Was (Not Was)
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Studio albums
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| U.S. Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
N.Z. Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand... |
U.K. UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
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| 1981 | Was (Not Was) Was (Not Was) (album) Was is the début album by art-funk ensemble Was ; it was released in 1981.The album was re-released with additional material in 2004 under the name Out Come the Freaks.-Track listing:Side A# "Out Come the Freaks" – 5:41...
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| 1983 | Born to Laugh at Tornadoes Born to Laugh at Tornadoes Born To Laugh At Tornadoes is a 1983 album by the progressive pop band Was . Rolling Stone declared it "conceptually, the best album of the year" shortly after its release... |
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| 1988 | What Up, Dog? What Up, Dog? -LP edition:-UK CD edition:* The UK CD edition and Cassette editions featured this configuration-Personnel:* David "Michigan-Boy Snake" Was — flute, keyboards, harmonica, vocals* Don "Rope Drink" Was — bass, keyboards, guitar, mandolin... |
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| 1990 | Are You Okay?
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| 2008 | Boo! Boo! (album) Boo! is the fifth studio album by the band Was and the first in almost twenty years.-Track listing:All tracks composed by David Was and Don Was; except where indicated# "Semi-Interesting Week" - 4:49# "It's a Miracle" - 4:40... |
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Compilation albums
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| U.S. Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
N.Z. Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand... |
U.K. UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
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| 1984 | The Woodwork Squeaks
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| 1992 | Hello Dad... I'm in Jail
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| 2004 | The Collection
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| 2010 | Hey, King Kong!!!: Pick of the Litter 1980-2010
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Singles
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| U.S. Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
U.S. Club Play Hot Dance Club Play The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs... |
U.S. R&B/ Hip-Hop Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,... |
AUS Singles ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
IRE Singles Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured... |
N.Z. Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand... |
U.K. Singles UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
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| 1980 | "Wheel Me Out" | — | – | 34 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981 | "Out Come the Freaks Out Come the Freaks "Out Come the Freaks" is the name of a trilogy of songs by art-funk ensemble Was . The trilogy consists of three songs that feature the same basic title, tune and chorus lyric: "Out Come the Freaks" , " Out Come the Freaks" , and "Out Come The Freaks" Despite the... " |
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| 1982 | "Tell Me That I'm Dreaming" | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 1983 | "Smile" | Born to Laugh at Tornadoes | – | – | – | – | – | – | - |
| 1983 | "Knocked Down, Made Small (Treated Like a Rubber Ball)" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 1984 | "(Return to the Valley of) Out Come the Freaks Out Come the Freaks "Out Come the Freaks" is the name of a trilogy of songs by art-funk ensemble Was . The trilogy consists of three songs that feature the same basic title, tune and chorus lyric: "Out Come the Freaks" , " Out Come the Freaks" , and "Out Come The Freaks" Despite the... " |
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| 1986 | "Robot Girl" | What Up, Dog? | – | – | – | – | – | – | 95 |
| 1987 | "Spy in the House of Love" | – | – | – | – | – | – | 51 | |
| "Walk the Dinosaur Walk the Dinosaur "Walk the Dinosaur" is a hit single recorded and released by the band Was in 1987, later featured on their hit 1988 album, What Up, Dog?-Song info:... " |
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| "Boy's Gone Crazy" | – | – | – | – | – | – | 84 | ||
| 1988 | "Spy in the House of Love" (re-issue) | 16 | 1 | 77 | 79 | 13 | 41 | 21 | |
| "Out Come the Freaks (Again) Out Come the Freaks "Out Come the Freaks" is the name of a trilogy of songs by art-funk ensemble Was . The trilogy consists of three songs that feature the same basic title, tune and chorus lyric: "Out Come the Freaks" , " Out Come the Freaks" , and "Out Come The Freaks" Despite the... " |
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| "Anything Can Happen" | 75 | 19 | – | – | – | – | 67 | ||
| 1990 | "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone Papa Was a Rollin' Stone "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" is a soul song, written by Motown songwriters Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong as a single for Motown act The Undisputed Truth in 1971... " |
Are You Okay? | – | 10 | 60 | 75 | 11 | 22 | 12 |
| "How the Heart Behaves" | – | 35 | – | – | – | – | 53 | ||
| "I Feel Better Than James Brown" | – | – | – | – | – | – | 91 | ||
| 1992 | "Listen Like Thieves" | Hello Dad...I'm in Jail | – | – | – | – | – | – | 58 |
| "Shake Your Head Shake Your Head "Shake Your Head" is a song by the band Was . It was originally released in 1983 on the album Born to Laugh at Tornadoes.The original version features legendary Black Sabbath singer Ozzy Osbourne on lead vocals... " |
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| "Somewhere in America (There's a Street Named after My Dad)" | – | – | – | – | – | – | 57 | ||
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Contributions
- A Christmas RecordA Christmas Record-Revised 1982 "Special Edition" LP:For the revised 1982 version of the album, released as Island ILPS 7022, the tracks by Alan Vega and Charlélie Couture were replaced by tracks by The Three Courgettes – a British band featuring singer Barb Jungr, who recorded the song in London – and...
(1981, ZE Records) - "Christmas Time In The Motor City" - That's The Way I Feel Now: A Tribute to Thelonious Monk (1984, A&M Records) - "Ba-Lue-Bolivar-Ba-Lues-Are"
- Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney FilmsStay Awake (album)Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films is a 1988 tribute album recorded by various artists performing songs from Disney films...
(1988, A&M Records) - "Baby Mine"
See also
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
External links
- World Wide Was
- Was (Not Was) Message Board
- MySpace Page
- Trouser Press entry
- Was (Not Was) at www.musicianguide.com
- Was (Not Was) collection at the Internet ArchiveInternet ArchiveThe Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It offers permanent storage and access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, music, moving images, and nearly 3 million public domain books. The Internet Archive...
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