# Reel Big Fish discography

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Reel Big Fish discography Reel Big Fish performing at The Catalyst in Santa Cruz, California on March 27, 2008. Studio albums 9 EPs 3 Soundtrack albums 16 Live albums 1 Compilation albums 5 Video albums 3 Demos 3 7" vinyl records 2

The following is a complete discography of the band [Reel Big Fish](/source/Reel_Big_Fish).

## Albums

### Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications (sales thresholds) US [1] US Alt. [2] US Indie [3] US Rock [4] AUS [5] SCO [6] UK [6] UK Indie [6] Everything Sucks Released: May 5, 1995 Label: Piss-Off Records Formats: CD — — — — — — — — Turn the Radio Off Released: August 13, 1996 Label: Mojo Formats: CD, CS, DL, LP 57 — — — — — — — RIAA: Gold[7] Why Do They Rock So Hard? Released: October 20, 1998 Label: Mojo Formats: CD, CS, DL, LP 67 — — — 54 — — — Cheer Up! Released: June 25, 2002 Label: Mojo/Jive Formats: CD, CS, DL 115 — — — 47 97 96 14 We're Not Happy 'til You're Not Happy Released: April 5, 2005 Label: Mojo/Jive/Zomba Formats: CD, DL 155 — — — — — — — Monkeys for Nothin' and the Chimps for Free Released: July 10, 2007 Label: Rock Ridge Music Formats: CD+DVD-V, DL, LP 106 — 13 — — — 190 — Fame, Fortune and Fornication Released: January 20, 2009 Label: Rock Ridge Music Formats: CD, DL, LP 177 — 26 — — — — — Candy Coated Fury Released: July 31, 2012 Label: Rock Ridge Music Formats: CD, DL, LP 91 21 14 33 — — — 24 Life Sucks...Let's Dance! Released: December 21, 2018 Label: Rock Ridge Music Format: CD, DL, LP — — 26 — — — — 37 "—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

### Live albums

Title Album details Our Live Album Is Better Than Your Live Album Released: August 22, 2006 Label: Rock Ridge Music Formats: CD+DVD-V

### Compilations

List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions SCO [6] UK [6] UK Indie [6] UK Rock [6] Viva La Internet/Blank CD Released: 2000 Label: Self-released Formats: CD — — — — Favorite Noise Released: March 12, 2002 Label: Mojo/Jive Formats: CD, CS, DL 92 115 19 17 Greatest Hit...And More Released: November 21, 2006 Label: Mojo/Jive/Zomba Formats: CD, DL — — — — A Best of Us... For the Rest of Us Released: July 20, 2010 Label: Rock Ridge Music Formats: CD, DL — — — — Skacoustic Released: 2011 Formats: LP — — — — "—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

## EPs

List of EPs, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions US Indie [3] SCO [8] UK [6] UK Indie [6] UK Rock [6] Keep Your Receipt EP Released: July 1, 1997 Label: Mojo/Jive — — — — — Sold Out EP Released: 2002 Label: Mojo/Jive — 60 62 7 7 Duet All Night Long Released: February 20, 2007[9] Label: Reignition Split EP with Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer — — — — — Happy Skalidays Released: December 15, 2014 Label: Rock Ridge Music 46 — — — — "—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

## Demos

Title Album details In The Good Old Days Released: 1992 Return of the Mullet Released: 1994 Buy This! Released: 1994

## Video

Title Album details The Show Must Go Off! Reel Big Fish - Live at the House of Blues Released: 2003 Reel Big Fish Live! In Concert! Released: 2009

## 7" Vinyl Records

Title Album details Teen Beef with Goldfinger on reverse side Released: 1996 Vacationing in Palm Springs with Cherry Poppin' Daddies on reverse side Released: 1997 Where Have You Been? UK Exclusive Released: 2002 Monkey Man UK Exclusive Released: 2005

## Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album US Air. [10] US Mod. [11] AUS Hit. [12] SCO [13] UK [6] UK Indie [6] UK Rock [6] "Sell Out" 1997 69 10 — — — — — Turn the Radio Off "Beer" — — — — — — — "She Has a Girlfriend Now" — — — — — — — "Take On Me" 1998 — — — — — — — Why Do They Rock So Hard? "The Set Up (You Need This)" — — — — — — — "Somebody Hates Me" — — — — — — — "The Kids Don't Like It" 1999 — — — — — — — "Where Have You Been?" 2002 — — 12 78 76 16 7 Cheer Up! "Talkin' 'bout a Revolution" 2005 — — — — — — — We're Not Happy 'til You're Not Happy "Party Down" 2007 — — — — — — — Monkeys for Nothin' and the Chimps for Free "Slow Down" — — — — — — — "Monkey Man" 2009 — — — — 86 16 — Fame, Fortune and Fornication "I Dare You to Break My Heart"[14] 2012 — — — — — — — Candy Coated Fury "Don't Stop Skankin'"[15] — — — — — — — "Evil Approaches" 2017 — — — — — — — Punk Rock Halloween[16] "You Can't Have All of Me" 2018 — — — — — — — Life Sucks... Let's Dance! "—" denotes recording that did not chart or was not released

## Soundtracks

Title Year Soundtrack Skatanic 1995 Misfits Of Ska Unity 1997 Take Warning: The Songs of Operation Ivy Hungry Like the Wolf 1997 The Duran Duran Tribute Album Take On Me 1997 BASEketball Original Soundtrack Beer Gigantic 1999 Where is My Mind? – A Tribute to the Pixies Kiss Me Deadly 2000 Metalliska 2000 The Solution to Benefit Heal the Bay Take On Me 2000 Samba De Amigo Monkey Man 2002 The Wild Thornberrys Movie Soundtrack Doo-Doo 2002 Because We Care: A Benefit for the Children's Hospital of Orange County Baroque Hoedown (Main Street Electrical Parade) 2002 Dive into Disney It's Not Easy (Pete's Dragon) 2004 Mosh Pit on Disney (Japanese Only) We Close Our Eyes 2005 Dead Bands Party: A Tribute to Oingo Boingo Stray Cat Strut 2006 Go Cat Go! A Tribute to Stray Cats Rave-o-lution (Rave Master theme) 2006 OKYOPOP Presents: Anime Trax, Vol. 1 Snoop Dog, Baby 2017 Ladybird Soundtrack No Hope (A collaboration with Louser) 2022 Clerks III Soundtrack

## Multiple titled songs

Songs that have different titles on different releases, despite being essentially the same song.

Original Title Album Alternate Title Album Fuck Yourself Everything Sucks All I Want Is More Turn the Radio Off I'm Cool Everything Sucks Cool Ending Turn the Radio Off Why Do They Rock So Hard? In the Pit Our Live Album Is Better than Your Live Album Thank You for Not Moshing Why Do They Rock So Hard? Teen Beef Big Fuckin' Star Everything Sucks Big Star Why Do They Rock So Hard?

## Cover songs

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Reel Big Fish are well known for their [cover songs](/source/Cover_songs) (so much so that their former label, [Jive Records](/source/Jive_Records), chose to promote the album *[We're Not Happy 'Til You're Not Happy](/source/We're_Not_Happy_'Til_You're_Not_Happy)* with stickers on the [CD](/source/CD) [jewel case](/source/Jewel_case) proclaiming that the album included "[Talkin' 'bout a Revolution](/source/Talkin'_'bout_a_Revolution)" and "[Story of My Life](/source/Story_of_My_Life_(Social_Distortion_song))"; both [covers](/source/Cover_songs)) and frequently end live shows with their cover of [a-ha](/source/A-ha)'s 1985 hit "[Take On Me](/source/Take_On_Me)". Reel Big Fish released their first studio album composed only of cover songs, entitled *[Fame, Fortune and Fornication](/source/Fame%2C_Fortune_and_Fornication)*, in January 2009.

Although the band are known to play a variety of other songs live regularly, this is a comprehensive, roughly chronological list of all known [cover songs](/source/Cover_songs) *officially recorded* by Reel Big Fish.

