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Reel Big Fish discography
Reel Big Fish performing at The Catalyst in Santa Cruz, California on March 27, 2008.
Studio albums9
EPs3
Soundtrack albums16
Live albums1
Compilation albums5
Video albums3
Demos3
7" vinyl records2

The following is a complete discography of the band Reel Big Fish.

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
US
US
Alt.

US Indie
US
Rock

AUS
SCO
UK
UK
Indie

Everything Sucks
  • Released: May 5, 1995
  • Label: Piss-Off Records
  • Formats: CD
Turn the Radio Off
  • Released: August 13, 1996
  • Label: Mojo
  • Formats: CD, CS, DL, LP
57
Why Do They Rock So Hard?
  • Released: October 20, 1998
  • Label: Mojo
  • Formats: CD, CS, DL, LP
67 54
Cheer Up!
  • Released: June 25, 2002
  • Label: Mojo, Jive
  • Formats: CD, CS, DL
115 47 97 96 14
We're Not Happy 'til You're Not Happy
  • Released: April 5, 2005
  • Label: Mojo Records/Jive Records
  • Formats: CD, DL
155
Monkeys for Nothin' and the Chimps for Free 106 13 190
Fame, Fortune and Fornication
  • Released: January 20, 2009
  • Label: Rock Ridge Music
  • Formats: CD, DL, LP
177 26
Candy Coated Fury
  • Released: July 31, 2012
  • Label: Rock Ridge Music
  • Formats: CD, DL, LP
91 21 14 33 24
Life Sucks...Let's Dance!
  • Released: December 21, 2018
  • Label: Rock Ridge Music
  • Format: CD, DL, LP
26 37
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

Live albums

Title Album details
Our Live Album Is Better Than Your Live Album
  • Released: August 22, 2006
  • Label: Rock Ridge Music
  • Formats: CD+DVD-V

Compilations

List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
SCO
UK
UK
Indie

UK
Rock

Viva La Internet/Blank CD
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD
Favorite Noise
  • Released: March 12, 2002
  • Label: Mojo, Jive
  • Formats: CD, CS, DL
92 115 19 17
Greatest Hit...And More
  • Released: November 21, 2006
  • Label: Jive
  • Formats: CD, DL
A Best of Us... For the Rest of Us
  • Released: July 20, 2010
  • Label: Rock Ridge Music
  • Formats: CD, DL
Skacoustic
  • Released: 2011
  • Formats: LP
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

EPs

List of EPs, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
US Indie
SCO
UK
UK
Indie

UK
Rock

Keep Your Receipt EP
  • Released: July 1, 1997
  • Label: Mojo, Jive
Sold Out EP
  • Released: 2002
  • Label: Mojo, Jive
60 62 7 7
Duet All Night Long
Happy Skalidays
  • Released: December 15, 2014
  • Label: Rock Ridge Music
46
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

Demos

  • In The Good Old Days... (1992)
  • Return of the Mullet (Reel Big Fish) (1994)
  • Buy This! (1994)

Video

  • The Show Must Go Off! Reel Big Fish - Live at the House of Blues (2003)
  • Reel Big Fish Live! In Concert! (2009)

7" vinyl records

  • Teen Beef (with Goldfinger on reverse side)(1996)
  • Vacationing in Palm Springs (with Cherry Poppin' Daddies on reverse side) (1997)
  • Where Have You Been? (UK Exclusive) (2002)
  • Monkey Man (UK Exclusive) (2005)

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
Air.

US
Mod.

AUS
Hit.

SCO
UK
UK
Indie

UK
Rock

"Sell Out" 1997 69 10 Turn the Radio Off
"Beer"
"She Has a Girlfriend Now"
"Take On Me" 1998 Why Do They Rock So Hard?
"The Set Up (You Need This)"
"Somebody Hates Me"
"The Kids Don't Like It" 1999
"Where Have You Been?" 2002 12 78 76 16 7 Cheer Up!
"Talkin' 'bout a Revolution" 2005 We're Not Happy 'til You're Not Happy
"Party Down" 2007 Monkeys for Nothin' and the Chimps for Free
"Slow Down"
"Monkey Man" 2009 86 16 Fame, Fortune and Fornication
"I Dare You to Break My Heart" 2012 Candy Coated Fury
"Don't Stop Skankin'"
"Evil Approaches" 2017 Non-album single
"You Can't Have All of Me" 2018 Life Sucks... Let's Dance!
"—" denotes recording that did not chart or was not released

