Updated chart history
December 3, 2023Updated Chart History
Singles
The Smiths:
1983 Hand in Glove (Rough Trade) UK only
1983 This Charming Man (Rough Trade) #25 UK
1984 What Difference Does It Make? (Rough Trade) #12 UK
1984 Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now (Rough Trade) #10 UK
1984 William, It Was Really Nothing (Rough Trade) #17 UK
1985 How Soon Is Now? (Rough Trade) #24 UK
1985 Shakespeare’s Sister (Rough Trade) #26 UK
1985 That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore (Rough Trade) #49 UK
1985 Barbarism Begins at Home (Rough Trade)
1985 The Boy with the Thorn in His Side (Rough Trade) #23 UK
1986 Bigmouth Strikes Again (Rough Trade) #26 UK
1986 Panic (Rough Trade) #11 UK
1986 Ask (Rough Trade) #14 UK
1987 Shoplifters of the World Unite (Rough Trade) #12 UK
1987 Sheila Take a Bow (Rough Trade) #10 UK
1987 Girlfriend in a Coma (Rough Trade) #13 UK
1987 I Started Something I Couldn’t Finish (Rough Trade) #23 UK
1987 Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before (Sire) US only
1987 Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
(Rough Trade) #30 UK
1992 This Charming Man (WEA) #8 UK
1992 How Soon Is Now? (WEA) #16 UK
1992 There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (WEA) #25 UK
1995 Ask (WEA) #62 UK
1995 Sweet and Tender Hooligan (Reprise) US only
2019 The Queen is Dead #4 (Warner) UK only
Morrissey:
1988 Suedehead (HMV) #5 UK
1988 Everyday Is Like Sunday (HMV) #9 UK
1989 The Last of the Famous International Playboys
(HMV) #6 UK
1989 Interesting Drug (HMV) #9 UK
1989 Ouija Board, Ouija Board (HMV) #18 UK
1990 November Spawned a Monster (HMV) #12 UK
1990 Piccadilly Palare (HMV) #18 UK
1991 Our Frank (HMV) #26 UK
1991 Sing Your Life (HMV) #33 UK
1991 Pregnant for the Last Time (HMV) #25 UK
1991 My Love Life (HMV) #29 UK
1991 At KROQ (Sire) US only
1992 We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful
(HMV) #17 UK
1992 You’re the One for Me, Fatty (HMV) #19 UK
1992 Tomorrow (Sire) US only
1992 Certain People I Know (HMV) #35 UK
1994 The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get
(Parlophone) #8 UK / #46 US
1994 Hold On to Your Friends (Parlophone) #47 UK
1994 Interlude (Parlophone) #25 UK with Siouxsie
1994 Now My Heart Is Full (Sire) US only
1995 Boxers (Parlophone) #23 UK
1995 Dagenham Dave (RCA) #26 UK
1995 The Boy Racer (RCA) #36 UK
1995 Sunny (Parlophone) #42 UK
1997 Alma Matters (Island) #16 UK
1997 Roy’s Keen (Island) #42 UK
1997 Satan Rejected My Soul (Island) #39 UK
2004 Irish Blood, English Heart (Attack) #3 UK
2004 First of the Gang to Die (Attack) #6 UK
2004 Let Me Kiss You (Attack) #8 UK
2004 I Have Forgiven Jesus (Attack) #10 UK
2005 Redondo Beach / There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (Attack) #11 UK
2006 You Have Killed Me (Attack) #3 UK
2006 The Youngest Was the Most Loved (Attack) #14 UK
2006 In the Future When All’s Well (Attack) #17 UK
2006 I Just Want to See the Boy Happy (Attack) #16 UK
2008 That’s How People Grow Up (Decca) #14 UK
2008 All You Need Is Me (Decca) #24 UK
2009 I’m Throwing My Arms Around Paris (Polydor) #21 UK
2009 Something Is Squeezing My Skull (Polydor) #46 UK
2010 Everyday Is Like Sunday (Major Minor) #42 UK
