Thomas Dolby

**Thomas Dolby** (born **Thomas Morgan Robertson**; 14 October 1958) is a British musician and computer designer. He is probably most famous for his 1982 hit, "She Blinded me with Science".

He married actress Kathleen Beller in 1988. The couple have three children together.

### Singles

|rowspan="2"|Year|rowspan="2"|Artist Credit|rowspan="2"|Single|colspan="7"|Peak chart positions|rowspan="2"|Album||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"|1981|rowspan="6"|Thomas Dolby|style="text-align:left;"|"Urges"/"Leipzig"|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|style="text-align:left;"|Originally a non-album release. Both tracks later included on original US pressings of _The Golden Age of Wireless_|
|style="text-align:left;"|"Europa and the Pirate Twins"|48|45<sup>A</sup>|—|67<sup>A</sup>|—|37|—|style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"|_The Golden Age of Wireless_|||||
|rowspan="4"|1982|style="text-align:left;"|"Airwaves"|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|||||
|style="text-align:left;"|"Windpower"|31|—|—|—|—|—|—|||||||
|style="text-align:left;"|"She Blinded Me with Science"|49|1|7|5|3|6|49|style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"|Originally non-album releases. Tracks later added to all reissues of _The Golden Age of Wireless_|||||
|style="text-align:left;"|"One of our Submarines"|—|—|—|—|—|17|—|||||||
||1983||Dolby's Cube|style="text-align:left;"|"Get Out Of My Mix"|80|—|—|—|—|—|—|style="text-align:left;"|Non-album release|
|rowspan="3"|1984|rowspan="3"|Thomas Dolby|style="text-align:left;"|"Hyperactive!"|17|16|41|62|—|—|—|style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"|_The Flat Earth_|
|style="text-align:left;"|"I Scare Myself"|46|—|—|—|—|—||||||||
|style="text-align:left;"|"Dissidents"|90|—|—|—|17|—|—|||||||
||1985||Dolby's Cube|style="text-align:left;"|"May The Cube Be With You"|82|—|—|—|—|—|—|style="text-align:left;"|_Aliens Ate My Buick_ (CD Version)|
|rowspan="2"|1986||Dolby's Cube featuring Cherry Bomb|style="text-align:left;"|"Howard The Duck"|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|style="text-align:left;"|_Howard The Duck_ soundtrack|
||Ryuichi Sakamoto featuring Thomas Dolby|style="text-align:left;"|"Field Work"|98|—|—|—|—|—|—|style="text-align:left;"|_Illustrated Musical Encyclopedia_ (Ryuichi Sakamoto album)|||
||1987||Screamin' Lord Byron featuring Thomas Dolby and Timothy Spall|style="text-align:left;"|"The Devil Is An Englishman"|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|style="text-align:left;"|_Gothic_ soundtrack|
|1988|rowspan="9"|Thomas Dolby|style="text-align:left;"|"Airhead"|53|—|—|—|6|—|—|style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"|_Aliens Ate My Buick_||
|rowspan="2"|1989|style="text-align:left;"|"Hot Sauce"|80|—|—|—|—|—|—|||||
|style="text-align:left;"|"My Brain Is Like a Sieve"|89|—|—|—|—|—|—|||||||
|rowspan="3"|1992|style="text-align:left;"|"Close But No Cigar"|22|—|14|—|—|—|—|style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"|_Astronauts & Heretics_|||
|style="text-align:left;"|"I Love You Goodbye"|36|—|—|—|—|—|—|||||||
|style="text-align:left;"|"Silk Pyjamas"|62|—|—|—|—|—||||||||
|1994|style="text-align:left;"|"Hyperactive" <small>(re-release)</small>|23|—|—|—|—|—|—|style="text-align:left;"|_Retrospectacle_||||
|rowspan="2"|2011|style="text-align:left;"|"Oceanea"|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"|_A Map of the Floating City_|||
|style="text-align:left;"|"Spice Train"|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|||||||
|colspan="10" style="font-size:8pt"|"—" denotes releases that did not chart or not released to that country||||||||||||||

- <sup>A</sup> Track did not chart in North America until 1983, after the success of "She Blinded Me With Science".

#### Studio albums

|Year|Album|style="width:40px;"|<small>UK</small>|style="width:40px;"|<small>US</small>|style="width:40px;"|<small>US R&B</small>|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1982|_The Golden Age of Wireless_|style="text-align:center;"|65|style="text-align:center;"|13|style="text-align:center;"|45|
|1984|_The Flat Earth_|style="text-align:center;"|14|style="text-align:center;"|35|style="text-align:center;"|—|
|1988|_Aliens Ate My Buick_|style="text-align:center;"|30|style="text-align:center;"|70|style="text-align:center;"|—|
|1992|_Astronauts & Heretics_|style="text-align:center;"|35|style="text-align:center;"|—|style="text-align:center;"|—|
|2011|_A Map of the Floating City_|style="text-align:center;"|171|style="text-align:center;"|—|style="text-align:center;"|—|
|colspan="10" style="text-align:center; font-size:8pt;"|"—" denotes releases that did not chart or not released to that country|||||||

#### EPs

|Year|Album|style="width:40px;"|<small>UK</small>|style="width:40px;"|<small>US</small>|style="width:40px;"|<small>US R&B</small>|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1983|_Blinded by Science_|style="text-align:center;"|—|style="text-align:center;"|20|style="text-align:center;"|—|
|2010|_Amerikana_|style="text-align:center;"|—|style="text-align:center;"|—|style="text-align:center;"|—|
|2011|_Oceanea_|style="text-align:center;"|—|style="text-align:center;"|—|style="text-align:center;"|—|

## Infobox (musical artist)

- **name**: Thomas Dolby
- **background**: solo_singer
- **img**: Thomas Dolby at TED.jpg
- **caption**: Dolby  at TED conference 2009
- **birth name**: Thomas Morgan Robertson
- **birth place**: London, England
- **genre**: New Wave music, New wave, synthpop
- **occupation**: Singer-songwriter
Musician
Record Producer
Entrepreneur
- **years active**: 1979–present
- **instrument**: Keyboard instrument, Keyboards, synthesizers, guitar, singing, vocals
- **label**: Capitol Records, Capitol/EMI, EMI Records, Giant Records (1990), Giant/Warner Bros. Records, Invisible Hands Music