# Liz Phair discography

This discography of rock music singer-songwriter Liz Phair consists of seven studio albums, three extended plays, eighteen singles, three compilations, two video albums, seventeen music videos and one box set. She recorded three self-produced cassettes as Girly Sound in the early 1990s.

## Albums
### Studio albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
| Title | Album details | US | US Indie | Sales | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
| Exile in Guyville | Released: June 22, 1993 Label: Matador Format: LP, CD, CD/DVD, cassette, digital download, streaming | 196 | — | US: 491,000 | RIAA: Gold |
| Whip-Smart | Released: September 20, 1994 Label: Matador, Atlantic Format: LP, CD, cassette, digital download, streaming | 27 | — | US: 412,000 | RIAA: Gold |
| Whitechocolatespaceegg | Released: August 11, 1998 Label: Matador, Capitol Format: LP, CD, cassette, digital download, streaming | 35 | — | US: 293,000 | |
| Liz Phair | Released: June 24, 2003 Label: Capitol Format: LP, CD, digital download, streaming | 27 | — | US: 433,000 | RIAA: Gold |
| Somebody's Miracle | Released: October 4, 2005 Label: Capitol Format: CD, CD/DVD, digital download, streaming | 46 | — | US: 83,000 | |
| Funstyle | Released: July 3, 2010 Label: Rocket Science Ventures Format: CD, digital download | — | 30 | | |
| Soberish | Released: June 4, 2021 Label: Chrysalis Format: LP, CD, digital download, streaming | — | — | | |

### Compilation albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | US Indie | US Sales |
| iTunes Originals | Released: 2005 Label: Capitol Format: Digital download | — | — |
| Icon | Released: 2014 Label: Capitol, UMe Format: CD | — | — |
| Girly-Sound to Guyville: The 25th Anniversary Box Set | Released: May 4, 2018 Label: Matador Format: 3×CD, 7×LP, digital download, streaming | 14 | 51 |
| The Girly-Sound Tapes | Released: May 4, 2018 Label: Matador Format: Digital download, streaming | — | — |

### Demo albums

| Title | Album details |
| Girly Sound: Yo Yo Buddy Yup Yup Word to Ya Muthuh | Released: 1991 Label: Self-released Format: Cassette |
| Girly Sound: GIRLSGIRLSGIRLS | Released: 1991 Label: Self-released Format: Cassette |
| Girly Sound: Sooty | Released: 1991 Label: Self-released Format: Cassette |

## Extended plays

| Title | Details |
| Juvenilia | Released: August 2, 1995 Label: Matador Format: CD, LP |
| Comeandgetit | Released: June 24, 2003 Label: Capitol Format: Digital download |
| Chicago Apple (Live) | Released: 2004 Label: Capitol Format: Digital download |

## Singles
### As lead artist

| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | Album |
| Year | Title | US | US Alt | US Adult | US Pop | US Triple A | AUS | Certifications (sales thresholds) | Album |
| 1993 | "Carnivore" | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album single |
| 1994 | "Supernova" | 78 | 6 | — | — | — | 43 | | Whip-Smart |
| 1995 | "Whip-Smart" | — | 24 | — | — | — | — | | Whip-Smart |
| 1998 | "Polyester Bride" | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Whitechocolatespaceegg |
| 2003 | "Insanity" | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album single |
| 2003 | "Why Can't I?" | 32 | — | 7 | 10 | — | — | RIAA: Gold | Liz Phair |
| 2004 | "Extraordinary" | — | — | 14 | 28 | — | — | | Liz Phair |
| 2005 | "Everything to Me" | — | — | 27 | — | — | — | | Somebody's Miracle |
| 2010 | "Bollywood" | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Funstyle |
| 2012 | "And He Slayed Her" | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Funstyle |
| 2014 | "Ho Ho Ho" | — | — | — | — | — | — | | All Is Bright |
| 2018 | "Divorce Song (Girly-Sound Version)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Girly-Sound to Guyville: The 25th Anniversary Box Set |
| 2018 | "Bomb (Girly-Sound Version)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Girly-Sound to Guyville: The 25th Anniversary Box Set |
| 2019 | "Good Side" | — | — | — | — | 24 | — | | Soberish |
| 2021 | "Hey Lou" | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Soberish |
| 2021 | "Spanish Doors" | — | — | — | — | 31 | — | | Soberish |
| 2021 | "In There" | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Soberish |
| 2021 | "The Game" | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Soberish |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. ||||||||||
* A. ^ "Insanity" charted only on the Hot Digital Tracks chart, peaking at number 5.
* B. ^ Charted at number 11 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, a 25-song extension to the Billboard Hot 100.
* "Why Can't I?" charted on Billboard's Top 40 Tracks chart in 2004, peaking at number 15
* "Why Can't I?" charted on Billboard's Top 40 Adult Recurrent chart in 2004, peaking at number 1
* "Polyester Bride" was an international commercial single in Japan only and a promotional single in the US and Europe.

