Wet Wet Wet discography

Wet Wet Wet at the Montreux Pop Festival in Montreux, Switzerland

Studio albums| 7
Live albums| 3
Compilation albums| 6
Singles| 33
Miscellaneous| 1

This is the discography of Scottish soft rock band Wet Wet Wet.

## Albums

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### Studio albums

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Year  | Album details  | Peak chart positions  | Certifications

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[1] | AUS
[2] | AUT
[3] | GER
[4] | NL
[5] | NZ
[6] | NOR
[7] | SWE
[8] | SWI
[9] | US
[10]
1987  | Popped In Souled Out

* Released: 28 September 1987
* Label: Mercury
* Formats: CD, cassette, LP

| 1  | 60  | —  | 44  | 12  | 6  | —  | 13  | —  | 123  |

* BPI: 5× Platinum[11]

1989  | Holding Back the River

* Released: 30 October 1989
* Label: Mercury
* Formats: CD, cassette, LP

| 2  | 12  | —  | 34  | 28  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  |

* BPI: 2× Platinum[11]
* ARIA: Gold[12]

1992  | High on the Happy Side

* Released: 27 January 1992
* Label: Mercury
* Formats: CD, cassette, LP

| 1  | 19  | 13  | 18  | 8  | —  | —  | 48  | 40  | —  |

* BPI: Platinum[11]

1995  | Picture This

* Released: 10 April 1995
* Label: Mercury
* Formats: CD, cassette, LP

| 1  | 22  | 1  | 6  | 4  | 12  | 6  | 25  | 8  | —  |

* BPI: 3× Platinum[11]
* IFPI: Platinum[13]

1997  | 10

* Released: 31 March 1997
* Label: Mercury
* Formats: CD, Cassette, LP

| 2  | —  | 28  | 30  | 22  | —  | —  | —  | 50  | —  |

* BPI: Platinum[11]

2007  | Timeless

* Released: 12 November 2007
* Label: Dry
* Formats: CD

| 41  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  |
2021  | The Journey

* Released: 5 November 2021[14]
* Label: Absolute
* Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming

| 29[15] | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.

### Compilation albums

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Year  | Album details  | Peak chart positions  | Certifications

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[1] | AUS
[2] | AUT
[3] | GER
[4] | NL
[5] | NZ
[6] | NOR
[7] | SWE
[8] | SWI
[9] | US Heat
[16]
1993  | End of Part One: Their Greatest Hits

* Released: 8 November 1993
* Label: Mercury
* Formats: CD, cassette

| 1  | 2  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 3  | 1  | 5  | —  |

* BPI: 4× Platinum[11]
* ARIA: Platinum[12]
* IFPI: 3× Platinum[13]

1994  | Part One

* Released: 26 July 1994 [US only]
* Label: Mercury
* Formats: CD

| —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 24  |
2004  | The Greatest Hits

* Released: 8 November 2004
* Label: Mercury
* Formats: CD

| 13  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  |

* BPI: Platinum[11]

2007  | The Best of Wet Wet Wet

* Released: 2 April 2007 [Germany only]
* Label: Brunswick/Universal
* Formats: CD

| —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  |
2008  | Best of Wet Wet Wet

* Released: 2008 [Germany only]
* Label: Brunswick/Universal
* Formats: CD

| —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  |
2010  | Sweet Little Mystery: The Collection

* Released: 22 February 2010
* Label: Spectrum
* Formats: CD

| —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  |
2013  | Step by Step: The Greatest Hits

* Released: 25 November 2013
* Label: Virgin
* Formats: CD

| 53  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  |

* BPI: Gold[11]

"—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released.

### Live albums

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Year  | Album details  | Peak chart positions

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[1]
1990  | Wet Wet Wet: Live

* Released: 1 December 1990
* Label: Mercury
* Formats: cassette

| —
1993  | Live at the Royal Albert Hall

* with The Wren Orchestra
* Released: 17 May 1993
* Label: Mercury
* Formats: CD, Cassette, LP

| 10
2006  | Live – Volume One & Two: Mail on Sunday

* Released: September 2006
* Label: Mercury
* Formats: CD

| —
2021  | The Journey Out of Lockdown: The Greatest Hits Live from Glasgow

* Released: 4 June 2021[17]
* Label: Dry
* Formats: Digital download

| —

### Other albums

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Year  | Album details  | Peak chart positions  | Certification

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[1] | NL
[5]
1988  | The Memphis Sessions

