| EPs | 6 |
| Soundtrack albums | 1 |
| Live albums | 1 |
| Compilation albums | 4 |
| Singles | 37 |
| Video albums | 2 |
| Music videos | 35 |
| Remix albums | 2 |
| Mix albums | 5 |
| Promotional singles | 15 |
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
AUT [3] |
BEL [4] |
FRA [5] |
IRL [6] |
NLD [7] |
NZ [8] |
SWI [9] |
US [10] | ||||
| Exit Planet Dust |
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9 | — | — | 49 | — | — | 77 | 42 | — | — | ||
| Dig Your Own Hole |
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1 | 3 | 26 | 7 | 24 | — | 23 | 2 | 30 | 14 | ||
| Surrender |
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1 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 43 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 32 | ||
| Come with Us |
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1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 12 | 32 | ||
| Push the Button |
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1 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 59 | ||
| We Are the Night |
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1 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 28 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 65 | ||
| Further |
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— [A] | 9 | 48 | 10 | 34 | 19 | 42 | 19 | 5 | 63 |
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| Born in the Echoes |
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1 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 73 |
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| No Geography |
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4 | 17 | 26 | 9 | 48 | 21 | 26 | — | 10 | — |
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| For That Beautiful Feeling |
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6 | 70 | — | 65 | 64 | 85 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
Collaborative albums
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| Come Closer (with Aurora as Tomora) |
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
AUT [3] |
BEL [4] |
FRA [5] |
ITA [32] |
NZ [8] |
SWI [9] |
US [10] |
US Dance [33] | |||
| Singles 93–03 |
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9 | 44 | — | 16 | — | 12 | 12 | — | 123 | 2 | |
| B-Sides Volume 1 |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Brotherhood |
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11 | 94 | 63 | 15 | 94 | 13 | — | 35 | — | 14 | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||
Remix albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| The Remixes Volume 06 |
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| Remixes |
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Mix albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK Comp. [34] |
AUS [2] |
NOR [35] |
US [10] | ||
| Live at the Social Volume 1 |
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19 | — | — | — |
| Radio 1 Anti-Nazi Mix |
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— | — | — | — |
| Brothers Gonna Work It Out |
|
7 | 86 | 24 | 95 |
| In Glint |
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— | — | — | — |
| Confront Your Demons |
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— | — | — | — |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||
Soundtrack albums
Video albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEL [4] |
FRA [5] |
ITA [32] |
NLD [7] |
SPA [37] | |||
| Singles 93–03 |
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— | — | — | — | — | |
| Don't Think |
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63 | 194 | 58 | 89 | 63 | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||
Extended plays
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
IRL [38] |
NZ [8] |
SWE [39] |
US Dance [33] | |||||||
| Fourteenth Century Sky |
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— | — | — | — | — | |||||
| My Mercury Mouth E.P |
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89 | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Loops of Fury |