### Promotional singles

| Year | Song | Album |
| 1993 | "Never Said" | Exile in Guyville |
| 1993 | "Stratford-on-Guy" | Exile in Guyville |
| 1995 | "Jealousy" | Whip-Smart |
| 1996 | "Rocket Boy" | Stealing Beauty Original Soundtrack |
| 1996 | "The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)" | Saturday Morning: Cartoons' Greatest Hits |
| 1998 | "Johnny Feelgood" | Whitechocolatespaceegg |
| 2012 | "Dotted Line" | People Like Us Original Soundtrack |

### As featured artist

| Title | Year | Artist | Album |
| "Soak Up the Sun" | 2002 | Sheryl Crow | Non-album single |
| "Chemistry" | 2005 | Kyle Riabko | Before I Speak |
| "Sorry Baby" | 2007 | Minnie Driver | Seastories |
| "Here Comes Your Man" | 2018 | Pete Yorn | Non-album single |

### B-sides

| Year | B-sides | A-sides |
| 1993 | "Carnivore (Raw)" | "Carnivore" |
| 1994 | "Combo Platter (Girlysound)" | "Supernova" |
| 1995 | "Whip-Smart (Remix)" | "Whip-Smart" |
| 1998 | "Greased Lightning"/"White Bird of Texas" | "Polyester Bride" |
| 2003 | "Jeremy Engle"/"Fine Again" | "Why Can't I?" |

## Other contributions

| Year | Song | Album |
| 1995 | "Don't Have Time" | Higher Learning Original Soundtrack |
| 1996 | "Six Dick Pimp" | Brain Candy Original Soundtrack |
| 1997 | "California" | Chasing Amy Original Soundtrack |
| 1997 | "Erecting a Movie Star" | First Love, Last Rites Original Soundtrack |
| 1997 | "Stuck on an Island" | What's Up, Matador? |
| 1998 | "Freak of Nature" | Local 101 (Chicago radio sampler) |
| 2003 | "Don't Apologize" | CMJ Sampler |
| 2003 | "Winter Wonderland" | Sounds of the Season – The NBC Holiday Collection |
| 2005 | "Mother's Little Helper" | Desperate Housewives Original Soundtrack |
| 2006 | "Bend" (with Eric Hirshberg) | Payola 2 (Australian Smashed Records compilation) |
| 2007 | "Perfect Misfit" | Nancy Drew Original Soundtrack |
| 2023 | "Free Ride" | The Endless Coloured Ways: The Songs of Nick Drake |

## Videography
### Video albums

| Title | Album details |
| Somebody's Miracle / Liz Phair: A Retrospective | Released: October 4, 2005 Label: Capitol Format: CD/DVD |
| Exile in Guyville 15th Anniversary Edition / Guyville Redux | Released: June 24, 2008 Label: ATO Format: CD/DVD |

### Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and directors :
| Title | Year | Director |
| "Stratford-on-Guy" | 1993 | Liz Phair |
| "Never Said" | 1993 | Katy Maguire |
| "Supernova" | 1994 | Liz Phair |
| "Whip-Smart" | 1995 | Liz Phair |
| "Jealousy" | 1995 | Liz Phair |
| "The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)" | 1996 | Jean Pellerin |
| "Rocket Boy" | 1996 | Jon Mintz |
| "Polyester Bride" | 1998 | Kevin Kerslake |
| "Down" | 2001 | Rodney Ascher |
| "Why Can't I?" | 2003 | Phil Harder |
| "Extraordinary" | 2004 | Phil Harder |
| "Everything to Me" | 2005 | Phil Harder |
| "And He Slayed Her" | 2012 | Joey Boukadakis Paul Boukadakis |
| "Hey Lou" | 2021 | Toben Seymour |
| "Spanish Doors" | 2021 | N/A |
| "In There" | 2021 | Katia Temkin |
| "The Game" | 2021 | Angela Kohler |