Joan Jett discography

Joan Jett discography
Jett performing in 2008
Studio albums13
EPs7
Compilation albums8
Singles46
Music videos30

The discography of Joan Jett, an American rock musician, includes 44 singles and 12 studio albums.

As a part of Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, her most successful release is 1981's I Love Rock 'n Roll. The album reached number 2 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart and was certified Platinum in the United States and 2× Platinum in Canada. This album spawned two top-10 singles on the Billboard Hot 100, the highest being "I Love Rock 'n' Roll", which reached the top of the chart in 1982. It was then followed by "Crimson and Clover", which reached number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 60 on the UK charts.[1][2] Two additional singles were issued, however, neither of which charted. "Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)" off Bad Reputation reached number 20 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart.[1]

After releasing three additional albums between 1983 and 1986, Jett returned with the album Up Your Alley, in 1988. It was a Top 20 album on the Billboard 200, and was her second (and final) Platinum certified album in the United States. The album featured the Top 10 single "I Hate Myself for Loving You". After the release of The Hit List in 1990, Jett charted again at number 47 on Billboard with the release of Unvarnished in 2013.[3] However, she released a string of compilation albums throughout the 1990s, and released seven more studio albums, the most recent being the acoustic album. Changeup, in 2022.

Jett also co-wrote "House of Fire" in 1989 with American rock musician Alice Cooper, which was released on his 1989 album Trash. Desmond Child also co-wrote the song. The single was first released in the UK in late 1989, where it peaked at number 65. "House of Fire" was released in the US in early 1990 and reached number 56 on the Billboard Hot 100, and number 39 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.

Her cover of "Love Is All Around" (the theme song of The Mary Tyler Moore Show) was used by the NCAA to promote the Women's Final Four, as well as the song "Unfinished Business", which was never commercially released. "Love Is All Around" went into radio play and became the number one requested song without an existing (support) CD.

Albums

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US
[4] 		AUS
[5][6][7][8] 		AUT
[9] 		NOR
[10] 		NZ
[11] 		SWE
[12] 		UK
[13]
Bad Reputation
  • First studio album, original title Joan Jett
  • Recorded as Joan Jett
  • Release date: May 17, 1980; re-release January 23, 1981
  • Label: Blackheart; re-release Boardwalk
 51 45 — — — — —
I Love Rock 'n Roll 2 10 14 38 1 4 25
Album
  • Third studio album
  • Recorded as Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
  • Release date: 1983
  • Label: Blackheart/MCA
 20 85 — 19 — 29 —
Glorious Results of a Misspent Youth
  • Fourth studio album
  • Recorded as Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
  • Release date: 1984
  • Label: Blackheart/MCA
 67 — — — — — —
Good Music
  • Fifth studio album
  • Recorded as Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
  • Release date: December 9, 1986
  • Label: Blackheart/CBS
 105 — — — — — —
Up Your Alley
  • Sixth studio album
  • Recorded as Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
  • Release date: May 23, 1988
  • Label: Blackheart/CBS
 19 — — — 31 16 —
The Hit List
  • Seventh studio album
  • Recorded as Joan Jett
  • Release date: January 16, 1990
  • Label: Blackheart/CBS
 36 88 — — 16 22 —
Notorious
  • Eighth studio album
  • Recorded as Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
  • Release date: August 20, 1991
  • Label: Blackheart/CBS
 — — — — — — —
Pure and Simple
  • Ninth studio album
  • Recorded as Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
  • Release date: June 14, 1994
  • Label: Warner Bros.
 — 142 — — — — —
Naked
  • Tenth studio album
  • Recorded as Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
  • Release date: 2004
  • Released only in Japan
  • Label: Blackheart
 — — — — — — —
Sinner
  • Eleventh studio album
  • Recorded as Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
  • Release date: June 13, 2006
  • Label: Blackheart
 — — — — — — 56
Unvarnished
  • Twelfth studio album
  • Recorded as Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
  • Released: September 30, 2013
  • Label: Blackheart
 47 102 — — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Remix albums

Title Album details
Changeup
  • Acoustic album
  • Recorded as Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
  • Release date: March 25, 2022
  • Label: Blackheart Records

Compilation albums

Title Album details
Do You Wanna Touch Me?
  • Release date: 1993
  • Label: Blackheart
Flashback
  • Release date: November 15, 1993
  • Label: Blackheart
Great Hits
  • Release date: 1996
  • Label: Blackheart
Fit to Be Tied
  • Release date: November 18, 1997
  • Label: Blackheart/Mercury
Fetish
  • Release date: June 8, 1999
  • Label: Blackheart
USA
  • Release date; 2002
  • Label: BMG
Jett Rock
  • Release date: 2003
  • Label: Blackheart
Greatest Hits
  • Release date: March 9, 2010
  • Label: Blackheart
Bad Reputation (Music from the Original Motion Picture)
  • Release date: September 28, 2018
  • Label: Legacy

