Bucks Fizz discography
| Bucks Fizz discography | |
|---|---|
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| Studio albums | 5 |
| Live albums | 1 |
| Compilation albums | numerous |
| Singles | 24 |
| Video albums | 4 |
| Music videos | 18 |
This is a discography of UK pop group Bucks Fizz.
Formed in 1981, the group reached number one three times in the UK and scored 20 chart hits. Their biggest selling single in the UK is "The Land of Make Believe", while worldwide it is "Making Your Mind Up" at 4 million copies sold. The group's first week on the singles chart was 28 March 1981, with their last week falling on 19 November 1988.[1][2] With albums, the group saw less success, but managed to chart seven times, with three of them reaching the top 20 and five in the top 40. Are You Ready is the biggest selling of these. Their first week on the album charts was 8 August 1981, while their most recent week was 26 May 2007.[3][4]
Since the 2010s, a spin-off group, called The Fizz has been working, consisting of three of the original members of the band. In 2017, they returned the Bucks Fizz name to the UK charts with their album The F-Z of Pop. They went on to release a further three albums.
Albums
[edit]Studio albums
[edit]| Title | Album details | International Chart Peaks | Certifications | |||||||||||
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| UK [5] |
AUS [6] |
GER [7] |
NED [8] |
NZ [9] |
SWE [10] | |||||||||
| Bucks Fizz |
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14 | 35 | — | 50 | 20 | 29 | |||||||
| Are You Ready |
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10 | 30 | 61 | — | 18 | — |
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| Hand Cut |
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17 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| I Hear Talk |
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66 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Writing on the Wall |
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89 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Compilation albums
[edit]| Title | Album details | Chart Peaks | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [5] |
SCO [12] | |||||||||||||
| El Mundo de Ilusion |
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— | — | |||||||||||
| Bucks Fizz (US release) |
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— | — | |||||||||||
| Greatest Hits |
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25 | — | |||||||||||
| The Story So Far |
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— | — | |||||||||||
| The Ultimate Anthology |
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— | — | |||||||||||
| The Lost Masters |
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— | — | |||||||||||
| The Very Best of Bucks Fizz |
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40 | 47 | |||||||||||
| The Lost Masters 2 - The Final Cut |
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— | — | |||||||||||
| Up Until Now... (The 30th Anniversary Hits Collection) |
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— | — | |||||||||||
| Remixes & Rarities |
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— | — | |||||||||||
| The Land of Make Believe (5 disc collection) |
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| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Live albums
[edit]| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Live at the Fairfield Hall |
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Singles
[edit]| Year | Title | International Chart Peaks | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [13] |
AUS [6] |
AUT [14] |
BEL [15] |
GER [16] |
IRE [17] |
NED [18] |
NZ [19] |
SWE [20] |
SWI [21] | |||||
| 1981 | "Making Your Mind Up" | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | Bucks Fizz | ||
| "Piece of the Action" | 12 | 26 | — | 19 | 35 | 11 | 26 | 31 | — | — |
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| "One of Those Nights" | 20 | — | — | — | — | 29 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Another Night" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Are You Ready | |||
| "The Land of Make Believe" | 1 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 44 | — | — | ||||
| 1982 | "My Camera Never Lies" | 1 | 63 | — | 17 | 31 | 2 | 22 | — | — | — |
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| "Now Those Days Are Gone" | 8 | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — |
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| "Are You Ready" | — | 93 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Easy Love" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "If You Can't Stand the Heat" | 10 | 93 | — | — | 75 | 10 | 41 | — | — | — |
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Hand Cut | ||
| 1983 | "Run for Your Life" | 14 | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "When We Were Young" | 10 | — | 20 | 19 | 52 | 6 | 17 | — | — | — | Greatest Hits | |||
| "London Town" | 34 | — | — | — | 66 | 24 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Rules of the Game" | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1984 | "Talking in Your Sleep" | 15 | — | — | — | — | 14 | — | — | — | — | I Hear Talk | ||
| "Golden Days" | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "I Hear Talk" | 34 | — | — | — | — | 29 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1985 | "You and Your Heart So Blue" | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Writing on the Wall | ||
| "Magical" | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1986 | "New Beginning (Mamba Seyra)" | 8 | — | — | 22 | — | 11 | 24 | — | — | — | |||
| "Love the One You're With" | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Keep Each Other Warm" | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1988 | "Heart of Stone" | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Story So Far | ||
| 1989 | "You Love Love" | 120 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Video / DVD releases
[edit]| Year | Album title |
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| 1986 | Less Bucks More Fizz - Bucks Fizz Greatest Hits [23] |
| 1992 | The Best of Bucks Fizz
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| 2007 | The Very Best of Bucks Fizz |
| 2010 | The Bucks Fizz Story [24]
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Music videos
[edit]The following is a list of music videos which were produced to accompany their singles. No videos were made for "One of Those Nights", "Magical" or "You Love Love" (or non-UK releases). "Making Your Mind Up" was a BBC-made production for the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 previews.
| Year | Song | Director[25] |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | "Making Your Mind Up" | A BBC production |
| "Piece of the Action" | Unknown | |
| "The Land of Make Believe" | Unknown | |
| 1982 | "My Camera Never Lies" | Terry Bedford |
| "Now Those Days Are Gone" | Terry Bedford | |
| "If You Can't Stand the Heat" | Tony Halton | |
| 1983 | "Run for Your Life" | M. Geoghegan |
| "When We Were Young" | Unknown | |
| "London Town" | D. Trattman | |
| "Rules of the Game" | D. Trattman | |
| 1984 | "Talking in Your Sleep" | D. Trattman |
| "Golden Days" | Pete Cornish | |
| "I Hear Talk" | Terence Bulley | |
| 1985 | "You and Your Heart so Blue" | Richard Duplock & Andrew Coggins |
| 1986 | "New Beginning (Mamba Seyra)" | Unknown |
| "Love the One You're With" | Unknown | |
| "Keep Each Other Warm" | Unknown | |
| 1988 | "Heart of Stone" | Unknown |
References
[edit]- ^ Official UK Charts, 28 March 1981
- ^ Official Charts Company, UK chart 19 November 1988
- ^ Official Charts Company, Official Charts Company 8 August 1981
- ^ Official UK albums chart, 26 May 2007
- ^ a b "UK Albums". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2016-06-26.
- ^ a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (doc). Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "German Albums". offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 2016-06-26.
- ^ "Dutch Albums". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2016-06-26.
- ^ "New Zealand Albums". charts.nz. Retrieved 2016-06-26.
- ^ "Swedish Albums". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2016-06-26.
- ^ a b c "BPI Certification". British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 2015-03-15. Retrieved 2016-06-26.
- ^ "Scottish Albums". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2016-06-26.
- ^ "UK Singles". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
- ^ "Austrian Singles". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
- ^ "Belgian Singles". ultratop.be. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
- ^ "German Singles". offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
- ^ "Irish Singles". irishcharts.ie. Archived from the original on 2010-01-26. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
- ^ "Netherlands Singles". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
- ^ "New Zealand Singles". charts.nz. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
- ^ "Swedish Singles". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
- ^ "Swiss Singles". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
- ^ a b c d e "BPI Certification". British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 2015-03-15. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
- ^ Raffem - Bucks Fizz website, 1986
- ^ Glassbeach Media. Bucks Fizz Story DVD Archived 2010-11-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Less Bucks More Fizz - Bucks Fizz Greatest Hits, RCA Video Ltd. 1986