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13 | 20 | 48 | 20 | — | |||||
| Music:Response |
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— | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Come with Us/Japan Only EP |
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— | — | — | — | — | |||||
| AmericanEP |
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— | — | — | — | 25 | |||||
| Live 05 |
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— | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [2][41] |
BEL [4] |
FRA [5] |
IRL [42] |
NLD [7] |
NZ [8] |
SWI [9] |
US [43] |
US Dance [44] | |||||
| "Leave Home" | 1995 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Exit Planet Dust | ||
| "Life Is Sweet" | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 31 | ||||
| "Setting Sun" | 1996 | 1 | 27 | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | 80 | — |
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Dig Your Own Hole | |
| "Block Rockin' Beats" | 1997 | 1 | 28 | 44 | — | 9 | — | 29 | — | —[B] | — | |||
| "Elektrobank" | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | 44 | — | —[C] | — | ||||
| "The Private Psychedelic Reel" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Hey Boy Hey Girl" | 1999 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 77 | 4 | 29 | 10 | — | — | — | Surrender | ||
| "Let Forever Be" | 9 | — | 65 | — | 23 | 89 | 30 | — | — | — |
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| "Out of Control" | 21 | 88 | — | — | — | — | 26 | — | — | 34 | ||||
| "Music:Response" | 2000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "It Began in Afrika" | 2001 | 8 | 60 | 46 | 69 | 15 | — | — | 89 | — | 1 | Come with Us | ||
| "Star Guitar" | 2002 | 8 | 52 | 58 | — | 10 | 76 | 49 | 73 | — | 2 | |||
| "Come with Us" / "The Test" | 14 | 80 | — | — | 36 | — | — | — | — | 8 | ||||
| "The Golden Path" (featuring The Flaming Lips) |
2003 | 17 | 89 | — | — | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | Singles 93–03 | ||
| "Get Yourself High" (featuring k-os) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 30 | ||||
| "Galvanize" (featuring Q-Tip) |
2005 | 3 | 38 | 13 | 68 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 34 | — | 12 | Push the Button | ||
| "Believe" | 18 | 69 | 48 | — | 22 | 90 | — | 63 | — | — | ||||
| "The Boxer" | 41 | — | — | — | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Do It Again" | 2007 | 12 | — | 8 | — | 10 | 26 | — | 86 | — | — | We Are the Night | ||
| "The Salmon Dance" (featuring Fatlip) |
27 | — | 53 | — | 43 | 95 | 10 | — | — | — | ||||
| "Midnight Madness" | 2008 | 80 | — | 63 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Brotherhood | ||
| "Escape Velocity" | 2010 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Further | ||
| "Swoon" | 85 | — | 72 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 45 | ||||
| "Another World" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Container Park" | 2011 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Hanna | ||
| "Theme for Velodrome" | 2012 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||
| "Go" (featuring Q-Tip) |
2015 | 46 | 56 | 24 | 169 | 76 | — | — | 73 | — | 28 | Born in the Echoes | ||
| "Under Neon Lights" (featuring St. Vincent) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "C-H-E-M-I-C-A-L" | 2016 | — | — | 93 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Free Yourself"[47] | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | No Geography | ||
| "MAH"[48] | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Got to Keep On"[49] | —[A] | — | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "We've Got to Try"[51] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "The Darkness That You Fear" | 2021 | —[B] | — | — | — | — | — | —[C] | — | — | — | For That Beautiful Feeling | ||
| "No Reason" | 2023 | —[D] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Live Again" (featuring Halo Maud) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Skipping Like a Stone" (featuring Beck) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Goodbye" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Ring the Alarm" (with Aurora)[a] |
