List of songs recorded by Rufus Wainwright

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Rufus Wainwright in concert.

The columns Song, Album, and Year list each song title, the official release on which the song first appeared, and the year in which the song was released for the first time. The columns Length, Author, and Producer indicate the length of the track, the author of the song (most often Wainwright alone), and the producer of the track. References are also provided for each song in the last column of the table. While many songs listed appear on multiple releases (for example, "Spotlight on Christmas" appears on Maybe This Christmas Too? , The McGarrigle Christmas Hour , and Elton John's Christmas Party ), songs are listed based on the first release and only appear twice when the recordings have different production information (producer, length, etc.).

Contents

The list includes original songs released on studio recordings, songs written but not performed by Wainwright, original songs performed live, and recorded cover songs.

Original songs

Studio recordings

Following is a list of original songs by Wainwright that have been released on a studio album, EP, soundtrack, compilation album, single, or DVD. Also included is "Ode to Antidote", a studio-quality promotional single used to promote a perfume by Viktor & Rolf, and "Patience is a Virtue", an original song available via digital download on Wal-Mart's website with the purchase of Release the Stars .

SongAlbumYearLengthAuthorProducerRef.
"11:11" Want One 20034:27 Wainwright Marius de Vries [1]
"14th Street" Want One 20034:44 Wainwright Marius de Vries [1]
"A Bit of You" Rufus Wainwright [Japan]19995:00 Wainwright Pierre Marchand [2]
"Agnus Dei" Want Two 20045:45 Wainwright Marius de Vries [3]
"Another Believer" Meet the Robinsons 20074:39 Wainwright [4]
"April Fools" Rufus Wainwright 19985:00 Wainwright Jon Brion [5]
"Ashes" (original demo) House of Rufus 20114:37 Wainwright
"As in Happy" Want Two [DVD]20043:40 Wainwright [3]
"Baby" Rufus Wainwright 19985:13 Wainwright Jon Brion, Van Dyke Parks [5]
"Barbara" Out of the Game 20123:55 Wainwright Mark Ronson [6]
"Barcelona" Rufus Wainwright 19986:53 Wainwright Jon Brion [5]
"Beautiful Child" Want One 20034:15 Wainwright Marius de Vries [1]
"Beauty Mark" Rufus Wainwright 19982:14 Wainwright Jon Brion [5]
"Between My Legs" Release the Stars 20074:26 Wainwright Wainwright, Marius de Vries [7]
"Bitter Tears" Out of the Game 20123:31 Wainwright Mark Ronson [6]
"California" Poses 20013:23 Wainwright Ethan Johns [8]
"Candles" Out of the Game 20127:41 Wainwright Mark Ronson [6]
"Chic and Pointless" Vibrate: The Best of Rufus Wainwright 20143:49 Wainwright Guy Chambers
"Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk" Poses 20014:44 Wainwright Pierre Marchand [8]
"Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk" [Reprise] Poses 20013:59 Wainwright Pierre Marchand [8]
"Cowboy Song" Release the Stars [US]20073:45 Wainwright [9]
"Crumb by Crumb" Want Two 20044:11 Wainwright Marius de Vries [3]
"Damned Ladies" Rufus Wainwright 19984:07 Wainwright Jon Brion [5]
"Danny Boy" Rufus Wainwright 19986:12 Wainwright Jon Brion [5]
"Dinner at Eight" Want One 20034:31 Wainwright Marius de Vries [1]
"Do I Disappoint You" Release the Stars 20074:40 Wainwright Wainwright [7]
"Do I Disappoint You" [Instrumental] Release the Stars [UK]20074:38 Wainwright Wainwright [10]
