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English rock band Arctic Monkeys have released seven studio albums, five extended plays, two video albums, 24 music videos and 23 singles. Formed in 2002 by guitarist and vocalist Alex Turner, guitarist and backing vocalist Jamie Cook, bass guitarist and backing vocalist Andy Nicholson and drummer and backing vocalist Matt Helders, Arctic Monkeys released their first EP, Five Minutes with Arctic Monkeys, in May 2005, and signed with London-based Domino Recording Company in June.[1]
| Arctic Monkeys discography | |
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_(28799629968).jpg) Arctic Monkeys performing at the Royal Albert Hall in 2018 | |
| Studio albums | 7 |
| EPs | 5 |
| Singles | 23 |
| Video albums | 2 |
| Music videos | 24 |
The band's first two singles on Domino, "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" and "When the Sun Goes Down", both peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart.[2] Their debut studio album, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, followed in January 2006 and reached number one on the UK Albums Chart,[3] the Irish Albums Chart[4] and the Australian Albums Chart.[5] The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) certified the album seven times platinum.[6] The band released a second EP, Who the Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys?, which was their last to be recorded with Nicholson, in April 2006;[1] Nicholson officially departed in June, replaced by Nick O'Malley.[7] Their first single after Nicholson's departure, "Leave Before the Lights Come On", reached number four on the UK Singles Chart.[2]
Arctic Monkeys released their second studio album, Favourite Worst Nightmare, in April 2007.[8] Favourite Worst Nightmare peaked atop the UK Albums Chart[2] and the Irish Albums Chart.[4] In the United States, the album peaked at number seven on the Billboard 200, their first top-ten entry.[9] Two singles from the album, "Brianstorm" and "Fluorescent Adolescent", reached the top five on the UK Singles Chart.[2] The band followed with their third studio album, Humbug, which was released in August 2009.[1] Peaking atop the UK Albums Chart and the Irish Albums Chart, Humbug was preceded by the lead single "Crying Lightning", which reached number 12 on the UK Singles Chart.[2] Their fourth studio album, Suck It and See (2011), was their fourth UK Albums Chart number one.[2]
Arctic Monkeys' fifth studio album, AM (2013), peaked atop the Irish Albums Chart,[4] the Australian Albums Chart and the New Zealand Albums Chart.[10] In the United Kingdom, AM made Arctic Monkeys the first independent label band to earn five number-one albums and was certified four times platinum by the BPI.[11][12] It earned platinum certifications by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA; double platinum),[13] the Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA),[14] the Recorded Music NZ (RMNZ)[15] and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[16] AM's second single, "Do I Wanna Know?", was the band's first to be certified triple platinum by the BPI[17] and platinum by the RIAA.[18] Its third single, "Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?", reached the UK Singles Chart top ten.[2] The band's sixth studio album, Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (2018), peaked atop the UK Albums Chart.[2] Their seventh album, The Car (2022), peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart, behind Taylor Swift's Midnights.[19][20] In the US, the album landed at number six on the Billboard 200.[21]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Sales | |||||||||
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AUS [5] |
BEL [22] |
CAN [23] |
FRA [24] |
GER [25] |
IRL [4] |
JPN [26] |
NLD [27] |
US [9] | ||||
| Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not | 1 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 24 | |||
| Favourite Worst Nightmare |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Humbug |
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1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 15 |
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| Suck It and See |
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1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 14 |
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| AM |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 6 |
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| Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 8 |
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| The Car |
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2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 6 |
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| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||
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| UK [2] |
AUS [5] |
BEL [22] |
FRA [24] |
GER [25] |
IRL [4] |
JPN [26] |
NLD [27] |
POR [42] |
US [9] | ||||
| At the Apollo |
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—[upper-alpha 1] | — | —[upper-alpha 2] | — | — | — | —[upper-alpha 3] | —[upper-alpha 4] | — | —[upper-alpha 5] |
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| Live at the Royal Albert Hall |
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3 | 4 | 5 | 67 | 50 | 15 | 66 | 5 | 2 | 151 | ||
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| Title | Album details |
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| Beneath the Boardwalk |
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| Title | Extended play details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||
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| UK [2] |
AUS [5] |
DEN [49] |
IRL [4] |
FRA [24] |
GER [25] |
JPN [26] |
SWE [50] | |||
| Five Minutes with Arctic Monkeys |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Who the Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys? |
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—[upper-alpha 6] | 37 | 2 | 2 | 52 | 79 | 137 | 58 | |
| iTunes Festival: London 2011 |
