The discography of American indie pop band Foster the People consists of four studio albums, five extended plays (including one mixtape), 26 singles, and 15 music videos.

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Foster the People discography
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Foster the People at the 2011 MuchMusic Video Awards, from left to right: original members Mark Pontius, founder Mark Foster, and Cubbie Fink
Studio albums4
EPs5
Singles26
Music videos15
Promotional singles6
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Mark Foster founded the band in 2009 after spending several years in Los Angeles as a struggling musician and working as a commercial jingle writer. After Foster's song "Pumped Up Kicks" became a viral success in 2010, the group was signed to Columbia Records imprint Startime International and gained a fanbase through small club shows and appearances at the music festivals Coachella and South by Southwest. After releasing their debut album Torches in May 2011, "Pumped Up Kicks" became a crossover hit on commercial radio, reaching number one on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart and number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100,[1][2] while also becoming successful in international markets. The success of "Pumped Up Kicks" also propelled Torches to number 8 on the Billboard 200 chart. Four other singles were released from the album, including "Helena Beat", "Don't Stop (Color on the Walls)", and "Houdini", all of which entered the Alternative Songs chart.[1]

Albums

Studio albums

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List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[3]
AUS
[4]
BEL
(FL)

[5]
CAN
[6]
FRA
[7]
IRL
[8]
NLD
[9]
NZ
[10]
SWI
[11]
UK
[12]
Torches 81697291353184912
Supermodel
  • Released: March 18, 2014 (US)[19]
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
38934512457171726
Sacred Hearts Club
  • Released: July 21, 2017
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
47715418085[A][B]
Paradise State of Mind
  • Released: August 16, 2024
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
170[C][D]
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
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Re-issued albums

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Title Details
Torches X (Deluxe Edition)
  • Released: November 12, 2021 (US)
  • Label: Columbia, Legacy
  • Formats: Digital download
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Mixtapes

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Title Details
Melody & Silence
(with The Knocks)
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Extended plays

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List of extended plays
Title Details
Foster the People
  • Released: January 18, 2011 (US)[25]
  • Label: Startime, Columbia
  • Formats: Digital download
Spotify Sessions – Live from The Village
III
  • Released: April 27, 2017 (US)[27]
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: Digital download, streamed audio
In the Darkest of Nights, Let the Birds Sing
  • Released: December 11, 2020 (US)[28]
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: Digital download
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Singles

As lead artist

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List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[2]
US
Rock

[29]
AUS
[30]
CAN
[31]
CZR
[32]
FRA
[7]
JPN
[33]
NLD
[9]
SWI
[11]
UK
[34]
"Pumped Up Kicks" 2010 33135109351718 Torches
"Helena Beat" 2011 [E]157470
"Call It What You Want" 3975[F][G]139
"Don't Stop (Color on the Walls)" 2012 86856121
"Houdini" [H]7098
"Ruby"[42] Non-album single
"Coming of Age" 2014 [I]1464693844[J]158 Supermodel
"Pseudologia Fantastica" 31118
"Best Friend" [K]2186150[L]
"Are You What You Want to Be?" 42
"The Unforeseeable Fate of Mr. Jones"[45] 2015 Non-album single
"Doing It for the Money" 2017 37 Sacred Hearts Club
"Loyal Like Sid & Nancy"
"Sit Next to Me" 4256816[M]
"Pay the Man (Remix)"[47]
(featuring JID & Saba)
Non-album singles

[a]

"Worst Nites"[49] 2018 18
"Style"[50] 2019 35
"Imagination"[51] 20
"Pick U Up"[52] 24
"Every Color"[53]
(with Louis the Child)[N]
2020 Here for Now
"It's OK to Be Human"[54] Non-album single
"Lamb's Wool"[55]
(solo or with Poolside)[56]
36 In the Darkest of Nights, Let the Birds Sing EP
"The Things We Do"[57] [O]
"Broken Jaw" 2021 [P] Torches X
"Chin Music for the Unsuspecting Hero"[60]
"Lost in Space"[61] 2024 [Q][R] Paradise State of Mind
"Take Me Back"[64]
"Chasing Low Vibrations"[65]
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Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
Alt.

[1]
US
Dance

[66]
US
Rock
Air.

[62]
AUS
Hit.

