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 USAlt. US Indie USRock AUSPeaks in Australia: Why Do They Rock So Hard?: Cheer Up!: SCO UKPeaks in the UK: For all except noted: Monkeys for Nothin' and the Chimps for Free, & Favorite Noise: UKIndie Everything SucksReleased: May 5, 1995 Label: Piss-Off Records Formats: CD — — — — — — — — Turn the Radio OffReleased: August 13, 1996 Label: Mojo Formats: CD, CS, DL, LP 57 — — — — — — — RIAA: Gold 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 HappyReleased: April 5, 2005 Label: Mojo/Jive/Zomba Formats: CD, DL 155 — — — — — — — Monkeys for Nothin' and the Chimps for FreeReleased: July 10, 2007 Label: Rock Ridge Music Formats: CD+DVD-V, DL, LP 106 — 13 — — — 190 — Fame, Fortune and FornicationReleased: January 20, 2009 Label: Rock Ridge Music Formats: CD, DL, LP 177 — 26 — — — — — Candy Coated FuryReleased: 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 AlbumReleased: 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 UKIndie UKRock Viva La Internet/Blank CDReleased: 2000 Label: Self-released Formats: CD — — — — Favorite NoiseReleased: March 12, 2002 Label: Mojo/Jive Formats: CD, CS, DL 92 115 19 17 Greatest Hit...And MoreReleased: November 21, 2006 Label: Mojo/Jive/Zomba Formats: CD, DL — — — — A Best of Us... For the Rest of UsReleased: July 20, 2010 Label: Rock Ridge Music Formats: CD, DL — — — — SkacousticReleased: 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 UKIndie UKRock Keep Your Receipt EPReleased: July 1, 1997 Label: Mojo/Jive — — — — — Sold Out EPReleased: 2002 Label: Mojo/Jive — 60 62 7 7 Duet All Night LongReleased: February 20, 2007 Label: Reignition Split EP with Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer — — — — — Happy SkalidaysReleased: December 15, 2014 Label: Rock Ridge Music 46 — — — — "—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released
Demos Title Album details In The Good Old DaysReleased: 1992 Return of the Mullet Released: 1994 Buy This!Released: 1994
Video Title Album details The Show Must Go Off! Reel Big Fish - Live at the House of Blues Released: 2003 Reel Big Fish Live! In Concert!Released: 2009
7" Vinyl Records Title Album details Teen Beef with Goldfinger on reverse side Released: 1996 Vacationing in Palm Springswith Cherry Poppin' Daddies on reverse side Released: 1997 Where Have You Been?UK Exclusive Released: 2002 Monkey ManUK Exclusive Released: 2005
Singles Title Year Peak chart positions Album USAir. USMod. AUSHit. SCO UK UKIndie UKRock "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 — — — — — — — Punk Rock Halloween "You Can't Have All of Me" 2018 — — — — — — — Life Sucks... Let's Dance! "—" denotes recording that did not chart or was not released
Soundtracks TitleYear Soundtrack Skatanic1995Misfits Of Ska Unity1997Take Warning: The Songs of Operation Ivy Hungry Like the Wolf1997The Duran Duran Tribute Album Take On Me1997BASEketball Original Soundtrack Beer Gigantic1999Where is My Mind? – A Tribute to the Pixies Kiss Me Deadly2000Metalliska2000The Solution to Benefit Heal the Bay Take On Me2000Samba De Amigo Monkey Man2002The Wild Thornberrys Movie Soundtrack Doo-Doo2002Because We Care: A Benefit for the Children's Hospital of Orange County Baroque Hoedown (Main Street Electrical Parade)2002Dive into Disney It's Not Easy (Pete's Dragon)2004Mosh Pit on Disney (Japanese Only) We Close Our Eyes2005Dead Bands Party: A Tribute to Oingo Boingo Stray Cat Strut2006Go Cat Go! A Tribute to Stray Cats Rave-o-lution (Rave Master theme) 2006TOKYOPOP Presents: Anime Trax, Vol. 1 Snoop Dog, Baby2017Ladybird Soundtrack No Hope (A collaboration with Louser)2022Clerks III Soundtrack
Multiple titled songs Songs that have different titles on different releases, despite being essentially the same song.
Original Title Album Alternate Title Album Fuck YourselfEverything Sucks All I Want Is MoreTurn the Radio Off I'm CoolEverything Sucks Cool EndingTurn the Radio OffWhy Do They Rock So Hard? In the PitOur Live Album Is Better than Your Live Album Thank You for Not MoshingWhy Do They Rock So Hard?Teen Beef Big Fuckin' StarEverything Sucks Big StarWhy 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 InternetRunnin' 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 FornicationThe Best Songs We Never Wrote "Authority Song" John Mellencamp Fame, Fortune and Fornication "Brown Eyed Girl" Van Morrison Fame, Fortune and FornicationThe 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 EvilPunk 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
Category: The History Of Reel Big Fish