The Darkness discography
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As of March 2025, the discography of The Darkness, a British hard rock band, consists of eight studio albums, one compilation album, five live albums, one extended play (EP), one box set, thirty-six singles and twenty-five music videos.
| The Darkness discography | |
|---|---|
The 2013 lineup of The Darkness. From left to right: Ed Graham, Dan Hawkins, Justin Hawkins, Frankie Poullain. | |
| Studio albums | 8 |
| EPs | 1 |
| Live albums | 2 |
| Compilation albums | 1 |
| Singles | 32 |
| Music videos | 27 |
| Box sets | 1 |
The band released their debut EP I Believe in a Thing Called Love through label Must Destroy in August 2002.[1] The Darkness released their first two singles, "Get Your Hands Off My Woman" and "Growing on Me" in 2003, which reached peaks of 52 and 11 on the UK Singles Chart, respectively.[2] These were followed in September by the band's debut album Permission to Land, which topped the UK Albums Chart and was certified four-times platinum by the British Phonographic Industry.[2][3] Later singles from the album "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" and "Love Is Only a Feeling" peaked on the UK Singles Chart at numbers two and five respectively, while the Christmas single "Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)" achieved the 2003 Christmas number two spot.[2]
Their second album, One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back, was released in November 2005, preceded by the single "One Way Ticket"; the album was significantly less successful than its predecessor, reaching number eleven on the UK Albums Chart and receiving a silver certification from the BPI.[2][3] Both "One Way Ticket" and follow-up single "Is It Just Me?" reached number eight on the singles chart, while the third and final single from the album, "Girlfriend", charted at number 39.[2]
Following the band's first break up in 2006, The Platinum Collection compilation and a set comprising both of the band's albums were released in 2008.[1]
The band reunited in 2011 then released "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us" in February 2012,[4] followed by "Every Inch of You" in May,[5] then "Everybody Have a Good Time" in June. The band's third album, Hot Cakes, was released in August 2012, reaching number four on the UK Albums Chart.[2]
The band's fourth album, Last of Our Kind, was released on 2 June 2015, and their fifth album Pinewood Smile was released on 6 October 2017.
On 25 April 2018, it was announced that the Darkness would release their first live album Live at Hammersmith on 15 June 2018 with "Buccaneers of Hispaniola" (live) and "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" (live) available on the day of announcement. "Solid Gold" (live) was released on 1 June.[6]
The Darkness released their sixth album Easter Is Cancelled on 4 October 2019. There were three singles released prior to the album—"Rock and Roll Deserves to Die",[7] "Heart Explodes"[8] and the title track, "Easter Is Cancelled".[9] Two further singles were released afterwards, "How Can I Lose Your Love"[10] and "In Another Life"[11] in December 2019 and January 2020 respectively.
The band's seventh album Motorheart was released on 19 November 2021. The title track served as the lead single,[12] followed by "Nobody Can See Me Cry",[13] "Jussy's Girl",[14] and "It's Love, Jim".[15]
On 18 September 2024, the Darkness announced their eighth studio album Dreams on Toast would be released 28 March 2025 and the first single, "The Longest Kiss"[16] was released with an accompanying visualizer. A UK headline tour in support of the album was announced at the same time. To date, six singles have been released: "The Longest Kiss", "I Hate Myself",[17] "Rock and Roll Party Cowboy",[18] "Walking Through Fire",[19] "The Battle for Gadget Land" (announced as an exclusive perk of purchasing a special lanyard at the merch stand on tour dates preceding the album's release[20]) and "Hot on My Tail".[21]
On 22 May 2026 The Darkness released "Masters of the Universe", the title track of the Masters of the Universe (2026) movie. [22]
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] |
AUS [23] |
AUT [24] |
FIN [25] |
GER [26] |
IRL [27] |
JPN [28] |
SWE [29] |
SWI [30] |
US [31] | ||||
| Permission to Land | 1 | 17 | 40 | 17 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 59 | 36 | |||
| One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back |
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11 | 25 | 44 | 31 | 32 | 20 | 26 | 22 | 48 | 58 |
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| Hot Cakes |
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4 | 15 | 24 | 46 | 16 | 14 | 50 | 30 | 20 | 43 |
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| Last of Our Kind |
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12 | 23 | 53 | 41 | 56 | 49 | 57 | — | 43 | 125 | ||
| Pinewood Smile |
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8 | 17 | — | — | — | — | 166 | — | 90 | 190 | ||
| Easter Is Cancelled |
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10 | 22 | — | — | 60 | 31 | — | — | 79 | —[A] | ||
| Motorheart |
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16 | 96 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 99 | —[B] | ||
| Dreams on Toast |
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2 | 45 [43] | 37 | — | 58 | 89 [44] | — | — | 49 | — | ||
Compilation albums
Live albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] |
UK Sales [2] |
UK Indie [2] |
UK Rock [2] |
SCO [2] | ||||||||||||
| Blast of Our Kind Tour – London Roundhouse - 20 Dec 2015 |
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— | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| Blast of Our Kind Tour – The Best Of |
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— | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| Live at Hammersmith |
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47 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Streaming of a White Christmas |