Song Originally By Album(s) "Take On Me"[1] a-ha Teen Beef BASEketball Soundtrack Sold Out EP Viva La Internet Samba De Amigo Why Do They Rock So Hard? Favorite Noise Our Live Album is Better Than Your Live Album The Best Songs We Never Wrote Released as a CD single "Unity" Operation Ivy Keep Your Receipt EP Take Warning: The Songs of Operation Ivy Our Live Album Is Better Than Your Live Album (DVD) Viva La Internet The Best Songs We Never Wrote "There Is Nothin' Like a Dame" Rodgers and Hammerstein Vacationing in Palm Springs Viva La Internet Where Have You Been? UK single "Hungry Like the Wolf" Duran Duran Sold Out EP Why Do They Rock So Hard? The Duran Duran Tribute Album Viva La Internet "Kiss Me Deadly" Lita Ford Viva La Internet Cheer Up! Our Live Album is Better Than Your Live Album The Best Songs We Never Wrote "Gigantic" Pixies Viva La Internet Where Is My Mind? "Uniform of Destruction" Suburban Rhythm Viva La Internet Runnin' Naked Thru the Cornfield "Mele Kalikimaka" Robert Alexander Anderson Viva La Internet "Love Boat" Jack Jones Viva La Internet "Boys Don't Cry" The Cure Viva La Internet Our Live Album Is Better Than Your Live Album The Best Songs We Never Wrote "Ska Sucks" Propagandhi Viva La Internet "Boss DJ" Sublime Viva La Internet Cheer Up! The Best Songs We Never Wrote "Main Street Electrical Parade" Main Street Electrical Parade Dive into Disney "New York, New York" Liza Minnelli Cheer Up! "Rock It with I" The Melodians Cheer Up! "Give It to Me" The J. Geils Band Cheer Up! The Best Songs We Never Wrote "Dance Wid Me" Hepcat The Show Must Go Off! Reel Big Fish Live at the House of Blues DVD "So Lonely" The Police The Show Must Go Off! DVD "Monkey Man" Toots & the Maytals The Wild Thornberrys Movie Soundtrack Fame, Fortune and Fornication The Best Songs We Never Wrote "It's Not Easy" Helen Reddy and Sean Marshall Mosh Pit On Disney Duet All Night Long "We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful" Morrissey We're Not Happy 'Til You're Not Happy The Best Songs We Never Wrote "Talkin' 'bout a Revolution" Tracy Chapman We're Not Happy 'Til You're Not Happy Our Live Album is Better Than Your Live Album "Story of My Life" Social Distortion We're Not Happy 'Til You're Not Happy "Stray Cat Strut" The Stray Cats Go Cat Go! A Tribute to Stray Cats The Best Songs We Never Wrote "We Close Our Eyes" Oingo Boingo Dead Bands Party: A Tribute to Oingo Boingo The Best Songs We Never Wrote "Ask" The Smiths Duet All Night Long "Lyin' Ass Bitch" Fishbone Duet All Night Long "Another Day in Paradise" Phil Collins Monkeys for Nothin' and the Chimps For Free The Best Songs We Never Wrote "Nothin' But a Good Time" Poison Fame, Fortune and Fornication The Best Songs We Never Wrote "Mama Weer All Crazee Now" Slade Fame, Fortune and Fornication "Veronica Sawyer" Edna's Goldfish Fame, Fortune and Fornication The Best Songs We Never Wrote "Authority Song" John Mellencamp Fame, Fortune and Fornication "Brown Eyed Girl" Van Morrison Fame, Fortune and Fornication The Best Songs We Never Wrote "The Long Run" The Eagles Fame, Fortune and Fornication "Won't Back Down" Tom Petty Fame, Fortune and Fornication "Keep a Cool Head" Desmond Dekker & the Aces Fame, Fortune and Fornication "Talk Dirty to Me" Poison Fame, Fortune and Fornication The Best Songs We Never Wrote "Twist and Crawl" The English Beat Fame, Fortune and Fornication[2] "Don't Let Me Down Gently" The Wonder Stuff Candy Coated Fury "The Promise" When in Rome Candy Coated Fury "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" Elmo & Patsy Happy Skalidays "Lickle Drummond Boy" Harry Simeone Chorale Happy Skalidays "Carol of the Beers" Mykola Leontovych Happy Skalidays "Auld Lang Syne" Robert Burns Happy Skalidays "Evil Approaches" The Forces of Evil Punk Rock Halloween "Ska Show" The Forces of Evil Life Sucks...Let's Dance! "The Good Old Days" The Forces of Evil Life Sucks...Let's Dance!

