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Village People discography

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This is the discography of American disco group Village People.

Studio albums10
Compilation albums14
Singles34
Video albums5
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Village People discography
Studio albums10
Compilation albums14
Singles34
Video albums5
Music videos14
Box sets1
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Albums

Studio albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
US
[1]
US R&B
[2]
AUS
[3]
CAN
[4]
JPN
[5]
NL
[6]
NZ
[7]
NOR
[8]
SWE
[9]
UK
[10]
Village People 54 36 21 70 88 — — — 29 —
Macho Man
  • Released: February 27, 1978
  • Label: Casablanca
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
24 31 5 21 — — — — 37 —
Cruisin'
  • Released: September 25, 1978
  • Label: Casablanca
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
3 5 16 2 27 6 6 5 3 24
Go West
  • Released: March 26, 1979
  • Label: Casablanca
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
8 14 8 2 18 8 28 4 7 14
Live and Sleazy
  • Released: September 20, 1979
  • Label: Casablanca
  • Formats: 2xLP, 2xMC, 8-track
32 57 69 23 80 — — 13 25 —
Can't Stop the Music
  • Released: May 20, 1980
  • Label: Casablanca
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
47 — 1 — 36 20 4 17 35 9
Renaissance
  • Released: June 1981
  • Label: RCA (US), Casablanca (Japan)
138 — 12 — — — 34 — — —
Fox on the Box
  • Released: July 1, 1982
  • Label: RCA (Australia), Metronome (Germany), Casablanca (Japan), No UK or US release[20]
  • Formats: LP, MC
— — — — — — — — — —
Sex Over the Phone — — — — — — — — 47 —
A Village People Christmas
  • Released: November 27, 2018
  • Label: Ceres
  • Formats: CD, digital download
  • Re-released in 2019 with two additional tracks as Magical Christmas
— — — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
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Compilation albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions
AUS
[3]
NZ
[7]
SWE
[9]
UK
[10]
I Am What I Am – The Best of Village People
  • Released: March 1979
  • Label: Telefunken
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • Germany and Sweden-only release
— — 19 —
Non Stop
  • Released: November 1981
  • Label: RCA
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • Australia and New Zealand-only release
42 — — —
Greatest Hits Volume One and Two
  • Released: 1983
  • Label: J&B
  • Formats: 2xLP, 2xMC
  • Australia-only release
15 — — —
Greatest Hits
  • Released: November 1988
  • Label: Rhino
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
— — — —
Greatest Hits Remix
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: Groove & Move, BCM
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
— — — —
The Greatest Hits of Boney M and the Village People
(with Boney M)
  • Released: October 1990
  • Label: Concept
  • Formats: CD, LP
  • Australia-only release
68 — — —
The Best of Village People
  • Released: November 1993
  • Label: Arista/BMG
  • Formats: CD, MC
31 13 12 72
The Best of Village People
  • Released: March 22, 1994
  • Label: Casablanca
  • Formats: CD
— — — —
We Want You
  • Released: January 1998
  • Label: Scorpio Music, Columbia
  • Formats: CD
— — 38 —
Greatest Hits
  • Released: November 1999
  • Label: Wrasse
  • Formats: CD, MC
  • UK-only release
— — — 118[21]
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Village People
  • Released: August 21, 2001
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD
— — — —
100%
  • Released: July 2002
  • Label: Mariann
  • Formats: CD
  • Scandinavia-only release
— — 19 —
Icon
  • Released: June 3, 2014
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD
— — — —
Gold
  • Released: November 15, 2019
  • Label: Crimson
  • Formats: 3xCD, LP
— — — 66
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
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Box sets

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Title Album details
The Album Collection 1977–1985
  • Released: March 20, 2020
  • Label: Edsel
  • Formats: 10xCD
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Singles

