My Chemical Romance discography
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The American rock band My Chemical Romance has released four studio albums, two live albums, three compilation albums, five extended plays, 24 singles, six promotional singles, four video albums and 18 music videos. They have also had 13 original appearances on other albums. As of December 2021, the band had sold 8.7 million album-equivalent units in the United States, 5.6 million of which were from album sales.[1]
Studio albums4
EPs5
Live albums2
Compilation albums3
| My Chemical Romance discography | |
|---|---|
My Chemical Romance performing in Nottingham, United Kingdom in February 2011. | |
| Studio albums | 4 |
| EPs | 5 |
| Live albums | 2 |
| Compilation albums | 3 |
| Singles | 24 |
| Promotional singles | 6 |
| Video albums | 4 |
| Music videos | 18 |
| Other original album appearances | 13 |
The band was formed in September 2001 after the attacks of 9/11. Shortly afterwards in 2002, they released their debut album, I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love, through Eyeball Records.[2] The album has since sold over 285,000 copies.[3] The band signed with Reprise Records the next year and released its second album, Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge, in 2004. A commercial success, it has sold over three million copies,[4] due in part to the successful singles "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" and "Helena".[4][2] Their third album, The Black Parade, was released in 2006 and has sold over four million copies.[5] The album's lead single, "Welcome to the Black Parade", became the band's highest charting song on the Billboard Hot 100 and their only number-one hit on the UK singles chart.[6][7] Other successful singles included "Famous Last Words", and "Teenagers". Their fourth studio album, Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, was released in 2010 and featured the successful singles "Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)" and "Sing".[8]
In February 2013, My Chemical Romance released the Conventional Weapons compilation album and box set.[A] One month later, My Chemical Romance announced their break-up.[10][11] In 2014, they put out a greatest hits album, May Death Never Stop You. It featured the final song they completed prior to their break-up, "Fake Your Death", which was intended for their scrapped fifth album.[12] The band reunited in 2019. In 2022, they released their first single in eight years, "The Foundations of Decay".[11]
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | ||||||||||
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| US [13] |
AUS [14] |
AUT [15] |
CAN [16] |
GER [17] |
IRL [18] |
JPN [19] |
NZ [20] |
SWE [21] |
UK [22] | |||||
| I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love | —[B] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 129 |
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| Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge | 6 | 16 | 54 | 20 | 20 | 36 | 73 | 30 | — | 9 | ||||
| The Black Parade | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys |
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8 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 2[C] |
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| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Live albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [13] |
AUS [14] |
AUT [15] |
CAN [16] |
GER [17] |
IRL [18] |
JPN [19] |
NZ [20] |
SWE [21] |
UK [22] | ||||
| Life on the Murder Scene |
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30 | — | — | 15 | — | 40 | — | — | — | 53 |
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| The Black Parade Is Dead! |
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22 | 10 | 24 | 21 | 51 | 19 | 52 | 6 | 29 | 12 | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [13] |
AUS [14] |
GER [17] |
IRL [18] |
ITA [43] |
JPN [19] |
NZ [20] |
SCO [44] |
SPA [45] |
UK [22] | |||||
| Conventional Weapons |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| May Death Never Stop You |
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9 | 11 | 66 | 13 | 67 | 37 | 22 | 17 | 61 | 15 |
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| The Black Parade/Living with Ghosts |
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— | 15 | — | — | — | 192 | — | 12 | — | 11 | |||
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
EPs
| Title | EP details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||
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| JPN [19] | |||||||||||||
| Like Phantoms, Forever |
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| Live and Rare |
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83 | |||||||||||
| The Black Parade: The B-Sides |
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| The Mad Gear and Missile Kid |
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| iTunes Festival: London 2011 |
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| "—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
Album | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [53] |
AUS [14] |
AUT [15] |
CAN [54] |
GER [17] |
IRL [18] |
NZ [20] |
SCO [55] |
SWE [21] |
UK [22] | |||||||
| "Honey, This Mirror Isn't Big Enough for the Two of Us" | 2003 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 182 | I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love | ||||
| "Headfirst for Halos" | 2004 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 94 | — | 80 | |||||
| "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" | 86 | 65 | — | — | — | — | 38 | 23 | — | 19 | Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge | |||||
| "Helena" | 2005 | 33 | 78 | — | — | 67 | 46 | 27 | 19 | — | 20 | |||||
| "Under Pressure" (with The Used) | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | In Love and Death (re-issue) | |||||
| "The Ghost of You" | 84 | — | — | — | — | 49 | — | 27 | — | 27 | Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge | |||||
| "Welcome to the Black Parade" | 2006 | 9 | 14 | — | 32 | 58 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 1 | The Black Parade | ||||
| "Famous Last Words" | 2007 | 88 | 20 | 57 | 57 | 68 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 37 | 8 | |||||
| "I Don't Love You" | — | 64 | — | — | 89 | 27 | — | 3 | — | 13 | ||||||
| "Teenagers" | 67 | 16 | 50 | 53 | 74 | 7 | 6 | 6 | — | 9 | ||||||
| "Desolation Row" | 2009 | —[D] | — | — | —[E] | — | — | — | 18 | — | 52 | Watchmen: Music from the Motion Picture | ||||
| "Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)" | 2010 | 77 | — | 71 | 70 | 94 | — | 33 | 26 | 44 | 31 | Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys | ||||
