Cold Chisel discography

Cold Chisel discography
Cold Chisel discography
	Moss and Barnes, 2012
Studio albums	9
EPs	3
Live albums	10
Compilation albums	12
Singles	32

Cold Chisel are an Australian pub rock band. The band have released nine studio albums. The band were included into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 1993.

The group have achieved six number-one albums on the ARIA Charts, the latest being their 2024 compilation 50 Years – The Best Of.^[1]

Albums

Studio albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions			Certifications
Title	Details	AUS ^[2]	NZ ^[3]	US ^[4]	Certifications
Cold Chisel	Released: 24 April 1978 Label: Atlantic	31	—	—	AUS: Gold^[5]^[6]
Breakfast at Sweethearts	Released: February 1979 Label: Atlantic	4	—	—	AUS: Platinum^[6]
East	Released: 2 June 1980 Label: WEA	2	32	171	AUS: 5× Platinum^[7]^[8]
Circus Animals	Released: 8 March 1982 Label: WEA	1	1	—	ARIA: 3× Platinum^[9] RMNZ: Platinum^[10]
Twentieth Century	Released: April 1984 Label: WEA	1	18	—	ARIA: 2× Platinum^[9]
The Last Wave of Summer	Released: 9 October 1998 Label: Mushroom	1	13	—	ARIA: 2× Platinum^[11]
No Plans	Released: 6 April 2012 Label: Warner Music	2	14	—	ARIA: Gold^[12]
The Perfect Crime	Released: 2 October 2015 Label: Cold Chisel Music, Universal Music Australia	2	7	—	ARIA: Gold^[13]
Blood Moon	Released: 6 December 2019^[14] Label: Cold Chisel Music, Universal Music Australia	1	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions		Certifications
Title	Details	AUS ^[2]	NZ ^[3]	Certifications
Swingshift	Released: April 1981 Label: WEA	1	9	ARIA: 3× Platinum^[15]
Barking Spiders Live: 1983	Released: December 1984 Label: WEA	14	—
The Last Stand (live soundtrack)	Released: October 1992 Label: EastWest	8	—	ARIA: Gold^[16]
Ringside	Released: 14 November 2003 Label: Warner Music	16	—	ARIA: Gold^[17] RMNZ: Gold^[18]
The Live Tapes Vol. 1	Released: 22 November 2013 Label: Cold Chisel Music, Universal Music Australia	27	—
The Live Tapes Vol. 2	Released: 14 November 2014 Label: Cold Chisel Music, Universal Music Australia	19	—
The Live Tapes Vol. 3	Released: 2 December 2016 Label: Cold Chisel Music, Universal Music Australia	11	—
The Live Tapes Vol. 4	Released: 10 November 2017 Label: Cold Chisel Music, Universal Music Australia	9	—
The Live Tapes Vol. 5	Released: 11 December 2020^[19] Label: Cold Chisel Music, Universal Music Australia	5	—
The Big Five-O Live	Released: 8 August 2025^[20] Label: Cold Chisel Music, Universal Music Australia	4 ^[21]	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilation albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions		Certifications
Title	Details	AUS ^[2]	NZ ^[3]	Certifications
Northbound: The Best of Cold Chisel	Released: 1983 (Europe) Label: Line	N/a	N/a
Radio Songs: A Best of Cold Chisel	Released: 1985 Label: WEA	3	36
Razor Songs	Released: 1987 Label: WEA	11	—	ARIA: Platinum^[22]
Chisel	Released: September 1991 Label: Warner Music Group	3	16	ARIA: 9× Platinum^[23]
Teenage Love	Released: October 1994 Label: Warner Music Group	6	—	ARIA: Gold^[16]
The Studio Sessions 1978–1984	Released: 6 December 1999 Label: Warner Music Group Seven-disc, limited edition box set	—	—
Standing on the Outside	Released: 2007 Label: Rhino Tribute/Compilation albums	2	—	ARIA: Platinum^[24]
Never Before	Released: 21 July 2011 Label: Cold Chisel Digital only	—	—
Besides	Released: 21 July 2011 Label: Cold Chisel Digital only	—	—
Covered	Released: 19 August 2011 Label: Cold Chisel Digital only	82	—
The Best of Cold Chisel: All for You	Released: 14 October 2011 Label: WEA	2	—	ARIA: 4× Platinum^[25]^[26] RMNZ: Platinum^[18]
50 Years – The Best Of	Released: 23 August 2024 Label: Universal Music Group	1	23	RMNZ: Gold^[18]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