Soundtrack

  • Misfits Of Ska – "Skatanic" (1995)
  • Take Warning: The Songs of Operation Ivy – "Unity" (1997)
  • The Duran Duran Tribute Album – "Hungry Like the Wolf" (1997)
  • BASEketball Original Soundtrack – "Take On Me", "Beer" (1998)
  • Where is My Mind? – A Tribute to the Pixies – "Gigantic" (1999)
  • Metalliska – "Kiss Me Deadly" (2000)
  • The Solution to Benefit Heal the Bay – "Kiss Me Deadly" (2000)
  • Samba De Amigo – "Take On Me" (2000)
  • The Wild Thornberrys Movie Soundtrack – "Monkey Man" (2002)
  • Because We Care: A Benefit for the Children's Hospital of Orange County – "Doo-Doo" (2002)
  • Dive into Disney – "Baroque Hoedown (Main Street Electrical Parade)" (2002)
  • Mosh Pit on Disney (Japanese Only) – "It's Not Easy (Pete's Dragon)" (2004)
  • Dead Bands Party: A Tribute to Oingo Boingo – "We Close Our Eyes" (2005)
  • Go Cat Go! A Tribute to Stray Cats – "Stray Cat Strut" (2006)
  • TOKYOPOP Presents: Anime Trax, Vol. 1 – "Rave-o-lution" (Rave Master theme) (2006)
  • Ladybird Soundtrack – "Snoop Dog, Baby" (2017)
  • Clerks III Soundtrack – "No Hope" (a Louser song featuring Reel Big Fish) (2022)

Multiple titled songs

Songs that have different titles on different releases, despite being essentially the same song.

  • "Fuck Yourself" (Everything Sucks) / "All I Want Is More" (Turn the Radio Off)
  • "Cool Ending" (Turn the Radio Off) / "I'm Cool" (Everything Sucks, Why Do They Rock So Hard?)
  • "Thank You for Not Moshing" (Why Do They Rock So Hard?) / "In the Pit" (Our Live Album Is Better than Your Live Album)
  • "Big Fuckin' Star" (Everything Sucks) / "Big Star" (Why Do They Rock So Hard?)

Cover songs

Reel Big Fish are well known for their cover songs (so much so that their former label, Jive Records, chose to promote the album We're Not Happy 'Til You're Not Happy with stickers on the CD jewel case proclaiming that the album included "Talkin' 'bout a Revolution" and "Story of My Life"; both covers) and frequently end live shows with their cover of a-ha's 1985 hit "Take On Me". Reel Big Fish released their first studio album composed only of cover songs, entitled Fame, Fortune and Fornication, in January 2009.

Although the band are known to play a variety of other songs live regularly, this is a comprehensive, roughly chronological list of all known cover songs officially recorded by Reel Big Fish.

Song Originally By Album(s)
"Take On Me" a-ha Teen Beef

BASEketball Soundtrack
Sold Out EP
Viva La Internet
Samba De Amigo
Why Do They Rock So Hard?
Favorite Noise
Our Live Album is Better Than Your Live Album
The Best Songs We Never Wrote
Released as a CD single

"Unity" Operation Ivy Keep Your Receipt EP

Take Warning: The Songs of Operation Ivy
Our Live Album Is Better Than Your Live Album (DVD)
Viva La Internet
The Best Songs We Never Wrote

"There Is Nothin' Like a Dame" Rodgers and Hammerstein Vacationing in Palm Springs

Viva La Internet
Where Have You Been? UK single

"Hungry Like the Wolf" Duran Duran Sold Out EP

Why Do They Rock So Hard?
The Duran Duran Tribute Album
Viva La Internet

"Kiss Me Deadly" Lita Ford Viva La Internet

Cheer Up!
Our Live Album is Better Than Your Live Album
The Best Songs We Never Wrote

"Gigantic" Pixies Viva La Internet

Where Is My Mind?

"Uniform of Destruction" Suburban Rhythm Viva La Internet
Runnin' Naked Thru the Cornfield
"Mele Kalikimaka" Robert Alexander Anderson Viva La Internet
"Love Boat" Jack Jones Viva La Internet
"Boys Don't Cry" The Cure Viva La Internet

Our Live Album Is Better Than Your Live Album
The Best Songs We Never Wrote

"Ska Sucks" Propagandhi Viva La Internet
"Boss DJ" Sublime Viva La Internet

Cheer Up!
The Best Songs We Never Wrote

"Main Street Electrical Parade" Main Street Electrical Parade Dive into Disney
"New York, New York" Liza Minnelli Cheer Up!
"Rock It with I" The Melodians Cheer Up!
"Give It to Me" The J. Geils Band Cheer Up!
The Best Songs We Never Wrote
"Dance Wid Me" Hepcat The Show Must Go Off! Reel Big Fish Live at the House of Blues DVD
"So Lonely" The Police The Show Must Go Off! DVD
"Monkey Man" Toots & the Maytals The Wild Thornberrys Movie Soundtrack

