# Culture Club

| Culture Club |
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| Utmerkelser | Grammy Award for beste nye artist (1984; neste: Cyndi Lauper, forrige: Men at Work, tema for: 26th Annual Grammy Awards) |
| Opphav | London, Storbritannia (1981) |
| Periode | New romantic |
| Musikalsk karriere |
| Sjanger | Popmusikk |
| Aktive år | 1981–2002 |
| Plateselskap | Epic Records, Virgin Records |
| Nettsted |  |
| IMDb | IMDb
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| Medlemmer |
| Boy George, Mikey Craig, Roy Hay |
| Notable verk |
| The War Song, Karma Chameleon, Do You Really Want to Hurt Me, Church of the Poison Mind |
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Culture Club på Commons |

**Culture Club** er et britisk synthpop-/soulband opprettet i 1981.

Bandets medlemmer er vokalist Boy George, bassist Mikey Craig, gitarist/keyboardist Roy Hay og trommeslager Jon Moss. Bandets debutalbum ble utgitt i 1982, og de hadde flere hits inntil oppløsningen i 1986. De hadde så en gjenforening i 1998, som varte til 2002. I 2011 ble de igjen gjenforent. Culture Club har solgt omtrent 22 millioner musikkalbum verden over.

## Diskografi

### Studioalbum

| År | Album | UK | U.S. | MGER | JP | NOR | SWE | SWI | ITA |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1982 | *Kissing to Be Clever* | 5 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | - | 11 |
| 1983 | *Colour by Numbers* | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 1983 | *Time EP* (kun Japan) | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - |
| 1984 | *Waking Up with the House on Fire* | 2 | 26 | 22 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 21 | 7 |
| 1986 | *From Luxury to Heartache* | 10 | 32 | 45 | 13 | 18 | 13 | 24 | 14 |
| 1999 | *Don't Mind If I Do* | 64 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2015 | *Tribes* | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

### Samlealbum

| År | Album | UK | U.S. | GER | JP | NOR | SWE | SWI | ITA |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1987 | *This Time - The First Four Years* | 8 | - | - | 30 | - | - | - | 10 |
| 1993 | *At Worst... The Best of Boy George and Culture Club* | - | 169 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1998 | *Greatest Moments - VH1 Storytellers Live* | 15 | 148 | - | 94 | 23 | - | - | - |
| 2002 | *Culture Club Box Set* | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2005 | *Greatest Hits* | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2005 | *Culture Club 2005 - Singles and Remixes* | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

## Singler

| År | Sang | UK | U.S. | U.S. AC | JP | CAN | GER | NOR | SWE | SWI | AUS | ITA | Album |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1982 | White Boy | 114 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | *Kissing to Be Clever* |
| I'm Afraid of Me | 100 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mystery Boy *(kun Japan)* | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Do You Really Want to Hurt Me | 1 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Time (Clock of the Heart) | 3 | 2 | 6 | - | 4 | 16 | - | 11 | 9 | 12 | - |
| 1983 | I'll Tumble 4 Ya *(U.S./Canada)* | - | 9 | 33 | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Church of the Poison Mind | 2 | 10 | - | 23 | 7 | 23 | 11 | 13 | - | 4 | 12 | *Colour by Numbers* |
| Karma Chameleon | 1 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Victims | 3 | - | - | - | - | 39 | - | - | 18 | 4 | 2 |
| 1984 | Miss Me Blind | - | 5 | 12 | 61 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 26 | 32 |
| It's a Miracle | 4 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 41 | - | - | - | 14 | - |
| The War Song | 2 | 17 | - | 52 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 3 | *Waking Up with the House on Fire* |
| The Medal Song | 32 | - | - | 68 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mistake No. 3 | - | 33 | 18 | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | 61 | 28 |
| Don't Go Down That Street *(kun Japan)* | - | - | - | 69 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | *Love Is Love EP* |
| 1985 | Love Is Love | - | - | - | 9 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 28 |
| 1986 | Move Away | 7 | 12 | 11 | - | 4 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 10 | 10 | *From Luxury to Heartache* |
| God Thank You Woman | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 48 | - |
| Gusto Blusto | - | D.C. | - | - | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1998 | I Just Wanna Be Loved | 4 | - | - | - | 18 | 80 | - | - | - | 43 | - | *Greatest Moments* |
| 1999 | Your Kisses Are Charity | 25 | - | - | - | - | 88 | - | - | - | 51 | - | *Don't Mind If I Do* |
| Cold Shoulder"/"Starman | 43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 88 | - |
| 2014 | More Than Silence | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | *Tribes* |

## Referanser

## Eksterne lenker

* (en) Offisielt nettsted

* (en) Culture Club – kategori av bilder, video eller lyd på Commons
* (en) Culture Club på Internet Movie Database
* (en) Culture Club på Apple Music

* (en) Culture Club på Discogs

* (en) Culture Club på MusicBrainz

* (en) Culture Club på SoundCloud

* (en) Culture Club på Spotify

* (en) Culture Club på Songkick

* (en) Culture Club på Last.fm

* (en) Culture Club på Genius — sangtekster

* (en) Culture Club på AllMusic
* Culture Club VH1 Artist Page Arkivert 5. november 2012 hos Wayback Machine.
* Culture Club MTV Artist Page Arkivert 5. juni 2012 hos Wayback Machine.
* Culture Club Billboard Artist Page
* Culture Club Rolling Stone Artist Page Arkivert 29. april 2009 hos Wayback Machine.