* Released: 7 November 1988
* Label: Mercury
* Formats: CD, Cassette, LP

| 3  | 9  |

* BPI: Platinum[11]

1992  | Cloak & Dagger

* released under the name:
Maggie Pie & The Impostors
* Released: 28 January 1992
* Label: Mercury
* Formats: CD, cassette, LP
* Also available as bonus disc to
High on the Happy Side

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## Singles

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Year  | Single  | Peak chart positions  | Certifications  | Album

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[1] | AUS
[2][18] | AUT
[3] | FRA
[19] | GER
[20] | IRE
[21] | NL
[5] | NZ
[6] | SWI
[9] | US
[22]
1987  | "Wishing I Was Lucky"  | 6  | 100  | —  | 40  | —  | 6  | 19  | 26  | —  | 58  |  | Popped In Souled Out
"Sweet Little Mystery"  | 5  | 33  | —  | 17  | 46  | 9  | 22  | 3  | 23  | —  |

* BPI: Silver[11]

"Angel Eyes (Home and Away)"  | 5  | —  | —  | 20  | 17  | 9  | 3  | 4  | —  | —  |

* BPI: Silver[11]

1988  | "Temptation"  | 12  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 8  | 51  | 19  | —  | —  |
"With a Little Help from My Friends"  | 1  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 1  | —  | —  | —  | —  |

* BPI: Silver[11]

| Sgt. Pepper Knew My Father
1989  | "Sweet Surrender"  | 6  | 7  | 24  | —  | 37  | 1  | 10  | —  | —  | —  |

* ARIA: Gold[23]

| Holding Back the River
"Broke Away"  | 19  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 9  | —  | —  | —  | —  |
1990  | "Hold Back the River"  | 31  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 16  | —  | —  | —  | —  |
"Stay with Me Heartache (Can't Stand the Night)"  | 30  | 62  | —  | —  | —  | 30  | —  | —  | —  | —  |
1991  | "Make It Tonight"  | 37  | 110  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  |  | High on the Happy Side
"Put the Light On"  | 56  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  |
"Goodnight Girl"  | 1  | 21  | 27  | —  | 35  | 1  | 2  | 33  | —  | —  |
1992  | "More than Love"  | 19  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 24  | 13  | —  | —  | —  |
"Lip Service"  | 15  | 154  | —  | —  | —  | 24  | —  | —  | —  | —  |
1993  | "Blue for You" (live) / "This Time" (live)  | 38  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  |  | Live at the Royal Albert Hall
"Shed a Tear"  | 22  | 70  | —  | —  | 53  | 25  | —  | —  | —  | —  |  | End of Part One: Their Greatest Hits
"Cold Cold Heart"  | 20  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 41  | —  | —  | —  |
1994  | "Love Is All Around"  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 2  | 2  | 2  | 1  | 1  | 2  | 41  |

* BPI: 3× Platinum[11]
* ARIA: 3× Platinum[23]

"Goodnight Girl '94"  | —  | 26  | —  | —  | 46  | —  | 14  | 24  | 12  | —  |
1995  | "Julia Says"  | 3  | 38  | 19  | —  | 42  | 3  | 22  | —  | —  | —  |

* BPI: Silver[11]

| Picture This
"Don't Want to Forgive Me Now"  | 7  | 45  | —  | —  | 66  | 18  | —  | 45  | —  | —  |
"Somewhere Somehow"  | 7  | 109  | —  | —  | 78  | 7  | 44  | —  | —  | —  |
"She's All on My Mind"  | 17  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 28  | —  | —  | —  | —  |
1996  | "Morning"  | 16  | 171  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  |
1997  | "If I Never See You Again"  | 3  | 148  | —  | —  | 63  | 14  | 72  | —  | 36  | —  |  | 10
"Strange"  | 13  | —  | —  | —  | 95  | —  | 83  | —  | —  | —  |
"Yesterday"  | 4  | —  | —  | —  | 81  | 19  | 74  | —  | —  | —  |
2004  | "All I Want"  | 14  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  |  | The Greatest Hits
2007  | "Too Many People"  | 46  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  |  | Timeless
2008  | "Weightless"  | 10  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  |
2013  | "Step by Step"  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  |  | Step by Step – The Greatest Hits
2021  | "Back to Memphis"[24] | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  |  | The Journey
"The Conversation"[25] | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  |
"Happy Xmas (War is Over)" / "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"[26] | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  |  | Non-album Single
2022  | "Northern Town" / "In Your Eyes"[27] | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  |  | The Journey
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released.

