Karma Chameleon
~ Recording by Culture Club
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.1 | Karma Chameleon | 4:13 | Culture Club | Colour by Numbers | Culture Club | Album |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 205 730, 97448, V 2285 |
| 1.1 | Karma Chameleon | 4:13 | Culture Club | Colour by Numbers (picture disc) | Culture Club | Album |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | VP2285 |
| 1.1 | Karma Chameleon | 4:13 | Culture Club | Colour by Numbers | Culture Club | Album |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 405 730 |
| 1.1 | Karma Chameleon | 4:13 | Culture Club | Colour by Numbers | Culture Club | Album |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | V2285 |
| 1.1 | Karma Chameleon | 4:13 | Culture Club | Colour by Numbers | Culture Club | Album |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 405 730 |
| 1.1 | Karma Chameleon | 4:13 | Culture Club | Colour by Numbers | Culture Club | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | QET 39107 |
| 1.1 | Karma Chameleon | 4:13 | Culture Club | Colour by Numbers | Culture Club | Album |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | CDV 2285 |
| 1.1 | Karma Chameleon | 4:13 | Culture Club | Colour by Numbers | Culture Club | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | QE 39107 |
| 1.1 | Karma Chameleon | 4:13 | Culture Club | Colour by Numbers | Culture Club | Album |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | TCV 2285 |
| 1.1 | Karma Chameleon | 4:13 | Culture Club | Colour by Numbers (picture disk) | Culture Club | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Virgin Records America, Inc. (for copyrights use only; for release labels, please refer to either “Virgin” or “Virgin America”) | 39237 |
| 1.1 | Karma Chameleon | 4:13 | Culture Club | Colour by Numbers | Culture Club | Album |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 610 046, CDV 2285 |
| 1.4 | Karma Chameleon | 4:12 | Culture Club | 16 No. 1 Hits: 1974–1986 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | PD 71291 |
| 1.1 | Karma Chameleon | 4:13 | Culture Club | Colour by Numbers | Culture Club | Album |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | VJD-28068 |
| 1.1 | Karma Chameleon | 4:13 | Culture Club | Colour by Numbers | Culture Club | Album |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 2-91391 |
| 1.11 | Karma Chameleon | 4:13 | Culture Club | The Best of 1980–1990, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Germany (a division of EMI Electrola GmbH) | 652-7 94923 2 |
| 1.11 | Karma Chameleon | 4:13 | Culture Club | The Best of 1980–1990, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | |
| 1.8 | Karma Chameleon | 4:15 | Culture Club | Billboard Top Hits: 1984 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 70679 |
| 1.8 | Karma Chameleon | 4:15 | Culture Club | Billboard Top Hits: 1984 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 70679 |
| 1.7 | Karma Chameleon | 4:15 | Culture Club | Totally ’80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Razor & Tie, Warner Special Products | OPCD-4544 |
| 2.9 | Karma Chameleon | 4:11 | Culture Club | In the Air Tonight: Virgin’s Greatest Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 7243 8 39703 2 2 |
| 2.9 | Karma Chameleon | 4:12 | Culture Club | In the Air Tonight: Virgin’s Greatest Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | |
| 2.9 | Karma Chameleon | 4:12 | Culture Club | In the Air Tonight: Virgin’s Greatest Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | |
| 2.9 | Karma Chameleon | 4:11 | Culture Club | In the Air Tonight: Virgin’s Greatest Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.9 | Karma Chameleon | 4:12 | Culture Club | In The Air Tonight: Virgin’s Greatest Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | VTDCD 26 |
| 1.14 | Karma Chameleon | 4:16 | Culture Club | Sounds of the Eighties: 1984 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Special Products, Time–Life Music | A 25259, R988-06 |
| 1.2 | Karma Chameleon | 4:16 | Culture Club | The No. 1 Hits 1984 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| SR International | 79 612 8 |
| 1.1 | Karma Chameleon | 4:08 | Culture Club | Just Can’t Get Enough: New Wave Hits of the ’80s, Volume 12 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 71975 |