"Dreams and Daydreams" House of Rufus 2011 Wainwright
"Es Muß Sein" Want One [Japan, UK]20032:20 Wainwright Marius de Vries [11]
"Evil Angel" Poses 20014:43 Wainwright Pierre Marchand [8]
"Fame into Love into Death" House of Rufus 2011 Wainwright
"Foolish Love" Rufus Wainwright 19985:46 Wainwright Jon Brion [5]
"Forever and a Year" Holding the Man (film) 20154:27 Wainwright [ citation needed ]
"Gay Messiah" Want Two 20043:15 Wainwright Marius de Vries [3]
"Give Me What I Want and Give It to Me Now!" All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu 20102:08 Wainwright Wainwright, Pierre Marchand [12]
"Go Or Go Ahead" Want One 20036:38 Wainwright Marius de Vries [1]
"Going to a Town" Release the Stars 20074:06 Wainwright Wainwright [7]
"Greek Song" Poses 20013:56 Wainwright Pierre Marchand [8]
"Grey Gardens" Poses 20013:08 Wainwright Pierre Marchand [8]
"Hankering" House of Rufus 2011 Wainwright
"Harvester of Hearts" Want One 20033:35 Wainwright Marius de Vries [1]
"Heartburn" The McGarrigle Hour 19982:28 Wainwright Joe Boyd [13]
"Hometown Waltz" Want Two 20042:31 Wainwright Wainwright [3]
"I Don't Know What It Is" Want One 20034:51 Wainwright Marius de Vries [1]
"Imaginary Love" Rufus Wainwright 19983:28 Wainwright Jon Brion [5]
"In a Graveyard" Poses 20012:22 Wainwright Pierre Marchand [8]
"In My Arms" Rufus Wainwright 19984:09 Wainwright Pierre Marchand [5]
"Instead of the Dead"Every Mother Counts 201220125:01 Wainwright
"In with the Ladies" Want 20053:52 Wainwright, Alex GiffordAlex Gifford [14]
"Jericho" Out of the Game 20123:43 Wainwright Mark Ronson [6]
"Katonah" Plague Songs 20064:16 Wainwright Hal Willner [15]
"Leaving for Paris" Want One [France]20043:48 Wainwright [16]
"Leaving for Paris No. 2" Release the Stars 20074:52 Wainwright Wainwright [7]
"Les feux d'artifice t'appellent" All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu 20105:57 Wainwright, Bernadette Colomine Pierre Marchand [12]
"Liberty Cabbage" Want Two [DVD]20044:55 Wainwright [3]
"Little Sister" Want Two 20043:20 Wainwright Marius de Vries [3]
"London" House of Rufus 2011 Wainwright
"Low Grade Happiness" Going to a Town [UK Single] 20075:24 Wainwright
"Martha" All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu 20103:12 Wainwright Wainwright [12]
"Matinée Idol" Rufus Wainwright 19983:08 Wainwright Jon Brion [5]
"Me and Liza" Vibrate: The Best of Rufus Wainwright 20143:21 Guy Chambers, Wainwright
"Memphis Skyline" Want Two 20044:52 Wainwright Marius de Vries [3]
"Metaphorical Blanket"Any Day Now soundtrack20122:53 Wainwright [17]
"Millbrook" Rufus Wainwright 19982:11 Wainwright Jon Brion, Van Dyke Parks [5]
"Money Song" (original demo) House of Rufus 20114:58 Wainwright
"Montauk" Out of the Game 20123:56 Wainwright Mark Ronson [6]
"Movies of Myself" Want One 20034:31 Wainwright Marius de Vries [1]
"Natasha" Want One 20033:28 Wainwright Marius de Vries [1]
"Nobody's Off the Hook" Release the Stars 20074:27 Wainwright Wainwright [7]
"Not Ready to Love" Release the Stars 20075:51 Wainwright Wainwright [7]
"Ode to Antidote"(Promotional)20063:53 Wainwright [18]
"Oh What a World" Want One 20034:23 Wainwright Marius de Vries [1]
"Old Whore's Diet" Want Two 20048:54 Wainwright Wainwright, Marius de Vries [3]
"One More Chance" House of Rufus 2011 Wainwright
"Out of the Game" Out of the Game 20124:05 Wainwright Mark Ronson [6]
"Patience is a Virtue" Release the Stars [US]20075:59 Wainwright Marius de Vries
"Peach Trees" Want Two 20045:59 Wainwright Marius de Vries [3]