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— | 51 | 16 | 22 | 87 | ||||||||||
| One Way Ticket to Birminham - Live at the NEC 2006 |
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__ | __ | __ | __ | __ | ||||||||||
| "—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||||
Extended plays
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK Indie [2] |
UK Rock [2] | ||
| I Believe in a Thing Called Love |
|
43 | 20 |
Box sets
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Permission to Land/One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back |
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Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] |
AUS [23] |
BEL [45][46] |
DEN [47] |
GER [26] |
IRL [27] |
NED [48] |
NOR [49] |
NZ [50] |
SWE [29] |
US Bub. [51] | |||||
| "Get Your Hands off My Woman" | 2003 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Permission to Land | ||
| "Growing on Me" | 11 | 46 | — | — | — | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" | 2 | 40 | —[C] | — | 47 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 19 | ||||
| "Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)" | 2 | 63 | — | 9 | — | 2 | — | 20 | — | — | — |
|
Permission to Land (Christmas Edition) | ||
| "Love Is Only a Feeling" | 2004 | 5 | 35 | — | — | 95 | 10 | 92 | — | 22 | 55 | — |
|
Permission to Land | |
| "One Way Ticket" | 2005 | 8 | 36 | —[D] | 20 | 75 | 22 | — | 19 | 15 | 31 | — | One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back | ||
| "Is It Just Me?" | 2006 | 8 | 39 | — | — | — | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Girlfriend" | 39 | — | — | — | — | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us" | 2012 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Hot Cakes | ||
| "Every Inch of You" | —[E] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Everybody Have a Good Time" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "With a Woman" | 2013 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "The Horn" | —[F] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Extra Hot Cakes – Yuletide Edition | |||
| "Barbarian" | 2015 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Last of Our Kind | ||
| "Open Fire" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Last of Our Kind" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Million Dollar Strong" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Last of Our Kind (Deluxe Edition) | |||
| "I Am Santa" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "All the Pretty Girls" | 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Pinewood Smile | ||
| "Solid Gold" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Southern Trains" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Happiness" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Rock and Roll Deserves to Die" | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Easter Is Cancelled | ||
| "Heart Explodes" | — | — | —[G] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Easter Is Cancelled" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "How Can I Lose Your Love" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "In Another Life" | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Motorheart" | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Motorheart | ||
| "Nobody Can See Me Cry" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Jussy's Girl" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "It's Love, Jim" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "The Longest Kiss" | 2024 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Dreams on Toast | ||
| "I Hate Myself" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Rock and Roll Party Cowboy" | 2025 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Walking Through Fire" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "The Battle for Gadget Land" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Hot on My Tail" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Masters of the Universe" | 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Masters of the Universe Soundtrack | ||
| "—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
Promotional singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEL (WA) Tip [46] | |||
| "Friday Night"[54] | 2004 | — | Permission to Land |
| "Get Your Hands off My Woman... Again"[55] | — | ||
| "Everybody Have a Good Time"[56] | 2012 | 46 | Hot Cakes |
| "Keep Me Hangin' On"[57] | 2013 | — | |
| "Last of Our Kind"[58] | 2015 | — | Last of Our Kind |
| "I Am Santa"[59] | — | Last of Our Kind (Deluxe Edition) | |
| "Solid Gold"[60] | 2017 | — | Pinewood Smile |
| "Happiness"[61] | — | ||
Music videos
| Title | Year | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| "Get Your Hands off My Woman" | 2003 | unknown |
| "Growing on Me" | ||
| "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" | Alex Smith[62] | |
| "Friday Night" | unknown | |
| "Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)" | ||
| "Love Is Only a Feeling" | 2004 | |
| "One Way Ticket" | 2005 | Tim Pope[62] |
| "Is It Just Me?" | 2006 | |
| "Girlfriend" | ||
| "Nothin's Gonna Stop Us" | 2012 | Thom Lessner, Ted Passon[63] |
| "Every Inch of You" | unknown | |
| "Everybody Have a Good Time" | Warren Fu[62][64] | |
| "With a Woman" | 2013 | |
| "Barbarian" | 2015 | unknown |
| "Open Fire" | ||
| "Last of Our Kind" | ||
| "I Am Santa" | ||
| "All the Pretty Girls" | 2017 | unknown |
| "Solid Gold" | ||
| "Southern Trains" | ||
| "Happiness" | ||
| "Rock and Roll Deserves to Die" | 2019 | unknown |
| "Heart Explodes" | ||
| "In Another Life" | 2020 | Kristy Currie |
| "Motorheart" | 2021 | unknown |
| "Nobody Can See Me Cry" | Arepo [65] | |
| "Jussy's Girl" | Arepo[66] |
Notes
- Easter Is Cancelled did not enter the US Billboard 200, but peaked at number 41 on the Album Sales Chart.[41]
- Motorheart did not enter the US Billboard 200, but peaked at number 91 on the Top Current Album Sales Chart.[42]