As of March 2025, the discography of The Darkness, a British hard rock band, consists of eight studio albums, one compilation album, five live albums, one extended play (EP), one box set, thirty-six singles and twenty-five music videos.
The band released their debut EP I Believe in a Thing Called Love through label Must Destroy in August 2002. The Darkness released their first two singles, "Get Your Hands Off My Woman" and "Growing on Me" in 2003, which reached peaks of 52 and 11 on the UK Singles Chart, respectively. These were followed in September 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. 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.
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. 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.
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.
The band reunited in 2011 then released "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us" in February 2012, followed by "Every Inch of You" in May, then "Everybody Have a Good Time" in June. The band's third album, Hot Cakes, was released in August 2012, reaching number four on the UK Albums Chart.
The band's fourth album, Last of Our Kind, was released on 2 June 2015, and their fifth album Pinewood Smile was released on 6 October 2017.
On 25 April 2018, it was announced that the Darkness would release their first live album Live at Hammersmith on 15 June 2018 with "Buccaneers of Hispaniola" (live) and "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" (live) available on the day of announcement. "Solid Gold" (live) was released on 1 June.
The Darkness released their sixth album Easter Is Cancelled on 4 October 2019. There were three singles released prior to the album—"Rock and Roll Deserves to Die", "Heart Explodes" and the title track, "Easter Is Cancelled". Two further singles were released afterwards, "How Can I Lose Your Love" and "In Another Life" in December 2019 and January 2020 respectively.
The band's seventh album Motorheart was released on 19 November 2021. The title track served as the lead single, followed by "Nobody Can See Me Cry", "Jussy's Girl", and "It's Love, Jim".
On 18 September 2024, the Darkness announced their eighth studio album Dreams on Toast would be released 28 March 2025 and the first single, "The Longest Kiss" was released with an accompanying visualizer. A UK headline tour in support of the album was announced at the same time. To date, six singles have been released: "The Longest Kiss", "I Hate Myself", "Rock and Roll Party Cowboy", "Walking Through Fire", "The Battle for Gadget Land" (announced as an exclusive perk of purchasing a special lanyard at the merch stand on tour dates preceding the album's release) and "Hot on My Tail".
On 22 May 2026 The Darkness released "Masters of the Universe", the title track of the Masters of the Universe (2026) movie.
Albums Studio albums + List of studio albums with selected chart positions and sales certifications Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications UK AUSPeaks in Australia: All except noted: Motorheart: AUT FIN GER IRL JPN SWE SWI USPermission to LandReleased: 16 September 2003 (US) Label: Atlantic Formats: CD, LP 1 17 40 17 19 2 5 8 59 36UK: 1,500,000 US: 710,000 WW: 3,000,000BPI: 4× Platinum ARIA: Platinum MC: Platinum RMNZ: Platinum RIAA: GoldOne Way Ticket to Hell... and BackReleased: 29 November 2005 Label: Atlantic Formats: CD, LP 11 25 44 31 32 20 26 22 48 58UK: 100,000BPI: Gold ARIA: GoldHot CakesReleased: 21 August 2012 Label: Canary Dwarf Formats: CD, LP, DL4 15 24 46 16 14 50 30 20 43US: 26,000Last of Our KindReleased: 2 June 2015 Label: Canary Dwarf Formats: CD, LP, DL 12 23 53 41 56 49 57 — 43 125 Pinewood SmileReleased: 6 October 2017 Label: Cooking Vinyl Formats: CD, LP, DL 8 17 — — — — 166 — 90 190 Easter Is Cancelled Released: 4 October 2019 Label: Cooking Vinyl Formats: CD, LP, DL 10 22 — — 60 31 — — 79 — Motorheart Released: 19 November 2021 Label: Cooking Vinyl Formats: CD, LP, DL 16 96 — — — — — — 99 — Dreams on Toast Released: 28 March 2025 Label: Cooking Vinyl Formats: CD, LP, cassette, DL 2 45 37 — 58 89 — — 49 —
Compilation albums + List of compilation albumsTitleAlbum details CertificationsThe Platinum CollectionReleased: 7 April 2008 Label: Rhino Format: CDBPI: Silver
Live albums Title Album details Peak chart positions UK UKSales UKIndie UKRock SCOBlast of Our Kind Tour – London Roundhouse - 20 Dec 2015Released: 2016 Label: All About Live Format: USB — — — — —Blast of Our Kind Tour – The Best OfReleased: 2016 Label: All About Live Format: USB — — — — —Live at HammersmithReleased: 15 June 2018 Label: Canary Dwarf Format: Various 47 23 4 1 25Streaming of a White Christmas Released: 2 July 2021 Label: Live Here Now Format: CD, DL — 51 16 22 87One Way Ticket to Birminham - Live at the NEC 2006 Released: 18 April 2026 Label: Atlantic Format: LP__________ "—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory.
