Dance Gavin Dance discography

Dance Gavin Dance discography
Dance Gavin Dance performing in 2009
Studio albums10
EPs1
Live albums3
Singles46
Music videos26
Remastered albums1
Instrumental albums10

The American post-hardcore band Dance Gavin Dance has released ten studio albums, three live albums, one extended play, 45 singles, 26 music videos, one remastered album, and 9 instrumental albums. The band was formed in Sacramento, California in 2005 by guitarist Will Swan, drummer Matt Mingus, and bassist Eric Lodge. Unclean vocalist Jon Mess and clean vocalist Jonny Craig were recruited shortly after. They self-released their debut EP, Whatever I Say Is Royal Ocean, that year, and re-released the EP in 2006 after signing to Rise Records. Their debut studio album, Downtown Battle Mountain, was released May 15, 2007 on Rise.

Dance Gavin Dance is known for their series of line-up changes. After the release of Downtown Battle Mountain, guitarist Sean O'Sullivan left the group, and was replaced by Zachary Garren. Shortly after, Jonny Craig was removed from the band due to personal conflicts. He was replaced by Kurt Travis, who performed clean vocals on the band's self-titled second album. Mess and Lodge left the band prior to the album's release on August 19, 2008, and Swan performed unclean vocals as well as lead guitar on Happiness, released June 9, 2009. By 2010, Dance Gavin Dance decided to make one final album with their original line-up before breaking up. After the release of Downtown Battle Mountain II on March 8, 2011, the group agreed not to disband.

After Craig's second departure in 2012 and subsequent replacement with former Tides of Man vocalist Tilian Pearson, Dance Gavin Dance has maintained a stable lineup. They released their first album with Pearson, Acceptance Speech, on October 7, 2013. This was followed by the release of Instant Gratification (2015), Mothership (2016), Artificial Selection (2018), Afterburner (2020), and Jackpot Juicer (2022). Beginning in May 2019, the band began releasing instrumental versions of their studio albums, working backwards from Artificial Selection.

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
[1] 		US
Rock
[2] 		US
Alt.
[3] 		US
Ind.
[4] 		US
Mtl.
[5] 		AUS
[6]
Downtown Battle Mountain — — — — — —
Dance Gavin Dance
  • Released: August 19, 2008 (US)[8]
  • Label: Rise
  • Format: CD, digital, LP
 172 — — 26 — —
Happiness
  • Released: June 9, 2009 (US)[9]
  • Label: Rise
  • Format: CD, digital, LP
 143 — — 30 — —
Downtown Battle Mountain II
  • Released: March 8, 2011 (US)[10]
  • Label: Rise / Rykodisc
  • Format: CD, digital, LP
 82 19 11 13 4 —
Acceptance Speech
  • Released: October 7, 2013 (US)[11]
  • Label: Rise
  • Format: Cassette, CD, digital, LP
 42 14 13 7 6 —
Instant Gratification
  • Released: April 15, 2015 (US)[12]
  • Label: Rise
  • Format: Cassette, CD, digital, LP
 32 2 2 1 2 —
Mothership
  • Released: October 7, 2016 (US)[13]
  • Label: BMG / Rise
  • Format: Cassette, CD, digital, LP
 13 4 4 2 2 —
Artificial Selection
  • Released: June 8, 2018 (US)[14]
  • Label: Rise
  • Format: Cassette, CD, digital, LP
 15 2 1 1 1 —
Afterburner
  • Released: April 24, 2020 (US)[15]
  • Label: Rise
  • Format: Cassette, CD, digital, LP
 14 1 2 2 1 86
Jackpot Juicer
  • Released: July 29, 2022 (US)
  • Label: Rise
  • Format: Cassette, CD, digital, LP
 8
[16]		 1 1 3 — 98

Live albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
[1] 		US
Rock
[2] 		US
Alt.
 US
Ind.
 US
Hard Rock
Live At Bamboozle 2010
  • Released: October 18, 2010 (US)
  • Label: Rise
  • Format: Digital
 — — — — —
Tree City Sessions
  • Released: May 13, 2016 (US)[17]
  • Label: Rise
  • Format: Cassette, CD, Digital, LP
 137 17 8 10 8
Tree City Sessions 2
  • Released: December 25, 2020 (US)[18]
  • Label: Rise
  • Format: Cassette, CD, Digital, LP
 — — — — —

Remastered albums

List of remastered albums
Title Album details
Acceptance Speech 2.0
  • Released: August 30, 2019
  • Label: Rise
  • Formats: Digital

Instrumental albums

List of instrumental albums
Title Album details
Artificial Selection (Instrumental)
  • Released: November 2, 2018 (Physical)[19]

May 31, 2019 (Digital)[20]

  • Label: Rise
  • Formats: LP, Digital
Mothership (Instrumental)
  • Released: June 28, 2019[21]
  • Label: Rise
  • Formats: Digital
Instant Gratification (Instrumental)
  • Released: July 26, 2019[22]
  • Label: Rise
  • Formats: Digital
Acceptance Speech (Instrumental)
  • Released: August 30, 2019[23]
  • Label: Rise
  • Formats: Digital
Downtown Battle Mountain II (Instrumental)
  • Released: September 27, 2019[24]
  • Label: Rise
  • Formats: Digital
Happiness (Instrumental)
  • Released: November 1, 2019[25]
  • Label: Rise
  • Formats: Digital
Dance Gavin Dance (Instrumental)
  • Released: November 29, 2019[26]
  • Label: Rise
  • Formats: Digital
Downtown Battle Mountain (Instrumental)
  • Released: December 27, 2019[27]
  • Label: Rise
  • Formats: Digital
Afterburner (Instrumental)
  • Released: July 10, 2020 (Physical)[28]