2011 Glamorous Glue (Major Minor) #69 UK
2012 Suedehead (Liberty) UK only
2013 The Last of the Famous International Playboys
(Parlophone) UK only
2014 World Peace is None of Your Business (Harvest) #80 UK
2016 Spent the Day in Bed (BMG) #64 UK / #1 UK vinyl
2017 Jacky’s Only Happy When She’s Up On The Stage (BMG) #1 UK vinyl
2017 All The Young People Must Fall in Love (BMG) #2 UK vinyl
2017 My Love, I’d Do Anything For You (BMG) #24 UK / #1 UK vinyl
2017 Lover-to-Be (BMG) #10 UK vinyl
2018 Wedding Bell Blues (BMG) #1 UK vinyl
2018 Back on the Chain Gang (BMG) #1 UK vinyl
2018 It’s Over (BMG) #1 UK vinyl
2019 Honey, You Know Where to Find Me (BMG) #1 UK vinyl
2021 Cosmic Dancer (Parlophone) #62 UK / #1 UK vinyl with David Bowie
2022 Rebels Without Applause (Capitol Records) #73 UK
Albums
The Smiths:
1984 The Smiths (Rough Trade) #2 UK / #150 US
1984 Hatful of Hollow (Rough Trade) #7 UK
1985 Meat Is Murder (Rough Trade) #1 UK / #110 US
1986 The Queen Is Dead (Rough Trade) #2 UK / #71 US
1987 The World Won’t Listen (Rough Trade) #2 UK
1987 Louder Than Bombs (Rough Trade) #38 UK / #62 US
1987 Strangeways, Here We Come (Rough Trade) #2 UK / #55 US
1988 Rank (Rough Trade) #2 UK / #77 US
1992 Best…I (WEA) #1 UK / #139 US
1992 …Best II (WEA) #29 UK
1995 Singles (WEA) #5 UK
1995 Hatful of Hollow (WEA) #26 UK
1995 The Queen Is Dead (WEA) #30 UK
1995 Strangeways, Here We Come (WEA) #38 UK
1995 Meat Is Murder (WEA) #39 UK
1995 The Smiths (WEA) #42 UK
1995 The World Won’t Listen (WEA) #52 UK
2000 Louder Than Bombs (WEA) #52 UK
2001 The Very Best Of (WEA) #30 UK
2008 The Sound of The Smiths (Rhino) #21 UK / #98 US
2014 Complete (Rhino) #62 UK
2019 The Queen is Dead (Warner) #10 UK / #197 U.S.
2023 The Queen is Dead (Warner) #11 UK
2023 Hatful of Hollow (Warner) #18 UK
2023 The Sound of the Smiths (Rhino) #20 UK
Morrissey:
1988 Viva Hate (HMV) #1 UK / #48 US
1990 Bona Drag (HMV) #9 UK / #59 US
1991 Kill Uncle (HMV) #8 UK / #52 US
1992 Your Arsenal (HMV) #4 UK / #21 US
1993 Beethoven Was Deaf (HMV) #13 UK
1994 Vauxhall and I (Parlophone) #1 UK / #18 US
1995 World of Morrissey (Parlophone) #15 UK / #134 US
1995 Southpaw Grammar (RCA) #4 UK / #66 US
1997 Viva Hate (Parlophone) UK only
1997 Maladjusted (Island) #8 UK / #61 US
1997 Suedehead (EMI) #26 UK
1998 My Early Burglary Years (Reprise) US only
2001 ¡The Best Of! (Rhino) US only
2004 You Are the Quarry (Attack) #2 UK / #11 US
2005 Live at Earls Court (Attack) #18 UK / #119 US
2006 Ringleader of the Tormentors (Attack) #1 UK / #27 US
2008 Greatest Hits (Decca) #5 UK / #178 US
2009 Years of Refusal (Polydor) #3 UK / #11 US
2009 Southpaw Grammar (RCA) #63 UK
2009 Maladjusted (Universal) #103 UK
2009 Swords (Polydor) #55 UK
2010 Bona Drag (Major Minor) #62 UK
2011 Very Best Of (Major Minor) #80 UK
2012 Viva Hate (Liberty) #147 UK
2013 Kill Uncle (Parlophone) #106 UK
2014 World Peace is None of Your Business (Harvest) #2 UK / #14 U.S.
2016 Low In High School (BMG) #5 UK / #10 U.S.
2018 California Son (BMG) #4 UK / #7 U.S.
2020 I Am Not a Dog On A Chain (BMG) #3 UK / #18 U.S.
This discography lists official UK and US pressings only, with UK and US chart positions.
If any discrepancies appear above please let us know.
