The discography of American singer-songwriter and producer Caroline Polachek consists of four studio albums, one remix album, one instrumental album, two extended plays, 13 singles, and seven promotional singles. Polachek previously released music under the names Ramona Lisa and CEP, before releasing her debut album under her real name in 2019. She also issued three albums as a member of the band Chairlift, from 2008 to 2016.
| Caroline Polachek discography | |
|---|---|
 Polachek performing at First Avenue in December 2021 | |
| Studio albums | 4 |
| EPs | 2 |
| Singles | 13 |
| Instrumental album | 1 |
| Remix album | 1 |
| Promotional singles | 7 |
Albums
editStudio albums
edit| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] |
US Heat [2] |
US Indie [3] |
AUS [4] |
BEL (FL) [5] |
GER [6] |
NLD [7] |
NZ [8] |
UK [9] |
UK Indie [9] | ||||||
| Arcadia (Credited as Ramona Lisa) |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Drawing the Target Around the Arrow (Credited as CEP) |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Pang |
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—[A] | 17 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | ||||
| Desire, I Want to Turn Into You |
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87 | 13 | 19 | 53 | 48 | 44 | 35 | 31 | 23 | 2 | ||||
| "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. | |||||||||||||||
Instrumental albums
edit| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Pang (Instrumental)[12] |
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Remix albums
edit| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Standing at the Gate: Remix Collection |
Extended plays
edit| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Dominic (Credited as Ramona Lisa) |
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| Piano Versions (Credited as Ramona Lisa) |
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Singles
editAs lead artist
edit| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Rock [15] |
UK Sales [16] | ||||
| "Arcadia" | 2014 | ― | ― | Arcadia | |
| "Backwards and Upwards" | ― | ― | |||
| "Dominic" | ― | ― | |||
| "Door" | 2019 | ― | ― | Pang | |
| "Ocean of Tears" | ― | ― | |||
| "Parachute" | ― | ― | |||
| "So Hot You're Hurting My Feelings" | 27 | ― |
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| "Look at Me Now" | ― | ― | |||
| "Breathless" | 2020 | ― | ― | Standing at the Gate: Remix Collection | |
| "Bunny Is a Rider" | 2021 | ― | ― | Desire, I Want to Turn Into You | |
| "Billions"[18] | 2022 | ― | 37 | ||
| "Last Days: Non Voglio Mai Vedere II Sole Tramontare" (with 12 Ensemble) |
― | ― | Non-album single | ||
| "Sunset" | ― | ― | Desire, I Want to Turn Into You | ||
| "Welcome to My Island" | ― | ― | |||
| "Blood and Butter" | 2023 | ― | ― | ||
| "Dang"[19] | — | — | Desire, I Want to Turn Into You: Everasking Edition | ||
| "Butterfly Net" (featuring Weyes Blood) |
2024 | — | — | ||
| "Starburned and Unkissed" | — | — | I Saw the TV Glow (Original Soundtrack) | ||
Promotional singles
edit| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "So Hot You're Hurting My Feelings" (A. G. Cook Remix) | 2019 | Standing at the Gate: Remix Collection |
| "The Gate" (Extended Mix) | 2020 | |
| "Ocean of Tears" (Umru Remix) | Non-album promotional single | |
| "Hey Big Eyes" (George Clanton Remix) | Standing at the Gate: Remix Collection | |
| "Hit Me Where It Hurts" (Toro y Moi Remix) (featuring Chino Moreno) | ||
| "Door" (Oklou Remix) | ||
| "Some Small Hope"[20] (with Lauren Auder) |
Non-album promotional single |
As featured artist
edit| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Dance [21] |
US World Dig. [22] |
IRE [23] |
NZ Hot [24] | ||||||||||||
