The Darkness discography

The Darkness discography
A former lineup of The Darkness in 2013. From left to right: Ed Graham, Dan Hawkins, Justin Hawkins, Frankie Poullain.
Studio albums	4
Compilation albums	1
Music videos	11
EPs	1
Singles	9
Box sets	1

As of January 2015, the discography of The Darkness, an English hard rock band, consists of four studio albums, one compilation album, one extended play (EP), one box set, nine singles and eleven music videos.

The band released their debut EP I Believe in a Thing Called Love through label Must Destroy in August 2002.^[1] The Darkness released their first two singles, "Get Your Hands Off My Woman" and "Growing on Me" in 2003, which reached peaks of 43 and 11 on the UK Singles Chart, respectively.^[2] These were followed in July by the band's debut album Permission to Land, which topped the UK Albums Chart and was certified four times platinum by the British Phonographic Industry.^[2][3] Later singles from the album "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" and "Love Is Only a Feeling" peaked on the UK Singles Chart at numbers two and five respectively, while the Christmas single "Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)" achieved the 2003 Christmas number two spot.^[2]

Their second album, One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back, was released in November 2005, preceded by the single "One Way Ticket"; the album was significantly less successful than its predecessor, reaching number eleven on the UK Albums Chart and receiving a silver certification from the BPI.^[2][3] Both "One Way Ticket" and follow-up single "Is It Just Me?" reached number eight on the singles chart, while the third and final single from the album, "Girlfriend", charted at number 39.^[2]

Following the band's first break up in 2006, The Platinum Collection compilation and a set comprising both of the band's albums were released in 2008.^[1]

The band reunited in 2011 then released "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us" in February 2012,^[4] followed by "Every Inch of You" in May,^[5] then "Everybody Have a Good Time" in June.^[6] The band's third album, Hot Cakes, was released in August 2012, reaching number four on the UK Albums Chart.^[2]

The band's fourth album, Last of Our Kind, was released on June 2nd, 2015.^[7]

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums with selected chart positions and sales certifications

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions										Sales	Certifications
		UK [2]	AUS [8]	AUT [9]	FIN [10]	GER [11]	IRL [12]	JPN [13]	SWE [14]	SWI [15]	US [16]
Permission to Land	Released: 7 July 2003 Label: Atlantic Formats: CD, LP	1	17	40	17	19	2	5	8	59	36	UK: 1,500,000[17] US: 710,000[18] WW: 3,000,000[19]	UK: 4× Platinum[3] AUS: Platinum[20] CAN: Platinum[21] NZ: Platinum[22] US: Gold[23]
One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back	Released: 28 November 2005 Label: Atlantic Formats: CD, LP	11	25	44	31	32	20	26	22	48	58		UK: Silver[3]
Hot Cakes	Released: 20 August 2012 Label: Canary Dwarf Formats: CD, DL	4	15	24	46	16	14	50	30	20	43	US: 26,000[24]
Last of Our Kind	Released: 27 May 2015 Label: Canary Dwarf Formats: CD, DL	12	23	53	41	56	49	57	—	43	125

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums

Title	Album details
The Platinum Collection	Released: 7 April 2008 Label: Rhino Format: CD

Extended plays

List of extended plays

Title	Album details
I Believe in a Thing Called Love	Released: 12 August 2002 Label: Must Destroy Format: CD

Box sets

List of box sets

Title	Album details
Permission to Land/One Way Ticket to Hell...	Released: 4 August 2008 Label: Warner Format: 2CD

Singles

List of singles with selected chart positions, showing year and album name

Title	Year	Peak chart positions										Album
		UK [2]	AUS [8]	DEN [25]	GER [11]	IRL [12]	NED [26]	NOR [27]	NZ [28]	SWE [14]	US Alt. [29]
"Get Your Hands Off My Woman"	2003	43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Permission to Land
"Growing on Me"		11	46	—	—	42	—	—	—	—	31
"I Believe in a Thing Called Love"		2	40	—	47	5	12	14	10	8	9
"Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)"		2	—	9	—	2	—	20	—	—	—
"Love Is Only a Feeling"	2004	5	35	—	95	10	92	—	22	55	—
"One Way Ticket"	2005	8	36	20	75	22	—	19	15	31	—	One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back
"Is It Just Me?"	2006	8	39	—	—	36	—	—	—	—	—
"Girlfriend"		39	—	—	—	40	—	—	—	—	—
"Everybody Have a Good Time"	2012	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Hot Cakes
"Barbarian"	2015	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Last of our Kind
"Open Fire"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Last of Our Kind"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Music videos

List of music videos, showing year and directors

Title	Year	Director(s)
"Get Your Hands Off My Woman"	2003	unknown
"Growing on Me"
"I Believe in a Thing Called Love"		Alex Smith[30]
"Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)"		unknown
"Love Is Only a Feeling"	2004
"One Way Ticket"	2005	Tim Pope[30]
"Is It Just Me?"	2006
"Girlfriend"
"Nothin's Gonna Stop Us"	2012	Thom Lessner, Ted Passon[31]
"Everybody Have a Good Time"		Warren Fu[30][32]
"With a Woman"	2013
"Barbarian"	2015	unknown
"Open Fire"
"Last of Our Kind"

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