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| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] |
AUS [5] |
BEL [22] |
CAN [52] |
FRA [24] |
IRL [4] |
JPN [26] |
NLD [27] |
POR [53] |
US [54] | |||||||
| "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" | 2005 | 1 | 18 | —[upper-alpha 7] | — | 100 | 12 | 61 | 99 | — | —[upper-alpha 8] |
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Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not | |||
| "When the Sun Goes Down" | 2006 | 1 | 26 | —[upper-alpha 9] | — | — | 11 | 52 | 72 | — | —[upper-alpha 10] |
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| "Leave Before the Lights Come On" | 4 | 81 | — | — | — | 16 | 57 | — | — | —[upper-alpha 11] |
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Non-album single | ||||
| "Brianstorm" | 2007 | 2 | 67 | —[upper-alpha 12] | 53 | 44 | 7 | 24 | 36 | — | —[upper-alpha 13] |
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Favourite Worst Nightmare | |||
| "Matador" / "Da Frame 2R" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||||
| "Fluorescent Adolescent" | 5 | — | —[upper-alpha 14] | — | 88 | 12 | 61 | — | — | —[upper-alpha 15] |
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Favourite Worst Nightmare | ||||
| "Teddy Picker" | 20 | — | —[upper-alpha 16] | — | 99 | 32 | 116 | 98 | — | — |
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| "Crying Lightning" | 2009 | 12 | 70 | —[upper-alpha 17] | — | 23 | — | 44 | — | — | —[upper-alpha 18] |
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Humbug | |||
| "Cornerstone" | 94 | 99 | —[upper-alpha 19] | — | 42 | — | — | — | — | —[upper-alpha 20] |
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| "My Propeller" | 2010 | 90 | — | —[upper-alpha 21] | — | 56 | — | — | — | — | —[upper-alpha 22] | |||||
| "Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair" | 2011 | 28 | — | 50 | — | — | — | — | 55 | — | — |
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Suck It and See | |||
| "The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala" | 167 | — | —[upper-alpha 23] | — | — | — | 15 | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Suck It and See" | 149 | — | —[upper-alpha 24] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Black Treacle" | 2012 | 173 | — | —[upper-alpha 25] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "R U Mine?" | 23 | 94 | —[upper-alpha 26] | — | 147 | 65 | — | — | 94 | —[upper-alpha 27] |
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AM | ||||
| "Do I Wanna Know?" | 2013 | 11 | 37 | 33 | 48 | 45 | 14 | — | 62 | 33 | 70 | |||||
| "Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?" | 8 | 56 | 31 | 87 | 164 | 24 | 42 | — | 67 | — | ||||||
| "One for the Road" | 112 | — | —[upper-alpha 28] | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[upper-alpha 29] |
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| "Arabella" | 2014 | 70 | — | —[upper-alpha 30] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Snap Out of It" | 82 | — | —[upper-alpha 31] | — | — | 68 | — | — | — | — |
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| "Four Out of Five" | 2018 | 18 | 80 | 45 | — | — | 30 | — | —[upper-alpha 32] | 12 | — |
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Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino | |||
| "Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino" | —[upper-alpha 33] | — | —[upper-alpha 34] | — | — | 49 | — | — | 22 | — |
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| "There'd Better Be a Mirrorball" | 2022 | 25 | — | — | — | — | 31 | — | —[upper-alpha 35] | 68 | — |
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The Car | |||
| "Body Paint" | 22 | — | — | — | — | 44 | — | — | 54 | — | ||||||
| "I Ain't Quite Where I Think I Am" | 23 | — | — | — | — | 30 | —[upper-alpha 36] | —[upper-alpha 37] | — | — | ||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] |
UK Indie [64] |
BEL [22] |
CAN Rock [65] |
IRL [4] |
MEX Eng. [66] |
POR [53] |
SCO [67] |
US Rock [68] | ||||||||
| "Bigger Boys and Stolen Sweethearts"[69] | 2005 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Non-album single | ||||
| "The View from the Afternoon" | 2006 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not | ||||
| "Fake Tales of San Francisco" | — | — | — | 43 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "This House Is a Circus"[70] | 2007 | 132 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Favourite Worst Nightmare | |||||
| "505" (Live)[71] | 2020 | — | — | —[upper-alpha 38] | — | — | — | 155 | — | — | Live at the Royal Albert Hall | |||||
| "Arabella" (Live)[72] | — | — | —[upper-alpha 39] | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] |
UK Indie [73] |
CZ [74] |
GRE [75] |
IRL [4] |
NLD [27] |
POR [53] |
SWE [50] |
US Bub. [55] |
WW [76] | ||||
| "Dancing Shoes" | 2006 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not |
| "You Probably Couldn't See for the Lights but You Were Staring Straight at Me" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Still Take You Home" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Riot Van" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secured" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Mardy Bum" | 123 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Perhaps Vampires Is a Bit Strong But..." | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "From the Ritz to the Rubble" | — | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "A Certain Romance" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "If You Found This It's Probably Too Late" | 2007 | 124 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | "Brianstorm" single | |
| "Temptation Greets You Like Your Naughty Friend" | 77 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "What If You Were Right the First Time?" | 114 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "D Is for Dangerous" | 116 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
|
Favourite Worst Nightmare | |
