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Devo Singles

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Singles

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Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Album/EP
U.S.
[1]
Hot Dance Play
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Hot Dance Sales
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Mains' Rock Tracks
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Modern Rock Tracks
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U.K. Singles Chart
[2]
1976 "Mongoloid" Be Stiff EP
1977 "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" 41 Be Stiff EP
1978 "Be Stiff" 71
"Jocko Homo" 62 Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
"Come Back Jonee" 60
1979 "The Day My Baby Gave Me a Surprize" Duty Now for the Future
"Secret Agent Man"
"Flimsy Wrap" Non-album single
1980 "Girl U Want" Freedom of Choice
"Whip It" 14 8 51 Gold (US)[3]
Gold (Can)[4]
"Gates of Steel"
"Freedom of Choice"
1981 "Working in the Coal Mine" 43 30 53 Non-album single
"Beautiful World" New Traditionalists
"Through Being Cool" 32
"Jerkin' Back 'n' Forth"
1982 "Peek-a-Boo!" 13 Oh, No! It's Devo
1983 "That's Good" 6
"Theme from Doctor Detroit" 59 50 98 Doctor Detroit soundtrack
1984 "Here to Go" 44 Shout
"Are U Experienced?"
1988 "Baby Doll" Total Devo
"Disco Dancer" 45 40
"Bush Whacked" Non-album single
1990 "Post Post-Modern Man" 26 7 Smooth Noodle Maps
2000 "Go Monkey Go" The Powerpuff Girls: Heroes and Villains
2007 "Watch Us Work It" Non-album single
2009 "Don't Shoot (I'm a Man)" Fresh
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