"Perfect Man" Out of the Game 20123:58 Wainwright Mark Ronson [6]
"Poses" Poses 20015:02 Wainwright Pierre Marchand [8]
"Pretty Things" Want One 20032:38 Wainwright Marius de Vries [1]
"Rashida" Out of the Game 20123:00 Wainwright Mark Ronson [6]
"Rebel Prince" Poses 20013:44 Wainwright Pierre Marchand [8]
"Red Thread" House of Rufus 2011 Wainwright
"Release the Stars" Release the Stars 20075:20 Wainwright Wainwright [7]
"Respectable Dive" Out of the Game 20124:55 Wainwright Mark Ronson [6]
"Rules and Regulations" Release the Stars 20074:05 Wainwright Wainwright [7]
"Sad with What I Have" All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu 20103:06 Wainwright Wainwright [12]
"Sally Ann" Rufus Wainwright 19985:01 Wainwright Jon Brion [5]
"Sanssouci" Release the Stars 20075:16 Wainwright Wainwright [7]
"Shadows" Poses 20015:35 Wainwright, Alex GiffordAlex Gifford [8]
"Shoes" House of Rufus 2011 Wainwright
"Slideshow" Release the Stars 20076:21 Wainwright Wainwright [7]
"Sometimes You Need" Out of the Game 20123:20 Wainwright Mark Ronson [6]
"Song of You" Out of the Game 20124:50 Wainwright Mark Ronson [6]
"Sonnet 10" All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu 20102:57 Wainwright, Shakespeare Wainwright [12]
"Sonnet 20" All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu 20102:59 Wainwright, Shakespeare Wainwright [12]
"Sonnet 29" When Love Speaks 20023:00 Wainwright, Shakespeare [19]
"Sonnet 43" All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu 20104:29 Wainwright, Shakespeare Wainwright [12]
"Spotlight on Christmas" Maybe This Christmas Too? 20043:23 Wainwright Wainwright [20]
"Sword of Damocles"2018<
"The Art Teacher" Want Two 20043:52 Wainwright Marius de Vries [3]
"The Consort" Poses 20014:25 Wainwright Pierre Marchand [8]
"The Dream" All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu 20105:27 Wainwright Wainwright [12]
"The Maker Makes" Brokeback Mountain 20053:50 Wainwright Gustavo Santaolalla [21]
"The Motion Waltz (Emotional Commotion)" Meet the Robinsons 20072:35 Wainwright [4]
"The Tower of Learning" Poses 20014:47 Wainwright Damian le Gassick [8]
"The One You Love" Want Two 20043:43 Wainwright Marius de Vries [3]
"This Love Affair" Want Two 20043:13 Wainwright Marius de Vries [3]
"Tiergarten" Release the Stars 20073:26 Wainwright Wainwright [7]
"True Loves" All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu 20103:52 Wainwright Wainwright [12]
"Tulsa" Release the Stars 20072:19 Wainwright Wainwright [7]
"Unfollow the Rules"2018 [22]
"Ups and Downs"2 Chansons Inédites [France]20013:05 Wainwright Pierre Marchand [23]
"Velvet Curtain Rag" Want One [UK]20032:32 Wainwright Marius de Vries [11]
"Vibrate" Want One 20032:43 Wainwright Marius de Vries [1]
"Vicious World" Want One 20032:50 Wainwright Marius de Vries [1]
"Waiting for a Dream" Want Two 20044:14 Wainwright Marius de Vries [3]
"Want" Want One 20035:11 Wainwright Marius de Vries [1]
"Welcome to the Ball" Out of the Game 20123:26 Wainwright Mark Ronson [6]
"What Would I Ever Do with a Rose?" All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu 20104:23 Wainwright Pierre Marchand [12]
"Who Are You New York?" All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu 20103:42 Wainwright Wainwright [12]
"WWIII" Out of the Game 20123:56 Wainwright, Guy Chambers Guy Chambers
"Zebulon" All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu 20105:38 Wainwright Wainwright [12]