| "Ashes of Love" (Danny L Harle featuring Caroline Polachek) |
2016 | ― | ― | ― | ― | Non-album single | |||||||||
| "Marzipan" (Felicita featuring Caroline Polachek) |
2018 | ― | ― | ― | ― | Hej! | |||||||||
| "La vita nuova" (Christine and the Queens featuring Caroline Polachek)[25] |
2020 | ― | 20 | ― | ― | La vita nuova | |||||||||
| "New Shapes" (Charli XCX featuring Christine and the Queens and Caroline Polachek)[26] |
2021 | ― | — | 90 | 36 | Crash | |||||||||
| "Awful Things" (Murkage Dave featuring Caroline Polachek) |
― | — | ― | ― | TBA | ||||||||||
| "Sirens" (Flume featuring Caroline Polachek)[27] |
2022 | 24 | ― | ― | 27 | Palaces | |||||||||
| "Spalarkle (Alys)" (Felicita featuring Caroline Polachek) |
2023 | – | ― | ― | – | Spalarkle | |||||||||
| "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. | |||||||||||||||
Other charted songs
edit| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Bub. [28] | |||
| "Everything Is Romantic" (Charli XCX featuring Caroline Polachek) |
2024 | 25 | Brat and It's Completely Different but Also Still Brat |
| "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. | |||
Guest appearances
edit| Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Big Bills" | 2009 | Flosstradamus | Non-album single |
| "L'Homme" | Boy Crisis | Tulipomania | |
| "I Know, I Hear" (featuring Caroline Polachek) |
2010 | Holy Ghost! | Static on the Wire EP |
| "Sparrow Song" | Acrylics | Lives and Treasure EP | |
| "Trophy Queen" | Guards | Guards EP | |
| "You and I" | 2011 | Washed Out | Within and Without |
| "Chamakay" | 2013 | Blood Orange | Cupid Deluxe |
| "Chosen" | |||
| "Unhold" | Delorean | Apar | |
| "In the Crew of Tea Time" | Sébastien Tellier | Non-album single | |
| "Everything is Spoilt by Use" | Ice Choir | Afar | |
| "I.V. Aided Dreams" | Jorge Elbrecht | Gloss Coma 001 | |
| "Full Mental Erase" | |||
| "Look Away" | 2014 | SBTRKT | Wonder Where We Land |
| "Ashes of Love" | 2016 | Danny L Harle | Non-album single |
| "Togetherness" | 2017 | Fischerspooner | SIR |
| "Tears" | Charli XCX | Pop 2 | |
| "Delicious" | |||
| "Marzipan" | 2018 | Felicita | Hej! |
| "Coughing Up Amber" | |||
| "Soft Power II" | |||
| "Elena Again" | |||
| "Mosaic Genetics" | |||
| "X-Ray" | Tommy Cash | ¥€$ | |
| "Do You Think About Us?" | The Night Game | The Night Game | |
| "Chandelier" | 2020 | A. G. Cook | 7G |
| "Idyll" | |||
| "Alright" | |||
| "The Darkness" | Apple | ||
| "Lifeline" | |||
| "Long Road Home" | Oneohtrix Point Never | Magic Oneohtrix Point Never | |
| "No Nightmares" | |||
| "So Cold You're Hurting My Feelings" | None | Pop Caroler's Songbook[29] | |
| "Ocean's Theme" | 2021 | Danny L Harle | Harlecore |
| "For So Long" | |||
| "Heaven Fell (Reprise)" | Sega Bodega | Salvador | |
| Spree (credited as CEP) |
2022 | None | Sunflowers Vol. I |
| "Bang Bang" | Minions: The Rise of Gru (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | ||
| "Trust" | Hyd | Clearing | |
| "Glass" | |||
| "Immortal" | 2023 | Thy Slaughter | Soft Rock |
| "Equine" | 2024 | A. G. Cook | Britpop |
| "Everything Is Romantic" | Charli XCX | Brat and It's Completely Different but Also Still Brat |
Remixes
edit| Title | Year | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|
| "Simmer" | 2020 | Hayley Williams |
| "Oh Yeah" | 2021 | A. G. Cook |
Songwriting and production credits
edit| Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album | Credits | Written with | Produced with |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "No Angel" | 2013 | Beyoncé | Beyoncé | Co-writer/producer | Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, James Fauntleroy | Beyoncé |
| "SDP Interlude" | 2016 | Travis Scott | Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight | Co-writer | Jacques Webster, Cassie Ventura, Ricci Riera, Ernest Greene | – |