Extended plays Title Details Peak chart positions UKIndie UK RockI Believe in a Thing Called LoveReleased: 12 August 2002 Label: Must Destroy Format: CD 43 20
Box sets + List of box setsTitleAlbum detailsPermission to Land/One Way Ticket to Hell... and BackReleased: 4 August 2008 Label: Warner Format: 2CD
Singles + List of singles with selected chart positions, showing year and album nameTitleYearPeak chart positions CertificationsAlbumUKAUS BELDENGERIRLNEDNORNZSWEUSBub."Get Your Hands off My Woman"2003 43 — — — — — — — — — —Permission to Land"Growing on Me" 11 46 — — — 42 — — — — —"I Believe in a Thing Called Love" 2 40 — — 47 5 12 14 10 8 19BPI: Platinum RIAA: Platinum"RIAA Awards" RIAA. Retrieved 27 February 2018"Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)" 2 63 — 9 — 2 — 20 — — —BPI: PlatinumPermission to Land (Christmas Edition)"Love Is Only a Feeling"2004 5 35 — — 95 10 92 — 22 55 —BPI: SilverPermission to Land"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 — — — — —"Nothing's Gonna Stop Us"2012 — — — — — — — — — — —Hot Cakes"Every Inch of You" — — — — — — — — — — —"Everybody Have a Good Time" — — — — — — — — — — —"With a Woman"2013 — — — — — — — — — — —"The Horn" — — — — — — — — — — —Extra Hot Cakes – Yuletide Edition"Barbarian"2015 — — — — — — — — — — —Last of Our Kind"Open Fire" — — — — — — — — — — —"Last of Our Kind" — — — — — — — — — — —"Million Dollar Strong" — — — — — — — — — — —Last of Our Kind (Deluxe Edition)"I Am Santa" — — — — — — — — — — —"All the Pretty Girls"2017 — — — — — — — — — — —Pinewood Smile"Solid Gold" — — — — — — — — — — —"Southern Trains" — — — — — — — — — — —"Happiness" — — — — — — — — — — —"Rock and Roll Deserves to Die"2019 — — — — — — — — — — —Easter Is Cancelled"Heart Explodes" — — — — — — — — — — —"Easter Is Cancelled" — — — — — — — — — — —"How Can I Lose Your Love" — — — — — — — — — — —"In Another Life"2020 — — — — — — — — — — —"Motorheart"2021 — — — — — — — — — — —Motorheart"Nobody Can See Me Cry" — — — — — — — — — — —"Jussy's Girl" — — — — — — — — — — —"It's Love, Jim" — — — — — — — — — — —"The Longest Kiss"2024 — — — — — — — — — — —Dreams on Toast"I Hate Myself" — — — — — — — — — — —"Rock and Roll Party Cowboy"2025 — — — — — — — — — — —"Walking Through Fire" — — — — — — — — — — —"The Battle for Gadget Land" — — — — — — — — — — —"Hot on My Tail" — — — — — — — — — — —"Masters of the Universe"2026 — — — — — — — — — — —Masters of the Universe Soundtrack "—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory.
Promotional singles + List of physical promotional singles, showing year released as single and album nameTitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum BEL(WA)Tip "Friday Night"2004 —Permission to Land "Get Your Hands off My Woman... Again" — "Everybody Have a Good Time"2012 46Hot Cakes "Keep Me Hangin' On"2013 — "Last of Our Kind"2015 —Last of Our Kind "I Am Santa" —Last of Our Kind (Deluxe Edition) "Solid Gold"2017 —Pinewood Smile "Happiness" —
Music videos + List of music videos, showing year and directorsTitleYearDirector(s)"Get Your Hands off My Woman"2003unknown"Growing on Me""I Believe in a Thing Called Love"Alex Smith"Friday Night"unknown"Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)""Love Is Only a Feeling"2004"One Way Ticket"2005Tim Pope"Is It Just Me?"2006"Girlfriend""Nothin's Gonna Stop Us"2012Thom Lessner, Ted Passon"Every Inch of You"unknown"Everybody Have a Good Time"Warren Fu"With a Woman"2013"Barbarian"2015unknown"Open Fire""Last of Our Kind""I Am Santa""All the Pretty Girls"2017unknown"Solid Gold""Southern Trains""Happiness""Rock and Roll Deserves to Die"2019unknown"Heart Explodes""In Another Life"2020Kristy Currie"Motorheart"2021unknown"Nobody Can See Me Cry"Arepo "Jussy's Girl"Arepo
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