| "Balaclava" | 104 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Only Ones Who Know" | 130 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Do Me a Favour" | 127 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "If You Were There, Beware" | 189 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "The Bad Thing" | 140 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Old Yellow Bricks" | 122 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "505" | 73 | 2 | — | 19 | 55 | — | — | — | 2 | 94 | |||
| "The Bakery" | 161 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | "Fluorescent Adolescent" single | ||
| "Plastic Tramp" | 153 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Too Much to Ask" | 178 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Catapult" | 2009 | — | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | "Cornerstone" single | |
| "Sketchead" | 80 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Fright Lined Dining Room" | — | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Joining the Dots" | 2010 | — | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | "My Propeller" single | |
| "The Afternoon's Hat" | — | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Evil Twin" | 2011 | 114 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | "Suck It and See" single | |
| "Electricity" | 2012 | 128 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | "R U Mine?" single | |
| "Come Together" | 21 | — | — | — | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | Isles of Wonder | ||
| "2013" | 2013 | — | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | "Do I Wanna Know?" single | |
| "Stop the World I Wanna Get Off with You" | 74 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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"Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?" single | |
| "I Want It All" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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AM | |
| "No. 1 Party Anthem" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Fireside" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Knee Socks" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Mad Sounds" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "I Wanna Be Yours" | 99 | 4 | 39 | 6 | 78 | 99 | 26 | 66 | — | 55 | |||
| "You're So Dark" | 135 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | "One for the Road" single | ||
| "Star Treatment" | 2018 | 23 | 3 | — | — | 33 | — | 14 | — | — | — | Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino | |
| "One Point Perspective" | 26 | 4 | — | — | 48 | — | 20 | — | — | — | |||
| "American Sports" | — | 6 | — | — | 56 | — | 28 | — | — | — | |||
| "Golden Trunks" | — | 8 | — | — | 62 | — | 39 | — | — | — | |||
| "The World's First Ever Monster Truck Front Flip" | — | 9 | — | — | 65 | — | 45 | — | — | — | |||
| "Science Fiction" | — | 11 | — | — | 82 | — | 51 | — | — | — | |||
| "She Looks Like Fun" | — | 10 | — | — | 83 | — | 52 | — | — | — | |||
| "Batphone" | — | 13 | — | — | 91 | — | 55 | — | — | — | |||
| "The Ultracheese" | — | 12 | — | — | 87 | — | 56 | — | — | — | |||
| "Sculptures of Anything Goes" | 2022 | — | 5 | — | 75 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | The Car | |
| "Jet Skis on the Moat" | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "The Car" | — | 8 | — | — | — | — | 92 | — | — | — | |||
| "Big Ideas" | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Hello You" | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Mr Schwartz" | — | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Perfect Sense" | — | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | |||||||||||||
| Title | Year | Director(s) | Release |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Fake Tales of San Francisco" | 2005 | Chris Commons and Mark Bull | Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not |
| "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" | Huse Monfaradi | ||
| "When the Sun Goes Down" | 2006 | Paul Fraser | |
| "The View from the Afternoon" | W.I.Z. | ||
| "Leave Before the Lights Come On" | John Hardwick | "Leave Before the Lights Come On" single | |
| "Brianstorm" | 2007 | Huse Monfaradi | Favourite Worst Nightmare |
| "Fluorescent Adolescent" | Richard Ayoade | ||
| "Teddy Picker" | Roman Coppola | ||
| "Crying Lightning" | 2009 | Richard Ayoade | Humbug |
| "Cornerstone" | |||
| "My Propeller" | 2010 | Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern | |
| "Brick by Brick" | 2011 | Aaron Brown and Ben Chappell (Focus Creeps) | Suck It and See |
| "Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair" | |||
| "The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala" | |||
| "Suck It and See" | |||
| "Evil Twin" | "Suck It and See" single | ||
| "Black Treacle" | 2012 | Suck It and See | |
| "You and I" | "Black Treacle" single | ||
| "R U Mine?" | AM | ||
| "Do I Wanna Know?" | 2013 | David Wilson | |
| "Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?" | Nabil Elderkin | ||
| "One for the Road" | Aaron Brown and Ben Chappell (Focus Creeps) | ||
| "Arabella" | 2014 | Jake Nava | |
| "Snap Out of It" | Aaron Brown and Ben Chappell (Focus Creeps) | ||
| "Four Out of Five" | 2018 | Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino | |
| "Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino" | |||
| "Arabella (Live At The Royal Albert Hall)" | 2020 | Ben Chappell | Live At The Royal Albert Hall |
| "There'd Better Be a Mirrorball" | 2022 | Alex Turner | The Car |
| "Body Paint" | Brook Linder and Ben Chappell | ||
| "I Ain't Quite Where I Think I Am" | Zachary Michael and Ben Chappell | ||
| "Sculptures Of Anything Goes" | 2023 | Ben Chappell |
| Song | Year | Album | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Love Machine" | 2006 | Radio 1's Live Lounge | Live cover, originally by Girls Aloud |
| "Diamonds Are Forever"[78] | 2008 | All the Rage | Cover of a 1971 Shirley Bassey song. |
| "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" | 2012 | Isles of Wonder | Songs recorded during the rehearsal at the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony stadium on 23 July. |
| "Come Together" |
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