### Promotional singles

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Year  | Single  | Album

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1988  | "This Time"[28] | The Memphis Sessions
1990  | "Blue for You"  | Holding Back the River
1993  | "I Can Give You Everything" (live)  | Live at the Royal Albert Hall

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e "UK Charts > Wet Wet Wet". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
2. ^ a b c Australian chart peaks:
* "Sweet Little Mystery" (Kent Music Report) peak: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 335\. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 12 June 1988.
* Top 50 (ARIA Chart) peaks from 26 June 1988: "australian-charts.com > Discography Wet Wet Wet". Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 January 2016. N.B. "Sweet Little Mystery" peaked at #33 on the Kent Music Report chart two weeks before the ARIA-produced chart commenced.
* Top 100 (ARIA Chart) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 300.
* "Shed a Tear" (ARIA Chart) peak: "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 12 Feb 1995". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 13 December 2016.
* All ARIA chart peaks: "Wet Wet Wet ARIA chart history, received from ARIA on 14 June 2024". Imgur.com. Retrieved 16 June 2024. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column indicates the release's peak on the national chart.
3. ^ a b c "Austrian Charts > Wet Wet Wet". austriancharts.at Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
4. ^ a b "Chartverfolgung / Wet Wet Wet / Longplay". musicline.de PhonoNet. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
5. ^ a b c d "Dutch Charts > Wet Wet Wet". dutchcharts.nl Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
6. ^ a b c "New Zealand Music Charts > Wet Wet Wet". charts.nz Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
7. ^ a b "Norwegian Charts > Wet Wet Wet". norwegiancharts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
8. ^ a b "Swedish Charts > Wet Wet Wet". swedishcharts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
9. ^ a b c "Swiss Charts > Wet Wet Wet". swisscharts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
10. ^ "Wet Wet Wet Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "British certifications – Wet Wet Wet". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 18 November 2023. Type Wet Wet Wet in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
12. ^ a b Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
13. ^ a b "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards". Archived from the original on 27 March 2007. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
14. ^ "Wet Wet Wet / The Journey". SuperDeluxeEdition. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
15. ^ "Official Physical Albums Chart Top 100". 12 November 2021.
16. ^ "Wet Wet Wet Chart History: Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
17. ^ "The Journey Out of Lockdown: The Greatest Hits Live from Glasgow - Album by Wet Wet Wet". 4 June 2001.
18. ^ "Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing 15 June 1992". Bubbling Down Under. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
19. ^ French peaks
20. ^ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts > Wet Wet Wet (singles)" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
21. ^ "Irish Charts > Wet Wet Wet". irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
22. ^ "Wet Wet Wet Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
23. ^ a b Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 300.
24. ^ "Back to Memphis (Single Mix) - Single by Wet Wet Wet". 16 July 2021.
25. ^ "The Conversation (Single Mix) - Single by Wet Wet Wet". 10 September 2021.
26. ^ "Happy Xmas (War is Over) / Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Single by Wet Wet Wet". 10 December 2021.
27. ^ "Northern Town / In Your Eyes (Single Mix) - Single by Wet Wet Wet". 7 January 2022.
28. ^ Wet Wet Wet - This Time (Vinyl, Promo) at Discogs

* v
* t
* e

Wet Wet Wet

* Graeme Clark
* Graeme Duffin
* Kevin Simm

* Tommy Cunningham
* Neil Mitchell
* Marti Pellow

Studio albums|

* Popped In Souled Out (1987)
* Holding Back the River (1989)
* High on the Happy Side (1992)
* Picture This (1995)
* 10 (1997)
* Timeless (2007)

Other albums|

* The Memphis Sessions (1988)
* Cloak & Dagger (1992)

Live albums|

* Wet Wet Wet: Live (1990)
* Live at the Royal Albert Hall (1993)

Compilations|

* End of Part One: Their Greatest Hits (1993)
* The Greatest Hits (2004)
* Step by Step: The Greatest Hits (2013)

Singles|

* "Wishing I Was Lucky"
* "Sweet Little Mystery"
* "Angel Eyes (Home and Away)"
* "Temptation"
* "With a Little Help from My Friends"
* "Sweet Surrender"
* "Broke Away"
* "Hold Back the River"
* "Goodnight Girl"
* "More than Love"
* "Shed a Tear"
* "Cold Cold Heart"
* "Love Is All Around"
* "Julia Says"
* "Don't Want to Forgive Me Now"
* "Somewhere Somehow"
* "If I Never See You Again"
* "Strange"
* "Yesterday" / "Maybe I'm in Love"
* "Weightless"

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