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Year Song Peak chart positions Album
AU
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1968 "Let Me Carry Your School Books" - -
1971 "Got to Be There" 83 Got to Be There
1972 "Rockin' Robin" 16
"I Wanna Be Where You Are" -
"Ain't No Sunshine" -
"Ben" 1 Ben
1973 "With a Child's Heart" - Music and Me
"Music and Me" -
"Happy" 31
1975 "We're Almost There" - Forever, Michael
"Just a Little Bit of You" -
1979 "You Can't Win" The Wiz
"Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough" 1 Off the Wall
"Rock with You" 4
1980 "Off the Wall" 4 94
"She's out of My Life" 10 14 43 - 3 10 17 - - - 4 - 19 - - - - - - - 6
"Girlfriend" 3 4 - - - - 41 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 49
1981 "One Day in Your Life" 4 55 72 42 - 1 - 9 - - - 1 - 1 - - - - - - - 48 One Day in Your Life
1982 "The Girl Is Mine" (w/ Paul McCartney) 4 2 3 1 1 8 - 4 53 6 - 4 - 12 - - 5 2 - - - 3 Thriller
1983 "Billie Jean" 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 2 2 - 1 1 5 - 1 1 2
"Beat It" 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 2 1 2 2 6 1 - 1 1 8 - 9 1 1
"Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" 4 5 6 1 1 8 11 8 16 10 - 5 3 1 - 4 - 22 14 - 4
"Human Nature" 4 7 8 7 10 27 - 90 17 64 64 - - - - 14 - - 4 - - - - 33
"P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" 4 10 15 46 - 11 24 40 51 - - 4 - 13 - - - - - - - -
1984 "Thriller" 4 4 3 1 10 4 3 9 1 3 4 5 3 - 3 8 - 5 1 6
"Farewell My Summer Love" 4 38 34 37 - 7 - 68 51 - - 4 - - - - - - - - - 35 Farewell My Summer Love
"Girl You're So Together" 3 4 - - - - 33 - - - - - 29 - - - - - - - - - -
1987 "I Just Can't Stop Loving You"
(w/ Siedah Garrett) 4
1 1 1 - 1 2 10 2 12 2 1 5 1 - 1 2 1 1 2 - 3 Bad
"Bad" 1 1 1 1 3 1 4 4 4 3 1 9 1 - 1 1 2 1 5 1 2
1988 "The Way You Make Me Feel" 1 1 1 1 3 3 5 12 29 8 1 15 6 - 3 - 6 7 1 2
"Man in the Mirror" 1 1 1 - 2 6 8 23 - - 3 10 16 - 7 2 - - - - 4
"Dirty Diana" 1 1 5 - 4 7 27 3 9 3 3 7 2 - 1 1 - 2 6 1 5
"Another Part of Me" 11 12 1 18 15 46 44 10 32 5 5 20 10 - - - - 47 - 14
"Smooth Criminal" 7 7 2 9 8 6 16 9 4 5 4 17 1 1 3 1 - 1 6 1 29
1989 "Leave Me Alone" 3 - - - - 2 - 37 16 17 10 1 15 6 - 9 6 - 8 1 9
"Liberian Girl" 3 - - - - 13 - 50 23 15 12 1 - 15 - - - - - - - 31
""Speed Demon" (song)" 3 - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - -
1991 "Black or White" 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 3 - 1 1 1 - 1 2 1 Dangerous
1992 "Remember the Time" 3 1 1 2 3 5 6 8 5 4 3 16 3 - 4 10 - 8 2 1
"In the Closet" 6 6 1 1 8 13 5 15 9 25 4 23 9 - 6 10 - 5 2 5
"Jam" 26 21 3 4 13 21 11 18 8 22 5 28 9 - 3 - - 7 1 2
"Who Is It" 14 5 6 1 10 20 34 9 8 14 6 5 15 - 5 10 - 18 - 16
"Heal the World" 27 26 62 - 2 9 20 3 2 5 2 4 6 - 2 2 6 - 13 1 3
1993 "Give in to Me" 3 - - - - 2 - 4 10 7 7 2 12 3 - 2 7 - - - 1
"Will You Be There" 7 6 53 - 9 3 58 12 29 6 6 11 3 - 6 - - - - 2
"Gone Too Soon" 3 - - - - 33 - 78 45 32 33 18 - 31 - - 11 - - - - 6
1995 "Scream/Childhood" 5 3 2 1 3 1 2 8 4 3 6 9 3 3 1 7 2 - 1 - 1 HIStory
"You Are Not Alone" 1 1 1 3 1 2 7 4 1 1 1 2 6 1 1 1 9 - 3 1 1
"Earth Song" 3 - - - 32 1 - 15 1 2 1 2 2 4 2 1 1 4 - 6 1 4
1996 "This Time Around"
(w/ The Notorious B.I.G.) 4 5
- - 42 18 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
"They Don't Care About Us" 30 31 10 27 4 - 16 1 4 3 7 2 4 3 2 1 6 - 1 2 9
"Stranger in Moscow" 91 - 50 - 4 - 14 21 18 5 13 7 9 21 8 - - 1 1 6
1997 "Blood on the Dance Floor" 42 - 24 10 1 4 5 5 10 5 5 9 4 11 2 2 - 1 1 1 Blood On The Dance Floor
"HIStory/Ghosts" 3 - - - - 5 - 43 14 26 16 16 36 16 10 16 - - 29 - 29
2001 "You Rock My World" 10 - 13 - 2 2 4 6 1 5 4 9 3 2 2 2 2 3 - 13 Invincible
"Cry" 3 - - - - 25 - 43 76 30 42 - 65 - 31 - - 16 18 - -
2002 "Butterflies" 4 14 - 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
"Heaven Can Wait" 6 - - 72 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2003 "What More Can I Give" A - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - no album
"One More Chance" 83 - 40 - 5 - - 29 44 24 21 58 23 37 - - - - 7 - - Number Ones
Number-one hits 12 14 16 10 8 6 5 2 4 5 10 0 6 1 10 9 4 4 6 15 8
Top ten hits 27 26 31 18 38 19 21 20 17 22 34 18 31 5 28 20 7 22 20 28
Top twenty hits 31 30 32 20 43 25 29 26 21 27 41 25 42 6 30 21 9 26 20 33

Notes:

  • 3 Released only outside of the U.S. and Canada.
  • 4 Released to radio only and in vinyl, gramophone or CD formats. No accompanying music video was shot for it.
  • 5 Released only in the U.S.
  • 6 Never officially released.
  • 7 Released only in the U.S., Canada, and in Australia.
  • A Digital download release only.
  • 8 Charted in the UK for the first time in 2009 due to strong digital sales following Michael Jackson's death.
  1. ^ a b c d e "allmusic ((( Devo > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))". Billboard. Retrieved 2008-06-22. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
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  5. ^ Australian Recording Industry Association. "Australian Singles Chart (searchable database)". Retrieved 2009-02-01.