| "Worth It (Perfect)" | 2017 | Superfruit | Future Friends | Mitch Grassi, Danny L Harle, Scott Hoying, Jakob Bjorn-Hansen | – | |
| "Deny U" | Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying, Jussi Ilmari Karvinen | – | ||||
| "Keep Me Coming" | Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying, Danny L Harle | – | ||||
| "Tangerine" (featuring Rachel Goswell) |
Beach Fossils | Somersault | Co-writer | Dustin Payseur, Jack Smith, Tommy Davidson | – | |
| "Togetherness" (featuring Caroline Polachek) |
Fischerspooner | SIR | Featured artist/co-writer | Warren Fischer, Casey Spooner, Jonathan "Michael" Stipe, Michael Cheever | – | |
| "Our Music" (featuring Kelela) |
Solange | #MYCALVINS | Co-writer/Producer | Solange Knowles, Devonte Hynes, Kelela Mizanekristos | Blood Orange, Kindness | |
| "Tears" (featuring Caroline Polachek) |
Charli XCX | Pop 2 | Featured artist/co-writer | Charlotte Aitchison, Alex Cook | – | |
| "Stranger Strange" | 2018 | Fischerspooner | SIR | Co-writer | Warren Fischer, Casey Spooner, Jonathan "Michael" Stipe, Andy LeMaster | – |
| "Discreet" | Warren Fischer, Casey Spooner, Jonathan "Michael" Stipe, Michael Cheever, Thomas Haskett | – | ||||
| "Marzipan" (featuring Caroline Polachek) |
Felicita | Hej! | Featured artist/co-writer | Dominik Dvorak | – | |
| "X-Ray" | Tommy Cash | ¥€$ | Additional vocals/co-writer | Tomas Tammemets, Danny L Harle | – | |
| "Idyll" | 2020 | A. G. Cook | 7G | Additional producer | – | A. G. Cook |
| "No More Shubz" | Klein | – | Co-writer/producer | Klein | Klein | |
| "Ocean's Theme" | 2021 | Danny L Harle | Harlecore | Vocals/co-writer | Danny L Harle | – |
| "For So Long" | ||||||
| "No Shadow" | Hyd | Hyd EP | Co-writer | Hayden Dunham, Alexander Guy Cook, Nicolas Petitfrère | – | |
| "Skin 2 Skin" | Co-writer/co-producer | Hayden Dunham, Alexander Guy Cook | A. G. Cook | |||
| "Petals" | Pentatonix | The Lucky Ones | Co-writer | Scott Hoying, Mitch Grassi, Justin Karvinen | – | |
| "Trust" | 2022 | Hyd | Clearing | Additional vocals/co-writer | Hayden Dunham, Sophie Xeon, Alexander Guy Cook | – |
| "Afar" | Co-writer/producer | Hayden Dunham | – | |||
| "Immortal" | 2023 | Thy Slaughter | Soft Rock | Vocals/co-writer | Alexander Guy Cook, Finn Keane | – |
Music videos
edit| Title | Year | Director |
|---|---|---|
| "Arcadia" | 2014 | Caroline Polachek & Ross Menuez |
| "Dominic" | Caroline Polachek | |
| "I Love Our World" | 2015 | |
| "Marzipan" (Felicita featuring Caroline Polachek) |
2017 | Matt Copson |
| "Door" | 2019 | Caroline Polachek & Matt Copson |
| "Ocean of Tears" | ||
| "So Hot You're Hurting My Feelings" | ||
| "The Gate" (Extended Mix) | 2020 | Ezra Miller |
| "Bunny Is a Rider" | 2021 | Caroline Polachek & Matt Copson |
| "New Shapes" (Charli XCX featuring Christine and the Queens and Caroline Polachek) |
Imogene Strauss, Luke Orlando & Terrence O'Connor | |
| "Billions" | 2022 | Caroline Polachek & Matt Copson |
| "Sunset" | ||
| "Welcome to My Island" | ||
| "Smoke" | 2023 |
Other appearances
| Title | Artist | Year | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Time to Pretend" | MGMT | 2008 | Ray Tintori |
Notes
edit- ^ Pang did not enter the Billboard 200, but peaked at number 95 on the Top Current Albums chart.[10]
References
edit- ^ "Billboard 200: Week of November 18, 2023". Billboard. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
- ^ Peaks at the Heatseekers Albums chart:
- Pang: "Heatseekers Albums chart - November 2, 2019". Billboard. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
- Desire, I Want to Turn Into You: "Heatseekers Albums chart - March 4, 2023". Billboard. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
