This is the discography of British 2-tone/ska band the Beat (known as the English Beat in the US and Canada) and its subsequent incarnations as the Beat featuring Ranking Roger based in the UK, and the English Beat starring Dave Wakeling based in the US.
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] | AUS [2] | NOR [3] | NZ [4] | SWE [5] | US [6] | |||
| I Just Can't Stop It | 3 | 66 | 30 | 30 | — | 142 | ||
| Wha'ppen? |
| 3 | 59 | — | 20 | 28 | 126 | |
| Special Beat Service | 21 | — | — | 50 | — | 39 | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [7] | UK Indie [8] [9] | US Reggae [10] | |||
| Bounce |
| 49 | 15 | 8 | |
| Public Confidential |
| — | 7 | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK Indie [13] | |||
| Live in London |
| — | |
| Live at the Roundhouse |
| 31 | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | AUS | NZ | US | |||
| What Is Beat? |
| 10 | 44 | 14 | 87 | |
| 13 | — | — | — | ||
| Beat This! The Best of the Beat |
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| The Platinum Collection |
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| You Just Can't Beat It: The Best of the Beat |
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| Keep the Beat: The Very Best of the English Beat |
| — | — | — | — | |
| Greatest |
| — | — | — | — | |
| Hard to Beat: Best of the Beat |
| — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||
| Title | Album details | |
|---|---|---|
| The Complete Beat |
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| The Complete Studio Recordings |
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| The 7" Singles Collection |
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| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | AUS | BEL (FLA) [14] | IRE [15] | NL [16] | NZ | US Under [17] [18] | US Dance [19] | ||||
| "Tears of a Clown"/"Ranking Full Stop" | 1979 | 6 | — | 23 | 16 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Hands Off...She's Mine"/"Twist and Crawl" | 1980 | 9 | — | — | 1 | 41 | — | — | 22 | I Just Can't Stop It | |
| "Mirror in the Bathroom" | 4 | — | — | 7 | — | — | — | ||||
| "Best Friend"/"Stand Down Margaret" (dub) | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Too Nice to Talk To" | 7 | 73 | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Drowning"/"All Out to Get You" | 1981 | 22 | — | — | 18 | — | — | — | — | Wha'ppen? | |
| "Doors of Your Heart" | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Hit It (Auto Erotic)" | 70 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Save It for Later" | 1982 | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 58 | Special Beat Service | |
| "Jeanette"/"March of the Swivel Heads" | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "I Confess" | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 34 | |||
| "Can't Get Used to Losing You" | 1983 | 3 | 77 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 47 | — | — | What Is Beat? | |
| "Ackee 1-2-3" | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Mirror in the Bathroom" (remix) | 1995 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | B.P.M.: The Very Best of the Beat | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Walking on the Wrong Side" | 2016 | Bounce |
| "Heaven Hiding" (promo-only release) | ||
| "Avoid the Obvious" (promo-only release) | ||
| "Side to Side" (promo-only release) | ||
| "Fire Burn"/"Walk the Walk" (limited release) | 2017 | Live at the Roundhouse |
| "Maniac" | 2018 | Public Confidential |
| "Who's Dat Looking" (promo-only release) | 2019 |
| Title | Album details | |
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| Can't Get Used to Losing You: Greatest Hits | ||
| Live in Concert |
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| In Concert at the Royal Festival Hall |
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| Title | Year |
|---|---|
| "Mirror in the Bathroom" | 1980 |
| "Best Friend" | |
| "Too Nice to Talk To" | |
| "Drowning" | 1981 |
| "Doors of Your Heart" | |
| "Hit It (Auto Erotic)" | |
| "Save It for Later" | 1982 |
| "I Confess" |