The Wildhearts are a British rock band from Newcastle upon Tyne. Since their formation in 1989, the band have released eleven studio albums, nine live albums, 11 compilation albums, seven extended plays (EPs), 25 singles, four video albums and 17 music videos.

After debuting in 1992 with the EPs Mondo Akimbo a-Go-Go and Don't Be Happy... Just Worry, the Wildhearts released their full-length debut Earth vs the Wildhearts in 1993 on East West and Bronze Records, reaching number 46 on the UK Albums Chart. The album was reissued in 1994 with the addition of "Caffeine Bomb", the band's first UK Singles Chart top 40 release. The next year saw the group break the top 20 on both charts for the first time, with the release of P.H.U.Q. and lead single "I Wanna Go Where the People Go", which charted at number 6 and 16 on their respective charts. Fishing for Luckies, which originally received a limited release in 1994, was reissued in 1996 and reached number 16 on the UK Albums Chart, with lead single "Sick of Drugs" reaching number 14.

The Wildhearts released Endless, Nameless on Mushroom Records in 1997, which peaked at number 46 in the UK; both singles from the album made the top 30 of the UK Singles Chart. The band subsequently went on hiatus, before returning in 2003 with Gut Records release The Wildhearts Must Be Destroyed, which charted at number 54 in the UK and number 38 in Japan – their only release to break the country's albums chart top 40. The same year, the group reached the UK Singles Chart top 20 for the third and final time with "Stormy in the North, Karma in the South". In 2007, the Wildhearts issued their self-titled sixth studio album on Round Records, which peaked at number 55 on the UK Albums Chart. The 2008 follow-up Stop Us If You've Heard This One Before, Vol 1., an album of cover versions, failed to register on the main UK chart but reached the top 20 of both the UK Independent Albums and the UK Rock & Metal Albums Charts.

2009 saw the band release eighth album ¡Chutzpah! on Backstage Alliance, which charted in the UK at number 53 and topped the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart. The Wildhearts did not release another album until ten years later, when 2019's Renaissance Men peaked at number 11 on the UK Albums Chart – the band's highest position since 1995. Diagnosis, an EP/mini album issued later that year, reached number 25. 21st Century Love Songs, released in 2021, gave the group their second UK top 10 album when it peaked at number 9. All three aforementioned releases reached the top ten in Scotland, with 21st Century Love Songs peaking at number 2.

Albums Studio albums + List of studio albums, with selected chart positionsTitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsUKUKDown.UKIndieUKRockUKVinylJPNSCOEarth vs the WildheartsReleased: 31 August 1993 Label: East West/Bronze Formats: CD, LP, cassette 46 — — — 22 — 39 — —Fishing for LuckiesReleased: 12 December 1994 Label: East West Format: CD 16 — — 16 2 — — — 30P.H.U.Q.Released: 22 May 1995 Label: East West Formats: CD, LP, cassette 6 — — 6 1 — — — 14Endless, NamelessReleased: 27 October 1997 Label: Mushroom Formats: CD, LP, cassette 41 — 4 41 1 — — 46 58The Wildhearts Must Be DestroyedReleased: 25 August 2003 Label: Gut Formats: CD, LP 54 — 7 54 4 — — 38 51The WildheartsReleased: 23 April 2007 Label: Round Formats: CD, 2LP 55 — 4 52 — — — — 67Stop Us If You've Heard This One Before, Vol 1.Released: 19 May 2008 Label: Round Format: CD — 48 16 — 20 — — — —¡Chutzpah!Released: 31 August 2009 Label: Backstage Alliance Format: CD 53 52 7 62 1 — — — 65Renaissance MenReleased: 3 May 2019 Label: Graphite Formats: CD, LP, digital 11 6 2 4 2 4 3 — 421st Century Love SongsReleased: 3 September 2021 Label: Graphite Formats: CD, LP, digital 9 2 4 3 2 3 3 — 2Satanic Rites of the WildheartsReleased: 7 March 2025 Label: Snakefarm Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital 29 10 2 4 2 4 5 — 4"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region.

Live albums + List of live albums, with selected chart positionsTitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsUKUKIndieUKRockUKVinylJPNSCOAnarchic Airwaves: The Wildhearts at the BBCReleased: 16 March 1998 Label: Kuro Neko Formats: CD, 2CD, 2LP — 31 — — — — — —Tokyo Suits MeReleased: 27 January 1999 Label: Mercury Format: 2CD — — — 18 — — — —The Wildhearts Strike BackReleased: 25 October 2004 Label: Gut Formats: 2CD, 2LP 158 — — 18 — — — —Geordie in WonderlandReleased: 24 July 2006 Label: Secret Format: CD — 34 — — — — — —Rock City vs the WildheartsReleased: 8 April 2014 Label: Round Format: 2CD — — — — — — — —Never Outdrunk, Never Outsung: PHUQ LiveReleased: 1 July 2016 Label: Round Formats: 2CD, 2LP, digital — — — — — — — —Live in the Studio RemasteredReleased: 25 January 2019 Label: Round Formats: CD, digital — — — — — — — —30 Year ItchReleased: 25 September 2020 Label: Round Formats: 2CD, 2LP, digital 51 8 33 2 33 20 — 24DÿnämizerReleased: March 2022 Label: Round Formats: 2CD, 2LP, digital — — — — — — — —"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region.