Songs written, but not performed, by Wainwright

Following is a chart containing songs originally written or co-written by Wainwright that do not appear on one of his original albums. The list includes songs performed solely by other artists and those that feature Wainwright as a co-lead or backing vocalist.

SongAlbumYearLengthAuthorPerformerRef.
"Apartment" The Performance 20093:26 Wainwright Shirley Bassey [24]
"Au jardin des sans-pourquoi" Illuminations 20103:32Groban, McGarrigle, Wainwright Josh Groban [25]
"Beauty"Versatile Heart20074:13 Wainwright Linda Thompson [26]
"Missing Children" Teddy Thompson 20004:30 Teddy Thompson, Wainwright Teddy Thompson [27]
"More Wine"Restless Night20025:03Julianna Raye, Wainwright Julianna Raye, Wainwright [28]
"Waterloo Station"Fictions20063:31 Wainwright Jane Birkin [29]
"Where is Your Heart At?" Meet the Robinsons 20072:23 Wainwright Jamie Cullum [4]

Demo recordings

These songs appear on Wainwright's 1995 demo cassette (Desdemona Publishing) recorded by Pierre Marchand.

Songs performed live

Following is a list of songs by Wainwright that have been performed live but have yet to appear on an official release:

Songs written for stage

Cover songs

SongAlbumYearLengthAuthorProducerRef.
"A Foggy Day" Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall 20072:55 George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin Phil Ramone [35]
"Across the Universe" I Am Sam 20024:08 Lennon–McCartney [36]
"Across the Universe" Poses [US]20024:10 Lennon–McCartney [37]
"After You've Gone" (with Lorna Luft) Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall 20072:57 Henry Creamer, Turner Layton Phil Ramone [35]
"Albatross" Born to the Breed... 20085:14 Judy Collins [38]
"Alone Together" Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall 20073:21 Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz Phil Ramone [35]
"Banks of the Wabash" The Myth of Fingerprints 19974:34 Paul Dresser [39]
"Bewitched" The History Boys 20065:21 Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers [40]
"Chelsea Hotel No. 2" Want 20053:55 Leonard Cohen Hal Willner [14]
"Chelsea Hotel No. 2" Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man 20063:47 Leonard Cohen Hal Willner [41]
"Chicago" Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall 20074:30 Fred Fisher Phil Ramone [35]
"Coeur de Parisienne - Reprise d'Arletty" Want Two [Canada]20042:46 Arletty [42]
"Come Rain or Come Shine" Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall 20073:56 Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer Phil Ramone [35]
"Complainte de la Butte" Moulin Rouge! 20013:05 Jean Renoir, Georges Van ParysMichel Pepin, Wainwright [43]
"Do It Again" Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall 20075:15 George Gershwin, Buddy DeSylva Phil Ramone [35]
"Everybody Knows" Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man 20064:30 Leonard Cohen Hal Willner [41]
"Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" (feat. Kate McGarrigle) Rufus! Does Judy!... 20073:13 Cole Porter [44]
"Get Happy" Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall 20073:12 Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler Phil Ramone [45]
"Hallelujah" Shrek 20014:08 Leonard Cohen [46]
"He Ain't Heavy... He's My Brother" Zoolander 20014:38 Bobby Scott, Bob Russell [47]
"How Long Has This Been Going On?" Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall 20075:46 George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin Phil Ramone [35]
"I Can't Give You Anything But Love" Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall 20078:11 Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh Phil Ramone [35]
"I Eat Dinner (When the Hunger's Gone)" (with Dido) Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason 20045:39 Kate McGarrigle [48]
"I Wonder What Became of Me" Stormy Weather... 20033:36 Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer [49]
"If Love Were All" Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall 20072:33 Noël Coward Phil Ramone [35]
"Instant Pleasure" Big Daddy 19993:40 Seth Swirsky [50]
"It's Only a Paper Moon" Stormy Weather... 20034:42 Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, Billy Rose [49]
"Jimbo Jambo" Boardwalk Empire Volume 2: Music from the HBO Original Series 20133:04 Billy Frisch, Billy Hueston, Nat Vincent [51]
"Just You, Just Me" Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall 20072:03Jesse Greer, Raymond Klages Phil Ramone [35]
"King of the Road" (with Teddy Thompson) Brokeback Mountain 20052:52 Roger Miller Gustavo Santaolalla [21]
"L'Absence" Want Two [DVD]20044:34 Berlioz [3]
"Le Roi d'Ys" (Vainement, ma bien-aimée) The Myth of Fingerprints 19973:23 Édouard Lalo, Wainwright [39]
"Lowlands Away" (with Kate McGarrigle) Rogue's Gallery... 20063:25 Traditional [52]
"Macushla" Milwaukee at Last!!! 20093:51Dermot MacMurrough, Josephine V. Rowe
