Singles
| Year | Song | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||||
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| UK |
US |
US Dance |
AU | NZ | BE | DE | CH | IT | NL | NO | SE | FI | ZA | JP | |||
| 1980 | "Squares and Triangles" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | single only |
| "She's in Love with Mystery" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1981 | "Perfect Game" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | A Product Of... (Participation) |
| "Animal Laugh" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Make Believe" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Politics" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1982 | "In the Name of Love" | — | — | 1 | — | — | 15 | — | — | — | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | Set; In The Name Of Love (U.S.) |
| "Runaway" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Lies" | 67 | 30 | 1 | 27 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Quick Step and Side Kick; Side Kicks (U.S.) |
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| 1983 | "Love on Your Side" | 9 | 45 | 6 | 80 | 9 | 16 | 32 | — | — | 27 | 9 | — | — | — | — | |
| "We Are Detective" | 7 | — | — | — | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Watching" | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Hold Me Now" | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | — | 7 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 86 | Into the Gap | |
| 1984 | "Doctor! Doctor!" | 3 | 11 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 22 | 11 | 11 | — | 23 | — | — | — | 20 | — | |
| "You Take Me Up" | 2 | 44 | — | 47 | 24 | — | 24 | — | 42 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Sister of Mercy" | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "The Gap" | — | 69 | — | — | — | — | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Lay Your Hands On Me" (Alex Sadkin version) | 13 | — | — | 28 | 19 | — | 39 | — | 31 | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | non-album single | |
| 1985 | "Roll Over" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Here's to Future Days |
| "Lay Your Hands on Me" | — | 6 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Don't Mess with Doctor Dream" | 15 | — | — | 17 | 12 | 17 | 30 | 11 | 13 | 34 | — | 10 | 19 | — | — | ||
| "King for a Day" | 22 | 8 | — | 20 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | — | — | — | ||
| "Revolution" | 56 | — | — | — | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1986 | "Nothing in Common" | — | 54 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Nothing in Common soundtrack |
| 1987 | "Get That Love" | 66 | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Close to the Bone |
| "Long Goodbye" | 89 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Bush Baby" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988 | "In the Name of Love '88" | 46 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Best of Thompson Twins: Greatest Mixes |
| 1989 | "Sugar Daddy" | 97 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Big Trash |
| "Bombers in the Sky" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990 | "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Red Hot + Blue |
| 1991 | "Come Inside" | 56 | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Queer |
| 1992 | "The Saint" | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Groove On" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Play with Me (Jane)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | songs from the COOL WORLD soundtrack | |
- A^ "Squares and Triangles" was released on its own independent label, Dirty Discs in April 1980, and was re-released as a free single with the album Set on February 26, 1982.
- B^ "She's in Love with Mystery" was released in November 1980 through independent label Latent.
- C^ "Roll Over", released April 12th, 1985 on 7" & 12" vinyl, was intended to be the first official single for Here's to Future Days. It was withdrawn the day of release, but some copies were sold and made it into the public.
It featured a different version of the song with the 12" extended version titled "Roll Over (Again)". The b-side was a semi-instrumental version of "King for a Day" titled "Fools in Paradise". - D^ "Bush Baby" was released in 1987 as a promo 7" single with an exclusive 7" single version b/w "Follow Your Heart" on Arista Records.
- E^ "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" was released in December 1990 as a double A side along with Deborah Harry & Iggy Pop's "Well Did You Evah?" on 12" vinyl and CD single to promote the AIDS benefit album Red Hot + Blue.
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