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Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
Album
US
[22][23]
US Dance
[22]
AUS
[3]
BEL (FL)
[24]
CAN
[25]
GER
[26]
JPN
[27]
NL
[28]
NZ
[29]
UK
[10]
"San Francisco (You've Got Me)" 1977 102 1[A] 15 —[B] — — 40 — — 45 Village People
"Macho Man" 1978 25 4[C] 3 — 16 — 41 — 7 — Macho Man
"In Hollywood (Everybody Is a Star)" [D] — 1[A] — — — — — 27 — — Village People
"Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody" (medley) [E] — — — — — — — — — — Macho Man
"Y.M.C.A." 2 2[F] 1 1 1 1 10 1 1 1 Cruisin'
"I Am What I Am" [G] — 4[C] — — — 32 — — — — Macho Man
"In the Navy" 1979 3 14[H] 7 1 1 3 10 1 7 2 Go West
"Go West" 45 — 12 41 — 43 29 — 15
"I Wanna Shake Your Hand" [I] — — — — — — — — — —
"Sleazy" — 26 — — — — 76 — — — Live and Sleazy
"Ready for the 80's" 52 — — — — — — — —
"Can't Stop the Music" 1980 — 27 1 7 — 10 36 — 2 11 Can't Stop the Music
"Magic Night" — — 88 — — — 88 — — —
"Do You Wanna Spend the Night" 1981 — — 48 — — — — — — — Renaissance
"5 O'Clock in the Morning" — — — — — — — — — —
"Fireman" [J] — — — — — — — — — —
"Action Man" — — — — — — — — — —
"Fox on the Box" 1982 — — — — — — — — — — Fox on the Box
"Play Bach" [K] — — — — — — — — — —
"America" [L] 1983 — — — — — — — — — — Non-album single
"Sex Over the Phone" 1985 — — — — — 40 — — — 59 Sex Over the Phone
"New York City" — — — — — — — — — 97
"Medley 1985" [M] — — — — — — — — — 91 Non-album singles
"Livin' in the Wildlife" [N] 1988 — — — — — — — — — —
"Megamix" 1989 — — — 14 — — — — — — Greatest Hits Remix
"Y.M.C.A" ('93 remix) 1993 — — 76 — — 96 — — 46 12 The Best of Village People
"In the Navy" ('94 remix) 1994 — — — — — — — — 42 36
"Far Away in America" (with die Deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft) [O] — — — — — 44 — — — — Far Away in America
"We Want You – The 1998 Megamix" 1998 — — 92 — — — — — — — We Want You
"Y.M.C.A." ('99 Millennium Mix) [E] 1999 — — — — — — — — — 35 Greatest Hits
"Let's Go Back to the Dance Floor" 2013 — — — — — — — — — — Non-album single
"A Very Merry Christmas to You" 2018 — — — — — — — — — — A Village People Christmas
"If You Believe" 2020 —[P] — — — — — — — — —
"My Agenda" (Dorian Electra featuring Village People and Pussy Riot) — — — — — — — — — — My Agenda
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
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Videography

Video albums

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En concert
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: Proserpine
  • Formats: VHS
  • France-only release
The Best Of
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Wienerworld Presentation
  • Formats: VHS
  • Australia-only release
Village People DVD
  • Released: 2002
  • Label: Brioche Edizioni Musicali
  • Formats: DVD
  • Italy-only release
Can't Stop the Music
Les rois du disco
  • Released: April 29, 2008
  • Label: Scorpio Music
  • Formats: 2xDVD
  • France-only release
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Music videos

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Year Title Director Album
1977 "In Hollywood (Everybody Is a Star)" Unknown Village People
"San Francisco (You've Got Me)" Julie Kavner
1978 "Macho Man" Macho Man
"Y.M.C.A." Cruisin'
1979 "In the Navy" Go West
"Go West"
"Ready for the 80's" Unknown Live and Sleazy
"Sleazy"
1981 "5 O'Clock in the Morning" Renaissance
"Do You Wanna Spend the Night" Steve Kahn
1985 "Sex Over the Phone" Julie Kavner Sex Over the Phone
1996 "In the Navy" (from the movie Down Periscope) Unknown non-album
2013 "Let's Go Back to the Dance Floor"
2022 "Magic Christmas"
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Notes

  1. "San Francisco" and "In Hollywood" jointly topped the National Disco Action Top 40 along with "Fire Island", as cuts from the album Village People.
  2. "San Francisco" didn't enter the Ultratop Flanders Top 30, but it did peak at number 47 on the Ultratop Wallonia Top 50.[30]
  3. "Macho Man" and "I Am What I Am" jointly charted on the National Disco Action Top 40 along with "Key West", as cuts from the album Macho Man.
  4. Only released in France and Mexico. However, it did chart in the Netherlands, which would have been likely due to import sales.
  5. Only released in the UK
  6. "Y.M.C.A." charted on the National Disco Action Top 40 with "Hot Cop", as cuts from the album Cruisin.
  7. Only released in the UK, Germany and Turkey.
  8. "In the Navy" and "Go West" jointly charted on the National Disco Action Top 40 along with "Manhattan Woman", as cuts from the album Go West.
  9. Only released in South Africa and Rhodesia.
  10. Only released in Japan
  11. Only released in Germany, France and Australia.
  12. Only released in Australia and New Zealand.
  13. Only released in the UK, Greece and Sweden.
  14. Only released in Australia.
  15. Only released in Germany.
  16. "If You Believe" didn't enter the Billboard Hot 100, but did peak at number 25 on the Adult Contemporary.

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