- ^ "Independent Albums chart - November 2, 2019". Billboard. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
- Desire, I Want to Turn into You: "Independent Albums: Week of November 18, 2023". Billboard. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
- ^ "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 13 November 2023". The ARIA Report. No. 1758. Australian Recording Industry Association. November 13, 2023. p. 6.
- ^ "Caroline Polachek – Desire, I Want to Turn into You" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
- ^ "Discographie von Caroline Polachek". offiziellecharts.de (in German). Retrieved November 11, 2023.
- ^ "Discografie Caroline Polachek". dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved November 11, 2023.
- ^ "NZ Top 40 Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. November 13, 2023. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
- ^ a b "Caroline Polachek songs and albums | full Official Chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
- ^ "Top Current Albums Sales: February 15, 2020". Billboard. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
- ^ "Desire, I Want To Turn Into You - JB Hi-Fi". JB Hi-Fi. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
- ^ "Pang [Instrumental] by Caroline Polachek". Bandcamp. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
- ^ "Standing At The Gate : Remix Collection". Bandcamp. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
- ^ "CAROLINE POLACHEK RELEASES 'PANG' REMIXES". DIY. December 9, 2020. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
- ^ "Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart - January 22, 2022". Billboard. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
- ^ "Official Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
- ^ "American certifications: Caroline Polachek – Gold & Platinum". RIAA. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
- ^ "Billions - Caroline Polachek". ffm.to. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
- ^ Minsker, Evan (October 18, 2023). "Watch Caroline Polachek Perform New Song "Dang" on Colbert". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
- ^ Strauss, Matthew (December 25, 2020). "Caroline Polachek and Lauren Auder Cover "Some Small Hope": Listen". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 25, 2020.
- ^ "Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart – April 16, 2022". Billboard. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
- ^ "Christine and the Queens: Chart History - World Digital Song Sales". Billboard. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
- ^ "Discography Charli XCX". irish-charts.com. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
- ^ Peaks on the NZ Hot Singles Chart:
- "New Shapes": "NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. November 15, 2021. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
- "Sirens": "NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. April 11, 2022. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
- ^ "La vita nuova (feat. Caroline Polachek) [Remixes]". Apple Music. Retrieved August 14, 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ @charli_xcx (November 2, 2021). "ຖēຟ ŞhคpēŞ ft @queenschristine and @carolineplz drops on thursday. pre save now and get ready to fall in love https://XCX.lnk.to/New-Shapes" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "New Aus Music Playlist ADDITIONS – 01/04/22". Music Feeds. April 1, 2022. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
- ^ "Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart – October 26, 2024". Billboard. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
- ^ "Pop Caroler's Songbook by PC Music". Bandcamp. Retrieved December 20, 2020.