Nada Surf discography

The discography of Nada Surf, a New York-based alternative rock group, consists of ten studio albums, thirteen singles and one extended play (EP). Nada Surf was formed in 1992 and consists of Matthew Caws (guitar, vocals), Daniel Lorca (bass, backup vocals), Ira Elliot (drums, backup vocals), and Doug Gillard (lead guitar).

Nada Surf discography
Studio albums	10
EPs	5
Singles	22

Albums

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US [1]	AUT [2]	BEL [3]	FRA [4]	GER [5]	NLD [6]	SPA [7]	SWE [8]	SWI [9]	UK [10]
High/Low	Released: June 18, 1996 Label: Elektra Formats: CD, Cassette (CS)	63	—	36	37	—	—	—	31	—	—
The Proximity Effect	Released: September 22, 1998 Labels: Elektra (Europe), MarDev Records (2000) Formats: CD, CS, LP	—	—	—	45	—	—	—	—	—	—
Let Go	Released: February 4, 2003 Labels: Barsuk Formats: CD, 2-LP, digital download	—	—	—	32	—	—	—	—	—	—
The Weight Is a Gift	Released: September 20, 2005 Labels: Barsuk, City Slang (Rough Trade) Formats: CD, LP, digital download	167	—	—	47	51	—	—	—	59	—
Lucky	Released: February 5, 2008 Labels: Barsuk, City Slang (Rough Trade) Formats: CD, LP, digital download	82	—	97	41	33	98	—	—	39	193
If I Had a Hi-Fi	Released: June 8, 2010 Label: Mardev Records Formats: CD, 2-LP, digital download	—	—	—	153	—	—	—	—	86	—
The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy	Released: January 18, 2012 (Japan) January 23, 2012 (UK/EU) January 24, 2012 (US) Label: Barsuk Records Formats: CD, LP, digital download	86	46	—	86	31	—[A]	—	—	42	190
You Know Who You Are	Released: March 4, 2016 Label: Barsuk Records Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming	—[B]	51	—	118	47	—	61	—	46	—
Never Not Together	Released: February 7, 2020 Label: Barsuk Records/City Slang Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming	—[C]	—	—	135	49	—	41	—	63	—[D]
Moon Mirror	Released: September 13, 2024 Label: New West Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—[E]

Extended plays

Year	Title	Label/Type
1996	Karmic (EP)	No.6 Records - CD +++ 2007 reissue on Hi-Speed Soul Records - digital/CD/12" incl. bonus track
2006	All You Need Is Love (radio only EP)	Barsuk Records - digital/promo CD
2008	The MySpace Transmissions (EP)	MySpace Records/Barsuk Records - digital/CD Ltd.
2012	The Dulcitone Files (EP)	Barsuk Records - digital/CD
2021	Cycle Through (EP)	Barsuk Records - digital

Other records

Type	Year	Title	Label	Info
CD	1999	North 6th Street	Noneties Music	compilation of demos, 7" versions and French versions of early songs - available only at shows & on www.nadasurf.com
CD	2004	Live in Brussels	Labels/EMI France	full concert recorded in house at l'Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, 2003-03-31
DVD	2004	Live aux Eurockéennes de Belfort	Labels/EMI France	full concert filmed at Eurockéennes de Belfort festival, France, 2003-07-06
Vinyl	2008	Vinyl Box Set 1994-2008	Barsuk/City Slang	first 5 studio albums on 12" vinyl (High/Low only here!) plus repressing of debut 7" single, 24 pages 12" booklet incl. all lyrics, mp3-download code for 16 rare b-sides - limited edition of 1000 copies
Digital	2014	B-Sides	Barsuk	A compilation of digital rarities, which includes tracks that had previously only been available on limited-edition CDs, including a few [...] covers and tracks that were previously unreleased in the US.[14]
CD/Vinyl/Digital	2015	Live At The Neptune Theatre	Self-released	Recorded Saturday, March 24, 2012 at the Neptune Theatre in Seattle, WA in the midst of a US tour in support of the album The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy.
CD/Vinyl/Digital	2016	Peaceful Ghosts	City Slang	An album of the band performing with the ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra (Vienna) and the Babelsberg Film Orchestra (Berlin)