EPs

Title	Details	Peak chart positions	Certifications
Title	Details	AUS ^[2]	Certifications
You're Thirteen, You're Beautiful, and You're Mine	Released: November 1978 Label: Elektra	38	ARIA: Gold^[9]
Triple J – Live at the Wireless 29.3.77	Released: 2011 Label:	—
Triple J – Live in St Leonards Park 28.5.78	Released: 2011 Label:	—

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions		Certifications	Album
Year	Single	AUS ^[2]	NZ ^[3]	Certifications	Album
1978	"Khe Sanh"	41^[A]	—	RMNZ: 3×Platinum^[27]	Cold Chisel
1978	"Goodbye (Astrid Goodbye)"	65	—		Breakfast at Sweethearts
1979	"Breakfast at Sweethearts"	63	—
	"Shipping Steel"	—^[B]	—
	"Choirgirl"	14	—	RMNZ: Gold^[27]	East
1980	"Cheap Wine"	8	—	RMNZ: Platinum^[27]
	"My Baby"	40	—	RMNZ: Gold^[27]
	"Knockin' on Heaven's Door"	—^[C]	—		Swingshift
1981	"You Got Nothing I Want"	12	—		Circus Animals
1982	"Forever Now"	4	2	RMNZ: Platinum^[27]
1982	"When the War Is Over"	25	—	RMNZ: Gold^[27]
1983	"Hold Me Tight" / "No Sense"	14	—		Twentieth Century
1984	"Saturday Night"	11	—
	"Twentieth Century" / "Only One"	91	—
	"Flame Trees"	26	—	RMNZ: Platinum^[27]
1991	"Misfits"	55	—		Chisel
1994	"Hands Out of My Pocket"	9	—		Teenage Love
1994	"Nothing But You"	16	—
1995	"Yesterdays"	23	—
1998	"The Things I Love in You"	10	43	ARIA: Gold^[2]	The Last Wave of Summer
1998	"Water into Wine"	46	—
1999	"Way Down"	63	—
2011	"All for You"	80	—		The Best of Cold Chisel: All for You
2012	"Everybody"	—	—		No Plans
2015	"Lost"	92^[28]	—		The Perfect Crime
2015	"The Backroom"^[29]	—	—
2016	"Long Dark Road"^[30]	—	—
2019	"Getting the Band Back Together"^[31]	—	—		Blood Moon
2019	"I Hit the Wall"^[32]^[33]	—	—
2020	"Killing Time"^[34]	—	—
2024	"You've Got to Move"^[35]	—	—		50 Years - The Best Of

Notes

^ "Khe Sanh" originally peaked at number 41 in 1978. It re-entered the Australian Singles Chart at a new peak of number 40 in August 2011.
^ "Shipping Steel" received a limited release of 500 copies
^ "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" received a limited release

Other certified songs

Single	Certifications	Album
"Bow River"	RMNZ: Gold^[27]	Circus Animals

Video albums

Title	Details	Certification
Seeing Is Believing	Released: 1986 Label: WEA Music Video (WMV516)
Last Stand	Released: 1992 Label: Warner Music Vision (450990740-3)	ARIA: 2× Platinum^[36]
Vision	Released: 2002 Label: Warner Music Vision (0927409252)/(CCDVD001)	ARIA: 2× Platinum^[36]
Ringside The Movie	Released: 2003 Label: Warner Music Vision (5046723882)/(CCDVD003)
Rockplalast	Released: 2007 Label: Warner Vision Australia (5144218202)/(CCDVD002)	ARIA: Platinum^[37]
The Best of Cold Chisel – Vision	Released: 2011 Label: Universal (CCDVD004)
The Live Tapes – Vol. 1	Released: 2013 Label: Universal (CCDVD005)	ARIA: Platinum^[38]