| 1.14 | Karma Chameleon | 4:13 | Culture Club | Best of Ronny’s Pop Show | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 481032 2, COL 481032 2 |
| 1.14 | Karma Chameleon | 4:13 | Culture Club | Die grössten Hits aus 25 Jahren Ronny’s Pop Show | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.9 | Karma Chameleon | 4:11 | Culture Club | Club Classics 2: The 35 Most Wanted | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 7243 841473 27 |
| 1.7 | Karma Chameleon | 4:12 | Culture Club | Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion: Original Soundtrack | Various Artists | Album + Compilation + Soundtrack |
| Hollywood Records (a label of Disney Music Group) | HR-62098-2 |
| 1.7 | Karma Chameleon | 4:12 | Culture Club | Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion | Various Artists | Album + Compilation + Soundtrack |
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| 1.7 | Karma Chameleon | 4:12 | Culture Club | Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion: Original Soundtrack | Various Artists | Album + Compilation + Soundtrack |
| Hollywood Records (a label of Disney Music Group) | 1620982 |
| 1.7 | Karma Chameleon | 4:07 | Culture Club | MTV the First 1000 Years: New Wave | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 75974 |
| 1.8 | Karma Chameleon | 4:11 | Culture Club | Reflex of the 80’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | Virgin EMI (80s–early 00s UK compilations) | 7243 8475922 3 | |
| 1.2 | Karma Chameleon | 4:10 | Culture Club | The Best 80’s Album in the World… Ever! Volume 2 (South Africa) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | CDBEST(WLMD) 18 |
| 1.6 | Karma Chameleon | 4:13 | Culture Club | The Ultimate Hits of the 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment), Collectables (US reissue label) | A-31593, COL-CD-9769 |
| 2.5 | Karma Chameleon | 4:12 | Culture Club | Ultime 80’s Anthology | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin France S.A. (not for release label use!) | 7243 850596 2 9 |
| 1.6 | Karma Chameleon | 4:13 | Culture Club | The Ultimate Jukebox Hits of the 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Collectables (US reissue label) | COL-CD-0126 |
| 4.15 | Karma Chameleon | 4:08 | Culture Club | Like, Omigod! The ’80s Pop Culture Box (Totally) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 78239 |
| 1.9 | Karma Chameleon | 4:10 | Culture Club | Sounds of the Eighties: Classic ’80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Custom Marketing Group, Time–Life Music | A 55694, M18853 |
| 1.13 | Karma Chameleon | 4:13 | Culture Club | The Very Best of the 80’s: 1983, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.1 | Karma Chameleon | 4:13 | Culture Club | Colour by Numbers | Culture Club | Album |
| EMI Marketing | |
| 2.7 | Karma Chameleon | 4:11 | Culture Club | Electric: Level 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Telstar TV | TTVCD3329 |
| 1.1 | Karma Chameleon | 4:13 | Culture Club | Colour by Numbers | Culture Club | Album |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 7243 592408 2 4, 7243 592408 24, CDVR2285 |
| 1.8 | Karma Chameleon | 4:13 | Culture Club | 1980s Number 1's | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 7243 5 84014 2 4 |
| 3.9 | Karma Chameleon | 4:11 | Culture Club | Ultimate 80 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 072435910662 |
| 1.6 | Karma Chameleon | 4:11 | Culture Club | Casey Kasem Presents America’s Top Ten 1980s: #1 Pop Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Top Sail Productions | |
| 2.1 | Karma Chameleon | 4:12 | Culture Club | Greatest Hits of the 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Gold | 571 0962 |
| 1.10 | Karma Chameleon | 4:13 | Culture Club | Die ultimative Chart Show: Die erfolgreichsten Hits der 80er | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polystar (Germany) | 06024 9832514 |
| 1.2 | Karma Chameleon | 4:14 | Culture Club | Culture Club 2005: Singles and Remixes | Culture Club | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | |
| 2.2 | Karma Chameleon | 4:10 | Culture Club | New Wave: The Long Versions | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | CB 902713 |
| 1.6 | Karma Chameleon | 4:14 | Culture Club | Greatest Hits | Culture Club | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 72438-73712-2- 4 |
