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 discography | |
|---|---|
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| Studio albums | 9 |
| EPs | 3 |
| Live albums | 3 |
| Compilation albums | 8 |
| Singles | 31 |
| Video albums | 9 |
| Music videos | 32 |
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| 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 |
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17 | 85 | — | 23 | 18 | — | — | 13 [17] |
59 | — | |
| Theatre of Pain |
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6 | 7 | — | 11 | 5 | — | — | 7 | 25 | 36 | |
| Girls, Girls, Girls |
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2 | 5 | — | 4 | 3 | 8 | 43 | 7 | 13 | 14 | |
| Dr. Feelgood |
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1 | 5 | — | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | |
| Mötley Crüe |
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7 | 3 | 25 | 9 | 15 | — | 28 | 6 | 21 | 17 |
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| Generation Swine |
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4 | 34 | — | 10 | — | — | — | 18 | — | 80 |
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| New Tattoo | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 176 [25] |
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| Saints of Los Angeles |
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4 | 14 | 73 | 3 | 6 | 37 | 8 | 5 | 42 | 78 |
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| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||
Live albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [5] |
SWI [14] | |||
| Live: Entertainment or Death |
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133 | — | |
| Carnival of Sins Live |
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— | — | |
| The End: Live in Los Angeles |
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— | 46 | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||
Compilation albums
edit| 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 |
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2 | 9 | 10 [8] |
24 | 13 | 43 | 22 | 20 | |
| Greatest Hits |
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20 | — | 16 | — | — | — | 85 | — |
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| Supersonic and Demonic Relics |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Millennium Collection: The Best of Mötley Crüe |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Loud as Fuck |
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94 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Red, White & Crüe |
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6 | 26 | 2 | 16 | — | 31 | — | 67 | |
| Greatest Hits |
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90 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Dirt Soundtrack |
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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| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Music to Crash Your Car To: Vol. 1 |
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| Music to Crash Your Car To: Vol. 2 |
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| 40 Years (40th Anniversary Cassette Boxset) |
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Extended plays
edit| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Raw Tracks |
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| Raw Tracks 2 |
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| Quaternary |
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| Cancelled |
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Singles
edit| 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 |
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Dr. Feelgood | |
| "Kickstart My Heart" | 27 | 18 | 9 | 3 | — | — | 32 | 31 | — | — |
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| "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| 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| 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| Title | Album details | Certifications |
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| Uncensored |
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| Dr. Feelgood: The Videos |
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| Decade of Decadence |
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| Behind the Music: Mötley Crüe |
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| Lewd, Crüed & Tattooed |
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| Greatest Video Hits |
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| Classic Mötley Crüe: Universal Masters DVD Collection |
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| Carnival of Sins Live |
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| Crüe Fest |
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Music videos
edit| 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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