References

^ "Cold Gold". ARIA. 23 August 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f
Australian chart peaks:
- Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to 12 June 1988: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 62. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 12 June 1988.
- Top 50 peaks after 1988: "australian-charts.com – Discography Cold Chisel". Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
- Covered: Wallace, Ian (5 September 2011). "Week Commencing ~ 5th September 2011 ~ Issue #1123" (PDF). The ARIA Report (1123). Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA): 2, 6, 10, 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "charts.nz – Discography Cold Chisel". charts.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
^ "Cold Chisel – Chart history (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
^ "Australia" (PDF). Cash Box. 19 May 1979. p. 48. Retrieved 1 December 2021 – via World Radio History.
^ ^a ^b "New Faces to Watch" (PDF). Cash Box. 18 July 1981. p. 8. Retrieved 1 December 2021 – via World Radio History.
^ "Cold Chisel Tickets, Tour Dates & Concerts 2020". Stereoboard. 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
^ "East by Cold Chisel". sound distractions. 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "ARIA Accreditations". ARIA. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
^ "Official Top 40 Albums". Recorded Music NZ. 5 December 1982. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
^ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 1998 Albums". ARIA. 1998. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
^ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2012 Albums". ARIA. 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
^ Ryan, Gavin (14 November 2015). "ARIA Albums: Elvis Presley Has the No. 1 Album in Australia Again". Noise11. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
^ "Blood Moon by Cold Chisel". Apple Music. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
^ "ARIA Albums Chart W/C 29 March 2021" (PDF). ARIA. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
^ ^a ^b Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
^ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2003 Albums". ARIA. December 2003. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c "New Zealand album certifications – Cold Chisel". Radioscope. Retrieved 6 March 2026. Type Cold Chisel in the "Search:" field and press Enter.
^ "Live Tapes Vol 5, The: Live at the Bondi Lifesaver February 29, 1980". JBHiFi. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
^ "Cold Chisel To Release The Big Five-O Live Live Album And DVD". Music Feeds. 2 July 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
^ "ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart". Australian Recording Industry Association. 18 August 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
^ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 1997 Albums". ARIA. 1997. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
^ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2000 Albums". ARIA. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
^ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2007 Albums". ARIA. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
^ Auspop (30 March 2019). "ARIA Chart Watch #518". auspOp. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2019 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "New Zealand single certifications – Cold Chisel". Radioscope. Retrieved 2 December 2025. Type Cold Chisel in the "Search:" field and press Enter.
^ Ryan, Gavin (5 September 2015). "ARIA Singles: 'What Do You Mean?' Justin Bieber Is No 1". Noise11. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
^ "Cold Chisel Release New Video For 'The Backroom', Second Single From Their Forthcoming Album, 'The Perfect Crime'". coldchisel.com.au. 22 September 2015.
^ "The Daily Edition: Ian Moss talks Cold Chisel". 2 February 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
^ "Cold Chisel Debut New Song 'Getting The Band Back Together'". noise11. 31 October 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
^ "I Hit The Wall". You Tube. 21 November 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
^ "Cold Chisel - I Hit the Wall (music video)". You Tube. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
^ "Cold Chisel Backdrop Australian Bushfires In 'Killing Time' Video". Noise11. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
^ "Cold Chisel Drop Surprise New Single 'You've Got To Move'". The Music. 25 July 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
^ ^a ^b "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2007 DVDs" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2010 DVDs" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2016 DVDs" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 11 December 2021.

External links

Cold Chisel discography at Discogs

[27] "Khe Sanh" originally peaked at number 41 in 1978. It re-entered the Australian Singles Chart at a new peak of number 40 in August 2011.