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Peak chart positions										Certifications (sales thresholds)	Album
		US [15]	AUS [16]	BEL [3]	FRA [17]	JPN [18]	NLD [6]	NZ [19]	SWE [8]	SWI [20]	UK [10]
"Popular"	1996	51	43	21	10	—	54	40	13	—	123	SNEP: Gold[21]	High/Low
"Treehouse"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Deeper Well"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Why Are You So Mean to Me?"	1998	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		The Proximity Effect
"The Way You Wear Your Head"	2002	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	142		Let Go
"Inside of Love"		—	95	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	73
"Hi-Speed Soul"	2003	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	87
"L'Aventurier"		—	—	—	86	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Always Love"	2005	—	—	—	57	—	—	—	—	—	—		The Weight Is a Gift
"Imaginary Friends"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Whose Authority"	2007	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	69	—		Lucky
"See These Bones"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"I Like What You Say"	2008	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	45	—
"Electrocution"	2010	—	—	—	—	65	—	—	—	—	—		If I Had a Hifi
"The Moon is Calling"	2011	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—[F]		The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy
"Waiting for Something"	2012	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Believe You're Mine"	2015	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		You Know Who You Are
"Cold to See Clear"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Something I Should Do"	2019	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Never Not Together
"Looking For You"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"So Much Love"	2020	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"In Front of Me Now"	2024	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Moon Mirror
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other releases

• Where Is My Mind? Tribute to the Pixies (Contributing "Where Is My Mind?") - Glue Factory - 1999
• This Is Next Year: A Brooklyn-Based Compilation (featuring "Blizzard of '77") - Arena Rock Recording Co. - 2001*
• Music from the OC: Mix 2 (featuring "If You Leave" (OMD cover)) - WEA - 2004
• Future Soundtrack for America ("Your Legs Grow") - Barsuk - 2004*
• For the Kids Too! ("Meow Meow Lullaby" (compilation track)) - Nettwerk America - 2004
• Love Rocks ("Inside of Love") - Human Rights Campaign/Centaur Entertainment - 2005
• Friends With Benefit, (songs from one One Tree Hill) - contributing "Always Love" - 2006
• John Tucker Must Die: Music from the Motion Picture ("I Like What You Say") - Wind-Up - 2006*
• Rails & Ties ("In the Mirror" (compilation track)) - Milan Records - 2007*
• Heroes: Original Soundtrack ("Weightless") - NBC Universal Television, DVD, Music & Consumer Products Group - 2008
• Nano-Mugen Compilation 2009 ("Weightless") - Ki/oon Records - 2009

