This article catalogues the releases of the American band Electric Six.
Discography as Electric Six Official canon studio albums Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications(sales thresholds) UK FRA IRE USDance FireReleased: May 20 in US and June 30 in UK, 2003 Label: XL Formats: CD, LP7150225 BPI: Gold Señor SmokeReleased: February 14, 2005 Label: Warner Bros., Metropolis Formats: CD105——— SwitzerlandReleased: September 12, 2006 Label: Metropolis Formats: CD, download———— I Shall Exterminate Everything Around Me That Restricts Me from Being the MasterReleased: October 9, 2007 Label: Metropolis Formats: CD, download———5 FlashyReleased: October 20, 2008 Label: Metropolis Formats: CD, download———14 KillReleased: October 19, 2009 Label: Metropolis Formats: CD, download———20 ZodiacReleased: September 28, 2010 Label: Metropolis Formats: CD, download———— Heartbeats and BrainwavesReleased: October 11, 2011 Label: Metropolis Formats: CD, download———— MustangReleased: October 8, 2013 Label: Metropolis Formats: CD, download———— Human ZooReleased: October 14, 2014 Label: Metropolis Formats: CD, download———— Bitch, Don't Let Me Die!Released: October 2, 2015 Label: Metropolis Formats: CD, download———— Fresh Blood for Tired VampyresReleased: October 7, 2016 Label: Metropolis Formats: CD, download———— How Dare You?Released: October 13, 2017 Label: Metropolis Formats: CD, download———— Bride of the DevilReleased: October 5, 2018 Label: Metropolis Formats: CD, download———— Streets of GoldReleased: July 30, 2021 Label: Cleopatra Formats: CD, vinyl, download———— TurquoiseReleased: September 8, 2023 Label: Metropolis Formats: CD, download————
Kickstarter campaign and self-released studio albums Title Details MimicryReleased: 2015 Label: Self-released Formats: CD, download Roulette Stars of Metro Detroit Released: 2016 Label: Self-released Formats: CD, download You're Welcome! Released: 2017 Label: Self-released Formats: CD, download A Very Electric SiXmasReleased: October 25, 2018 Label: Self-released Formats: CD, download
Soundtrack albums Title DetailsRoulette Stars of Metro DetroitReleased: July 13, 2016 Label: Self-released Formats: CD, download
Live albums Title Details Absolute PleasureReleased: October 9, 2012 Label: Metropolis Formats: CD, download You're Welcome! (Live in Oxford)Released: September 2017 Label: Self-released Formats: CD, download Chill Out!Released: October 2018 Label: Self-released Formats: CD, download Live in Liverpool!Released: October 2019 Label: Self-released Formats: CD, download
Compilations Title Details Sexy TrashReleased: October 17, 2008 Label: Self-released Formats: CD, download MemoriesReleased: March 2015 Label: Self-released Formats: CD, download
Singles
Single Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album AUS BEL IRE NLD SCOPeak chart positions in Scotland: "Danger! High Voltage": "Gay Bar": "Dance Commander": "Radio Ga Ga": UK UKIndie "Danger! High Voltage"2003 67 41 15 81 1 2 1BPI: SilverFire "Gay Bar" — — 32 — 6 5 2BPI: Silver "Dance Commander" — — — — 39 40 5 "Vibrator"2004 — — — — — — —Señor Smoke "Radio Ga Ga" — — 44 — 16 21 — "I Buy the Drugs"2006 — — — — — — —Switzerland "Jam it in the Hole"2010 — — — — — — —Zodiac "Interchangeable Knife" (Dubai Bros. Remix)"2011 — — — — — — —Heartbeats and Brainwaves "Eye in the Sky"2020 — — — — — — — "Danger! High Voltage (Re-Recorded)"2021 — — — — — — —Streets of Gold "Gay Bar (Re-Recorded)" — — — — — — — "Yah Mo B There" — — — — — — — "Take Me to the Sugar"2021 — — — — — — —Turquoise "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Music videos Year Title Director Notes 2002 "Danger! High Voltage" Tom Kuntz & Mike Maguire Released to promote "Danger! High Voltage!" and Fire 2003 "Gay Bar" Tom Kuntz & Mike Maguire Released to promote "Gay Bar" and Fire "Dance Commander" Ruben Fleischer