The Wombats discography

The discography of The Wombats, a Liverpool-based indie rock group, consists of four studio albums, nine extended plays and twenty four singles.

The Wombats discography
The Wombats
Studio albums	4
Music videos	22
EPs	9
Singles	24

The band released their debut extended play (EP), Girls, Boys and Marsupials in Japan through an independent record label in September 2006. "Moving to New York" was released as the band's first official single in October 2006 as a limited edition 7" vinyl. A second Japan-only EP was released in 2007, The Wombats Go Pop! Pop! Pop!; which was released through 14th Floor Records following the band's signing with the label. Their debut studio album, A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation was first released in the United Kingdom in November 2007; where it debuted on the UK Albums Chart at number 11; before going on to be certified Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry. In April 2007, the band released "Backfire at the Disco", which debuted on the UK Singles Chart at number sixty-seven. "Kill the Director" then marked the band's first top 40 hit when it peaked at number thirty-five upon release in June. Other singles included; "Let's Dance to Joy Division", which peaked at number fifteen, "Moving to New York" found a new peak of thirteen following a re-release, "Backfire at the Disco" was also re-released and reached a new peak of forty. The final single to have been released from the debut album was a re-release of "Kill the Director", which peaked at number forty-eight. The album was succeeded by another EP, their first US release, The Wombats EP, through KIDS in America and Bright Antenna.[1]

In September 2010, The Wombats released the lead single from their second album, This Modern Glitch, entitled "Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)" debuted in the UK at number twenty-three; also managing to peak at number thirty-three in Australia. The second single to be released from the album, "Jump Into the Fog" was released in January 2011 as part of a four-track EP, where it debuted at number thirty-five in the UK. This Modern Glitch was released in April 2011.

On 2 October 2013, The Wombats released the first single from their third album, entitled "Your Body Is a Weapon".

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions, sales, and certifications

Title	Details	Peak chart positions										Certifications
		UK [2]	AUS [3]	AUT [4]	BEL (FL) [5]	GER [6]	IRL [7]	NLD [8]	NOR [9]	SWI [10]	US [11]
Girls, Boys and Marsupials	Released: 20 September 2006, Japan only Label: 14th Floor Formats: CD	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation	Released: 5 November 2007 Label: 14th Floor Formats: CD, digital download	11	35	—	—	—	—	57	—	—	—[upper-alpha 1]	BPI: Platinum[13] ARIA: Gold[14]
This Modern Glitch	Released: 25 April 2011 Label: 14th Floor Formats: CD, Vinyl, digital download	3	2	38	93	24	88	31	14	33	—[upper-alpha 2]	BPI: Gold[13] ARIA: Gold[14]
Glitterbug	Released: 13 April 2015[15] Label: 14th Floor Formats: CD, Vinyl, digital download	5	2	62	151	30	—	89	—	74	91	BPI: Silver[13]
Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life	Released: 9 February 2018 Label: Kobalt Music Group Formats: CD, Vinyl, digital download	3	5	55	75	39	—	67	19	57	190	BPI: Silver[13]
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Extended plays

Title	EP details
The Hangover Sessions	Released: 2004 Label: Self-released Format: CD
The Daring Adventures of Sgt. Wimbo and His Pet Otter	Released: 2004 Label: Self-released Format: CD
No. 3	Released: 2005 Label: Wimbartum Format: CD
The Wombats	Released: 2005 Label: Wimbartum Format: CD
The Wombats Go Pop! Pop! Pop!	Released: 13 May 2007 Label: 14th Floor Formats: CD, digital download
The Wombats	Released: 27 August 2007 Label: KIDS in America Formats: CD, digital download
This Acoustic Glitch	Released: 11 March 2011 Label: 14th Floor Format: Digital download
Our Perfect Disease	Released: 5 August 2011 Label: 14th Floor Format: Digital download
Glitterbug B-Sides	Released: 13 April 2015 Label: 14th Floor Formats: CD, digital download