[67]
BEL
(FL)
Tip

[68]
BEL
(WA)
Tip

[69]
CAN
Rock

[70]
RUS
[71]
NZ
[10]
"Warrior"[72]
(Kimbra featuring Mark Foster and A-Trak)
2012 165722 Vows
"Nonsense"
(Madeon featuring Mark Foster)
2015 35 Adventure
"Ride or Die"
(The Knocks featuring Foster the People)
2018 16202886 New York Narcotic
"Blur"[73]
( featuring Foster the People)
352136 Forever Neverland
"All About You"
(The Knocks featuring Foster the People)
2020 17203338 Non-album singles
"Hyperlandia"[74]
(deadmau5 featuring Foster the People)
2021 24
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Promotional singles

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Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
Rock

[29]
UK
Phys.

[75]
"Broken Jaw"[76] 2012 32 Torches
"Nevermind" (alternate version) 2014 Supermodel
"Pay the Man" 2017 III EP
"SHC" 50
"I Love My Friends" Sacred Hearts Club
"Under the Moon" 2020 In the Darkest of Nights, Let the Birds Sing EP
"Pumped Up Kicks" (Gus Dapperton version) 2021 Torches X
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Other charted and certified songs

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List of songs, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
JPN
Over.

[77]
"I Would Do Anything for You"[42] 2011 Torches
"See You in the Afterlife" 2024 17 Paradise State of Mind
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Remixes

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Title Year Artist Album
"The Edge of Glory"
(Foster the People Remix)
2011 Lady Gaga Born This Way: The Remix
"Colours"
(Foster the People Remix)
Grouplove none
"Blue Jeans"
(Smims & Belle Remix
featuring Azealia Banks)
2012 Lana Del Rey Blue Jeans (Remixes) EP
"Hide and Seek"
(Foster the People Remix)
2016 Nanakato! Non-album singles
"Nobody's Favourite"
(Foster the People Rework)
2020 Mobley
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Other appearances

Guest appearances

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Title Year Other artist(s) Album
"Machu Picchu" (Foster the People Cover;
originally by The Strokes)
2012 none BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge 2012
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Interpolations

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Selected interpolations by other artists
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
BEL
[78]
NOR
[79]
SWE
[80]
"Pumped Up"
(Klingande)[81]
2017 822271 The Album
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Songs

Bonus tracks

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List of limited release bonus tracks
Title Year Album
"Tabloid Super Junkie" 2014 Supermodel (pre-order edition)
"Cassius Clay's Pearly Whites" Supermodel (Japanese release)
"Rabies Shmabies" 2024 Paradise State of Mind (Japanese release)
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Side projects

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Title Year Album
"Untitled" / "Breathe In" / "The Otherside" / "Annabelle" / "Cost of Love" / "Landslide"
(Sean Cimino as Fairchild)[83]
2006 Terminal EP
"Echo" / "Black and White" / "Love Brings Me Down" / "In the Middle" / "Newspaper"[b]
(Matt Wilcox and Isom Innis as Matt and Isom)[85]
2007 The Black and White EP
"F'n Head (Psychedelia Version
Isom Innis Mix)" /
"We At the Disco (Southern Belle Remix)"[86]
(The Chain Gang of 1974)
2009 Guerilla
"Conditional Love" / "Walk Out" /
"Psycho Killa" / "Loup-garou" / "Noise" /
"Just Friends" / "Please Leave" /
"Everytime (Remix)" / "Older Brother (Remix)"[c]
(Isom Innis as Southern Belle)[90][91][92][93][94][95]
2010 none
"Halo"[96]
(Shuttle featuring Isom Innis)
2012 Halo EP
"Nostroke"
(Isom Innis as Saol Álainn)
2013 Non-album singles
"Cis.Cism"
(Saol Álainn)
2014
"When You Find Love"[97]
(Stephan Altman and Mark Foster
with Peter Barbee and Mark Pontius)
2015 Little Boy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
"Holy Water"[98]
(Gabe Simon and Mark Pontius as Mr Gabriel)
2017 Non-album singles
"Glad I Tried (Isom Innis Remix)"
(Matt and Kim featuring Kevin Ray,
Travis Hawley, and Santigold)
2018
"Setting"
(Tyler Chester with Sean Cimino)
2019 Firstborn
"Complainer (Dr. Iceman Remix)"
(Cold War Kids; Isom Innis as Dr. Iceman)
Complainer (Remixes) EP
"Pick U Up (Dr. Iceman Remix)"
(Foster the People)
Non-album singles
"Jump Into the Sirens"[99][100]
(Isom Innis / Peel)
2020
"Catch & Release" / "Rom-Com" /
"Persona" / "Peel" / "Citizen X"
(Isom Innis and Sean Cimino as Peel)
Peel EP
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Covers

