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Singles

Released	Title	Peak chart positions							Certifications	Album
		UK [1]	AUS [2]	CAN [11]	GER [3]	NL [4]	NZ [5]	US [12]
August 1972	"Virginia Plain"	4	99	—	20	18	6	—		Non-album single
March 1973	"Pyjamarama"	10	96	—	—	—	—	—		Non-album single
July 1973	"Do the Strand"	—	—	—	41	23	—	—		For Your Pleasure
November 1973	"Street Life"	9	—	—	40	—	—	—		Stranded
October 1974	"The Thrill of It All"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Country Life
October 1974	"All I Want Is You"	12	—	—	—	—	—	—
September 1975	"Love Is the Drug"	2	18	3	39	9	24	30	UK: Silver	Siren
December 1975	"Both Ends Burning"	25	—	—	—	—	—	—
February 1979	"Trash"	40	—	—	—	40	—	—		Manifesto
April 1979	"Dance Away"	2	92	75	30	8	10	44	UK: Gold
August 1979	"Angel Eyes"	4	89	—	—	13	50	—	UK: Silver
May 1980	"Over You"	5	45	—	31	24	24	80	UK Silver	Flesh and Blood
July 1980	"Oh Yeah"	5	—	—	14	39	—	102
November 1980	"Same Old Scene"	12	35	—	—	29	—	—
December 1980	"In the Midnight Hour"	—	—	—	—	—	—	106
February 1981	"Jealous Guy"	1	1	—	19	10	4	—	UK: Gold	Non-album single
April 1982	"More Than This"	6	6	—	24	25	12	103	UK: Silver	Avalon
June 1982	"Avalon"	13	22	—	45	8	37	—	UK: Silver
September 1982	"Take a Chance with Me"	26	—	32	68	20	—	104
1983	"Like a Hurricane"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		The High Road
October 1990	"Love Is the Drug" (Live)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Heart Still Beating
April 1996	"Love Is the Drug" (Faithless Mix)	33	—	—	—	—	—	—		More Than This

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 Compilation albums

Year	Title	Peak chart positions						Certifications
		UK [1]	AUS [2]	GER [3]	NL [4]	NZ [5]	US [6]
1977	Greatest Hits Released: November 1977 Label: Polydor (UK)/Atco (US)	20	—	—	—	—	—	BPI: Gold
1981	The First Seven Albums Released: December 1981 Label: EG/Polydor	—	—	—	—	—	—
1983	The Atlantic Years 1973–1980 Released: November 1983 Label: EG/Polydor (UK)/Atco (US)	23	60	62	46	31	183	BPI: Gold
1986	Street Life: 20 Great Hits Released: 1986 Label: EG Credited to Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry.	1	2	14	10	1	100	BPI: Platinum
1988	The Ultimate Collection Released: 1988 Label: EG/Virgin Credited to Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry.	6	11	—	—	15	—	BPI: 3× Platinum
1989	The Early Years Released: 1989 Label: EG	—	—	—	—	—	—
1989	The Later Years Released: 1989 Label: EG	—	—	—	—	—	—
1995	The Thrill of It All Released: 20 November 1995 Label: Virgin	—	—	—	—	—	—
1995	More than This Released: November 1995 Label: Virgin/EMI Credited to Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry.	15	—	91	—	23	—	BPI: Platinum
2001	The Best of Roxy Music Released: 19 June 2001 Label: Virgin	12	—	19	—	—	—	BPI: Platinum
2004	The Platinum Collection Released: 24 August 2004 Label: Virgin Credited to Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry	17	—	—	41	—	—	BPI: Gold
2011	Essential Released: 31 October 2011 Label: EMI/Virgin	—	—	—	—	—	—	BPI: Silver
2012	The Complete Studio Recordings 1972–1982 Released: 6 August 2012 Label: Virgin	—	—	20	91	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