Medley: "Almost Like Being in Love" / "This Can't Be Love" Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall 20076:10 Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe / Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart Phil Ramone [35]
Medley: "You Made Me Love You" / "For Me and My Gal" / "The Trolley Song" Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall 20074:37 J. McCarthy, James V. Monaco, Roger Edens / D. Furber, L. Arthur Rose Phil Ramone [35]
"Miss Otis Regrets" House of Rufus 2011 Cole Porter
"My Funny Valentine" Sweetheart 2005: Love Songs 20053:24 Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers [53]
"Old Paint" (with Loudon Wainwright III) Release the Stars [Bonus]20072:42 Traditional
"One Man Guy" Poses 20013:31 Loudon Wainwright III Pierre Marchand [8]
"Over the Rainbow" Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall 20074:47 Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg Phil Ramone [35]
"Overture: The Trolley Song / Over the Rainbow /
The Man That Got Away"		 Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall 20074:15 Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin / Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg / Arlen, Ira Gershwin Phil Ramone [35]
"Puttin' on the Ritz" Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall 20071:56 Irving Berlin Phil Ramone [35]
"Quand Vous Mourez de Nos Amours" Want Two [Canada]20043:23 Gilles Vigneault [42]
"Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall 20075:45 Sam M. Lewis, F. Schwartz, J. Young Phil Ramone [35]
"San Francisco" Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall 20074:53 Walter Jurmann, Gus Kahn, B. Kaper Phil Ramone [35]
"Sonnet 10" All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu 20102:56 William Shakespeare [12]
"Sonnet 20" All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu 20102:59Shakespeare [12]
"Sonnet 43" All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu 20104:28Shakespeare [12]
"St. James Infirmary" House of Rufus 2011 Traditional
"Swanee" Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall 20071:54 Irving Caesar, George Gershwin Phil Ramone [35]
"That's Entertainment!" Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall 20072:27 Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz Phil Ramone [35]
"The Man That Got Away" Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall 20074:59 Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin Phil Ramone [35]
"The Origin of Love" Wig in a Box 20035:36 Stephen Trask [54]
"What Are You Doing New Year's Eve" The McGarrigle Christmas Hour 20053:02 Frank Loesser Kate and Anna McGarrigle [55]
"When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)" Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall 20073:44 Mark Fisher, Joe Goodwin, Larry Shay Phil Ramone [35]
"Who Cares? (As Long as You Care for Me)" Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall 20072:08 George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin Phil Ramone [35]
"Wonderful" / "Song for Children" War Child Presents Heroes 20095:36 Brian Wilson [56]
"You Go to My Head" Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall 20072:40 J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie Phil Ramone [35]
"You're Nearer" Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall 20071:58 Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart Phil Ramone [35]
"Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart" Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall 20073:48J. F. Hanely Phil Ramone [35]

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Vibrate: The Best of Rufus Wainwright, sometimes referred to simply as Vibrate: The Best Of, is the greatest hits album by American-Canadian singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright, released on February 28, 2014 in Australia and Ireland by Universal Music Enterprises and in other nations subsequently. The standard issue of the album includes eighteen songs from six of Wainwright's studio releases, including his self-titled debut album (1998), Poses (2001), Want One (2003), Want Two (2004), Release the Stars (2007) and Out of the Game (2012), plus soundtrack contributions and one previously unreleased track. The deluxe version includes a bonus disc with sixteen rare and unreleased recordings, both live and studio recorded. Featured are "Chic and Pointless", previously unreleased and produced by Guy Chambers, and "WWIII", a song that was co-written by Chambers and had not been released in a physical form until Vibrate.

<i>Rufus Wainwright: Live from the Artists Den</i> 2014 live album by Rufus Wainwright

Rufus Wainwright: Live from the Artists Den is a live album by American-Canadian singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright, released by Artists Den Records and Universal Music Enterprises on March 3, 2014. The album was recorded at a concert on May 17, 2012 at the Church of the Ascension in Greenwich Village, New York City, which was originally filmed for the PBS program Live from the Artists Den.

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