Metric discography

Metric discography
Metric, Coachella Festival, April 2008
From left to right: James Shaw, Joules Scott-Key, Emily Haines, Joshua Winstead
Studio albums9
EPs7
Soundtrack albums3
Singles25
Video albums2
Music videos38

Canadian indie rock and new wave band Metric have released nine studio albums, seven extended plays, 25 singles, two video albums, 29 music videos, and three soundtrack albums.

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
CAN
 AUS
 BEL
(FL)
 BEL
(WA)
 FRA
 GER
 SCO
 SWI
 UK
 US
Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? 198———188—————
Live It Out
  • Released: September 27, 2005 (CAN)
  • Label: Last Gang
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
 14—————————
  • MC: Platinum
Grow Up and Blow Away
  • Released: June 26, 2007 (CAN)
  • Label: Last Gang
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
 ——————————
Fantasies
  • Released: April 7, 2009 (CAN)
  • Label: Metric Music International
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
 648——110———16476
  • MC: Platinum
Synthetica
  • Released: June 12, 2012 (CAN)
  • Label: Metric Music International
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
 221132113917853595112
  • MC: Platinum
Pagans in Vegas
  • Released: September 18, 2015
  • Label: Metric Music International
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download, cassette, streaming
 587—143——94—12436
Art of Doubt
  • Released: September 21, 2018
  • Label: Metric Music International
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
 5—————61——95
Formentera
  • Released: July 8, 2022
  • Label: Metric Music International
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
 38—————61———
Formentera II
  • Released: October 13, 2023
  • Label: Metric Music International
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
 82—————————
Romanticize the Dive
  • Released: April 24, 2026
  • Label: Metric Music International
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
 ————————15—

Soundtrack albums

List of soundtrack albums
Title Album details
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
  • Released: June 8, 2010 (US)
  • Label: Chop Shop/Atlantic
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
  • Released: August 10, 2010 (US)
  • Label: ABKCO Records
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Cosmopolis
(with Howard Shore)
  • Released: May 15, 2012 (FRA)
  • Label: Howe
  • Formats: CD, digital download

Video albums

List of video albums
Title Album details
Live at Metropolis
  • Released: February 12, 2008 (CAN)
  • Label: Last Gang
  • Format: DVD
Dreams So Real
  • Released: April 13, 2018 (CAN)
  • Label: Media Goes Here
  • Format: DVD, Blu-ray, digital

Extended plays

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
CAN
 CAN
Rock
 AUS
Hit.
 BEL
(FL)
 BEL
(WA)
 MEX
 SCO
 UK
 US
 US Rock
"Combat Baby" 2004 — × — — — — — — — — Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?
"Dead Disco" — × — — — — — — — —
"Monster Hospital" 2006 — × — — — — 43 55 — — Live It Out
"Poster of a Girl" — × — — — — — — — —
"Empty" 2007 — — — — — — — — — —
"Help I'm Alive" 2008 21 15 9 63 — — — 160 — 30
  • MC: 2× Platinum
 Fantasies
"Front Row" 2009 65 — — — — — — — — —
"Gimme Sympathy" 52 16 — — — 17 — — — —
  • MC: Platinum
"Sick Muse" — 26 — — — 18 — — — —
"Gold Guns Girls" 85 17 — — — — — — — 28
  • MC: Platinum
"Waves" — — — — — — — — — —
"Stadium Love" 2010 — 22 — — — 50 — — — —
"Eclipse (All Yours)" — — — — 86 — — — — — The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
"Black Sheep"
(original or featuring Brie Larson)		 — — — — — — — — — 34
  • MC: 2× Platinum
  • RMNZ: Gold
 Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
"Youth Without Youth" 2012 63 12 — — — 32 — — — 28
  • MC: Gold
 Synthetica
"Speed the Collapse" — — — — — — — — — —
"Breathing Underwater" 22 16 — — — — — — — —
  • MC: Gold
"Synthetica" 2013 — 21 — — — — — — — —
"The Shade" 2015 92 11 — — — — — — — — Pagans in Vegas
"Lie, Lie, Lie" — 25 — — — — — — — —
"The Governess" — — — — — — — — — —
"Dark Saturday" 2018 — 5 — — — — — — — — Art of Doubt
"Dressed to Suppress" — — — — — — — — — —
"Now or Never Now" — 11 — — — — — — — —
"Risk" 2019 — 15 — — — — — — — —
"Common Lives" — — — — — — — — — — Non-album singles
"Auld Anxi" 2020 — — — — — — — — — —
"All Comes Crashing" 2022 — 4 — — — — — — — — Formentera
"Doomscroller" — — — — — — — — — —
"What Feels Like Eternity" — — — — — — — — — —
"False Dichotomy" — 11 — — — — — — — —
"Just the Once" 2023 — 10 — — — — — — — — Formentera II
"Nothing Is Perfect" — — — — — — — — — —
"Who Would You Be for Me" — — — — — — — — — —
"Victim of Luck" 2026 — 2 — — — — — — — — Romanticize the Dive
"Time Is a Bomb" — — — — — — — — — —
"Crush Forever" — — — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
"×" denotes periods where charts did not exist or were not archived.

