"'''Karma Chameleon'''" is a song by English band [[Culture Club]], featured on the group's 1983 album ''[[Colour by Numbers]]''. The single was released in the [[United Kingdom]] in September 1983<ref>{{cite web|title= The Million Sellers: Culture Club's Karma Chameleon |publisher= [[Official Charts Company]] |date= 8 November 2012 |access-date= 24 January 2020 |url= https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-million-sellers-culture-clubs-karma-chameleon__4494/}}</ref> and became the second Culture Club single to reach the top of the [[UK singles chart]], after "[[Do You Really Want to Hurt Me]]". The record stayed at number one for six weeks and became the UK's biggest-selling single of the year 1983, selling 1.39 million955,000 copies in 1983 and certificated platinum by BPI.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-official-top-40-best-selling-songs-of-1983__32721/ |title= Official Top 40 Best Selling Singles of 1983 |website= UK Official Charts.com |publisher= The Official UK Charts Company |date= 19 March 2021 }}</ref> To date, it is the 38th-biggest-selling single of all time in the UK,<ref>{{cite web|first= Justin |last= Myers |title= The best-selling singles of all time on the Official UK Chart |publisher= Official Charts Company |date= 14 December 2018 |access-date= 22 December 2018 |url= https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-best-selling-singles-of-all-time-on-the-official-uk-chart__21298/}}</ref> selling over 1.52 million copies.<ref name="Copies">{{cite web|first= Rob |last= Copsey |title= The UK's Official Chart 'millionaires' revealed |publisher= Official Charts Company |date= 19 September 2017 |access-date= 21 December 2018 |url= http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-uks-official-chart-millionaires-revealed__20459/}}</ref>
The song was a worldwide success, going number one in 20 countries. It also spent three weeks at number one on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] in early 1984, becoming the group's biggest hit and only US number-one single among their many top-10 hits. The single sold over 75 million copies globally.<ref name="wwsales">{{cite web|first= Eric |last= Bodrero |year= 2005 |title= The Culture Club - Greatest Hits Review |work= antiMusic |access-date= 8 November 2012 |url= http://www.rocknworld.com/features/05/cultureclub.shtml}}</ref> In 2015, the song was voted by the British public as the nation's ninth favourite [[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1980s|1980s number one]] in a poll for [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]].<ref>{{cite news|first= Caroline |last= Westbrook |title= The Nation's Favourite 80s Number One: 12 more classic 80s chart-toppers which didn't make the cut |newspaper= [[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]] |date= 25 July 2015 |access-date= 23 May 2017 |url= http://metro.co.uk/2015/07/25/the-nations-favourite-80s-number-one-12-more-classic-80s-chart-toppers-which-didnt-make-the-cut-5312786/}}</ref> The sleeve features work from the photographer [[David Levine (photographer)|David Levine]].