Singles

Single	Year	Peak chart positions										Certifications	Album
		UK [2]	AUS [3][16]	BEL (FL) [5]	BEL (WL) [17]	GER [18]	JPN [19]	NLD [8]	SCO [20]	US Alt. [21]	US Rock [22]
"Moving to New York"	2006	13	—	—	—	—	—	—	16	—	—	BPI: Platinum[13]	A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation
"Backfire at the Disco"	2007	40	—	—	—	—	—	—	14	—	—
"Kill the Director"		35	—	—	—	—	—	—	27	—	—	BPI: Silver[13]
"Let's Dance to Joy Division"		15	76	—	—	—	—	19	10	—	—	BPI: Platinum[13]
"Bleeding Love"	2008	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Non-album singles
"Is This Christmas?"		49	—	—	—	—	—	—	23	—	—
"My Circuitboard City"	2009	69	—	—	—	—	—	—	22	—	—
"Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)"	2010	23	33	—	91	78	—	66	23	—	—	BPI: Silver[13] ARIA: Gold[23]	This Modern Glitch
"Jump into the Fog"	2011	35	60	60	—	—	—	—	38	15	30
"Anti-D"		42	—	—	—	—	—	—	42	—	—
"Techno Fan"		60	54	—	—	—	23	—	55	—	—
"Our Perfect Disease"[24]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"1996"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Your Body Is a Weapon"	2013	129	86	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Glitterbug
"Greek Tragedy"	2015	158	61	112	—	—	—	—	—	32	47	BPI: Silver[13]
"Give Me a Try"		163	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	19	—[upper-alpha 3]
"Be Your Shadow"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Emoticons"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Lemon to a Knife Fight"	2017	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life
"Turn"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	36	—	BPI: Silver[13]
"Cheetah Tongue"[25]	2018	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	BPI: Silver[13]
"Bee-Sting"[26]		—[upper-alpha 4]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Oceans"[28]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Nothing to Love About Love" (with Peking Duk)[29]	2020	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released.

Promotional singles

Single	Year	Album
"Black Flamingo"[30]	2018	Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life

Triple J Hottest 100

The Triple J Hottest 100 is an annual music listener poll hosted by national Australian radio station, Triple J, to determine their favourite song of the year. Songs by The Wombats have appeared on numerous occasions.

Single	Year	Position
"Let's Dance to Joy Division"	2007	12
"Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)"	2010	8
"Jump into the Fog"	2011	18
"1996"		24
"Techno Fan"		26
"Our Perfect Disease"		94
"Let's Dance to Joy Division"	1993–2012	74
"Your Body Is a Weapon"	2013	25
"Greek Tragedy"	2015	29
"Give Me a Try"		67
"Be Your Shadow"		91
"Lemon to a Knife Fight"	2017	22
"Turn"	2018	12
"Cheetah Tongue"		69
"Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)"	2010-2019	31
"Greek Tragedy"		86

[31]

Album	Year	Position
This Modern Glitch	2011	4
Glitterbug	2015	9
Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life	2018	8

Notes

1. A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation did not enter the US Billboard 200, but peaked at number 20 on the US Heatseekers Albums Chart.[12]
2. This Modern Glitch did not enter the US Billboard 200, but peaked at number 27 on the US Heatseekers Albums Chart.[12]
3. "Give Me a Try" did not enter the US Hot Rock Songs chart, but peaked at number 27 on the US Rock Airplay chart.
4. "Bee-Sting" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 11 on the UK Physical Singles Chart.[27]

Other appearances

Title	Year	Album
"Moving to New York"[32]	2008	Radio 1's Live Lounge – Volume 3
"Anti-D"[33]	2011	Radio 1's Live Lounge – Volume 6

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    • "Is This Christmas?": "2008 12 21 Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
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    • "Jump into the Fog": "2011 01 30 Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
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