2025 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Come Closer | ||
| "The Thing" (with Aurora)[a] |
2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Come Closer" (with Aurora)[a] |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Somewhere Else" (with Aurora)[a] |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Promotional singles
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Song to the Siren" (released under the name The Dust Brothers) | 1992 | Exit Planet Dust |
| "Electronic Battle Weapon 1 / 2" | 1996 | Non-album single |
| "Where Do I Begin" | 1997 | Dig Your Own Hole |
| "Electronic Battle Weapon 3 / 4" | 1998 | Non-album singles |
| "Only 4 the K People" | 1999 | |
| "Asleep from Day" / "Music: Response" | 2000 | Surrender |
| "Electronic Battle Weapon 5" | 2001 | Non-album singles |
| "Electronic Battle Weapon 6" | 2002 | |
| "Electronic Battle Weapon 7" | 2004 | |
| "Electronic Battle Weapon 8 / 9" | 2006 | |
| "Battle Scars" / "The Salmon Dance" (featuring Fatlip) |
2007 | We Are the Night |
| "Electronic Battle Weapon 10" | 2010 | Non-album single |
| "Horse Power" | Further | |
| "Theme for Velodrome" | 2012 | Non-album singles |
| "Electronic Battle Weapon 11" | 2015 | |
| "Work Energy Principle" | 2021 | |
| "All of a Sudden" | 2023 |
Music videos
| Year | Album | Title | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Exit Planet Dust | "Life Is Sweet" | Walter A. Stern[55] |
| 1996 | Dig Your Own Hole | "Setting Sun" (featuring Noel Gallagher) |
Dom and Nic[55] |
| 1997 | "Block Rockin' Beats" | ||
| "Elektrobank" | Spike Jonze[55] | ||
| 1999 | Surrender | "Hey Boy Hey Girl" | Dom and Nic[55] |
| "Let Forever Be" (featuring Noel Gallagher) |
Michel Gondry[55] | ||
| "Out of Control" | W.I.Z.[55] | ||
| 2002 | Come With Us | "Star Guitar" | Michel Gondry, Olivier Gondry[55] |
| "The Test" | Dom and Nic[55] | ||
| 2003 | Singles 93–03 | "The Golden Path" (featuring The Flaming Lips) |
Chris Milk[55] |
| "Get Yourself High" (featuring k-os) |
Joseph Kahn[55] | ||
| 2005 | Push the Button | "Galvanize" (featuring Q-Tip) |
Adam Smith[55] |
| "Believe" | Dom and Nic[55] | ||
| "The Boxer" | Ne-o[55] | ||
| 2007 | We Are the Night | "Do It Again" | Michael Haussman[56] |
| "The Salmon Dance" (featuring Fatlip) |
Dom and Nic[57][58] | ||
| 2008 | Brotherhood | "Midnight Madness" | |
| 2010 | Further | "Another World" | Adam Smith, Marcus Lyall[59][60] |
| "Dissolve" | |||
| "Escape Velocity" | |||
| "Horse Power" | |||
| "K+D+B" | |||
| "Snow" | |||
| "Swoon" | |||
| "Wonders of the Deep" | |||
| 2015 | Born in the Echoes | "Go" (featuring Q-Tip) |
Michel Gondry[61] |
| "Under Neon Lights" | Adam Smith[62] | ||
| "Sometimes I Feel So Deserted" | Ninian Doff[61] | ||
| 2016 | "Wide Open" (featuring Beck) |
Dom and Nic[61][63] | |
| 2018 | No Geography | "Free Yourself" | |
| 2019 | "Got to Keep On" | Michel Gondry, Olivier Gondry[64] | |
| "We've Got to Try" | Ninian Doff[65] | ||
| "Eve of Destruction" (featuring Aurora) |
Adam Smith, Marcus Lyall[66] | ||
| / | "Out Of Control (The Avalanches Surrender To Love Mix)" | Kate Gibb, Jimmy Turrell, Computer Team[67] | |
| 2021 | For That Beautiful Feeling | "The Darkness That You Feel" | Ruffmercy[68] |
| 2023 | "No Reason" | Adam Smith, Marcus Lyall[69][70] | |
| "Live Again" (featuring Halo Maud) |
Dom and Nic[71] | ||
| "Skipping Like A Stone" (featuring Beck) |
Pensacola[72] | ||
| "Goodbye" | Adam Smith, Marcus Lyall[73] |
Remixes
| Year | Artist | Release | Song(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Deep Throat | Mouth Organ single | Mouth Organ (Dust Brothers Remix) |
| Swordfish | Missing Factor (The Atlas Mixes) / The Get On 12" single | The Get On (Dust Brothers Mix) | |
| Ariel | T-Baby 12" promo | T-Baby (The Dust Brothers Remix) | |
| Leftfield, Lydon | Open Up single | Open Up (The Dust Brothers Remix) | |
| Lionrock | Packet Of Peace single | Packet Of Peace (The Dust Brothers Remix) | |
| 1994 | Sandals | Feet 12" promo | Feet (Vocal Mix) (as The Dust Brothers) |