Extended plays

Title EP details
I Love Rock 'n' Roll 92
  • First public release extended play
  • Recorded as Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
  • Release date: 1992
  • Released only in Japan
  • Label: Self-released
1979
  • Recorded as Joan Jett
  • Fan club only extended play[17][18]
  • Release date: 1995
  • Label: Self-released
Cherry Bomb
  • Recorded as Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
  • Fan club only extended play[19]
  • Release date: 1995
  • Label: Self-released
Unfinished Business
  • Recorded as Joan Jett
  • Fan club only extended play[20]
  • Release date: 2001
  • Label: Self-released
A.C.D.C. EP
  • Recorded as Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
  • Promotional release
  • Release date: 2006
  • Label: Blackheart
Recorded & Booked
  • Recorded as Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
  • Record Store Day limited edition 7" with book
  • Release date: November 28, 2014
  • Label: Blackheart
The First Sessions
  • Recorded as Joan Jett
  • Digital and 12" re-release of 1979
  • Release date: 2015
  • Label: Blackheart
Mindsets
  • Recorded as Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
  • 6 song EP of new material
  • Release date: 2023
  • Label: Blackheart

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
US
[1] 		US Rock
[21] 		AUS
[5] 		AUT
[22] 		CAN GER
[23] 		NZ
[24] 		SWE
[25] 		SWI
[26] 		UK
[13]
1979 "You Don't Own Me" / "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" — — — — — — — — — — Bad Reputation
1980 "Make Believe"
b/w "Call Me Lightning" (non-album track) 		— — — — — — — — — —
"You Don't Know What You've Got" — — — — — — — — — —
1981 "Jezebel" / "Bad Reputation" — 48 — — — — — — — —
1982 "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" 1 1 1 4 1 6 1 1 3 4 I Love Rock 'n' Roll
"Crimson and Clover" 7 6 6 12 4 19 11 — 8 60
"Do You Wanna Touch Me" 20 21 18 19 8 31 12 — 12 — Bad Reputation
"Nag" — — — — — — — — — — I Love Rock 'n' Roll
"Victim of Circumstance" — — — — — — — — — —
"Summertime Blues" — 24 — — — — — — — — non-album song
1983 "Everyday People" 37 — 96 — — — — — — — Album
"Fake Friends"
b/w "Nitetime" (non-album track) 		35 18 82 — — — — — — —
"The French Song" — 30 — — 42 — — — — —
"Handyman" — — — — — — — — — —
1984 "I Need Someone" — — — — — — — — — — Glorious Results of a Misspent Youth
"I Love You Love Me Love" —[A] — — — — — — — — —
"Cherry Bomb" — — — — — — — — — —
1986 "Good Music"
b/w "Fantasy" (non-album track) 		83 — 77 — — — 46 — — — Good Music
"Roadrunner" — 46 — — — — — — — —
1987 "Light of Day" (credited as The Barbusters) 33 13 — — — — — — — — Light of Day soundtrack
1988 "I Hate Myself for Loving You" 8 20 — — 21 — 8 12 — 46 Up Your Alley
"Little Liar"
b/w "What Can I Do for You" (non-album track) 		19 13 164 — — — 35 — — —
1990 "Dirty Deeds" 36 23 59 — 81 — 14 — — 69 The Hit List
"Love Hurts" — — — — — — — — — 100
"Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" — — — — — — — — — —
1991 "Backlash" — 40 — — — — — — — — Notorious
"Don't Surrender" — — — — — — — — — —
"Treadin' Water" — — — — — — — — — —
"The Only Good Thing You Ever Said was Goodbye" — — — — — — — — — —
1994 "I Love Rock 'n Roll" (re-release) — — 147 — — — — — 13 75 I Love Rock 'n Roll 92
"Spinster" — — — — — — — — — — Pure and Simple
"As I Am" — — — — — — — — — —
"Eye to Eye" — — — — — — — — — —
1995 "Bob (Cousin O.)" (with The Gits) — — — — — — — — — — Evil Stig
"Let's Do It" (with Paul Westerberg) — — — — — — — — — — Tank Girl soundtrack
1996 "Love Is All Around" —[B] — — — — — — — — — Great Hits
1999 "Fetish" — — — — — — — — — — Fetish
2002 "The Word" — — — — — — — — — — It's About Eve
2006 "A.C.D.C." — — — — — — — — — — Sinner
"Change the World" — — — — — — — — — —
2007 "Androgynous" — — — — — — — — — —
2013 "Any Weather" — — — — — — — — — — Unvarnished
2018 "Fresh Start" — — — — — — — — — — Bad Reputation (Music from the Original Motion Picture)
2022 "(I'm Gonna) Run Away" (acoustic) — — — — — — — — — — Changeup
2023 "If You're Blue" — — — — — — — — — — Mindsets
"—" denotes the single failed to chart, or not released.
  1. ^ "I Love You Love Me Love" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at #5 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[27]
  2. ^ "Love Is All Around" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at #8 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[27]