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List of unreleased cover songs
Title Year Original artist(s) Details Ref.
"Under Control" 2014 Calvin Harris and Alesso featuring Hurts For BBC Radio 1 with Zane Lowe [101]
"Hold On, We're Going Home" Drake
featuring Majid Jordan
For BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge with Fearne Cotton [102]
"Feels Like We Only Go Backwards" Tame Impala For RTL2 (France) [103]
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Music videos

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List of music videos, showing year released and directors
Title Year Director(s)
"Pumped Up Kicks" 2011 Josef Geiger[104]
"Helena Beat" Ace Norton[105][106]
"Call It What You Want"
"Don't Stop (Color on the Walls)" Daniels[107][108]
"Houdini" 2012
Medley: "Surfer Girl" / "Wouldn't It Be Nice" / "Good Vibrations" (live at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards)[109]
(with The Beach Boys and Maroon 5)
"Coming of Age" 2014 BRTHR[110]
"Best Friend" Ben Brewer[111]
"Pseudologia Fantastica" Mark Foster[112]
"Doing It for the Money" 2017 Daniel Henry[113]
"Sit Next to Me" Fourclops & Brinton Bryan[114]
"Worst Nites" 2018 Mark Foster & Josh Hutcherson[115]
"Style" 2019 Mark Foster[116][117][118]
"Imagination"
"Pick U Up"
"Lamb's Wool" 2021 Thomas Jarrett[119]
"Lost in Space" 2024 Rupert Höller
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Notes

  1. The latter four songs were included on the Pick U Up EP; however, this release was exclusive to Spotify.[48]
  2. Matt and Isom also released the album August Jesus Depression (2008),[citation needed] along with remixes of "The City Is at War" (2009)[84] and "London Bridges".[citation needed] Their catalogue includes a number of other songs that have been performed live but not officially released.
  3. Innis' early solo work also includes a remix of "Good Girls Go Bad",[87] "Bottles from the Shelf" featuring Xander Singh (both 2009),[88] and the single "Freak Show" (2014).[89]
  1. Sacred Hearts Club did not enter the NZ Top 40 Albums Chart, but peaked at number 10 on the NZ Heatseeker Albums Chart.[20]
  2. Sacred Hearts Club did not enter the UK Albums Chart, but peaked at number 95 on the UK Album Downloads Chart.[21]
  3. Paradise State of Mind did not enter the France Albums Chart but peaked at number 163 on the French Physical Albums Chart.[22]
  4. Paradise State of Mind did not enter the UK Albums Chart, but peaked at number 17 on the UK Album Sales Chart.[23]
  5. "Helena Beat" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 21 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as an extension to the Hot 100.[37]
  6. "Call It What You Want" did not enter the Netherlands Singles Chart but peaked on the Dutch Tipparade Chart at number three.[38]
  7. "Call It What You Want" did not enter the Swiss Singles chart, but charted at number 82 on the Swiss Airplay chart.[39]
  8. "Houdini" did not enter the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, but peaked at number 41 on the Rock Digital Songs chart.[41]
  9. "Coming of Age" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number three on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as an extension to the Hot 100.[37]
  10. "Coming of Age" did not enter the Swiss Singles chart, but charted at number 54 on the Swiss Airplay chart.[43]
  11. "Best Friend" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 19 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as an extension to the Hot 100.[37]
  12. "Best Friend" did not enter the Swiss Singles chart, but charted at number 99 on the Swiss Airplay chart.[44]
  13. "Sit Next to Me" did not enter the Netherlands' Single Top 100 but peaked on the Netherlands' Single Tip Chart at number 11.[46]
  14. "Every Color" peaked at number 12 on the Dance/Electronic Songs chart.
  15. "The Things We Do" did not enter the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, but peaked at number 25 on the Alternative Digital Songs chart.[58]
  16. "Broken Jaw" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 32 on the UK Physical Singles Chart.[59]
  17. "Lost in Space" did not enter the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, but peaked at number 36 on the Rock & Alternative Airplay chart.[62]
  18. "Lost in Space" did not enter the Japan Hot 100, but peaked at number 20 on the Japan Hot Overseas chart.[63]

References

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