Mötley Crüe discography

Mötley Crüe discography
Studio albums9
EPs3
Live albums3
Compilation albums8
Singles31
Video albums9
Music videos32

The discography of Mötley Crüe, an American heavy metal band, consists of nine studio albums, three live albums, three EPs, eight compilation albums, three box sets, nine DVD, 31 singles, and 32 music videos.

Mötley Crüe was formed in 1981 by bass guitarist Nikki Sixx and drummer Tommy Lee, who were later joined by lead guitarist Mick Mars and lead singer Vince Neil. Mötley Crüe has sold more than 100 million albums worldwide,[1] including 25 million in the US.[2]

The band members have often been noted for their hard-living lifestyles; all members have had numerous brushes with the law, have spent time in jail and have suffered long addictions to alcohol and drugs. Their ninth studio album entitled Saints of Los Angeles was released on June 24, 2008. The band announced their retirement in 2013 and played what was planned to be their final concert on December 31, 2015.[3] In 2019, the band officially reunited.[4]

Studio albums

[edit]
List of albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[5]
AUS
[6]
AUT
[7]
CAN
[8]
FIN
[9][10]
NOR
[11]
NZ
[12]
SWE
[13]
SWI
[14]
UK
[15]
Too Fast for Love 77
Shout at the Devil
  • Released: September 23, 1983
  • Label: Elektra
  • Format: LP, CD, CS
17 85 23 18 13
[17]
59
Theatre of Pain
  • Released: June 24, 1985[20]
  • Label: Elektra
  • Format: LP, CD, CS
6 7 11 5 7 25 36
  • RIAA: 4× Platinum[16]
  • MC: 3× Platinum[19]
Girls, Girls, Girls
  • Released: May 15, 1987
  • Label: Elektra
  • Format: LP, CD, CS
2 5 4 3 8 43 7 13 14
Dr. Feelgood
  • Released: August 28, 1989
  • Label: Elektra
  • Format: LP, CD, CS
1 5 7 6 7 5 6 7 4
Mötley Crüe
  • Released: March 15, 1994
  • Label: Elektra
  • Format: LP, CD, CS
7 3 25 9 15 28 6 21 17
Generation Swine
  • Released: June 24, 1997
  • Label: Elektra
  • Format: CD, CS
4 34 10 18 80
New Tattoo 41 176
[25]
Saints of Los Angeles
  • Released: June 24, 2008
  • Label: Mötley, Eleven Seven
  • Format: LP, CD
4 14 73 3 6 37 8 5 42 78
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

[edit]
List of live albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[5]
SWI
[14]
Live: Entertainment or Death
  • Release: November 23, 1999
  • Label: Mötley, Beyond
  • Formats: CD, CS
133
Carnival of Sins Live
  • Release: February 7, 2006
  • Label: Mötley
  • Formats: CD, DVD
The End: Live in Los Angeles
  • Release: October 21, 2016
  • Label: Eagle Vision
  • Formats: CD, DVD, Blu-ray
46
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

[edit]
List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[5]
AUS
[6]
CAN
[5]
FIN
[9]
NZ
[12]
SWE
[13]
SWI
[14]
UK
[15]
Decade of Decadence 81–91
  • Released: October 1, 1991
  • Label: Elektra
  • Formats: LP, CD, CS
2 9 10
[8]
24 13 43 22 20
Greatest Hits
  • Released: November 14, 1998
  • Label: Mötley, Beyond
  • Formats: CD, CS
20 16 85
Supersonic and Demonic Relics
  • Released: June 29, 1999
  • Label: Mötley, Beyond
  • Formats: CD, CS
The Millennium Collection: The Best of Mötley Crüe
  • Released: October 7, 2003
  • Label: Hip-O
  • Formats: CD
Loud as Fuck
  • Released: April 13, 2004
  • Label: Mötley, Hip-O
  • Formats: CD, DVD
94
Red, White & Crüe
  • Released: February 1, 2005
  • Label: Mötley, Hip-O
  • Formats: CD, CS
6 26 2 16 31 67
Greatest Hits
  • Released: November 17, 2009
  • Label: Mötley, Eleven Seven
  • Formats: LP, CD
90 30
The Dirt Soundtrack
  • Released: March 22, 2019
  • Label: Mötley, Eleven Seven
  • Formats: LP, CD, digital
10
[26]
10
[27]
7 13
[28]
8 32
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Box sets

[edit]
List of box sets
Title Details
Music to Crash Your Car To: Vol. 1
  • Released: November 11, 2003
  • Label: Mötley, Eleven Seven
  • Formats: CD
Music to Crash Your Car To: Vol. 2
  • Released: June 29, 2004
  • Label: Mötley, Eleven Seven
  • Formats: CD
40 Years (40th Anniversary Cassette Boxset)
  • Released: June 12, 2021
  • Label: Mötley
  • Formats: Cassette

Extended plays

[edit]
List of EPs
Title Details
Raw Tracks
  • Released: November 23, 1988
  • Label: Elektra
  • Formats: CD, LP, CS
Raw Tracks 2
  • Released: November 23, 1990
  • Label: Elektra
  • Formats: CD
Quaternary
  • Released: September 10, 1994
  • Label: Elektra
  • Formats: CD, CS
Cancelled
  • Released: October 4, 2024
  • Label: Big Machine
  • Formats: CD, LP