Released to promote "Dance Commander" and Fire 2005 "Radio Ga Ga" Tom Kuntz & Mike Maguire Released to promote Señor Smoke 2006 "I Buy the Drugs" Anthony Ernst Garth Released to promote Switzerland and part of Electric Six's project to create a music video for every song on the album "Mr. Woman" Kris Kaczor "There's Something Very Wrong with Us, So Let's Go Out Tonight" Justin Lowe "Rubber Rocket" "Chocolate Pope" 2007 "Infected Girls" Digitelio "Down at McDonnelzzz" Zac Holman Released to promote I Shall Exterminate Everything Around Me That Restricts Me from Being the Master "It's Showtime!" "Randy's Hot Tonight!" 2008 "Pulling the Plug on the Party" Released to promote Switzerland and part of Electric Six's project to create a music video for every song on the album "Formula 409" Anthony Ernst Garth Released to promote Flashy "Making Progress" 2009 "Body Shot" Nabil Elderkin Released to promote Kill 2011 "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" A live-performance video produced as part of the "Holiday Undercover" series for The A.V. Club. 2012 "Psychic Visions" Justin Lowe Given that it was the band's first music video in 3 years and that it was released a year after the release of Heartbeats and Brainwaves, it is likely that this video represented a creative project that the band wished to undertake as opposed to a means of promoting the album. 2017 "I'll Be in Touch" Dillon Vaughn Produced as part of a stretch goal for Electric Six's You're Welcome! Kickstarter campaign. "I Got the Box" Andre Bennet 2020 "Panic! Panic!" Music video produced for the band's demo version of "Panic! Panic!" shot and released during the Coronavirus pandemic. 2021 "Ya Mo B There" Music video produced to promote the release of the single and the release of the corresponding album Streets of Gold. 2022 "Nuclear War (On the Dancefloor)" An official upload to the band's YouTube channel featuring Tait Nucleus and stock footage produced during the COVID pandemic.
Films Year Title Director Actors Writer Producers Notes 2014Absolute TreasureJohn AndersonDick Valentine, Tait Nucleus?, , Percussion World, Smörgåsbord, Da VeTyler SpencerMel Caceres, Phil Crossland, Pat Divis, Sharon Iles, Peter Schofield & Niles StanberyA concert film of the band's performance at St. Andrews Hall in Detroit, Michigan on September 7, 2013. 2016Roulette Stars of Metro DetroitTom Lehrer & Tom NahasDick Valentine, Tait Nucleus?, , Percussion World & Da VeTyler SpencerChris FullerA mockumentary film starring members of the band as fictional versions of themselves. 2018Chill Out: Electric Six Unplugged Tyler SpencerChris FullerA live broadcast of the gig performed for the band's Chill Out! live album. 2019Electric Six: Live in Liverpool!Tom Lehrer & Tom Nahas Tyler SpencerChris FullerConcert film of the band's performance in Liverpool, UK in May 2019 shot and released as part of a Kickstarter campaign. 2020Electric Six: Live from QuarantineTom Lehrer & Tom Nahas Tyler SpencerChris FullerA live-streamed concert film showcasing the band's first socially-distant gig during the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic. 2020Electric Six: Halloween SpooktacularTom Lehrer & Tom Nahas Tyler SpencerChris FullerA Halloween-themed live-streamed concert film of the band performing a socially-distant show during the Coronavirus pandemic. 2020It's the Most Wonderful Time... of the Least Wonderful YearTom Lehrer & Tom Nahas Tyler SpencerChris FullerA Christmas-themed live-streamed concert film of the band performing a socially-distant show during the Coronavirus pandemic. 2021Electric Six: Mood Is ImprovingTom Lehrer & Tom Nahas Tyler SpencerChris FullerA live-streamed concert film of the band performing a socially-distant show during the Coronavirus pandemic with the theme of optimism surrounding the pandemic soon being over.