| 1.6 | Karma Chameleon | 4:14 | Culture Club | Greatest Hits (BMG club edition) | Culture Club | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries), BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions) | 72438-73712-2- 4, D161902 |
| 1.9 | Karma Chameleon | 4:14 | Culture Club | All #1 Hits ’80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Madacy Entertainment | MEG2 52102 |
| 1.5 | Karma Chameleon | 4:09 | Culture Club | Floorfillers: The Ultimate Party Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Music Argentina (not an imprint, and may actually refer to EMI-Odeon S.A.I.C.) | 0946 3572402 8 |
| 1.15 | Karma Chameleon | 4:08 | Culture Club | Pure ’80s #1s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Hip‐O Records | B0006279-02 |
| 4.14 | Karma Chameleon | 4:11 | Culture Club | The Best Disco… Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Music Poland, Pomaton EMI (Polish division of EMI) | 02-823 |
| 2.1 | Karma Chameleon | 4:13 | Culture Club | Pure Pop | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 5099950835621 |
| 1.1 | Karma Chameleon | 4:13 | Culture Club | Colour by Numbers | Culture Club | Album |
| VJCP-68870 | |
| 1.5 | Karma Chameleon | 4:14 | Culture Club | Dexter: Season 4 | Daniel Licht | Album + Soundtrack |
| Milan (main imprint of Milan Entertainment, Inc. and Éditions Milan Music) | M2-36494 |
| 1.5 | Karma Chameleon | 4:14 | Culture Club | Dexter: Season 4: Music From the Showtime Original Series | Daniel Licht | Album + Soundtrack |
| Milan (main imprint of Milan Entertainment, Inc. and Éditions Milan Music) | M2-36494 |
| 4.8 | Karma Chameleon | 4:08 | Culture Club | 101 Floorfillers | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 50999 919860 2 3, 9198602 |
| 2.11 | Karma Chameleon | 4:11 | Culture Club | 101 Summer Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 50999 730169 2 2 |
| 2.5 | Karma Chameleon | 4:12 | Culture Club | Alle 40 Goed: Nummer 1 Hits, Vol. 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | |
| 2.5 | Karma Chameleon | 4:12 | Culture Club | Alle 40 goed: Nummer 1 hits, Vol. 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone Belgium | |
| 1.6 | Karma Chameleon | 4:14 | Culture Club | Greatest Hits | Culture Club | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone Catalogue | |
| 3.12 | Karma Chameleon | 4:10 | Culture Club | Waar zijn de eighties | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | |
| 2.17 | Karma Chameleon | 4:12 | Culture Club | Ultratop 1001 Hits, Volume 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Belgium | 5368963 |
| 1.1 | Karma Chameleon | 4:13 | Culture Club | Colour by Numbers | Culture Club | Album |
| Music on CD | MOCCD13379 |
| 1.14 | Karma Chameleon | 4:12 | Culture Club | The Very Best of the Breeze: Playlist 2017 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment), The Breeze (New Zealand radio station) | 88985487012 |
| 4.1 | Karma Chameleon | 4:12 | Culture Club | De pré historie: De jaren ’80 (De ultieme 10 CD collectie) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”) | 538.863-4 |
| 2.27 | Karma Chameleon | 4:14 | Culture Club | NOW 100 Hits: Sing‐A‐Long | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | |||
| 4.17 | Karma Chameleon | 4:13 | Culture Club | NOW 100 Hits: Sing‐A‐Long | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment), Universal Music on Demand | CDNNNOW90 |
| 2.3 | Karma Chameleon | 4:08 | Culture Club | Time Life Loves the ’80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | |
| 1.22 | Karma Chameleon | 4:13 | Culture Club | Wedding Party 2020 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations) | |
| 1.11 | Karma Chameleon | 4:11 | Culture Club | 80’s and 90’s Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations) | |
| 1.12 | Karma Chameleon | 4:09 | Culture Club | NOW 100 Hits: 80s No.1s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music on Demand, Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 0194398066424, CDNNNOW98 |
| 1.6 | Karma Chameleon | 4:14 | Culture Club | 80s New Year’s Party | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations) | |
| 1.41 | Karma Chameleon | 4:14 | Culture Club | The Best 80s Album in the World… Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations) | |
| 1.53 | Karma Chameleon | 4:14 | Culture Club | The Best New Year’s Party Album in the World…Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations) | |