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Live albums

Year	Title	Peak chart positions						Certifications
		UK [1]	AUS [2]	GER [3]	NL [4]	NZ [5]	US [6]
1976	Viva! Released: July 1976 Label: Island (UK)/Atco (US); Polydor (UK 1977 reissue)	6	15	48	2	20	81	BPI: Silver[7]
1983	The High Road Released: March 1983 Label: EG/Polydor (UK)/Warner Bros. (US) Live EP	26	13	25	11	21	67
1990	Heart Still Beating Released: 30 October 1990 Label: Reprise	—	—	—	78	—	—
1998	Concert Classics Released: 15 June 1998 Label: Dream Catcher	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	Valentine Released: April 2000 Label: NMC	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	Concerto Released: 12 June 2001 Label: Pilot	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	Vintage Released: 23 October 2001 Label: Pilot	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	Ladytron Released: 30 July 2002 Label:	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	Reflection Released: 2002 Label: NMC	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	Roxy Music Live Released: 3 June 2003 Label: Eagle	—	—	100	—	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

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Discography

Albums

Studio albums

Year	Title	Peak chart positions						Certifications
		UK	AUS	GER	NL	NZ	US
1972	Roxy Music Released: June 1972 Label: Island (UK)/Reprise (US)	10	49	—	89	—	—	BPI: Gold
1973	For Your Pleasure Released: March 1973 Label: Island (UK)/Warner Bros. (US)	4	41	28	—	—	193	BPI: Gold
1973	Stranded Released: November 1973 Label: Island (UK)/Atco (US)	1	33	39	—	—	186	BPI: Gold
1974	Country Life Released: November 1974 Label: Island (UK)/Atco (US)	3	26	38	—	8	37	BPI: Gold
1975	Siren Released: October 1975 Label: Island (UK)/Atco (US)	4	12	—	9	33	50	BPI: Gold
1979	Manifesto Released: March 1979 Label: Polydor (UK)/Atco (US)	7	13	37	5	8	23	BPI: Gold
1980	Flesh and Blood Released: May 1980 Label: Polydor (UK)/Atco (US)	1	10	6	8	1	35	BPI: Platinum ARIA: Gold RIANZ: Gold
1982	Avalon Released: May 1982 Label: EG/Polydor (UK)/Warner Bros. (US)	1	1	4	1	1	53	BPI: Platinum ARIA: Platinum RIAA: Platinum
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

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Former members

• Brian Eno – synthesizer, "treatments", backing vocals (1970–1973)
• Graham Simpson – bass (1970–1972, died 2012)
• David O'List – guitar (1970–1972)
• Roger Bunn – guitar (1971)
• Dexter Lloyd – drums (1971)
• Rik Kenton – bass (1972)
• John Porter – bass (1972-1973)
• John Gustafson – bass (1973–1975, died 2014)
• Eddie Jobson – keyboards, synthesizers, electric violin (1973–1976, 2019)
• Sal Maida – bass (live performances only) (1973–1974)
• John Wetton – bass (live performances and Your Application's Failed B-side studio) (1974–1975, died 2017)
• Rick Wills – bass (live performances only) (1975–1976)
• Gary Tibbs – bass, backing vocals (1979-1980)
• Dave Skinner – keyboards, backing vocals (1979-1983)
• Paul Carrack – keyboards, backing vocals (1979-1982)
• Alan Spenner – bass (1979-1983, died 1991)
• Neil Hubbard – guitar (1980-1983)
• Andy Newmark – drums (1980-1983)
• Steve Goulding – drums (1982)

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 In early April 2021, an image of a purported 1971 letter addressed to "Mr B. Ferry" circulated widely on social media. The document appeared to be a rejection note, sent to Ferry by one "Hugh C. Smith", an Artists & Repertoire manager at Polydor Records, in which "Smith" patronisingly critiqued a demo tape that the group had submitted to the label. According to a 4 April 2021 item in the Treble e-zine, the letter was in fact an April Fool's Day prank which apparently originated from the Twitter account of former Talking Heads/Tom Tom Club drummer Chris Frantz. In May 2021, Tony Barrell, a British writer and Roxy Music fan, announced that he was the author of the letter.

Members

Main line-up Bryan Ferry – vocals, keyboards, piano,  rhythm guitar (1970–1983, 2001–2011, 2019, 2022–present) Andy Mackay – saxophone, oboe, keyboards,  backing vocals (1970–1983, 2001–2011, 2019, 2022–present) Paul Thompson – drums (1971–1980, 2001–2011,  2022–present) Phil Manzanera – lead guitar, occasional  backing vocals (1972–1983, 2001–2011, 2019, 2022–present) continuare

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 An antagonist character in the video game Final Fight named Roxy (a female acrobatic fighter) is named after the band, as are other enemy characters in the game that pay homage to someone or something related to music, like her identical partner Poison.

