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Yello discography

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Yello discography
Studio albums14
Live albums1
Compilation albums4
Singles49
Video albums6
Music videos44
Remix albums3
Box sets4
Promotional albums6

This is the discography of Swiss electronic music band Yello.

Albums

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Studio albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
SWI
[1]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[3]
GER
[4]
NL
[5]
NOR
[6]
NZ
[7]
SWE
[8]
UK
[9]
US
[10]
Solid Pleasure 146
Claro Que Si
  • Released: 22 April 1981
  • Label: Ralph, Do It, Vertigo
  • Formats: LP, MC
You Gotta Say Yes to Another Excess
  • Released: 19 April 1983
  • Label: Stiff, Elektra, Vertigo
  • Formats: LP, MC
13 26 36 44 65 184
Stella
  • Released: 29 January 1985
  • Label: Elektra, Mercury, Vertigo
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
1 23 6 26 92
One Second
  • Released: 4 May 1987
  • Label: Elektra, Mercury, Vertigo
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
4 95 6 11 64 36 24 48 92
Flag
  • Released: 31 October 1988
  • Label: Fontana, Mercury
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
3 94 12 11 33 24 56 152
Baby
  • Released: 17 June 1991
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
5 73 1 6 79 17 37
Zebra
  • Released: 17 October 1994
  • Label: Mercury, 4th & Broadway
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
4 197 34 12 19
Pocket Universe
  • Released: 24 February 1997
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC
7 21 17 71 9 29
Motion Picture
  • Released: 25 October 1999
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD, MC
13 23 21
The Eye
  • Released: 3 November 2003
  • Label: Mercury, Motor
  • Formats: CD, MC
16 20
Touch Yello 1 35 20
Toy
  • Released: 30 September 2016
  • Label: Polydor/Universal Music Group
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP, digital download
1 16 2 48 55 84 [A]
Point
  • Released: 28 August 2020
  • Label: Polydor/Universal Music Group
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
1 5 6 73
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

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Title Album details Peak chart
positions
GER
[4]
Live in Berlin
  • Released: 3 November 2017
  • Label: Polydor/Universal Music Group
  • Formats: 2xCD, digital download
38

Compilation albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions
SWI
[1]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[15]
GER
[4]
SWE
[8]
Essential
  • Released: 29 September 1992
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
14 148 34 36
Yello by Yello – The Singles Collection Including the Videos 1980–2010
  • Released: 5 November 2010
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD+DVD
14 24
Jungle BIll – Reborn in Vinyl
  • Released: 29 October 2021
  • Label: Universal Music
  • Formats: 10" LP
60
Yello 40 Years
  • Released: 30 April 2021
  • Label: Polydor/Universal Music Group
  • Formats: 4xCD, 2xLP
5 16 6
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Box sets

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Title Album details
The 12" Collection
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: 6xLP
The CD Single Collection
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: 5xCD
Remaster Series
  • Released: 28 October 2005
  • Label: Vertigo
  • Formats: 6xCD
Yello by Yello – The Anthology
  • Released: 5 November 2010
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: 3xCD+DVD

Remix albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
SWI
[1]
AUS
[2]
GER
[4]
NZ
[7]
1980–1985 The New Mix in One Go
  • Released: 17 March 1986
  • Label: Mercury, Vertigo
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC
18 99 20 40
Hands on Yello
  • Released: 20 March 1995
  • Label: Urban
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC
24 35
Eccentrix Remixes
  • Released: 25 January 1999
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD, MC
30
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Promotional albums

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Title Album details
Snowball and the Sound of Yello
  • Released: 19 March 1987
  • Label: Vertigo
  • Formats: CD
New Work in Progress
  • Released: 15 March 1994
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD
  • Work in progress for Zebra
Blame on Yello
Progress and Perfection
  • Released: 21 September 2007
  • Label: Audi
  • Formats: CD
  • Promotional album for the Audi A5
Die besten Hörtest-Aufnahmen aus 30 Jahren Yello-Geschichte
  • Released: January 2010
  • Label: Universal Music Group
  • Formats: CD
  • Promotional supplement for the German magazine Stereoplay
The Key to Perfection
  • Released: 4 September 2012
  • Label: N/A
  • Formats: CD
  • Promotional album for the VW Golf 7