| 2.9 | Karma Chameleon | 4:12 | Culture Club | NOW That’s What I Call a Massive 80s Party | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| NOW Music (Denmark, compilations) | CDNNNOW134 |
| 1.51 | Karma Chameleon | 4:13 | Culture Club | 80’s Hits: It’s Party Time | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations), UMe (imprint of Universal Music Enterprises) | |
| 1.2 | Karma Chameleon | 4:13 | Culture Club | Best 80s Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations), UMe (imprint of Universal Music Enterprises) | |
| 1.16 | Karma Chameleon (7" Mix) | 4:02 | Culture Club | Colour by Numbers (MQA-CD, UHQCD) | Culture Club | Album |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | UICY-40381, V 2285 |
| 1.1 | Karma Chameleon | 4:12 | Culture Club | Colour by Numbers (MQA-CD, UHQCD) | Culture Club | Album |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | UICY-40381, V 2285 |
| 1.15 | Karma Chameleon | 4:14 | Culture Club | 80’s Summer Essentials | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| UMe (imprint of Universal Music Enterprises) | |
| 1.6 | Karma Chameleon | 4:16 | Culture Club | 80’s Gold: Club ’80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Hip‐O Records | |
| 1.5 | Karma Chameleon | 4:12 | Culture Club | Greatest Hits | Culture Club | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 50999 907298 2 9 |
| 2.1 | Karma Chameleon | 4:12 | Culture Club | Greatest Hits of the 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Gold | 5 71096 2 |
| 7.6 | Karma Chameleon | 4:11 | Culture Club | Original-Hit-118-Pops-Diary | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| SunJin Media | |
| 1.5 | Karma Chameleon | 4:12 | Culture Club | Party Starter: 80s Mix | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Compass Productions (budget compilations) | 09643-97425-2-6 |
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 1.1 | Karma Chameleon | 4:13 | Culture Club | Colour by Numbers (Daily Mail) | Culture Club | Album |
| Daily Mail, The Communications Practice, Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | |
| 1.5 | Karma Chameleon | 4:13 | Culture Club | Sampler | Culture Club | Album + Compilation | |||
| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 1.13 | Karma Chameleon | 4:17 | Culture Club | 20 Years on MTV: 1983 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.15 | Karma Chameleon | 4:14 | Culture Club | 20 Years on MTV: 1984 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.72 | Karma Chameleon | 4:13 | Culture Club | The Best Summer Album in the World… Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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Relationships
| engineer: | Simon Humphrey Gordon Milne (engineer) Mike Ross‐Trevor (engineer) |
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| producer: | Steve Levine |
| mixer: | Steve Levine Jon Moss |
| bass guitar: | Mikey Craig (Culture Club bassist) (in 1983) |
| drums (drum set) and percussion: | Jon Moss (in 1983) |
| electric sitar, guitar, keyboard, piano and sitar: | Roy Hay (Member of Culture Club and composer for film and television) (in 1983) |
| guest keyboard: | Phil Pickett (songwriter, producer, keyboard player) (in 1983) |
| harmonica: | Judd Lander (in 1983) |
| background vocals: | Helen Terry (UK singer) (in 1983) |
| lead vocals: | Boy George (in 1983) |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Virgin Records Ltd. (not for release label use! for company relationships only) (in 1983, in 2003) |
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| recorded at: | CBS Studios (London, 1972–1989) in London (Greater London) (in 1983) Red Bus Studios in London (Greater London) (in 1983) |
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| music videos: | Karma Chameleon |
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| recording of: | Karma Chameleon |
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Related works
Karma Chameleon
| writer: | Mikey Craig (Culture Club bassist) George O’Dowd Roy Hay (Member of Culture Club and composer for film and television) Jon Moss Phil Pickett (songwriter, producer, keyboard player) |
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| publisher: | EMI Virgin Music Ltd. (do not use this as a release label!) BMG VM Music Ltd. (from 2013-05 to present) |
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| later translated versions: | Como, como posso? |
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