Wet Wet Wet discography

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This is the discography of Scottish soft rock band Wet Wet Wet.

Albums

=Studio albums=

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!width="230" rowspan="2"| Album details

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style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|UK
{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/21447/wet-wet-wet/|title=UK Charts > Wet Wet Wet|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=18 January 2016}}

!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|AUS
Australian chart peaks:

  • "Sweet Little Mystery" (Kent Music Report) peak: {{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=Illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|page=335|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}} N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 12 June 1988.
  • Top 50 (ARIA Chart) peaks from 26 June 1988: {{cite web|url=https://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Wet+Wet+Wet|title=australian-charts.com > Discography Wet Wet Wet|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=18 January 2016}} N.B. "Sweet Little Mystery" peaked at #33 on the Kent Music Report chart two weeks before the ARIA-produced chart commenced.
  • Top 100 (ARIA Chart) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: {{cite Ryan|page=300}}
  • "Shed a Tear" (ARIA Chart) peak: {{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/63AI1mt.jpg|title=The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 12 Feb 1995|publisher=Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA)|accessdate=13 December 2016}}
  • All ARIA chart peaks: {{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/PG9zVWW.jpeg|title=Wet Wet Wet ARIA chart history, received from ARIA on 14 June 2024|publisher=Imgur.com|access-date=16 June 2024}} N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column indicates the release's peak on the national chart.

!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|AUT
{{cite web|url=http://www.austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Wet+Wet+Wet|title=Austrian Charts > Wet Wet Wet |publisher=austriancharts.at Hung Medien|accessdate=18 August 2010}}

!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|GER
{{cite web|url=http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/WET+WET+WET?sort=entry&type=longplay|title=Chartverfolgung / Wet Wet Wet / Longplay|publisher=musicline.de PhonoNet|accessdate=18 August 2010}}

!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|NL
{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Wet+Wet+Wet|title=Dutch Charts > Wet Wet Wet|publisher=dutchcharts.nl Hung Medien|accessdate=18 August 2010}}

!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|NZ
{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Wet+Wet+Wet|title=New Zealand Music Charts > Wet Wet Wet |publisher=charts.nz Hung Medien|accessdate=18 August 2010}}

!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|NOR
{{cite web|url=http://norwegiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Wet+Wet+Wet|title=Norwegian Charts > Wet Wet Wet|publisher=norwegiancharts.com Hung Medien|accessdate=18 August 2010}}

!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|SWE
{{cite web|url=http://www.swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Wet+Wet+Wet|title=Swedish Charts > Wet Wet Wet|publisher=swedishcharts.com Hung Medien|accessdate=18 August 2010}}

!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|SWI
{{cite web|url=http://www.swisscharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Wet+Wet+Wet|title=Swiss Charts > Wet Wet Wet|publisher=swisscharts.com Hung Medien|accessdate=18 August 2010}}

!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|US
{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/wet-wet-wet/chart-history/tlp/|title=Wet Wet Wet Chart History: Billboard 200|magazine=Billboard|access-date=9 November 2021}}

1987

|align=left| Popped In Souled Out

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  • BPI: 5× Platinum{{Cite certification|region=United Kingdom|artist=Wet Wet Wet|access-date=18 November 2023}}
1989

|align="left"| Holding Back the River

  • Released: 30 October 1989
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD, cassette, LP

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  • BPI: 2× Platinum
  • ARIA: Gold{{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia}}
1992

|align="left"| High on the Happy Side

  • Released: 27 January 1992
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD, cassette, LP

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  • BPI: Platinum
1995

|align="left"| Picture This

  • Released: 10 April 1995
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD, cassette, LP

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  • BPI: 3× Platinum
  • IFPI: Platinum{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/plat1996.html |title=IFPI Platinum Europe Awards |accessdate=18 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070327010138/http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/plat1996.html |archivedate=27 March 2007 }}
1997

|align="left"| 10

  • Released: 31 March 1997
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD, Cassette, LP