December 25, 2021 (Digital)[29]

  • Label: Rise
  • Formats: CD, Digital
Jackpot Juicer (Instrumental)
  • Released: July 29, 2022 (Physical)[30]

December 30, 2022 (Digital)[31]

  • Label: Rise
  • Formats: CD, Digital

Extended plays

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
[1] 		US
Rock
[2] 		US
Alt.
 US
Ind.
 US
Hard Rock
Whatever I Say Is Royal Ocean
  • Released: November 14, 2006 (US)[32]
  • Label: Rise
  • Format: CD, Digital, LP
 — — — — —

Singles

List of singles, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
Hard Rock
"And I Told Them I Invented Times New Roman" 2007 — Downtown Battle Mountain
"Lemon Meringue Tie" —
"The Backwards Pumpkin Song" —
"Open Your Eyes and Look North" —
"The Robot with Human Hair, Pt. 3" 2008 — Dance Gavin Dance
"Alex English" —
"Me and Zoloft Get Along Just Fine" —
"Caviar" —
"Don't Tell Dave" 2009 — Happiness
"NASA" —
"Tree Village" —
"Heat Seeking Ghost of Sex" 2011 — Downtown Battle Mountain II
"The Robot with Human Hair Pt. 2 1/2" —
"Pounce Bounce" —
"People You Knew / Perfect" — Non-album single
"The Robot with Human Hair, Pt. 4" 2013 — Acceptance Speech
"Acceptance Speech" —
"Jesus H. Macy" —
"Strawberry Swisher, Pt. 3" —
"Death of the Robot with Human Hair" 2014 —
"Pussy Vultures" — Non-album single
"On The Run" 2015 — Instant Gratification
"We Own the Night" —
"Stroke God, Millionaire" —
"Eagles vs. Crows" —
"Chucky vs. the Giant Tortoise" 2016 — Mothership
"Betrayed by the Game" —
"Young Robot" —
"Inspire the Liars" 2017 —
"Summertime Gladness" — Non-album single
"Midnight Crusade" 2018 — Artificial Selection
"Son of Robot" —
"Care" —
"Count Bassy" —
"Hair Song" —
"Head Hunter" 2019 — Non-album single
"Blood Wolf" —
"Prisoner" 2020 — Afterburner
"Strawberry's Wake" —
"Lyrics Lie" —
"Three Wishes" —
"Synergy" 2022 11 Jackpot Juicer
"Pop Off!" 18
"Die Another Day" 20
"Cream of the Crop" 19
"Feels Bad Man" —
"The Ghost of Billy Royalton" 2023 20 Non-album single
"War Machine" 25
"Speed Demon" / "Straight From The Heart" 2024 —

Other Charted Songs

List of singles, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
Hard Rock
"For the Jeers" 2022 24 Jackpot Juicer

Other appearances

List of compilation and cover appearances, showing year released and album name
Title Year Album
"That's What I Like" (Bruno Mars cover)[34] 2017 Punk Goes Pop Vol. 7
"Semi-Charmed Life" (Third Eye Blind cover)[35] 2018 Songs That Saved My Life
"Story Of My Bros (Acoustic)"[36] 2019 Punk Goes Acoustic Vol. 3

Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and director
Title Year Director(s)
"Me and Zoloft Get Along Just Fine" 2008 Robby Starbuck[37]
"Tree Village" 2009 Gareth McGilvray[38]
"Strawberry Swisher, Pt. 3" 2013 Dillon Novak[39]
"The Death of the Robot with Human Hair" 2014 John Howe
"We Own the Night" 2015 Raul Gonzo[40]
"Stroke God, Millionaire" John Howe[41]
"Betrayed By The Game" 2016 Samuel Halleen[42]
"Young Robot" John Howe
"Inspire the Liars" 2017 Samuel Halleen and John Howe
"That's What I Like" Samuel Halleen
"Summertime Gladness" Mount Emult
"Midnight Crusade" 2018 Samuel Halleen[43]
"Care" Max Moore[44]
"Count Bassy" Mount Emult[45]
"Son of Robot" John Howe[46]
"Head Hunter" 2019 Samuel Halleen[47]
"Blood Wolf" Mount Emult[48]
"Prisoner" 2020 Orie McGinness[49]
"Strawberry's Wake" Samuel Halleen[50]
"Lyrics Lie"
"Three Wishes"
"One in a Million" Rob Shaw[51]
"Synergy" 2022 Samuel Halleen
"Pop Off!"
"Die Another Day"
"Feels Bad Man" Christian Lawrence
"War Machine" 2023 Mount Emult
"Speed Demon"/"Straight From the Heart" 2024 Matthue Cole

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  22. ^ Dance Gavin Dance [@DGDtheBand] (July 26, 2019). "We are pleased to present...Instrumental Gratification RiseRecords.lnk.to/IGinstrumental" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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  25. ^ Dance Gavin Dance [@DGDtheBand] (November 1, 2019). "The instrumental version of Happiness is out now on all streaming platforms! Listen here: RiseRecords.lnk.to/Happiness-Inst..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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