Yello discography explained

Artist:Yello
Studio:14
Live:1
Compilation:4
Video:6
Music Videos:44
Singles:49
1Option:3
1Option Name:Remix albums
2Option:4
2Option Name:Box sets
3Option:6
3Option Name:Promotional albums

This is the discography of Swiss electronic music band Yello.

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
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
1326364465184
Stella
  • Released: 29 January 1985
  • Label: Elektra, Mercury, Vertigo
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
12362692
One Second
  • Released: 4 May 1987
  • Label: Elektra, Mercury, Vertigo
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
4956116436244892
Flag
  • Released: 31 October 1988
  • Label: Fontana, Mercury
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
3941211332456152
Baby
  • Released: 17 June 1991
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
57316791737
Zebra
  • Released: 17 October 1994
  • Label: Mercury, 4th & Broadway
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
4197341219
  • SWI: Gold
Pocket Universe
  • Released: 24 February 1997
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC
7211771929
Motion Picture
  • Released: 25 October 1999
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD, MC
132321
The Eye
  • Released: 3 November 2003
  • Label: Mercury, Motor
  • Formats: CD, MC
1620
Touch Yello 13520
  • SWI: Gold
Toy
  • Released: 30 September 2016
  • Label: Polydor/Universal Music Group
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP, digital download
1162485584
Point
  • Released: 28 August 2020
  • Label: Polydor/Universal Music Group
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
15673
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
SWI
AUS
AUT
[15]
GER
SWE
Essential
  • Released: 29 September 1992
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
141483436
Yello by Yello – The Singles Collection Including the Videos 1980–2010
  • Released: 5 November 2010
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD+DVD
1424
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
5166
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Box sets

TitleAlbum 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

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
SWI
AUS
GER
NZ
1980–1985 The New Mix in One Go
  • Released: 17 March 1986
  • Label: Mercury, Vertigo
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC
18992040
  • GER: Gold
  • SWI: Gold
Hands on Yello
  • Released: 20 March 1995
  • Label: Urban
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC
2435
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

TitleAlbum 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

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
SWI
[16]
AUS
AUT
[17]
BE (FLA)
[18]
FIN
[19]
GER
NL
[20]
NZ
[21]
UK
US
[22]
US Dance
[23]
"I.T. Splash"1979
"Bimbo"1980Solid Pleasure
"Night Flanger" (France-only release)1981
"Bostich"23
"She's Got a Gun"1982Claro Que Si
"Pinball Cha Cha"
"Zensation" (UK-only release)
"You Gotta Say Yes to Another Excess"42You Gotta Say Yes to Another Excess
"I Love You"19833124110316
"Let Me Cry"Stella
"Lost Again"102673You Gotta Say Yes to Another Excess
"Pumping Velvet"/"No More Words" (US and Canada-only release)12
"Vicious Games"19855513315388Stella
"Desire"1916
"Oh Yeah"9475135
"Goldrush" (featuring Billy MacKenzie on backing vocals)19869292054One Second
"Call It Love"1987619143291
"The Rhythm Divine" (featuring Shirley Bassey, as well as Billy MacKenzie on backing vocals)2119472454
"The Race"1988856620124149733Flag
"Tied Up"38609
"Of Course I'm Lying"1989301234823
"Blazing Saddles"784733
"Unbelievable" (US-only release)199022The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
"Rubberbandman"19919156212958Baby
"Who's Gone"
"Jungle Bill"199215176140
"The Race"/"Bostich" (reissue)55Essential
"Drive/Driven"1993
"Do It"19943246Zebra
"How How"29965928
"Tremendous Plan"19957
"Bostich" (WestBam's Hands on Yello Remix)235Hands 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"34744
"On Track"199616Pocket Universe
"To the Sea" (featuring Stina Nordenstam)2383
"La Habanera" (Hands on Yello Remix)11Hands on Yello
"Vicious Games" (vs Hardfloor)199988Eccentrix Remixes
"Squeeze Please"Motion Picture
"Planet Dada"200375The Eye
"Oh Yeah 'Oh Six"20061
"Part Love"200915Touch Yello
"Mean Monday"2011
"Limbo"2016Toy
"Tool of Love"
"Waba Duba"2020Point
"Out of Sight"
"Spinning My Mind"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Videos

Video albums

TitleAlbum 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

TitleYearDirector
"Bostich"1981Dieter 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 Gone1991
"Jungle BIll"1992
"Do It"1994
"How How
"Bostich" (WestBam's Hands on Yello)1995Unknown
"You Gotta Say Yes to Another Excess – Great Mission" (Jam & Spoon's Hands on Yello)
"On Track"1997Dieter Meier
"To the Seas"Paul Morgans
"Planet Dada"2003Dieter Meier and Daniel Cherbuin
"Bostich (Reflected)"2009Dieter Meier, Boris Blank and Kevin Blanc
"Tiger Dust"
"The Expert"
"Tangier Blue"2010
"Mean Monday"2011Dieter Meier and Daniel Cherbuin
"Limbo"2016Unknown
"Waba Duba"2020Boris 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)"2021EQAL Visual Productions
"Tremendous Pain"Dieter Meier

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade - hitparade.ch. 2022-01-29. swisscharts.com.
  2. Australian chart peaks:
  3. Web site: Das österreichische Hitparaden- und Musik-Portal. 2022-01-29. austriancharts.at.
  4. Web site: Suche - Offizielle Deutsche Charts. 2022-01-29. www.offiziellecharts.de.
  5. Web site: Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl. 2022-01-29. dutchcharts.nl.
  6. Web site: norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian charts portal. 2022-01-29. norwegiancharts.com.
  7. Web site: charts.org.nz - New Zealand charts portal. 2022-01-29. charts.nz.
  8. Web site: swedishcharts.com - Swedish Charts Portal. 2022-01-29. swedishcharts.com.
  9. Web site: YELLO full Official Chart History Official Charts Company. 2022-01-29. www.officialcharts.com.
  10. Billboard Chart History > Yello > Billboard 200. Billboard. 29 January 2022.
  11. Germany. Yello. 29 January 2022.
  12. Switzerland. Yello. 29 January 2022.
  13. Austria. Yello. 29 January 2022.
  14. United Kingdom. Yello. 29 January 2022.
  15. Web site: Das österreichische Hitparaden- und Musik-Portal. 2022-01-29. austriancharts.at.
  16. Web site: Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade - hitparade.ch. 2022-01-29. swisscharts.com.
  17. Web site: Das österreichische Hitparaden- und Musik-Portal. 2022-01-29. austriancharts.at.
  18. Web site: ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS. 2022-01-29. www.ultratop.be.
  19. Book: Pennanen, Timo. Sisältää hitin: Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972. Otava. 2006. 951-1-21053-X. Finland.
  20. Web site: Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl. 2022-01-29. dutchcharts.nl.
  21. Web site: NZ Charts. www.charts.org.nz.
  22. Web site: Yello – Billboard Hot 100. 2022-01-29. Billboard. en-US.
  23. Web site: Yello – Dance Club Songs. 2022-01-29. Billboard. en-US.