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  • BPI: Platinum
2007

|align="left"| Timeless

  • Released: 12 November 2007
  • Label: Dry
  • Formats: CD

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2021

|align="left"| The Journey

  • Released: 5 November 2021{{cite web|url=https://superdeluxeedition.com/news/wet-wet-wet-the-journey/|title=Wet Wet Wet / The Journey|website=SuperDeluxeEdition|access-date=9 November 2021}}
  • Label: Absolute
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming

| 29{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/physical-albums-chart/20211112/2/|title = Official Physical Albums Chart Top 100|date = 12 November 2021}}

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=Compilation albums=

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!rowspan="2"| Year

!width="230" rowspan="2"| Album details

!colspan="10"| Peak chart positions

!rowspan="2"| Certifications

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!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|US Heat
{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/wet-wet-wet/chart-history/tln/|title=Wet Wet Wet Chart History: Heatseekers Albums|magazine=Billboard|access-date=9 November 2021}}

1993

|align=left| End of Part One: Their Greatest Hits

  • Released: 8 November 1993
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD, cassette

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  • BPI: 4× Platinum
  • ARIA: Platinum
  • IFPI: 3× Platinum
1994

|align=left| Part One

  • Released: 26 July 1994 [US only]
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD

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2004

|align=left| The Greatest Hits

  • Released: 8 November 2004
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD

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  • BPI: Platinum
2007

|align=left| The Best of Wet Wet Wet

  • Released: 2 April 2007 [Germany only]
  • Label: Brunswick/Universal
  • Formats: CD

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2008

|align=left| Best of Wet Wet Wet

  • Released: 2008 [Germany only]
  • Label: Brunswick/Universal
  • Formats: CD

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2010

|align=left| Sweet Little Mystery: The Collection

  • Released: 22 February 2010
  • Label: Spectrum
  • Formats: CD

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2013

|align=left| Step by Step: The Greatest Hits

  • Released: 25 November 2013
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD

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  • BPI: Gold
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=Live albums=

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!rowspan="2"| Year

!width="275" rowspan="2"| Album details

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1990

|align=left| Wet Wet Wet: Live

  • Released: 1 December 1990
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: cassette

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1993

|align=left| Live at the Royal Albert Hall

  • with The Wren Orchestra
  • Released: 17 May 1993
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD, Cassette, LP

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2006

|align=left| Live – Volume One & Two: Mail on Sunday

  • Released: September 2006
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD

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2021

|align=left| The Journey Out of Lockdown: The Greatest Hits Live from Glasgow

  • Released: 4 June 2021{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/the-journey-out-of-lockdown-the-greatest-hits/1569420829|title = The Journey Out of Lockdown: The Greatest Hits Live from Glasgow - Album by Wet Wet Wet|date = 4 June 2001}}
  • Label: Dry
  • Formats: Digital download
2024

|align=left| Live in Denmark

  • Released: 19 January 2024{{Cite web|url=https://wetwetwet.tmstor.es/product/125821|title = Wet Wet Wet - Live In Denmark|date = 19 January 2024}}
  • Label: Dry
  • Formats: LP, Digital download

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=Other albums=

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!rowspan="2"| Certification

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1988

|align="left"| The Memphis Sessions

  • Released: 7 November 1988
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD, Cassette, LP

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  • BPI: Platinum
1992

|align=left| Cloak & Dagger

  • released under the name:
    Maggie Pie & The Impostors
  • Released: 28 January 1992
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD, cassette, LP
  • Also available as bonus disc to
    High on the Happy Side

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Singles

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!rowspan="2"| Year

!width=300 rowspan="2"| Single

!colspan="10"| Peak chart positions

!rowspan="2"| Certifications

!rowspan="2"| Album

style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|UK

!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|AUS
{{cite web|url= https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2024/06/week-commencing-15-june-1992.html| title=Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing 15 June 1992 |website=Bubbling Down Under|access-date=16 June 2024}}

!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|AUT

!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|FRA
[http://lescharts.com/search.asp?search=Wet+Wet+Wet&cat=s French peaks]

!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|GER
{{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/kmRbkdO.jpg|title=Offizielle Deutsche Charts > Wet Wet Wet (singles)|language=German|publisher=GfK Entertainment|accessdate=18 January 2016}}

!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|IRE
{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement|title=Irish Charts > Wet Wet Wet|publisher=irishcharts.ie|accessdate=18 August 2010}}