Splits Rockshow (7" split with Peaches)
Kickstarter commissions The band routinely offer the option for backers of their frequent Kickstarter campaigns to commission them to record an original song or cover version of a song by another artist. Although these are usually only made available to the backer, many have been made available online by their backer, leaked online or subsequently included on releases by the band. Year Title Original artist Related Kickstarter campaign Release status 2014"Gary's in the Park"Gary WilsonAbsolute TreasureMade available online by backer"Maneater"Hall & Oates"2112 Overture/The Temples of Syrinx"Rush"Pokémon Theme"Jason PaigeLeaked online"Rock DJ"Robbie Williams"She Drives Me Crazy"Fine Young CannibalsMade available online by backerUnknown coverUnknownStill unreleased"Ziggy"Electric SixSubsequently, included on Mimicry and MemoriesUnknown original songElectric SixStill unreleased 2015"Turn Me Loose"LoverboyMimicry and MemoriesReleased on Mimicry and Memories"Rockets""Stuck in a Closet with Vanna White""Weird Al" Yankovic"Cat People"David Bowie"The Caveman Diet"Electric SixMade available online by backer 2016"All Night Long"RainbowRoulette Stars of Metro DetroitReleased on Roulette Stars of Metro Detroit soundtrack album"Obsession""When the Lights Go Out"Oingo Boingo 2017"Rasputin"Boney M.You're Welcome!Released on You're Welcome!"Magic Dance""Seminole Bingo"Warren Zevon"Last Night I Had a Dream"Randy Newman"Vow"Garbage"Nightclubbing"Iggy Pop"Young Americans""A Song About Skeletons"Electric SixMade available on Dick Valentine's PatreonUnknownUnknown 2018–2019"Christmas Wrapping"The WaitressesA Very Electric SiXmas and Chill Out!Included on A Very Electric SiXmas"Same Old Lang Syne"Dan Fogelberg"Christmas at K-Mart"Root Boy Slim"Don't Shoot Me Santa"The Killers"Christmas Vacation"Mavis Staples"The Night Santa Went Crazy""Weird Al" Yankovic"Cold Blooded Christmas"Jon Lajoie"Santa Claus Is Watchin' You"Ray Stevens"Ghost of Christmas Past""Dead Puppies"Ogden EdslIncluded in the band's 2019 subscription club package"Goodbye Horses"Q Lazzarus"Heart-Shaped Box"Nirvana"Ride Like the Wind"Christopher Cross"The Safety Dance"Men Without Hats"Smoke from a Distant Fire"Sanford Townsend Band"Soul Pressure"Mark Mallman"Twilight Zone"Golden Earring"Un-Reborn Again"Queens of the Stone Age"We All March On"Scott Buckley-Hewitt"You Little Fool"UnknownElectric SixUnreleasedUnknown
Discography as The Wildbunch Albums An Evening with the Many Moods of the Wildbunch's Greatest Hits... Tonight! (8-track) (Uchu Cult) (1996) Don't Be Afraid of the Robot: Live at the Gold Dollar (CD) (Off Woodward Productions, GD-101) (1998-07-25) "Nuclear War (On the Dance Floor)" "Speak English" "Naked Pictures" "The Model" "Computer" "The Ballade of MC Sucka DJ" "Clones (We're All)" "Immolate Me" "Taxi to Nowhere" "Don't Be Afraid of the Robot" "Breaking Up" "I'm on Acid" "R U Afraid of the Devil?" "Meat the Band" "I Am the Knife" "I Am Detroit" "I Lost Control" "Freshman" "I'm a Demon" "Tiny Little Men" "Take Off Your Clothes" "Gay Bar" "I Know Karate" Rock Empire (CD) (Uchu Cult) (1999-07-??) "Don't Be Afraid of the Robot" "Remote Control (Me)" "Gay Bar" "TV" "Getting Into the Jam" "Take Me to Your Leader" "Animal Attraction" "Dancing Like an Idiot" "Synthesizer" "I Am the Knife" "Naked Pictures (Of Your Mother)" "R U Afraid of the Devil?" "I'm on Acid" "Computer" "Christian Radio Manchester" "I Am Detroit" "Honolulu" "I'm a Demon" "Gay Bar (Remix)" "Persona vs. Wildbunch"
Singles "I Lost Control (Of My Rock'n' Roll)" (7") (Uchu Cult, SC 001) (1996) 500 copies "I Lost Control (Of My Rock and Roll)" "Tiny Little Men" "Gay Bar" "I Know Karate" "The Ballade of MC Sucka DJ" (7") (Flying Bomb Records, FLB-105) (1997) "Take Off Your Clothes" "Nuclear War (On the Dancefloor)" "The Ballade of MC Sucka DJ" "Danger! High Voltage" (7") (Flying Bomb Records, FLB-117) (2001) Recorded by Jim Diamond "Danger (High Voltage)" "Neurocameraman" "She's Guatemala"
Compilations "X-Mas Surprise Package" (7") (Flying Bomb Records, FLB-106) (1997) "X-Mas Xorcismus (Ho Ho Ho)" Clear green or black vinyl Troy Gregory's Sybil (CD) (Fall of Rome Records, FOR 1005) (2002)