[29] "Shipping Steel" received a limited release of 500 copies

[30] "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" received a limited release

[1] "Cold Gold". ARIA. 23 August 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2024.

[ARIA-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Australian chart peaks:
Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to 12 June 1988: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 62. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 12 June 1988.

Top 50 peaks after 1988: "australian-charts.com – Discography Cold Chisel". Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 August 2025.

Covered: Wallace, Ian (5 September 2011). "Week Commencing ~ 5th September 2011 ~ Issue #1123" (PDF). The ARIA Report (1123). Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA): 2, 6, 10, 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2018.

[6] Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to 12 June 1988: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 62. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 12 June 1988.

[7] Top 50 peaks after 1988: "australian-charts.com – Discography Cold Chisel". Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 August 2025.

[8] Covered: Wallace, Ian (5 September 2011). "Week Commencing ~ 5th September 2011 ~ Issue #1123" (PDF). The ARIA Report (1123). Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA): 2, 6, 10, 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2018.

[NZ-3] "charts.nz – Discography Cold Chisel". charts.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 August 2025.

[4] "Cold Chisel – Chart history (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 18 December 2016.

[aus79-5] "Australia" (PDF). Cash Box. 19 May 1979. p. 48. Retrieved 1 December 2021 – via World Radio History.

[aus81-6] "New Faces to Watch" (PDF). Cash Box. 18 July 1981. p. 8. Retrieved 1 December 2021 – via World Radio History.

[7] "Cold Chisel Tickets, Tour Dates & Concerts 2020". Stereoboard. 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.

[8] "East by Cold Chisel". sound distractions. 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2020.

[ARIA_accords_1996-9] "ARIA Accreditations". ARIA. Retrieved 25 November 2021.

[10] "Official Top 40 Albums". Recorded Music NZ. 5 December 1982. Retrieved 6 December 2022.

[11] "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 1998 Albums". ARIA. 1998. Retrieved 14 December 2019.

[12] "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2012 Albums". ARIA. 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2015.

[13] Ryan, Gavin (14 November 2015). "ARIA Albums: Elvis Presley Has the No. 1 Album in Australia Again". Noise11. Retrieved 14 November 2015.

[14] "Blood Moon by Cold Chisel". Apple Music. Retrieved 5 November 2019.

[15] "ARIA Albums Chart W/C 29 March 2021" (PDF). ARIA. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

[Kent-16] Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.

[17] "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2003 Albums". ARIA. December 2003. Retrieved 14 November 2015.

[RMNZ-albums-18] "New Zealand album certifications – Cold Chisel". Radioscope. Retrieved 6 March 2026. Type Cold Chisel in the "Search:" field and press Enter.

[19] "Live Tapes Vol 5, The: Live at the Bondi Lifesaver February 29, 1980". JBHiFi. Retrieved 19 October 2020.

[20] "Cold Chisel To Release The Big Five-O Live Live Album And DVD". Music Feeds. 2 July 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.

[21] "ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart". Australian Recording Industry Association. 18 August 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.

[22] "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 1997 Albums". ARIA. 1997. Retrieved 14 December 2019.

[23] "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2000 Albums". ARIA. Retrieved 14 December 2019.

[24] "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2007 Albums". ARIA. Retrieved 15 December 2019.

[25] Auspop (30 March 2019). "ARIA Chart Watch #518". auspOp. Retrieved 30 March 2019.

[ARIACert19-26] "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2019 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 28 December 2021.

[RMNZ-singles-28] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "New Zealand single certifications – Cold Chisel". Radioscope. Retrieved 2 December 2025. Type Cold Chisel in the "Search:" field and press Enter.

[31] Ryan, Gavin (5 September 2015). "ARIA Singles: 'What Do You Mean?' Justin Bieber Is No 1". Noise11. Retrieved 5 September 2015.

[32] "Cold Chisel Release New Video For 'The Backroom', Second Single From Their Forthcoming Album, 'The Perfect Crime'". coldchisel.com.au. 22 September 2015.