* All are non-album versions of each song

Films, games, TV programs and adverts soundtracks

• Nada Surf have been featured several times in the television series One Tree Hill:
  • "Inside of Love" was played in season 1 episode 13.
  • "Always Love" was played in season 3 episode 3.
  • The band make a guest appearance on season 3 episode 11 playing "Concrete Bed" in concert as Peyton (Hilarie Burton) is trying to convince their band manager to agree to be a part of the benefit CD which is later named as "Friends with Benefit".
  • "See These Bones", "Here Goes Something", "I LIke What You Say" and "The Film Did Not Go Round" appeared in season 5 episode 10.
  • "Are You Lightning?" was used in season 6 episode 17, which had Matthew Caws as a guest composer for the episode score.
• Nada Surf performed the "Kitty Cat Song" used as the theme tune for the 2006 game Catz, officially titled "Meow Meow Lullaby Remix". The song was written by Matthew Caws, Ira Elliot and Daniel Lorca, with additional vocals from Lianne Smith.
• Nada Surf covered The Beatles' classic "All You Need is Love" in 2006. The cover was featured in a Chase Bank credit card television commercial in the U.S.
• “Blankest Year” featured in a 2006 TV commercial for the Suzuki Swift in Germany.
• The song "Blonde on Blonde" from Let Go is featured during the opening and end credits to the 2004 coming of age German film Sommersturm (Summer Storm). "Blonde on Blonde" is also featured in the 2004 John Travolta film, A Love Song for Bobby Long, and in the television series Six Feet Under.
• "What is Your Secret" from The Weight Is a Gift, was featured in "A New Light", episode 3 of the ABC series Six Degrees.
• Nada Surf recorded a cover of the classic 1980s song "If You Leave" by OMD for the television series The O.C. The song played during a prominent scene in which Seth Cohen (Adam Brody) shares an emotional goodbye with Anna Stern (Samaire Armstrong). This scene was a tribute to the John Hughes film Pretty in Pink, in which the OMD version of the song originally appeared.
• Nada Surf songs have been played three times in the television show How I Met Your Mother; "Inside of Love" was featured in the first season, "Always Love" was featured in the twelfth episode of the second season, and "Beautiful Beat" was featured in the closing moments of the twelfth episode of the third season as Ted (Josh Radnor) revisits the bar.
• "Always Love" is featured on the soundtrack to the 2007 film Disturbia.
• "Zen Brain" is featured in the 2001 German film No Regrets [de].
• "Hyperspace" is featured in the 2004 German film The Edukators and the 2009 remake of My Bloody Valentine.
• Nada Surf's song "I Like What You Say" is featured in the 2006 film John Tucker Must Die.
• Nada Surf's song "Weightless", from their album Lucky, premiered in the 30th episode (season 2, episode 7, "Out of Time") of the NBC television series Heroes, on November 6, 2007, and will appear on its original soundtrack.
• "The Fox" from Nada Surf's album Lucky is featured in the closing montage of The Riches episode 204 "Slums of Bayou Hills".
• "Happy Kid" is featured in the opening scenes of an episode of Numb3rs entitled "When Worlds Collide".

Covers

• "If I Had a Hi-Fi" is entirely covers chosen by the band
• Nada Surf play the title track of the Pixies tribute album, Where Is My Mind?.
• Daniel and Matthew went to school at the Lycée Français de New York and also spent time in France and Belgium as children. They have been influenced by French culture, and the band has recorded cover versions of Alain Souchon's song "La p'tite Bill est malade", Indochine's "L'Aventurier", and Françoise Hardy's "Au Fond d'un Rêve Doré"
• Nada Surf covered The Beatles' classic "All You Need is Love" in 2006.
• The band has covered the Stooges song "I'm Sick of You" for the Iggy Pop tribute album, We Will Fall.
• The band covered OMD's "If You Leave" for the Music from the OC: Mix 2 soundtrack album.
• They have covered the song "Blue Moon" for the Big Star tribute.
• Nada Surf covered The Smiths' classic "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" for a BBC Radio 6 Music tribute operation, featuring Ed Harcourt on keyboard. They subsequently included it to their set lists.
• On January 17, 2008, the group covered "Ooh La La" by 1970s rock band Faces during an acoustic show for a local radio station in Hamburg, Germany.
• The band covered the song "Why Are You So Mean To Me?" originally by the band Vitreous Humor.
• They also covered ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION's song "Mustang" on the Nano-Mugen Compilation 2011.

Notes

1. The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy did not enter the Dutch Album Top 100, but entered the Dutch Alternative Top 30 chart at number 24.^[11]
2. You Know Who You Are did not enter the US Billboard 200, but peaked at number 88 on the US Current Album Sales Chart.^[12]
3. Never Not Together did not enter the US Billboard 200, but peaked at number 44 on the US Album Sales Chart.^[13]
4. Never Not Together did not enter the UK Albums Chart, but peaked at number 97 on the UK Album Sales Chart.^[10]
5. Moon Mirror did not enter the UK Albums Chart, but peaked at number 78 on the UK Album Sales Chart.^[10]
6. "The Moon is Calling" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 100 on the UK Physical Singles Chart.^[22]