Wet Wet Wet discography
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This is the discography of Scottish soft rock band Wet Wet Wet consists of seven studio albums, six compilation albums, three live albums and thirty-three singles. They released their debut album, Popped In Souled Out in September 1987, which spawned the commercially success singles "Wishing I Was Lucky", "Sweet Little Mystery", "Angel Eyes (Home and Away)" and "Temptation". The album peaked at number one on the UK Albums Charts, and earned a 5x Platinum certification from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for sales in excess of 1.5 million copies. Their second album was released two years later in 1989, Holding Back the River, which was supported by the lead single "Sweet Surrender" which was certified Gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) where it reached the top ten of the ARIA Charts, as well as in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Ireland.
| Wet Wet Wet discography | |
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Wet Wet Wet at the Montreux Pop Festival in Montreux, Switzerland | |
| Studio albums | 7 |
| Live albums | 3 |
| Compilation albums | 6 |
| Singles | 33 |
| Miscellaneous | 1 |
Their third album, High on the Happy Side, was released in January 1992, followed by their fourth, Picture This (1995). The laters lead single, "Love Is All Around" became an international success, spending fifteen weeks atop the UK Singles Charts, becoming one of the longest chart reigns of all time. It reached number one in their native Scotland, as well as in other territories including Norway, New Zealand, Australia, Finland and Iceland. It sold an estimated 1.9 million copies in the United Kingdom, earning a triple Platinum certification from the BPI. Their fifth album, 10, was released in 1997, and marked the beginning of a ten year hiatus for the band before returning with their sixth studio album, Timeless, in 2007.
Albums
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||||
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| UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
AUT [3] |
GER [4] |
NL [5] |
NZ [6] |
NOR [7] |
SWE [8] |
SWI [9] |
US [10] | ||||||
| 1987 | Popped In Souled Out | 1 | 60 | — | 44 | 12 | 6 | — | 13 | — | 123 | ||||
| 1989 | Holding Back the River
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2 | 12 | — | 34 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1992 | High on the Happy Side
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1 | 19 | 13 | 18 | 8 | — | — | 48 | 40 | — |
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| 1995 | Picture This
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1 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 25 | 8 | — | ||||
| 1997 | 10
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2 | — | 28 | 30 | 22 | — | — | — | 50 | — |
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| 2007 | Timeless
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41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2021 | The Journey
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29[17] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. | |||||||||||||||
Compilation albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
AUT [3] |
GER [4] |
NL [5] |
NZ [6] |
NOR [7] |
SWE [8] |
SWI [9] |
US Heat [18] | ||||||
| 1993 | End of Part One: Their Greatest Hits
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1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | — | ||||
| 1994 | Part One
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 24 | ||||
| 2004 | The Greatest Hits
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13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2007 | The Best of Wet Wet Wet
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| 2008 | Best of Wet Wet Wet
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| 2010 | Sweet Little Mystery: The Collection
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2013 | Step by Step: The Greatest Hits
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53 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||||||
Live albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| UK [1] | ||
| 1990 | Wet Wet Wet: Live
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| 1993 | Live at the Royal Albert Hall
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10 |
| 2006 | Live – Volume One & Two: Mail on Sunday
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| 2021 | The Journey Out of Lockdown: The Greatest Hits Live from Glasgow
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| 2024 | Live in Denmark
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Other albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certification | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
NL [5] | |||
| 1988 | The Memphis Sessions
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3 | 9 |
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| 1992 | Cloak & Dagger
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Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [2][21] |
AUT [3] |
FRA [22] |
GER [23] |
IRE [24] |
NL [5] |
NZ [6] |
SWI [9] |
US [25] | |||||
| 1987 | "Wishing I Was Lucky" | 6 | 100 | — | 40 | — | 6 | 19 | 26 | — | 58 | Popped In Souled Out | ||
| "Sweet Little Mystery" | 5 | 33 | — | 17 | 46 | 9 | 22 | 3 | 23 | — |
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| "Angel Eyes (Home and Away)" | 5 | — | — | 20 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 4 | — | — |
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| 1988 | "Temptation" | 12 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 51 | 19 | — | — | |||
| "With a Little Help from My Friends" | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
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Sgt. Pepper Knew My Father | ||
| 1989 | "Sweet Surrender" | 6 | 7 | 24 | — | 37 | 1 | 10 | — | — | — |
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Holding Back the River | |
| "Broke Away" | 19 | — | — | — | — | 9 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1990 | "Hold Back the River" | 31 | — | — | — | — | 16 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Stay with Me Heartache (Can't Stand the Night)" | 30 | 62 | — | — | — | 30 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1991 | "Make It Tonight" | 37 | 110 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | High on the Happy Side | ||
| "Put the Light On" | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Goodnight Girl" | 1 | 21 | 27 | — | 35 | 1 | 2 | 33 | — | — | ||||
| 1992 | "More than Love" | 19 | — | — | — | — | 24 | 13 | — | — | — | |||
| "Lip Service" | 15 | 154 | — | — | — | 24 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1993 | "Blue for You" (live) / "This Time" (live) | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Live at the Royal Albert Hall | ||
| "Shed a Tear" | 22 | 70 | — | — | 53 | 25 | — | — | — | — | End of Part One: Their Greatest Hits | |||
| "Cold Cold Heart" | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | 41 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1994 | "Love Is All Around" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 41 | |||
| "Goodnight Girl '94" | — | 26 | — | — | 46 | — | 14 | 24 | 12 | — | ||||
| 1995 | "Julia Says" | 3 | 38 | 19 | — | 42 | 3 | 22 | — | — | — |
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Picture This | |
| "Don't Want to Forgive Me Now" | 7 | 45 | — | — | 66 | 18 | — | 45 | — | — | ||||
| "Somewhere Somehow" | 7 | 109 | — | — | 78 | 7 | 44 | — | — | — | ||||
| "She's All on My Mind" | 17 | — | — | — | — | 28 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1996 | "Morning" | 16 | 171 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1997 | "If I Never See You Again" | 3 | 148 | — | — | 63 | 14 | 72 | — | 36 | — | 10 | ||
| "Strange" | 13 | — | — | — | 95 | — | 83 | — | — | — | ||||
| "Yesterday / Maybe I'm in Love" | 4 | — | — | — | 81 | 19 | 74 | — | — | — | ||||
| 2004 | "All I Want" | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Greatest Hits | ||
| 2007 | "Too Many People" | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Timeless | ||
| 2008 | "Weightless" | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2013 | "Step by Step" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Step by Step – The Greatest Hits | ||
| 2021 | "Back to Memphis"[29] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Journey | ||
| "The Conversation"[30] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" / "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"[31] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||
| 2022 | "Northern Town" / "In Your Eyes"[32] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Journey | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released. | ||||||||||||||
Promotional singles
| Year | Single | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | "This Time"[33] | The Memphis Sessions |
| 1990 | "Blue for You" | Holding Back the River |
| 1993 | "I Can Give You Everything" (live) | Live at the Royal Albert Hall |