| "Sing" | 58 | 43 | — | 57 | — | — | — | 43 | — | 50 | ||||||
| "Planetary (Go!)" | 2011 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 151 | |||||
| "Bulletproof Heart" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "The Only Hope for Me Is You" | —[F] | — | — | 84 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "The Kids from Yesterday" | 2012 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Boy Division" / "Tomorrow's Money[A] | —[G] | — | — | — | — | — | — | 68 | — | 76 | Conventional Weapons | |||||
| "Ambulance" / "Gun."[A] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 176 | ||||||
| "The World Is Ugly" / "The Light Behind Your Eyes"[A] | —[H] | — | — | — | — | — | — | 95 | — | 113 | ||||||
| "Kiss the Ring" / "Make Room!"[A] | 2013 | —[I] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 111 | |||||
| "Surrender the Night" / "Burn Bright"[A] | —[J] | — | — | — | — | — | — | 99 | — | 101 | ||||||
| "Fake Your Death" | 2014 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 58 | — | 63 | May Death Never Stop You | ||||
| "The Foundations of Decay" | 2022 | —[K] | 80 | — | 92 | — | 56 | —[L] | — | — | 37 | Non-album single | ||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||||
Promotional singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
Album | |||||||||||||
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| UK [22] | |||||||||||||||||
| "Vampires Will Never Hurt You"[63] | 2002 | — | I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love | ||||||||||||||
| "Thank You for the Venom"[64] | 2004 | 71 |
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Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge | |||||||||||||
| "Save Yourself, I'll Hold Them Back"[65] | 2010 | — | Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys | ||||||||||||||
| "Sing It for Japan"[66] | 2011 | — | Non-album single | ||||||||||||||
| "The Five of Us Are Dying" (Rough mix of "Welcome to the Black Parade")[67] | 2016 | — | The Black Parade/Living with Ghosts | ||||||||||||||
| "Welcome to the Black Parade" (10th anniversary Steve Aoki remix)[68] | — | Non-album single | |||||||||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||||
Other certified or charted songs
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
Album | |||||||||||||
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| UK [22] | |||||||||||||||||
| "You Know What They Do to Guys Like Us in Prison" | 2004 | — |
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Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge | |||||||||||||
| "The End." | 2006 | — |
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The Black Parade | |||||||||||||
| "Dead!" | — | ||||||||||||||||
| "This Is How I Disappear" | — |
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| "The Sharpest Lives" | — | ||||||||||||||||
| "House of Wolves" | — |
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| "Cancer" | — |
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| "Mama" | — | ||||||||||||||||
| "Disenchanted" | — |
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| "Kill All Your Friends" | 2007 | 191 | — | "Famous Last Words" B-side[69] | |||||||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||||
Videography
Video albums
| Title | Album details | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
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| Life on the Murder Scene |
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| AOL Sessions |
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| The Black Parade Is Dead! |
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| ¡Venganza! |
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Music videos
| Title | Year | Director(s) |
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| "Vampires Will Never Hurt You" | 2002 | — |
| "Honey, This Mirror Isn't Big Enough for the Two of Us" | ||
| "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" | 2004 | |
| "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" | Marc Webb | |
| "Helena" | 2005 | |
| "The Ghost of You" | ||
| "Welcome to the Black Parade" | 2006 | Samuel Bayer |
| "Famous Last Words" | ||
| "I Don't Love You" | 2007 | Marc Webb |
| "Teenagers" | ||
| "Desolation Row" | 2009 | Zack Snyder |
| "Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)" | 2010 |
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| "Sing" |
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| "Planetary (Go!)" | 2011 | Michael Sterling Eaton |
| "Sing It for Japan" |
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| "The Kids from Yesterday" | 2012 | Emily Eisemann |
| "Fake Your Death" | 2014 | Thomas Kirk[70] |
| "Blood" | Marc Webb[71] |
Other original album appearances
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Headfirst for Halos" (live) | 2004 | In Honor: A Compilation to Beat Cancer |
| "All I Want for Christmas Is You" (originally by Mariah Carey) | Kevin & Bean's Christmastime in the 909[72] | |
| "Under Pressure" (with The Used; originally by David Bowie and Queen) | 2005 | In Love and Death (re-issue) |
| "Astro Zombies" (originally by the Misfits) | Tony Hawk's American Wasteland | |
| "To the End" (RnR Cheryl mix) | 2006 | Underworld: Evolution – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
| "Song 2" (live; originally by Blur) | Radio 1's Live Lounge | |
| "House of Wolves" (live) | 2007 | The Bamboozle 2007 |
| "Desolation Row" (originally by Bob Dylan) | 2009 | Watchmen: Music from the Motion Picture |
| "Desolation Row" (live; originally by Bob Dylan) | 2012 | Chimes of Freedom |
| "Every Snowflake Is Different (Just Like You)" | 2017 | Yo Gabba Gabba! Hey![73] |
See also
Notes
- Conventional Weapons consisted of five singles, containing two songs each, released from October 2012 to February 2013, named in numeric order of release (e.g. "Number One"). This culminated in the release of a combined box set on February 5, 2013.[9] For simplicity and ease of identification, this article refers to the singles by the songs included in them, rather than the numerical names.
- "Desolation Row" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number seven on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.[58]
- "Desolation Row" did not enter the Canadian Hot 100, but peaked at number 69 on the Hot Canadian Digital Songs Sales chart.[59]
- "The Foundations of Decay" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number two on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart[58] and number 11 on the Billboard Digital Song Sales chart.[61]
- "The Foundations of Decay" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number seven on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[62]