Fame, Fortune and Fornication
The Best Songs We Never Wrote

"It's Not Easy" Helen Reddy and Sean Marshall Mosh Pit On Disney

Duet All Night Long

"We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful" Morrissey We're Not Happy 'Til You're Not Happy

The Best Songs We Never Wrote

"Talkin' 'bout a Revolution" Tracy Chapman We're Not Happy 'Til You're Not Happy

Our Live Album is Better Than Your Live Album

"Story of My Life" Social Distortion We're Not Happy 'Til You're Not Happy
"Stray Cat Strut" The Stray Cats Go Cat Go! A Tribute to Stray Cats

The Best Songs We Never Wrote

"We Close Our Eyes" Oingo Boingo Dead Bands Party: A Tribute to Oingo Boingo

The Best Songs We Never Wrote

"Ask" The Smiths Duet All Night Long
"Lyin' Ass Bitch" Fishbone Duet All Night Long
"Another Day in Paradise" Phil Collins Monkeys for Nothin' and the Chimps For Free

The Best Songs We Never Wrote

"Nothin' But a Good Time" Poison Fame, Fortune and Fornication

The Best Songs We Never Wrote

"Mama Weer All Crazee Now" Slade Fame, Fortune and Fornication
"Veronica Sawyer" Edna's Goldfish Fame, Fortune and Fornication
The Best Songs We Never Wrote
"Authority Song" John Mellencamp Fame, Fortune and Fornication
"Brown Eyed Girl" Van Morrison Fame, Fortune and Fornication
The Best Songs We Never Wrote
"The Long Run" The Eagles Fame, Fortune and Fornication
"Won't Back Down" Tom Petty Fame, Fortune and Fornication
"Keep a Cool Head" Desmond Dekker & the Aces Fame, Fortune and Fornication
"Talk Dirty to Me" Poison Fame, Fortune and Fornication

The Best Songs We Never Wrote

"Twist and Crawl" The English Beat Fame, Fortune and Fornication
"Don't Let Me Down Gently" The Wonder Stuff Candy Coated Fury
"The Promise" When in Rome Candy Coated Fury
"Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" Elmo & Patsy Happy Skalidays
"Lickle Drummond Boy" Harry Simeone Chorale Happy Skalidays
"Carol of the Beers" Mykola Leontovych Happy Skalidays
"Auld Lang Syne" Robert Burns Happy Skalidays
"Evil Approaches" The Forces of Evil Punk Rock Halloween
"Ska Show" The Forces of Evil Life Sucks...Let's Dance!
"The Good Old Days" The Forces of Evil Life Sucks...Let's Dance!

An instrumental version of the song also exists

bonus track only available on the vinyl album or via download

Notes

References

  1. "Reel Big Fish Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  2. "Reel Big Fish Chart History: Top Alternative Albums". Billboard. Retrieved September 19, 2024.
  3. ^ "Reel Big Fish Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard charts. Retrieved 2010-08-04.
  4. "Reel Big Fish Chart History: Top Rock Albums". Billboard. Retrieved September 19, 2024.
  5. Peaks in Australia:
    • Why Do They Rock So Hard?: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 232.
    • Cheer Up!: "Discography Reel Big Fish". australian-charts.com. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
  6. ^ Peaks in the UK:
  7. "RIAA - Gold & Platinum Searchable Database - September 24, 2015". Recording Industry Association of America. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
  8. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 19, 2024.
  9. Paul, Aubin (December 17, 2006). "New Songs from Reel Big Fish/ Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer split EP". Punknews.org. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
  10. "History of Reel Big Fish".
  11. "Reel Big Fish Chart History: Radio Songs". Billboard. Retrieved September 19, 2024.
  12. "Reel Big Fish Chart History: Alternative Airplay". Billboard. Retrieved September 19, 2024.
  13. "ARIA Report: Issue 649" (PDF). ARIA. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 23, 2008. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
  14. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 19, 2024.
  15. "Reel Big Fish - Beer (CD)". discogs.com.
  16. "Reel Big Fish - She Has A Girlfriend Now (CD)". discogs.com.
  17. "Reel Big Fish - The Setup (You Need This) (CD)". discogs.com.
  18. "Reel Big Fish - Somebody Hates Me (CD)". discogs.com.
  19. "Reel Big Fish - The Kids Don't Like It (CD)". discogs.com.
  20. "Reel Big Fish - Party Down (CD)". discogs.com.
  21. "Reel Big Fish - Slow down (CD)". discogs.com.
  22. "Reel Big Fish - I Dare You To Break My Heart (Official Music Video)". youtube.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12.
  23. "Reel Big Fish - Don't Stop Skankin' (Official Music Video)". youtube.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12.
  24. "Reel Big Fish - You Can't Have All Of Me (2018, 256kbps, File)". discogs.com.
  25. "Evil Approaches by Reel Big Fish, by Reel Big Fish". Punk Rock Halloween. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
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