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!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|NZ

!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|SWI

!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|US
{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/wet-wet-wet/chart-history/hsi/|title=Wet Wet Wet Chart History: Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|access-date=9 November 2021}}

rowspan=3|1987

|align=left| "Wishing I Was Lucky"

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|align="left" rowspan="4"|Popped In Souled Out

align=left| "Sweet Little Mystery"

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  • BPI: Silver
align=left| "Angel Eyes (Home and Away)"

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  • BPI: Silver
rowspan="2"|1988

|align=left| "Temptation"

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align=left| "With a Little Help from My Friends"

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  • BPI: Silver

|align="left"|Sgt. Pepper Knew My Father

rowspan="2"|1989

|align=left| "Sweet Surrender"

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  • ARIA: Gold{{cite Ryan|page=300}}

|align="left" rowspan="4"|Holding Back the River

align=left| "Broke Away"

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rowspan="2"|1990

|align=left| "Hold Back the River"

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align=left| "Stay with Me Heartache (Can't Stand the Night)"

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rowspan="3"|1991

|align=left| "Make It Tonight"

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|align="left" rowspan="5"|High on the Happy Side

align=left| "Put the Light On"

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align=left| "Goodnight Girl"

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rowspan="2"|1992

|align=left| "More than Love"

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align=left| "Lip Service"

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rowspan=3|1993

|align=left| "Blue for You" (live) / "This Time" (live)

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|align=left| Live at the Royal Albert Hall

align=left| "Shed a Tear"

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|align=left rowspan=4| End of Part One: Their Greatest Hits

align=left| "Cold Cold Heart"

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rowspan=2|1994

|align=left| "Love Is All Around"

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  • BPI: 3× Platinum
  • ARIA: 3× Platinum
align=left| "Goodnight Girl '94"

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rowspan=4|1995

|align=left| "Julia Says"

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  • BPI: Silver

|align=left rowspan=5| Picture This

align=left| "Don't Want to Forgive Me Now"

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align=left| "Somewhere Somehow"

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align=left| "She's All on My Mind"

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1996

|align=left| "Morning"

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rowspan=3|1997

|align=left| "If I Never See You Again"

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align=left| "Strange"

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align=left| "Yesterday / Maybe I'm In Love"

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2004

|align=left| "All I Want"

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|align=left| The Greatest Hits

2007

|align=left| "Too Many People"

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|rowspan=2 align=left| Timeless

2008

|align=left| "Weightless"

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2013

|align=left| "Step by Step"

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|align=left| Step by Step – The Greatest Hits

rowspan=3 align=left| 2021

|align=left| "Back to Memphis"{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/back-to-memphis-single-mix-single/1574232301|title = Back to Memphis (Single Mix) - Single by Wet Wet Wet|date = 16 July 2021}}

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|rowspan=2 align=left| The Journey

align=left| "The Conversation"{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/the-conversation-single-mix-single/1583302243|title=The Conversation (Single Mix) - Single by Wet Wet Wet|date=10 September 2021}}

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align=left| "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" / "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/happy-xmas-war-is-over-have-yourself-a-merry-little/1597290760|title = Happy Xmas (War is Over) / Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Single by Wet Wet Wet|date = 10 December 2021}}

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|align=left| Non-album Single

rowspan=1 align=left| 2022

|align=left| "Northern Town" / "In Your Eyes"{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/northern-town-in-your-eyes-single-mix-single/1596854724|title = Northern Town / In Your Eyes (Single Mix) - Single by Wet Wet Wet|date = 7 January 2022}}

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|rowspan=1 align=left| The Journey

colspan="15" style="font-size: 85%"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released.

=Promotional singles=

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! Year

! Single

! Album

1988

|align=left| "This Time"[http://www.discogs.com/Wet-Wet-Wet-This-Time/release/1940689 Wet Wet Wet - This Time (Vinyl, Promo) at Discogs]

|align="left"| The Memphis Sessions

1990

|align=left| "Blue for You"

|align="left"| Holding Back the River

1993

|align=left| "I Can Give You Everything" (live)

|align="left"| Live at the Royal Albert Hall

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