Singles

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Title Year Peak chart positions Album
SWI
[16]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[17]
BE (FLA)
[18]
FIN
[19]
GER
[4]
NL
[20]
NZ
[21]
UK
[9]
US
[22]
US Dance
[23]
"I.T. Splash" 1979 Non-album single
"Bimbo" 1980 Solid Pleasure
"Night Flanger" (France-only release) 1981
"Bostich" 23
"She's Got a Gun" 1982 Claro Que Si
"Pinball Cha Cha"
"Zensation" (UK-only release) Non-album single
"You Gotta Say Yes to Another Excess" 42 You Gotta Say Yes to Another Excess
"I Love You" 1983 3 12 41 103 16
"Let Me Cry" Stella
"Lost Again" 10 26 73 You Gotta Say Yes to Another Excess
"Pumping Velvet"/"No More Words" (US and Canada-only release) 12
"Vicious Games" 1985 5 51 33 15 38 8 Stella
"Desire" 19 16
"Oh Yeah" 9 47 51 35
"Goldrush" (featuring Billy MacKenzie on backing vocals) 1986 9 29 20 54 One Second
"Call It Love" 1987 6 19 14 32 91
"The Rhythm Divine" (featuring Shirley Bassey, as well as Billy MacKenzie on backing vocals) 21 19 47 24 54
"The Race" 1988 8 56 6 20 12 4 14 9 7 33[B] Flag
"Tied Up" 38 60 9
"Of Course I'm Lying" 1989 30 123 48 23
"Blazing Saddles" 78 47 33[B]
"Unbelievable" (US-only release) 1990 22 The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
"Rubberbandman" 1991 9 156 21 29 58 Baby
"Who's Gone"
"Jungle Bill" 1992 15 17 61 40
"The Race"/"Bostich" (reissue) 55 Essential
"Drive/Driven" 1993
"Do It" 1994 32 46 Zebra
"How How" 29 96 59 28
"Tremendous Pain" 1995 7
"Bostich" (WestBam's Hands on Yello Remix) 2 35 Hands on Yello
"You Gotta Say Yes to Another Excess – Great Mission" (Jam & Spoon's Hands on Yello Remix) 28
"Oh Yeah" (Plutone's Hands on Yello Remix)
"Jingle Bells" 34 7 44 Non-album single
"On Track" 1996 16 Pocket Universe
"To the Sea" (featuring Stina Nordenstam) 23 83
"La Habanera" (Hands on Yello Remix) 11 Hands on Yello
"Vicious Games" (vs Hardfloor) 1999 88 Eccentrix Remixes
"Squeeze Please" Motion Picture
"Planet Dada" 2003 75 The Eye
"Oh Yeah 'Oh Six" 2006 1 Non-album single
"Part Love" 2009 15 Touch Yello
"Mean Monday" 2011 Non-album single
"Limbo" 2016 Toy
"Tool of Love"
"Waba Duba" 2020 Point
"Out of Sight"
"Spinning My Mind"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Videos

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Video albums

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Title Album details
The Video Singles
The Video Race
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: Polygram Music Video/Mercury
  • Formats: VHS
Video Press Kit
  • Released: 3 May 1989
  • Label: N/A
  • Formats: VHS
  • US promo-only release
The Race Video Mixes
  • Released: November 1989
  • Label: RockAmerica
  • Formats: VHS
  • US promo-only release
The Yello Video Show – Live at the Roxy NY Dec 83
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: Polygram Music Video/Mercury
  • Formats: VHS
Live in Berlin
  • Released: 3 November 2017
  • Label: Polydor/Universal Music Group
  • Formats: DVD, Blu-ray

Music videos

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Title Year Director
"Bostich" 1981 Dieter Meier
"The Evening's Young"
"Pinball Cha Cha" 1982
"I Love You" 1983
"Lost Again" 1984
"Vicious Games" 1985
"Desire"
"Goldrush" 1986
"Call It Love" 1987
"Rhythm Divine"
"Oh Yeah"
"The Race" 1988
"Tied Up"
"Of Course I'm Lying" 1989
"Blazing Saddles"
"Who's Gone 1991
"Jungle BIll" 1992
"Do It" 1994
"How How
"Bostich" (WestBam's Hands on Yello) 1995 Unknown
"You Gotta Say Yes to Another Excess – Great Mission" (Jam & Spoon's Hands on Yello)
"On Track" 1997 Dieter Meier
"To the Seas" Paul Morgans
"Planet Dada" 2003 Dieter Meier and Daniel Cherbuin
"Bostich (Reflected)" 2009 Dieter Meier, Boris Blank and Kevin Blanc
"Tiger Dust"
"The Expert"
"Tangier Blue" 2010
"Mean Monday" 2011 Dieter Meier and Daniel Cherbuin
"Limbo" 2016 Unknown
"Waba Duba" 2020 Boris Blank
"Out of Sight" N/A (amination)
"Spinning My Mind" Dieter Meier
"Arthur Spark" Boris Blank (producer)
"Hot Pan"
"Way Down"
"Siren Singing"
"Basic Avenue"
"Rush for Joe"
"Meet My Angel" Fifi Rong
"Core Shift" Boris Blank (producer)
"Zephyr Calling – Part 1"
"Zephyr Calling – Part 2"
"The Pick Up (A Portrait)" 2021 EQAL Visual Productions
"Tremendous Pain" Dieter Meier

Notes

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  1. ^ Toy didn't enter the Billboard 200, put it did peak at number 20 on the Top Dance/Electronic Albums.
  2. ^ a b "The Race" and "Blazing Saddles" jointly charted on the Billboard Dance Club Songs.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade - hitparade.ch". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
  2. ^ a b c d Australian chart peaks:
  3. ^ "Das österreichische Hitparaden- und Musik-Portal". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Suche - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". www.offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
  5. ^ "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
  6. ^ "norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian charts portal". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
  7. ^ a b "charts.org.nz - New Zealand charts portal". charts.nz. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
  8. ^ a b "swedishcharts.com - Swedish Charts Portal". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
  9. ^ a b "YELLO | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
  10. ^ "Billboard Chart History > Yello > Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  11. ^ a b c "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Yello)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  12. ^ a b c d "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Yello)". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  13. ^ "Austrian certifications – Yello" (in German). IFPI Austria. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  14. ^ "British certifications – Yello". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 29 January 2022. Type Yello in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  15. ^ "Das österreichische Hitparaden- und Musik-Portal". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
  16. ^ "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade - hitparade.ch". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
  17. ^ "Das österreichische Hitparaden- und Musik-Portal". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
  18. ^ "ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS". www.ultratop.be. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
  19. ^ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin: Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972. Finland: Otava. ISBN 951-1-21053-X.
  20. ^ "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
  21. ^ "NZ Charts". www.charts.org.nz.
  22. ^ "Yello – Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
  23. ^ "Yello – Dance Club Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
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