Other appearances

Studio

Year Song(s) Album Notes
1985 "Gotcha Where I Want Ya" Gotcha![28] with the Blackhearts
1987 "Light of Day"*, "This Means War"*, "It's All Coming Down Tonight"*, and "Rabbit's Got the Gun"** Light of Day with the Blackhearts (*as The Barbusters and **as Joan Jett and the Hunzz)
"She Lost You" Less than Zero (soundtrack) The Zephyrs cover, with the Blackhearts
1990 "Long Live the Night" Days of Thunder with the Blackhearts
1995 "Let's Do It" Tank Girl Cole Porter cover, with Paul Westerberg
1996 "Love Stinks" Mr. Wrong[29] The J. Geils Band cover, with the Blackhearts
1997 "Real Wild Child (Wild One)" We Will Fall: The Iggy Pop Tribute[30] Johnny O'Keefe cover, with the Blackhearts
2002 "The Word" It's About Eve[31] The Beatles cover
2009 "Destination Unknown" Endless Bummer[32] Missing Persons cover, with the Blackhearts
2015 "Miss You Already" Miss You Already with the Blackhearts
2018 "Fresh Start" Bad Reputation[33] original song for the documentary on Jett's life, with the Blackhearts

Guest

Year Artist Album
1980 Sean Tyla Just Popped Out
1998 Bikini Kill The Singles
1999 Marky Ramone and the Intruders The Answer to Your Problems?
2005 The Eyeliners No Apologies
2006 Peaches Impeach My Bush
2006 Heart Attack Hellbound and Heartless
2014 Foo Fighters Sonic Highways
2017 Blondie Pollinator
2020 Miley Cyrus Plastic Hearts
2021 Wanda Jackson Encore
2023 Dolly Parton Rockstar

Music videos

Year Title
1980 "Bad Reputation"
1980 "Do You Wanna Touch Me"
1981 "I Love Rock 'n' Roll"
1981 "Crimson and Clover"
1983 "Fake Friends"
1983 "The French Song"
1983 "Everyday People"
1984 "Cherry Bomb"
1984 "I Love You Love Me Love"
1984 "I Need Someone"
1986 "Good Music"
1987 "Light of Day"
1988 "I Hate Myself for Loving You"
1988 "Little Liar"
1990 "Dirty Deeds"
1990 "Love Hurts"
1990 "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?"
1991 "Backlash"
1991 "Don't Surrender"
1993 "I Love Rock 'N Roll" (re-release)
1993 "Real Wild Child"
1994 "Go Home"
1994 "As I Am"
1994 "Eye to Eye"
2005 "Destroy"
2006 "Change the World"
2006 "A.C.D.C."
2007 "Androgynous"
2013 "Any Weather"
2017 "Doom or Destiny" (with Blondie)
2021 "Two Shots" (with Wanda Jackson)

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Crimson and Clover". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
  3. ^ "Chart Moves: Joan Jett Returns to Billboard 200, Randy Travis Album Hits Top 40 on Country Albums, Remixed Rush Debuts". Billboard. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
  4. ^ "Joan Jett & the Blackhearts Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
  5. ^ a b David Kent (1993). Australian Charts Book 1970—1992. Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  6. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 145.
  7. ^ "Joan Jett's ARIA chart history, received from ARIA in 2022 page 1". ARIA. Retrieved December 3, 2023 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
  8. ^ "Joan Jett's ARIA chart history, received from ARIA in 2022 page 2". ARIA. Retrieved December 3, 2023 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
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  14. ^ a b c "RIAA - Gold & Platinum - February 20, 2010: Joan Jett certified albums". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved February 20, 2010.
  15. ^ "Platinum and Gold Albums 1982". Kent Music Report. February 28, 1983. Retrieved December 26, 2022 – via Imgur.
  16. ^ a b "Canadian Recording Industry Association Search Results". Canadian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on January 26, 2010. Retrieved February 20, 2010.
  17. ^ "The Death Party: Joan Jett - 1979 EP (Ltd Ed.)". Archived from the original on April 25, 2012.
  18. ^ "Joan Jett And The Blackhearts Bad Reputation Nation".
  19. ^ "Cherry Bomb (Fan Club)". Official Bad Reputation Nation Website. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
  20. ^ "Unfinished Business". Official Bad Reputation Nation Website. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
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  27. ^ a b "Bubbling Under Hot 100". Top40Weekly. 2020. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
  28. ^ "Various - Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack - Gotcha!". Discogs. August 10, 1985. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  29. ^ "Various - Mr. Wrong (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". Discogs. August 10, 1996. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  30. ^ "Various - We Will Fall: The Iggy Pop Tribute". Discogs. August 10, 1997. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  31. ^ "Jett Adds Track To Breast Cancer Benefit". Billboard. May 1, 2002. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  32. ^ "Various - National Lampoon Presents Endless Bummer". Discogs. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  33. ^ "Joan Jett - Bad Reputation (Music From The Original Motion Picture)". Discogs. Retrieved May 28, 2020.