**[^](#ref_a)**An instrumental version of the song also exists

**[^](#ref_b)**bonus track only available on the vinyl album or via download

## Notes

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Billboard_1-0)** ["Reel Big Fish Chart History (Billboard 200)"](https://www.billboard.com/artist/reel-big-fish/chart-history/tlp). [Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine)). Retrieved 2020-03-15.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-US-Alt_2-0)** ["Reel Big Fish Chart History: Top Alternative Albums"](https://www.billboard.com/artist/reel-big-fish/chart-history/alt/). *[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))*. Retrieved September 19, 2024.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-BillboardIndie_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-BillboardIndie_3-1) ["Reel Big Fish Chart History (Independent Albums)"](https://www.billboard.com/artist/reel-big-fish/chart-history/independent-albums). [Billboard charts](/source/Billboard_charts). Retrieved 2010-08-04.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-US-Rock_4-0)** ["Reel Big Fish Chart History: Top Rock Albums"](https://www.billboard.com/artist/reel-big-fish/chart-history/rck/). *[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))*. Retrieved September 19, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Peaks in Australia: - *Why Do They Rock So Hard?*: Ryan, Gavin (2011). *Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010* (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 232. - *Cheer Up!*: ["Discography Reel Big Fish"](https://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Reel+Big+Fish). *australian-charts.com*. Retrieved September 10, 2022.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-zobbel.de_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-zobbel.de_6-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-zobbel.de_6-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-zobbel.de_6-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-zobbel.de_6-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-zobbel.de_6-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-zobbel.de_6-6) [***h***](#cite_ref-zobbel.de_6-7) [***i***](#cite_ref-zobbel.de_6-8) [***j***](#cite_ref-zobbel.de_6-9) [***k***](#cite_ref-zobbel.de_6-10) [***l***](#cite_ref-zobbel.de_6-11) [***m***](#cite_ref-zobbel.de_6-12) Peaks in the UK: - For all except noted: ["Reel Big Fish | full Official Chart History"](https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/9705/reel-big-fish/). [Official Charts Company](/source/Official_Charts_Company). Retrieved September 19, 2024. - *Monkeys for Nothin' and the Chimps for Free*, & *Favorite Noise*: ["Chart Log UK: The Rabble Army - RZA"](http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_R.HTM).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-RIAA_7-0)** ["RIAA - Gold & Platinum Searchable Database - September 24, 2015"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150924151606/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1). *[Recording Industry Association of America](/source/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America)*. Archived from [the original](https://riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Reel+Big+Fish) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved September 10, 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart"](http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/20020331/41/). [Official Charts Company](/source/Official_Charts_Company). Retrieved September 19, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Paul, Aubin (December 17, 2006). ["New Songs from Reel Big Fish/ Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer split EP"](https://www.punknews.org/article/21351/new-songs-from-reel-big-fish-zolof-the-rock-and-roll-destroyer-split-ep). Punknews.org. Retrieved February 7, 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Reel Big Fish Chart History: Radio Songs"](https://www.billboard.com/artist/reel-big-fish/chart-history/hsb/). *[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))*. Retrieved September 19, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["Reel Big Fish Chart History: Alternative Airplay"](https://www.billboard.com/artist/reel-big-fish/chart-history/mrt/). *[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))*. Retrieved September 19, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["ARIA Report: Issue 649"](https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080222222433/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20020807-0000/Issue649.pdf) (PDF). ARIA. Archived from [the original](http://www.aria.com.au/issue649.pdf) (PDF) on February 23, 2008. Retrieved September 20, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart"](http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/20020915/41/). [Official Charts Company](/source/Official_Charts_Company). Retrieved September 19, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** ["Reel Big Fish - I Dare You To Break My Heart (Official Music Video)"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC0u9OgDCdo). *youtube.com*. 14 August 2012. [Archived](https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/OC0u9OgDCdo) from the original on 2021-12-12.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** ["Reel Big Fish - Don't Stop Skankin' (Official Music Video)"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ox2mpOiUUmc). *youtube.com*. 6 February 2013. [Archived](https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/ox2mpOiUUmc) from the original on 2021-12-12.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** ["Evil Approaches by Reel Big Fish, by Reel Big Fish"](https://punkrockhalloween.bandcamp.com/track/evil-approaches-by-reel-big-fish). *Punk Rock Halloween*. Retrieved 2022-04-11.

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