Singles

[edit]
List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[29]
US Main.
[30]
US Rock
[31]
US Hard Rock Digi. US Hard Rock US Heri. AUS
[6]
NZ
[12]
SWE
[13]
UK
[15]
"Stick to Your Guns" 1981 Too Fast for Love
"Live Wire" 1982 11
"Merry-Go-Round" [promo]
"Shout at the Devil" [airplay] 1983 30 23 14 Shout at the Devil
"Looks That Kill" 1984 54 12 17
"Too Young to Fall in Love" 90 17
"Helter Skelter"
"Smokin' in the Boys Room" 1985 16 7 61 71 Theatre of Pain
"Home Sweet Home" 89 38 12 1 51
"Keep Your Eye on the Money" 1986
"Girls, Girls, Girls" 1987 12 20 19 7 43 26 Girls, Girls, Girls
"Wild Side" 18
"You're All I Need" 83 23
"Dr. Feelgood" 1989 6 7 20 6 26 11 50 Dr. Feelgood
"Kickstart My Heart" 27 18 9 3 32 31
"Without You" 1990 8 11 46 39
"Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)" 19 13 72 49
"Same Ol' Situation (S.O.S.)" 78 34 13
"Primal Scream" 1991 63 21 29 30 32 Decade of Decadence
"Home Sweet Home '91" 37 41 88 37
"Anarchy in the U.K." 10
"Angela" 1992
"Hooligan's Holiday" 1994 10 60 34 36 Mötley Crüe
"Misunderstood" 24
"Uncle Jack" [promo]
"Smoke the Sky" [promo]
"Power to the Music" [promo]
"Afraid" 1997 10 13 58 Generation Swine
"Beauty" 37
"Glitter"
"Bitter Pill" 1998 22 19 Greatest Hits
"Enslaved" [promo] 34
"Teaser" [promo] 1999 35 18 Supersonic and Demonic Relics
"Hell on High Heels" 2001 13 7 New Tattoo
"New Tattoo" [promo]
"Treat Me Like the Dog I Am" [promo]
"If I Die Tomorrow" 2005 4 2 63 Red, White & Crüe
"Sick Love Song" 22 23
"Saints of Los Angeles" 2008 5 2 Saints of Los Angeles
"Mutherfucker of the Year" [promo] 29 24
"White Trash Circus" [promo] 2009 37 23
"Sex" 2012 4 24 Non-album singles
"All Bad Things Must End" 2015 32 40 3
"The Dirt (Est. 1981)"
(featuring Machine Gun Kelly)
2019 8 18 14 The Dirt Soundtrack
"The Retaliators (21 Bullets)"
(The Retaliators featuring Mötley Crüe, Asking Alexandria, Ice Nine Kills and From Ashes to New)
2022 15 The Retaliators
"Dogs of War" 2024 5 38 2 3 Cancelled
"(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party)"
"Cancelled" 4 5
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other charted songs

[edit]
List of other charted songs, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US Hard Rock Digi. US Heri.
"Take Me to the Top" 1981 22 Too Fast for Love
"The Animal in Me" 2008 28 The Saints of Los Angeles
"Crash and Burn" 2019 24 The Dirt Soundtrack
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other appearances

[edit]
List of appearances on various artist albums
Title Year Album Notes
"Teaser" 1989 Stairway to Heaven/Highway to Hell Tommy Bolin cover
"Rock 'N' Roll Junkie" 1990 The Adventures of Ford Fairlane original song

Video albums

[edit]
List of video albums
Title Album details Certifications
Uncensored
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum[16]
Dr. Feelgood: The Videos
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Elektra
  • Format: VHS, LaserDisc
Decade of Decadence
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Elektra
  • Format: VHS, LaserDisc
Behind the Music: Mötley Crüe
  • Released: 1998
  • Label:
  • Format: VHS, DVD
Lewd, Crüed & Tattooed
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: Mötley
  • Format: VHS, DVD
Greatest Video Hits
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Mötley
  • Format: DVD
Classic Mötley Crüe: Universal Masters DVD Collection
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: Mötley
  • Format: DVD
Carnival of Sins Live
  • Released: 2006
  • Label: Mötley
  • Format: DVD, Blu-ray
  • RIAA: 3× Platinum[16]
Crüe Fest
  • Released: March 24, 2009
  • Label: Mötley
  • Format: DVD

Music videos

[edit]
List of music videos
Title Year
"Live Wire" 1982
"Looks That Kill" 1983
"Too Young to Fall in Love" 1984
"Smokin' in the Boys Room" 1985
"Home Sweet Home"
"Girls, Girls, Girls" 1987
"Wild Side"
"You're All I Need"
"Dr. Feelgood" 1989
"Kickstart My Heart"
"Without You" 1990
"Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)"
"Same Ol' Situation (S.O.S.)"
"Primal Scream" 1991
"Home Sweet Home '91"
"Anarchy in the U.K."
"Hooligan's Holiday" 1994
"Misunderstood"
"Uncle Jack"
"Smoke the Sky"
"Power to the Music"
"Afraid" 1997
"Shout at the Devil '97"
"Enslaved" 1998
"Hell on High Heels" 2000
"If I Die Tomorrow" 2004
"Sick Love Song" 2005
"Saints of Los Angeles" 2008
"Mutherfucker of the Year"
"White Trash Circus" 2009
"Kickstart My Heart – 2011" 2011
"Sex" 2012
"All Bad Things Must End" 2015
"The Dirt (Est. 1981)" 2019
"Ride with the Devil" 2019
"Take Me to the Top" 2019
"Same Ol' Situation (S.O.S.) – 2019" 2019
"Looks That Kill – 2019" 2019
"Shout at the Devil – 2019" 2020
"Dogs of War" 2024
"Cancelled" 2024

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