[33] "The Daily Edition: Ian Moss talks Cold Chisel". 2 February 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2016.

[34] "Cold Chisel Debut New Song 'Getting The Band Back Together'". noise11. 31 October 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2019.

[35] "I Hit The Wall". You Tube. 21 November 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2022.

[36] "Cold Chisel - I Hit the Wall (music video)". You Tube. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2022.

[37] "Cold Chisel Backdrop Australian Bushfires In 'Killing Time' Video". Noise11. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2020.

[38] "Cold Chisel Drop Surprise New Single 'You've Got To Move'". The Music. 25 July 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2024.

[ARIACert07-39] "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2007 DVDs" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 11 December 2021.

[ARIACert10-40] "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2010 DVDs" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 11 December 2021.

[ARIACert16-41] "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2016 DVDs" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 11 December 2021.

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v t e Cold Chisel
Ian Moss Don Walker Jimmy Barnes Phil Small Charley Drayton Steve Prestwich Les Kaczmarek John Swan Ray Arnott
Studio albums	Cold Chisel Breakfast at Sweethearts East Circus Animals Twentieth Century The Last Wave of Summer No Plans The Perfect Crime Blood Moon
Live albums	Swingshift The Barking Spiders Live: 1983 Last Stand Ringside The Live Tapes Vol. 1 The Live Tapes Vol. 2 The Live Tapes Vol. 3 The Live Tapes Vol. 4 The Live Tapes Vol. 5 The Big Five-O Live
Extended plays	You're Thirteen, You're Beautiful, and You're Mine
Compilations	Northbound Radio Songs: A Best of Cold Chisel Razor Songs Chisel Teenage Love The Studio Sessions 1978–1984 Standing on the Outside: The Songs of Cold Chisel Never Before Besides Covered The Best of Cold Chisel: All for You 50 Years – The Best Of
DVDs	Last Stand Rockpalast
Singles	"Khe Sanh" "Goodbye (Astrid Goodbye)" "Breakfast at Sweethearts" "Choirgirl" "Cheap Wine" "My Baby" "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" "You Got Nothing I Want" "Forever Now" "When the War Is Over" "Hold Me Tight" "No Sense" "Saturday Night" "Flame Trees" "Misfits" "Hands Out of My Pocket" "The Things I Love in You" "Water into Wine" "Lost"
Discography	Discography

v t e Jimmy Barnes
Studio albums	Bodyswerve For the Working Class Man/Jimmy Barnes Freight Train Heart Two Fires Soul Deep Heat Flesh and Wood Psyclone Love and Fear Soul Deeper... Songs from the Deep South Double Happiness Out in the Blue The Rhythm and the Blues Rage and Ruin 30:30 Hindsight Soul Searchin' Och Aye the G'nu My Criminal Record Flesh and Blood Blue Christmas Defiant
Live albums	Barnestorming Raw Modus Operandi
Compilations	Barnes Hits Anthology Best of the Soul Years
Memoirs	Working Class Boy Working Class Man
Films	Working Class Boy Working Class Boy (soundtrack)
Singles	"No Second Prize" "Promise Me You'll Call" "Daylight" "I'd Die to Be with You Tonight" "Working Class Man" "Ride the Night Away" "Good Times" "Too Much Ain't Enough Love" "Driving Wheels" "I'm Still on Your Side" "Waitin' for the Heartache" "When a Man Loves a Woman" "Last Frontier" "Lay Down Your Guns" "Let's Make It Last All Night" "Little Darling" "When Your Love Is Gone" "I Gotcha" "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby" "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" "(Simply) The Best" "Sweat It Out" "Stand Up" "Stone Cold" "Right by Your Side" "The Weight" "Still Got a Long Way to Go" "Change of Heart" "Lover Lover" "Sit on My Knee" "Gonna Take Some Time" "Bird on the Wire" "Shutting Down Our Town"
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