Promotional singles

List of promotional singles, showing year released and album name
Title Year Album
"Handshakes" 2006 Live It Out
"Hardwire" 2007 Grow Up and Blow Away
"Lost Kitten" 2013 Synthetica
"The Fatal Gift" 2014 Non-album single
"Cascades" 2015 Pagans in Vegas
"Too Bad, So Sad"
"Fortunes"
"Come on Angel" 2017 Non-album single
"Love You Back" 2019 Art of Doubt
"Dark Saturday (Dirt Road version)" Non-album singles
"Empty (Dirt Road version)" 2020
"The Police and the Private (Dirt Road version)"
"Live It Out (Dirt Road version)"
"Cascades (Dirt Road version)" 2021
"Now or Never Now (Dirt Road version)"

Other charting songs

List of songs, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
CAN
Rock
"Paper Walls"
(with Rezz)		 2021 37 Spiral

Music videos

Year Title Director
2003 "Calculation Theme" Ramon Bloomberg
"IOU" Michael Lustig, Steve Hanft
"Combat Baby" Michael Schiller
"Succexy" Ashley Cahill
2004 "The List" Chris Grismer
"Dead Disco"
2005 "Monster Hospital" Micah Meisner
2006 "Poster of a Girl"
2007 "Empty" Jaron Albertin
2009 "Help, I'm Alive" Deco Dawson
"Gimme Sympathy" Frank Borin
"Sick Muse" Justin Broadbent
2010 "Gold Guns Girls" Eady Bros., Metric
"Stadium Love" Deco Dawson, Robby Starbuck, Frank Borin
"Eclipse (All Yours)" Brantley Gutierrez
"Black Sheep" Michael Gochanour
"Collect Call" Christopher Mills
2011 "Expecting to Fly"
2012 "Youth Without Youth" Justin Broadbent
"Breathing Underwater" Lauren Graham
2013 "Synthetica" Justin Broadbent
"Lost Kitten" Sammy Rawal
2015 "The Shade" Lauren Graham
"The Governess"
2018 "Dark Saturday" Justin Broadbent
"Dressed to Suppress"
"Now or Never Now" Lorraine Nicholson, Emily Haines
2019 "Love You Back" Kristina Fleischer, Jonny Sanders
"Risk" Kristina Fleischer, Duane Fernandez
2022 "All Comes Crashing" Justin Broadbent
"Doomscroller"
"What Feels Like Eternity"
"False Dichotomy"
2023 "Just the Once"
"Nothing Is Perfect"
"Who Would You Be for Me"
"Days of Oblivion"
2026 "Victim of Luck" Fezz & Chess

Notes

  1. ↑ Live It Out did not enter the US Billboard 200, but peaked at number 37 on the US Heatseekers Albums Chart.
  2. ↑ Art of Doubt did not enter the UK Albums Chart, but peaked at number 68 on the UK Album Downloads chart.
  3. ↑ "Empty" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 68 on the UK Physical Singles Chart Top 100.
  4. ↑ "Help I'm Alive" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100 chart, but peaked at number 34 on the Hot Singles Sales chart.
  5. ↑ "Sick Muse" did not enter the Billboard Canadian Hot 100, but peaked at number 28 on the Canada Emerging Artists chart.
  6. ↑ "Stadium Love" did not enter the Billboard Canadian Hot 100, but peaked at number 24 on the Canada Emerging Artists chart.
  7. ↑ "Speed The Collapse" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100 chart, but peaked at number 22 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.
  8. ↑ "Breathing Underwater" did not enter the Rock Songs chart, but peaked at number 31 on the Rock Airplay chart.
  9. ↑ "The Shade" did not enter the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, but peaked at number 40 on the Alternative Airplay chart.
  10. ↑ "Now or Never Now" did not enter the Flemish Ultratop Top 50, but spent 4 weeks as an extra tip on the Flemish Ultratop Bubbling Under chart.
  11. ↑ "Now or Never Now" did not enter the Walloon Ultratop Top 50, but spent 4 weeks as an extra tip on the Walloon Ultratop Bubbling Under chart.
  12. ↑ "All Comes Crashing" did not enter the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, but peaked at number 39 on the Alternative Airplay chart.
  13. ↑ "Just the Once" did not enter the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, but peaked at number 38 on the Adult Alternative Airplay chart.
  14. ↑ "Victim of Luck" did not enter the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, but peaked at number 16 on the Adult Alternative Airplay chart and number 38 on the Alternative Songs chart.

