Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK |
IRE |
NZ |
NL |
AUT |
NOR |
US Dance |
US Mod |
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| 1979 | "Gangsters" | 6 | 27 | 20 | 11 | — | — | — | — | Non album single | |||||||||
| "A Message to You, Rudy" | 10 | 19 | 29 | 35 | 7 | — | — | — | Specials | ||||||||||
| 1980 | "Too Much Too Young" | 1 | 3 | — | 15 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Rat Race" | 5 | 17 | — | — | — | — | 89 | — | Non album single | ||||||||||
| "Stereotype" | 6 | 12 | — | 41 | — | — | — | — | More Specials | ||||||||||
| "Do Nothing" | 4 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| 1981 | "Ghost Town" | 1 | 3 | 20 | 12 | — | 7 | — | — | Non album single | |||||||||
| 1982 | "The Boiler" | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Jungle Music" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| "War Crimes" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | In the Studio | ||||||||||
| 1983 | "Racist Friend" | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| 1984 | "Free Nelson Mandela" | 9 | 6 | — | 9 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend" | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| 1988 | "Free Nelson Mandela" | 93 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non album single | |||||||||
| 1991 | "Ghost Town Revisited" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Singles Collection | |||||||||
| 1996 | "Hypocrite" | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Today's Specials | |||||||||
| 1997 | "It's You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 29 | Guilty 'Til Proved Innocent! | |||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||||||||||||
Read more about this topic: The Specials Discography