| Saint Etienne | Like A Motorway single and 12" promo | Like A Motorway (Chekhov Warp Dub)
Like a Motorway (Chekhov Warp Mix) | |
| Primal Scream | Jailbird single | Jailbird (The Dust Brothers Mix) | |
| The Prodigy | Voodoo People single | Voodoo People (Dust Brothers Remix) | |
| Bomb the Bass featuring Justin Warfield | Bug Powder Dust single | Bug Powder Dust (Dust Brothers Remix) | |
| Manic Street Preachers | She Is Suffering single | La Tristesse Durera (Scream To A Sigh) Vocal Mix (as The Dust Brothers)
La Tristesse Durera (Scream To A Sigh) Dub Mix (as The Dust Brothers) | |
| Justin Warfield | Pick It Up Y'All / Live From The Opium Den single | Pick It Up Y'All (Dust Brothers Vocal Mix) | |
| Republica | Out Of This World 12" promo | Out Of This World (The Dust Brothers Remix) | |
| The Charlatans | Jesus Hairdo single | Patrol (Dust Brothers Remix) | |
| 1995 | The Sabres of Paradise | Versus compilation | Tow Truck (Chemical Brothers Mix) |
| Method Man featuring Mary J. Blige | I'll Be There For You / You're All I Need To Get By single | Bring The Pain (Chemical Vocal)
Bring The Pain (Chemical Instrumental) | |
| The Charlatans | The Charlatans UK V. The Chemical Brothers | Toothache (Chemical Risk Mix)
Chemical Risk Dub (Toothache Mix) Nine Acre Dust Toothache (Instrumental Mix) | |
| The Chemical Brothers | Life Is Sweet single | Life Is Sweet (Remix 2)
Leave Home (Terror Drums) Life Is Sweet (Remix 1) Chico’s Groove (Mix 2) | |
| 1996 | Manic Street Preachers | A Design For Life single | Faster (Vocal Mix) |
| Dave Clarke | No One's Driving single | No One's Driving (Chemical Brothers Remix) | |
| Manic Street Preachers | Everything Must Go single | Everything Must Go (The Chemical Brothers Remix) | |
| 1997 | Primal Scream | Burning Wheel single | Burning Wheel (Chemical Brothers Remix) |
| 1998 | Spiritualized | I Think I'm In Love single | I Think I'm In Love (Chemical Brothers Vocal Remix)
I Think I'm In Love (Chemical Brothers Instrumental) |
| The Dust Brothers | Dead Man On Campus (Music From The Motion Picture) compilation | Realize (Chemical Brothers Remix) | |
| Mercury Rev | Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp single | Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp (Chemical Brothers Remix) | |
| 1999 | Primal Scream | Swastika Eyes single | Swastika Eyes (Chemical Brothers Mix) |
| 2001 | Fatboy Slim | Ya Mama / Song For Shelter single | Song For Shelter (Chemical Brothers Mix) |
| 2002 | New Order | Here To Stay single | Here To Stay (Radio Edit)
Here To Stay (Full Length Vocal) |
| Beth Orton | Daybreaker album | Daybreaker | |
| 2003 | Kylie Minogue | Slow 12" promo | Slow (The Chemical Brothers Remix) |
| 2008 | Vitalic and MBV | Digital Decks, Chemical Brothers mix album | Newman Made Me Realise (Chemical Edit) |
| Oasis | Falling Down single | Falling Down (Chemical Brothers Remix) | |
| 2010 | The Doors | Henry Saiz The Labyrinth #09 Featuring Hernan Cattaneo mix album | Riders On The Storm (The Chemical Brothers Chill Out Mix) |
| 2013 | Boys Noize | XTC 12" promo | XTC (The Chemical Brothers Remix) |
| Stan the Flasher | R.O.U.E.N (The Mixes-2013 Edition) | Do ROUEN Again (Stan The Flasher vs. The Chemical Brothers CZPK's One Million Mashup) |
Notes
- A ^ Further was deemed ineligible to chart on the UK Albums Chart due to all copies of Further giving buyers the chance to win an iPad; chart regulations forbid merchandise or prizes being used as enticements to buy releases.[74]
- B ^ "Block Rockin' Beats" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 7 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song extension to the Hot 100.[75]
- C ^ "Elektrobank" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 22 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song extension to the Hot 100.[75]
- "The Darkness That You Fear" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 27 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[53]
- The song had been released as a part of group project "Tomora" that consist of Aurora and The Chemical Brothers' Tom Rowlands.