References

  1. ↑ Peak positions for Metric albums on Canadian Albums Chart:
    • Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?: "ALBUMS : Top 100".
    • Live It Out: "ALBUMS : Top 100".
  2. ↑ "Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Discography Metric". australian-charts.com. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
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  10. ↑ Peaks in the UK:
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  15. ↑ "Metric Chart History: Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  16. ↑ MacNeil, Jason. "Grow Up and Blow Away – Metric". AllMusic. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
  17. ↑ Sendra, Tim. "Synthetica – Metric". AllMusic. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
  18. ↑ "Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  19. 1 2 Shutler, Ali (April 28, 2022). "Metric announce new album 'Formentera', share 'All Comes Crashing'". NME. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
  20. 1 2 Anderson, Carys (2023-07-07). "Metric announce new album Formentera II, share "Just the Once": Stream". Consequence. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
  21. ↑ {https://30tgrs.ffm.to/romanticizethedive}
  22. ↑ "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". Amazon.com. Retrieved August 6, 2013.
  23. ↑ "Cosmopolis (Bof)". Amazon.com (in French). Retrieved March 19, 2013.
  24. ↑ "Metric 2006 Live at Metropolis". Amazon.com. Retrieved June 24, 2013.
  25. ↑ "Metric 2018 Dreams So Real". Amazon.com. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  26. ↑ "Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
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  29. ↑ "Chart History: Mexico Ingles Airplay". Billboard. Retrieved August 21, 2019.
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  31. ↑
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  35. ↑ "Metric – "Empty" - Stereogum". Stereogum. 6 April 2007. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
  36. ↑ "Official Physical Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  37. ↑ "Metric Chart History: Hot Singles Sales". Billboard. Retrieved June 15, 2021.[dead link]
  38. ↑ "Front Row - Single by Metric on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  39. ↑ "Gimme Sympathy - Single by Metric on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  40. ↑ "Sick Muse - Single by Metric on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  41. 1 2 "Metric Chart History: Canada Emerging Artists". Billboard. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
  42. ↑ "Waves - Single by Metric on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  43. ↑ "Eclipse (All Yours) - Single by Metric on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  44. ↑ "Black Sheep - Single by Metric on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
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  46. ↑ "Metric – "Speed The Collapse" - Stereogum". Stereogum. 23 May 2012. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  47. ↑ "Metric Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  48. ↑ "Breathing Underwater - Single by Metric on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  49. ↑ "Metric Chart History: Rock Airplay". Billboard. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  50. ↑ "Synthetica - Single by Metric on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  51. ↑ "Metric – "The Shade" Video - Stereogum". Stereogum. 14 August 2015. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
  52. 1 2 "Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
  53. ↑ "Metric – "Lie, Lie, Lie" - Stereogum". Stereogum. 3 September 2015. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
  54. ↑ "Metric – "The Governess" Video - Stereogum". Stereogum. 17 November 2015. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
  55. ↑ "Dark Saturday - Single by Metric on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  56. ↑ "Dressed to Suppress - Single by Metric on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  57. ↑ "Now or Never Now - Single by Metric on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  58. ↑ "Risk - Single by Metric on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  59. ↑ @Metric (November 1, 2019). "New single "Common Lives" METRIC x CDMX feat. Sergio Acosta, Rodrigo Guardiola, Sánchez Dub and Capri OUT NOW x" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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  61. ↑ "Doomscroller - Single by Metric on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  62. ↑ "What Feels Like Eternity by Metric on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  63. ↑ "False Dichotomy by Metric, 7-inch Vinyl Single". Metric Music International. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
  64. ↑ "Adult Alternative Airplay - Week of September 23, 2023". Billboard. 28 November 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  65. ↑ "Nothing Is Perfect - Single by Metric". Spotify. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  66. ↑ "Who Would You Be for Me - Single by Metric". Spotify. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  67. ↑ "Adult Alternative Airplay - Week of March 7, 2026". Billboard. 24 February 2026. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
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