Compilations + List of compilation albums, with selected chart positionsTitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsUKUKIndieUKRockJPNSCOThe Best of the WildheartsReleased: 25 November 1996 Label: East West Formats: CD, cassette — — — 48 —Moodswings and RoundaboutsReleased: 25 January 1998 Label: East West Format: 4CD — — — — —Anthem: The Single TracksReleased: 21 March 1998 Label: BMG Format: CD — — — — —Landmines and PantomimesReleased: 28 September 1998 Label: Kuro Neko Format: CD — — — — —Riff After Riff After Motherfucking RiffReleased: 23 October 2002 Label: Universal Format: CD — — — — —Coupled WithReleased: 29 March 2004 Label: Gut Formats: CD, LP 110 9 13 — 81The WorksReleased: 31 March 2008 Label: Rhino Format: 3CD — — — — —Acoustic Albums Are ShitReleased: 3 March 2023 Label: Round Format: digital — — — — —Acoustic Albums Are Shit, Vol. 2Released: 7 April 2023 Label: Round Format: digital — — — — —Acoustic Albums Are Shit, Vol. 3Released: 5 May 2023 Label: Round Format: digital — — — — —Acoustic Albums Are Shit, Vol. 4Released: 4 August 2023 Label: Round Format: digital — — — — —"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region.

Extended plays + List of extended plays, with selected chart positionsTitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsUKUKDown.UKIndieUKRockUKVinylSCOMondo Akimbo a-Go-GoReleased: 20 April 1992 Label: East West/Bronze Formats: CD, 12" vinyl 86 — — — — — — —Don't Be Happy... Just WorryReleased: 23 November 1992 Label: East West/Bronze Formats: CD, 12" vinyl 91 — — — — — — —¡Chutzpah! Jnr.Released: 2 December 2009 Label: Backstage Alliance Format: CD — — — — — — — —DiagnosisReleased: 4 October 2019 Label: Graphite Formats: CD, 10" vinyl, digital 25 11 4 9 2 9 6 930 Year Itch Bonus TracksReleased: 25 September 2020 Label: Round Formats: CD, digital — — — — — — — —Cuts So DeepReleased: 17 July 2021 Label: Round Format: 12" vinyl — — 18 57 8 64 35 50AD/HD RockReleased: 23 April 2022 Label: Graphite Format: 10" vinyl — — — 21 — 64 20 —"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region.

Singles + List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album nameTitleYearPeak positionsAlbumUKUKIndieUKRock"Greetings from Shitsville"1993 81 — -Earth vs the Wildhearts"TV Tan" 53 — —"Caffeine Bomb"1994 31 — —"Suckerpunch" 38 — —"If Life Is Like a Lovebank I Want an Overdraft""Geordie in Wonderland"1995 31 — —Fishing for Luckies"I Wanna Go Where the People Go" 16 — 1P.H.U.Q."Just in Lust" 28 — —"Sick of Drugs"1996 14 — 3Fishing for Luckies "Red Light – Green Light" 30 — 2"Anthem"1997 21 — 1Endless, Nameless"Urge" 26 2 —"Vanilla Radio"2002 26 3 —The Wildhearts Must Be Destroyed"Stormy in the North, Karma in the South"2003 17 5 1"So into You" 22 3 3The Wildhearts Must Be Destroyed"Top of the World" 26 2 3"The Sweetest Song"2007 — — —The Wildhearts"The New Flesh" — 5 —"Borderline"2008 — — —"The Only One"2009 — — —¡Chutzpah!"The Snake, the Lion, the Monkey and the Spider" — — —¡Chutzpah! Jnr."Zeen Requiem" — — —"Dislocated"2019 — — —Renaissance Man"Remember These Days"2021 — — —21st Century Love Songs"Sort Your Fucking Shit Out" — — —"Sleepaway" — — —"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region.

Videos Video albums + List of video albums, with selected chart positionsTitleAlbum detailsPeakUKThe Best of the Wildhearts: VideoCollection Released: 25 June 1997 Label: Warner Vision/East West Format: VHS —Live at Scarborough CastleReleased: 23 October 2006 Label: Secret Format: DVD 42Live in the StudioReleased: 20 October 2008 Label: Round Format: DVD 16Earth versus the Wildhearts: Live 2014Released: 2016 Label: Round Format: DVD —"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region.

Music videos + List of music videos, showing year released, director(s) and album nameTitleYearAlbumDirector(s)Ref."Nothing Ever Changes But the Shoes"1992Mondo Akimbo a-Go-GoJohn Mills"TV Tan"1993Earth vs. The WildheartsRun Wrake, Nick Burgess-Jones"Caffeine Bomb"1994Stephen Wells, Nick Small"Suckerpunch"Peter Christopherson"If Life Is Like a Lovebank, I Want an Overdraft"1995Fishing for LuckiesPhilip Richardson"I Wanna Go Where the People Go"P.H.U.Q.Pamela Birkhead"Just in Lust"Tim Searle"Sick of Drugs"1996Fishing for Luckies Philip Richardson"Red Light – Green Light""Anthem"1997Endless, Namelessrowspan="6" colspan="2" "Urge""Vanilla Radio"2002The Wildhearts Must Be Destroyed"So into You"2003"Top of the World""The Sweetest Song"2007The Wildhearts"The New Flesh"Nick Small"Sleepaway"202121st Century Love SongsJustin Griffiths"Troubadour Moon"2025Satanic Rites Of The WildheartsShaun Hodson

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References

External links The Wildhearts official website