Yello / discography
This discography is an overview of the musical works of the Swiss band Yello . The electro - duo has sold more than twelve million records. The most successful release by Yello is the album Flag with over 335,000 units sold.
Albums
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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| 1980 | Solid Pleasure | - | - | - | - | - |
First published: 1980
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| 1981 | Claro que si | - | - | - | - | - |
First published: September 22, 1981
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| 1984 | You Gotta Say Yes to Another Excess |
DE26 (13 weeks) DE |
- |
CH13 (10 weeks) CH |
UK65 (2 weeks) UK |
US184 (4 weeks) US |
First published: January 15, 1984
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| 1985 | Stella |
DE6th  (34 weeks)DE |
AT23 (6 weeks) AT |
CH1 (18 weeks) CH |
UK92 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: January 27, 1985
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| 1987 | One second |
DE11 (21 weeks) DE |
AT6 (14 weeks) AT |
CH4th (18 weeks)CH |
UK48 (3 weeks) UK |
US92 (10 weeks) US |
First published: April 26, 1987
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| 1988 | Flag |
DE11 (17 weeks)DE |
AT12 (6 weeks)AT |
CH3 (14 weeks) CH |
UK56  (7 weeks)UK |
US152 (9 weeks) US |
First published: October 30, 1988
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| 1991 | infant |
DE6 (17 weeks) DE |
AT1 (11 weeks) AT |
CH5 (14 weeks) CH |
UK37 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: June 15, 1991
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| 1994 | zebra |
DE44 (9 weeks) DE |
- |
CH4th  (14 weeks)CH |
- | - |
First published: October 16, 1994
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| 1997 | Pocket Universe |
DE17 (9 weeks) DE |
AT21 (6 weeks) AT |
CH7 (12 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: February 23, 1997
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| 1999 | Motion picture |
DE26 (4 weeks) DE |
- |
CH13 (6 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: October 25, 1999
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| 2003 | The Eye |
DE98 (1 week) DE |
- |
CH22 (4 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: November 3, 2003
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| 2009 | Touch Yello |
DE20 (12 weeks) DE |
AT35 (4 weeks) AT |
CH1 (24 weeks)CH |
- | - |
First published: October 2, 2009
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| 2016 | Toy |
DE2 (6 weeks) DE |
AT16 (2 weeks) AT |
CH1 (11 weeks) CH |
UK84 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: September 30, 2016
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| 2020 | Point | - | - | - | - | - |
First published: August 28, 2020
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gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
Live albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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CH
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US
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| 2017 | Live in Berlin |
DE38 (2 weeks) DE |
- | - | - | - |
First published: November 3, 2017
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Compilations
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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US
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| 1992 | Essential |
DE34 (10 weeks) DE |
- |
CH14 (5 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: September 28, 1992
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| 2010 | Yello by Yello - The Singles Collection 1980–2010 |
DE24 (2 weeks) DE |
- |
CH14 (10 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: November 5, 2010
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More compilations
- 1995: Essential Christmas
Remix albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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CH
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US
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| 1986 | 1980–1985, The New Mix in One Go |
DE20th (11 weeks)DE |
- |
CH18th (4 weeks)CH |
- | - |
First published: March 30, 1986
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| 1995 | Hands on Yello |
DE35 (13 weeks) DE |
- | - | - | - |
First published: March 20, 1995
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| 1999 | Eccentrix remixes | - | - |
CH30 (6 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: January 24, 1999
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EPs
- 1983: Live at The Roxy NY Dec 83
Singles
Chart placements
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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DE
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AT
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CH
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UK
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US
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| 1983 | I Love You You Gotta Say Yes to Another Excess |
- | - | - |
UK41 (7 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: May 23, 1983
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| Lost Again You Gotta Say Yes to Another Excess |
DE26 (11 weeks) DE |
- |
CH10 (12 weeks) CH |
UK73 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: October 31, 1983
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| 1985 | Vicious Games Stella |
DE15 (15 weeks) DE |
- |
CH5 (10 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: March 10, 1985
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| Desire Stella |
DE16 (13 weeks) DE |
- |
CH19 (5 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: June 30, 1985
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| 1986 | Goldrush One Second |
DE20 (9 weeks) DE |
- |
CH9 (8 weeks) CH |
UK54 (5 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: July 20, 1986
with Billy MacKenzie |
| 1987 | Call It Love One Second |
DE14 (14 weeks) DE |
AT19 (4 weeks) AT |
CH6 (11 weeks) CH |
UK91 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: March 22, 1987
