Divinyls discography explained

Artist:Divinyls
Studio:5
Compilation:6
Video:1
Singles:26
Music Videos:4
B-Sides:2
Soundtrack:1

The discography of Australian rock group Divinyls consists of five studio albums, 26 singles, 6 compilation albums and one video release.

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
(sales threshold)
AUS
[1]
NZ
[2]
SWE
[3]
UK
[4]
US
[5]
Desperate
  • Release date: January 1983
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Formats: LP, cassette
5
What a Life!
  • Release date: 28 October 1985[7]
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Formats: LP, cassette
44291
Temperamental
  • Release date: May 1988
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Formats: LP, cassette
11
Divinyls
  • Release date: 29 January 1991
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, cassette
5255915
Underworld
  • Release date: August 1996
  • Label: BMG
  • Formats: CD, cassette
47
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak positionsCertifications
(sales threshold)
AUS
Essential
  • Release date: 4 November 1991[11]
  • Label: Chrysalis (321846-2)
  • Formats: CD, cassette
17
  • ARIA: Platinum
The Collection
  • Release date: 6 December 1993[12]
  • Label: Virgin (8280782)
  • Formats: CD, cassette
171
Make You Happy 1981-1993
  • Release date: 1997
  • Label: Raven (RVCD-67)
  • Formats: CD, cassette
190
Greatest Hits 50
The Essential
  • Release date: 2008
  • Label: EMI (2430712)
  • Formats: CD, music download
14

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positionsCertifications
(sales threshold)
Album
AUS
IRE
[13]
NZ
UK
US
[14]
US
Alt

[15]
1981"Boys in Town"8Music from Monkey Grip
1982"Science Fiction"13Desperate
1983"Siren (Never Let You Go)"45
"Casual Encounter"91
1984"Good Die Young"32What a Life
"In My Life"47
1985"Pleasure and Pain"11876
"Sleeping Beauty"50
1986"Heart Telegraph"90
1988"Back to the Wall"33Temperamental
"Hey Little Boy"23
"Punxsie"
1990"I Touch Myself"18171042 Divinyls
1991"Love School"43
"Make Out Alright"1058119
"I'm on Your Side"92
1992"I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore"19Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1993"Wild Thing"39The Collection
"Love Is the Drug"126
1995"I'm Jealous"14 Underworld
"Heart of Steel"130
1996"Hard On Me"94
"Human on the Inside"59
1997"For a Good Time"163
2007"Don't Wanna Do This"148N/A
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Videography

Music videos

YearVideoDirector
1981"Boys in Town"
"Science Fiction"
1983"Siren (Never Let You Go)"
"Casual Encounter"
"Only Lonely"
1984"Good Die Young"
"In My Life"
1985"Pleasure and Pain"
1986"Sleeping Beauty"
1988"Back to the Wall"
"Hey Little Boy"
"Punxsie"
1990"I Touch Myself"Michael Bay
1991"Love School"Marcus Nispel
"Make Out Alright"Paul Boyd
"I'm On Your Side"
1992"I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore"
1993"Wild Thing"
1995"I'm Jealous"
1996"Human on the Inside"
1996"Hard On Me"
2007"Don't Wanna Do This"Viskatoons Animation

Video albums

Notes and References

  1. Australian chart peaks:

    . David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book. St. Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. Illustrated. 91. 0-646-11917-6. N.B. the Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 12 June 1988.

  2. Web site: charts.nz > Divinyls in New Zealand Charts. Hung Medien. 16 June 2019.
  3. Web site: swedishcharts > Divinyls in Swedish Charts. Hung Medien. 16 June 2019.
  4. Web site: Official Charts > Divinyls. Official Charts Company. 16 June 2019.
  5. Web site: Divinyls Chart History > Billboard 200. Billboard. 16 June 2019.
  6. Web site: Divinyls platinum record. MAAS. 8 November 2020.
  7. Web site: Kent Music Report No 590 – 28 October 1985 > LP & Tape: New Releases. Kent Music Report. Imgur.com. 30 September 2020.
  8. Web site: Divinyls ARIA chart history, received 16 June 2020 from ARIA. ARIA. Imgur.com. 16 June 2020.
  9. Book: Ryan, Gavin. Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. 2011. Moonlight Publishing. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia. PDF. 83.
  10. Web site: RIAA - Recording Industry Association of America - Searchable Database. Recording Industry Association of America. 28 July 2011.
  11. Web site: New Release Summary – Product Available from: 04/11/91 > Albums (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 93). ARIA. Imgur.com. 2 June 2016.
  12. Web site: New Release Summary – Product Available from: 06/12/93 > Albums (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 200). ARIA. Imgur.com. 2 June 2016.
  13. Web site: The Irish Charts – All there is to know > Search results for Divinyls (from irishcharts.ie). Fireball Media. Imgur.com. 2 June 2016.
  14. Web site: Divinyls Chart History > Hot 100. Billboard. 16 June 2019.
  15. Web site: Divinyls Chart History > Alternative Songs. Billboard. 16 June 2019.
  16. Web site: 1991 ARIA Singles Chart. ARIA. 16 June 2020.
  17. United Kingdom. Divinyls. 14 January 2023.
  18. Web site: The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles 1995. ARIA. Imgur.com. 16 June 2020.