The discography of White Lies, a London-based indie rock band, consists of seven studio albums, two extended plays and twelve singles. Formerly known as Fear of Flying, the group formed in Ealing in west London in 2002, whilst founding members Charles Cave and Jack Lawrence-Brown were both still at school. Harry McVeigh joined the band in 2004. They began as a "weekend project", before later releasing two 7-inch vinyls, "Routemaster/Round Three" and "Three's a Crowd/Forget-Me-Nots".
White Lies' first release was a short extended play, titled "Unfinished Business". The release contained only two tracks and was limited to only 500 copies. They made their television debut on Later... with Jools Holland in May 2008, where they played "Unfinished Business" and "Death", the latter of which was released as a single later that year and reached number 52 in the United Kingdom. The band's second single, "To Lose My Life" was released in January 2009, and was their first single to break the top forty of the UK Singles Chart, reaching number 34. To Lose My Life..., the band's debut album, was released one week later. The album was a commercial success, debuting at number one on the UK Albums Chart. It was the first debut album by a British band to do so in 2009. The album also charted in Ireland and the Netherlands, reaching peaks of 22 and 31 respectively. A third single from the album, "Farewell to the Fairground", was released on 23 March 2009. The release marked the band's most successful single to date, reaching number 33 in the UK and spending 5 weeks on the chart. "Death" was re-released on 29 June 2009. A music video was created for "Death" (Crystal Castles Remix).
Albums Studio albums Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications UK AUT BEL DEN FRAPeaks in France: For all except noted: For Friends: GER NLD SCOPeaks on the Scottish Albums chart: For To Lose My Life...: For Ritual: For Big TV: For Friends: For Five: For As I Try Not to Fall Apart: For Night Light: SWISwiss Singles/Albums charting US To Lose My Life... Released: 19 January 2009 Label: Fiction (#1793239) Formats: CD, LP, digital download 1 57 24 10 119 50 31 3 73 146 BPI: Gold IFPI DEN: Gold IRMA: Gold Ritual Released: 17 January 2011 Label: Fiction (#2751636) Formats: CD, LP, digital download 3 21 4 2 123 10 3 3 19 95 BPI: Silver Big TV Released: 12 August 2013 Label: Fiction (#3740906) Formats: CD, LP, digital download 4 23 14 10 129 19 12 11 3 — Friends Released: 7 October 2016 Label: BMG Formats: CD, LP, digital download 11 59 11 — 194 40 32 15 50 — Five Released: 1 February 2019 Label: PIAS Formats: CD, LP, digital download 14 30 9 — — 18 12 11 15 — As I Try Not to Fall Apart Released: 18 February 2022 Label: PIAS Formats: CD, LP, digital download 14 45 16 — — 36 9 6 23 — Night Light Released: 7 November 2025 Label: PIAS Formats: CD, LP, digital download 29 — — — — — — 14 — — "—" denotes a release that did not chart.
Extended plays Title EP details Peak chart positions UKIndie FRA Unfinished Business Released: 28 April 2008 Label: Chess Club 34 — The Remixes Released: 17 April 2010 Label: Fiction — — White Lies Amazon Artist Lounge Released: 29 July 2013 Label: Polydor — 133 There Goes Our Love Again Remixes Released: 23 August 2013 Label: Polydor — — Small TV Released: 6 November 2013 Label: Fiction — — "—" denotes a release that did not chart.
Singles Single Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album UK AUT BEL CZ DEN MEX NLD POL SCOPeaks in Scotland: "Death": "To Lose My Life": "Farewell to the Fairground": "Death" (re-release): "Bigger than Us": SWIPeaks in Switzerland: For "To Lose My Life": For "Bigger than Us": "Routemaster" (as Fear of Flying) 2006 — — — — — — — — — — rowspan="2" "Three's A Crowd"/"Forget-Me-Nots" (as Fear of Flying) — — — — — — — — — — "Unfinished Business" 2008 — — — — — — — — — — To Lose My Life... "Death" 52 — — — — 30 — 35 8 — "To Lose My Life" 2009 34 — — 65 — 28 — 43 4 70 "Farewell to the Fairground" 33 — — — — — 83 1 9 — BPI: Silver "Death" (re-release) 174 — — — — — — — 20 — "Bigger than Us" 2011 42 46 36 — 38 25 45 48 42 96 Ritual "Strangers" — — — — — — — 44 — — "Holy Ghost" — — — — — — — — — — "The Power & the Glory" — — — — — — — — — — "There Goes Our Love Again" 2013 — — — — — 38 — — — — Big TV "First Time Caller" — — — — — — — — — — "Take It Out on Me" 2016 — — — — — — — — — — Friends "Come On" — — — — — — — — — — "Morning in LA" — — — — — — — — — — "Hold Back Your Love" — — — — — 43 — — — — "Don't Want to Feel It All" 2017 — — — — — — — — — — "Time to Give"2018 — — — — — — — — — —Five "Believe It" — — — — — — — — — — "Finish Line" — — — — — — — — — — "Tokyo" 2019 — — — — — 19 — — — — "Hurt My Heart" — — — — — — — — — — "As I Try Not to Fall Apart" 2021 — — — — — — — — — — As I Try Not to Fall Apart "I Don't Want to Go to Mars" — — — — — — — — — — "Am I Really Going to Die" 2022 — — — — — — — — — — "Blue Drift" — — — — — — — — — — "Trouble In America" — — — — — — — — — — "Breakdown Days" — — — — — — — — — — "Nothing On Me" 2025 — — — — — — — — — — Night Light "In the Middle" — — — — — — — — — — "Keep Up" — — — — — — — — — — "—" denotes singles that did not chart, have not yet charted, or were not released.
Promotional singles Single Year Peak chart positions Album MEX "From the Stars" 2008 – To Lose My Life... "Taxidermy" 2009 – "Getting Even" 2013 48 Big TV
As featured artist Title Year Album "Embrace"(Chase & Status featuring White Lies) 2011 No More Idols
Music videos Title Year Director(s) "Unfinished Business" 2008 Simon Green "Death" Andreas Nilsson "To Lose My Life" 2009 "Farewell to the Fairground" "Bigger than Us" 2010 Jonas & François "Strangers" 2011 Stephen Agnew "Holy Ghost" Canada "The Power & the Glory" "There Goes Our Love Again" 2013 James Slater "First Time Caller"Nicolas Davenel "Take It Out on Me" 2016 David Pablos "Morning in LA" Chris Hugall "Don't Want to Feel It All" Alex Alvarez "Believe It" 2018David Pablos "Tokyo" 2019 "As I Try Not to Fall Apart" 2021 "I Don't Want to Go to Mars" "Am I Really Going to Die" 2022 Balan Evans "In the Middle" 2025 Andreas Nilsson
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