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| The Rhythm Divine One Second |
DE47 (5 weeks) DE |
AT19 (2 weeks) AT |
CH21 (5 weeks) CH |
UK54 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: July 19, 1987
with Shirley Bassey |
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| Oh yeah Stella |
DE47 (6 weeks) DE |
- | - | - |
US51 (11 weeks) US |
First published: October 26, 1987
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| 1988 | The Race Flag |
DE4 (22 weeks) DE |
AT6 (20 weeks) AT |
CH8 (15 weeks) CH |
UK7 (14 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: May 29, 1988
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| Tied up flag |
DE38 (7 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK60 (7 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: January 2, 1989
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| 1989 | Of Course I'm Lying Flag |
DE48 (6 weeks) DE |
- |
CH30 (1 week) CH |
UK23 (8 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: May 14, 1989
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| Blazing Saddles Flag |
DE78 (4 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK47 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: October 9, 1989
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| 1991 | Rubberbandman baby |
DE29 (12 weeks) DE |
- |
CH9 (11 weeks) CH |
UK58 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: June 2, 1991
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| 1992 | Jungle Bill baby |
- | - |
CH15 (10 weeks) CH |
UK61 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: August 30, 1992
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| 1994 | Do It Zebra |
- | - |
CH32 (5 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: April 24, 1994
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| How How Zebra |
DE96 (1 week) DE |
- |
CH29 (7 weeks) CH |
UK59 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: October 9, 1994
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| 1995 | Bostich Hands On Yello |
DE35 (8 weeks) DE |
- |
CH27 (7 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: January 29, 1995
WestBam ’s Hands On Yello |
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Jingle Bells Essential Christmas - The Singles Collection |
- | - |
CH34 (5 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: November 19, 1995
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| 1997 | To the Sea Pocket Universe |
DE83 (1 week) DE |
- |
CH23 (9 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: February 2nd, 1997
with Stina Nordenstam |
| 2003 | Planet Dada / The Race 2003 The Eye |
- | - |
CH75 (2 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: October 20, 2003
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| 2009 | Part Love Touch Yello |
- | - |
CH15 (5 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: October 2nd, 2009
with Heidi Happy |
More singles
- 1979: IT Splash - Glue Head
- 1980: Bimbo
- 1980: Night Flanger
- 1980: Bostich
- 1981: Bostich / Temptation (with The Mothmen )
- 1981: Pinball Cha Cha
- 1982: She's Got a Gun
- 1982: censation
- 1983: You Gotta Say Yes to Another Excess
- 1983: Let Me Cry / Haunted House (A Message to Our Dancing Dreamers)
- 1983: Pumping Velvet / No More Words / Lost Again / Bostich (Extended Dance Versions)
- 1983: Heavy Whispers
- 1990: Unbelievable ( Ford Fairlane - Rock 'n' Roll Detective Soundtrack)
- 1992: Who's Gone?
- 1992: The Race / Bostich
- 1992: Oh Yeah / Get on the Funk Train (with Munich Machine )
- 1993: Drive / Driven
- 1995: Jam & Spoon ’s Hands on Yello - You Gotta Say Yes to Another Excess - Great Mission
- 1995: Tremendous Pain
- 1996: On Track (The Mixes)
- 1996: La Habanera - Hands on Yello (The Remixes)
- 1998: Vicious Games (Hardfloor Edition) (vs. Hardfloor )
- 1999: Squeeze Please
- 2004: Base for Alec
- 2006: Oh Yeah 'Oh Six
Video albums
- 1989: The Race (Video Remix Contest)
- 1990: Tied up
- 1990: Video Press Kit
- 2009: Touch Yello (Limited-Edition)
- 2010: Yello by Yello - The Singles Collection 1980–2010 (Limited Edition)
- 2017: Live in Berlin
Box sets
- 1998: Yello - The 12 "Collection
- 1999: Yello - The CD Single Collection
- 2005: Yello Remaster Series
- 2010: Yello by Yello - The Anthology
Awards for music sales
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Norway
- 1994: for the Essential album
| Country / Region |
silver |
gold |
platinum
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Sales | swell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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Germany (BVMI)
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- |
3 × gold3
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- | 750,000 | musikindustrie.de |
 Norway (IFPI)
|
- |
gold1
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- | 20,000 | ifpi.no ( Memento from November 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) |
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Austria (IFPI)
|
- |
gold1
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- | 25,000 | ifpi.at |
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Switzerland (IFPI)
|
- |
3 × gold3
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platinum1
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115,000 | hitparade.ch |
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United Kingdom (BPI)
|
silver1
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- | - | 60,000 | bpi.co.uk |
| All in all |
silver1
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8 × gold8th
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platinum1
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swell
- ↑ Dieter Meier - millionaire idle on faz.net , June 14, 2010, accessed on November 30, 2010
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↑ a b c d e chart sources:
- Yello in the German charts on OfficialCharts.de
- Yello in the Austrian charts on AustrianCharts.at
- Yello in the Swiss charts on hitparade.ch
- Yello in the Official UK Charts (English)
- Yello on Billboard 's US charts
Web links
- Yello / Discography at Discogs (English)