Roxy Music's iconic 24 August 1972 television appearance on the BBC's Top of the Pops, performing their single "Virginia Plain", was affectionately parodied on two occasions on different British TV comedy programs. The first parody was performed by the cast of the sketch comedy series Big Train (Series 1, Episode 6) in 1998; in the show's closing sketch, a dying Chairman Mao (played by Kevin Eldon) appears to expire, but then rises from his deathbed to perform "Virginia Plain" in the style of Bryan Ferry, accompanied by the rest of the cast members (plus series co-writer Arthur Mathews) dressed as the members of Roxy Music. The second parody was performed by the cast of the comedy quiz show Shooting Stars in 2002 (Series 5, Episode 7), with Vic Reeves as Bryan Ferry, Bob Mortimer as Phil Manzanera, Johnny Vegas as Eno, and Matt Lucas as Paul Thompson.

In the HBO series Westworld's episode "The Riddle of the Sphinx", an experimental robotic copy of James Delos dances to the Roxy Music song Do the Strand.

"Bitter-Sweet" from Country Life was a re-occurring background theme through the 3rd series of "Babylon Berlin" with a cameo of Bryan Ferry singing it in a cabaret in episode 10.

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In popular culture

Roxy Music's work has been featured in a number of soundtracks for both film and television. Multiple Roxy Music songs were featured in the soundtrack to the 2006 BBC fantasy-police drama series Life on Mars set in 1970s Manchester. "Same Old Scene" plays over the closing credits of the 2008 pilot episode for Life on Mars' sequel series Ashes to Ashes, during both the opening and end credits of the 1980 film Times Square, and is featured in a party scene in the 2018 film Can You Ever Forgive Me? The track Love Is the Drug is featured in 1995 Martin Scorsese film Casino. The track If There Is Something plays a symbolic role in the 2008 drama/coming of age movie Flashbacks of a Fool directed by Baillie Walsh and starring Daniel Craig. In the film, the younger version of Craig's character is also shown dressing up as Bryan Ferry during a flashback scene set in the 1970s. Sofia Coppola's 2003 film Lost in Translation features Bill Murray's character Bob Harris singing an off-key version of "More Than This" in a karaoke club. It was used on a Nissan TV advertisement in 1999. More Than This also is danced to by Toni Collette's character in the 2019 mystery film Knives Out and was featured in the Cold War set television show The Americans. The title song Avalon of the 1982 album of the same name was featured in the 2005 Nick Love film The Business. Guy Ritchie's 2020 black comedy crime film The Gentlemen features "In Every Dream Home a Heartache" during an action sequence.

A remixed and instrumental of "The Main Thing" was used in a 2006 advertisement campaign for the Vauxhall Vectra featuring Pierluigi Collina.

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 Roxy Music's sound and visual style have been described as a significant influence on later genres and subcultures such as electronic music, punk rock, disco, new wave and new romantic. Madness are among the artists that have cited Roxy Music as an influence. They paid tribute to Bryan Ferry in the song "4BF" (the title is a reference to the song "2HB", itself a tribute to Humphrey Bogart from the first Roxy Music album). Other artists who have cited or been described as influenced by Roxy Music include Nile Rodgers, Kate Bush, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Concrete Blonde, Duran Duran, Adam and the Ants, U2, the Smiths, Depeche Mode, Nick Cave, Spandau Ballet, Radiohead, Scissor Sisters, Talking Heads, Simple Minds, Steven Wilson, Garbage, Placebo, Imogen Heap, Goldfrapp, Pulp, The Sex Pistols, the Human League, Todd Terje and Franz Ferdinand.

In 1997, John Taylor of Duran Duran produced the tribute album Dream Home Heartaches... Remaking/Remodeling Roxy Music. The compilation features Taylor as well as Dave Gahan (Depeche Mode) and Low Pop Suicide, among others.

Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones named his first band The Strand after the Roxy Music song Do The Strand. Jones has also described Roxy Music's style as a strong influence on the later punk craze he would go on to become a part of and cited their debut album as one of his all-time favourites.

The electronic band Ladytron took their name from the title of a song from Roxy Music's debut album.

The British band Bananarama took their name, in part, from the Roxy Music song "Pyjamarama".

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