This is a list of all songs recorded by Steve Harley , including those under the name Cockney Rebel and Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel. [1] [2] [3]
Title | Year | Album | Songwriter(s) |
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2,000 Years from Now | 2010 | Stranger Comes to Town | Robbie Gladwell, Steve Harley |
49th Parallel | 1975 | The Best Years of Our Lives | Harley |
A Friend for Life | 2001 | The Quality of Mercy | Harley, Jim Cregan |
Absolute Beginners | 2020 | Uncovered | David Bowie |
Ae Fond Kiss | 2020 | Uncovered | Robert Burns/Traditional |
The Alibi | 1992 | Yes You Can | Harley, Cregan, Duncan Mackay, Stuart Elliott |
All in a Life's Work | 1996 | Poetic Justice | Harley |
All Men Are Hungry | 1976 | Timeless Flight | Harley |
Amerika the Brave | 1978 | Hobo with a Grin | Harley |
Another Journey | 1975 | B-side of "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)" | Harley |
Audience with the Man | 1979 | The Candidate | Harley |
Back to the Farm | 1975 | The Best Years of Our Lives | Harley |
Ballerina (Prima Donna) | 1983 | Non-album single | Mike Batt |
Bed in the Corner | 1974 | The Psychomodo | Harley |
Before They Crash the Universe | 2010 | Stranger Comes to Town | Harley |
The Best Years of Our Lives | 1975 | The Best Years of Our Lives | Harley |
Big Big Deal | 1974 | Non-album single | Harley |
Black or White | 1976 | Timeless Flight | Harley |
Blinded with Tears | 2010 | Stranger Comes to Town | Cregan, Harley |
Carry Me Again | 1976 | Love's a Prima Donna | Harley |
Cavaliers | 1974 | The Psychomodo | Harley |
Chameleon | 1973 | The Human Menagerie | Harley |
The Coast of Amalfi | 2005 | The Quality of Mercy | Harley |
Crazy Love | 1996 | Poetic Justice | Van Morrison |
Crazy Raver | 1973 | The Human Menagerie | Harley |
Dancing on the Telephone | 1992 | Yes You Can | Harley, Cregan, Elliott |
Death Trip | 1973 | The Human Menagerie | Harley |
Don't Go, Don't Cry | 1976 | Timeless Flight | Harley |
Emma | 2020 | Uncovered | Errol Brown, Tony Wilson |
Everything Changes | 1976 | Timeless Flight | Harley |
Face to Face | 1983 | B-side of "Ballerina (Prima Donna)" | Harley |
Faith & Virtue | 2010 | Stranger Comes to Town | Harley, Barry Wickens |
Faith, Hope and Charity | 1978 | Hobo with a Grin | Harley |
Finally a Card Came | 1976 | Love's a Prima Donna | Harley |
Fire in the Night | 1992 | Yes You Can | Harley |
For Sale. Baby Shoes. Never Worn | 2010 | Stranger Comes to Town | Harley |
Freedom's Prisoner | 1979 | The Candidate | Harley, Jimmy Horowitz |
From Here to Eternity | 1979 | The Candidate | Harley |
G.I. Valentine | 1976 | Love's a Prima Donna | Harley |
Heartbeat Like Thunder | 1986 | Non-album single | Harley, Mackay |
Here Comes the Sun | 1976 | Love's a Prima Donna | George Harrison |
Hideaway | 1973 | The Human Menagerie | Steve Harley |
Hot Youth | 1978 | Hobo with a Grin | Harley, Mackay |
How Can I Tell You | 2020 | Uncovered | Cat Stevens |
How Good It Feels | 1979 | The Candidate | Harley |
(I Believe) Love's a Prima Donna | 1976 | Love's a Prima Donna | Harley |
I Can Be Anyone | 1982 | B-side of "I Can't Even Touch You" | Harley |
I Can't Even Touch You | 1982 | Non-album single | Harley |
(I Don't Believe) God is an Anarchist | 1978 | Hobo with a Grin | Harley |
I Wish It Would Rain | 1978 | Hobo with a Grin | Roger Penzabene, Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield |
If This is Love (Give Me More) | 1976 | Love's a Prima Donna | Harley |
Innocence and Guilt | 1976 | Love's a Prima Donna | Harley |
Introducing The Best Years | 1975 | The Best Years of Our Lives | Harley |
Irresistible | 1985 | Non-album single | Harley |
Irresistible (remix) | 1986 | Yes You Can (1992) | Harley |
Is It True What They Say? | 1976 | Love's a Prima Donna | Harley |
It Wasn't Me | 1975 | The Best Years of Our Lives | Harley |
I've Just Seen a Face | 2020 | Uncovered | Lennon–McCartney |
Journey's End (A Father's Promise) | 2005 | The Quality of Mercy | Harley, Lincoln Anderson, Gladwell, James Lascelles, Wickens |
Judy Teen | 1974 | Non-album single | Harley |
The Last Feast | 2005 | The Quality of Mercy | Harley |
The Last Goodbye | 2005 | The Quality of Mercy | Harley, Cregan |
The Last Time I Saw You | 1996 | Poetic Justice | Harley |
Lay Me Down | 1976 | B-side of "Here Comes the Sun" | Harley |
The Lighthouse | 1992 | Yes You Can | Harley |
Living in a Rhapsody | 1978 | Hobo with a Grin | Cregan, Harley, Mackay |
Loretta's Tale | 1973 | The Human Menagerie | Harley |
Lost Myself | 2020 | Uncovered | Crispin Hunt |
(Love) Compared with You | 1976 | Love's a Prima Donna | Harley |
Love Minus Zero-No Limit | 1996 | Poetic Justice | Bob Dylan |
Love on the Rocks | 1979 | The Candidate | Harley |
Loveless | 1996 | Poetic Justice | Harley |
Lucky Man | 1986 | B-side of "Irresistible" | Harley |
The Mad, Mad Moonlight | 1975 | The Best Years of Our Lives | Harley |
Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) | 1975 | The Best Years of Our Lives | Harley |
Mirror Freak | 1973 | The Human Menagerie | Harley |
Mr. Raffles (Man, It Was Mean) | 1975 | The Best Years of Our Lives | Harley |
Mr. Soft | 1974 | The Psychomodo | Harley |
Muriel the Actor | 1973 | The Human Menagerie | Harley |
My Only Vice | 1973 | The Human Menagerie | Harley |
New-Fashioned Way | 1992 | Yes You Can | Harley, Mackay |
No Bleeding Hearts | 2010 | Stranger Comes to Town | Harley |
No Rain on This Parade | 2005 | The Quality of Mercy | Harley |
Nothing is Sacred | 1976 | Timeless Flight | Harley |
One More Time | 1979 | The Candidate | Harley |
Only You | 2020 | Uncovered | Harley |
Ordinary People | 2015 | Non-album single | Harley, Cregan, Robert Hart |
Out of Time | 2020 | Uncovered | Jagger/Richards |
Panorama | 1975 | The Best Years of Our Lives | Harley |
The Phantom of the Opera (with Sarah Brightman) | 1986 | The Phantom of the Opera | Andrew Lloyd Webber, Richard Stilgoe, Charles Hart, Batt |
Promises | 1992 | Yes You Can | Harley |
Psychomodo | 1974 | The Psychomodo | Harley |
Rain in Venice | 1992 | Yes You Can | Harley, Robin Le Mesurier |
Red is a Mean, Mean Colour | 1976 | Timeless Flight | Harley |
Riding the Waves (For Virginia Woolf) | 1978 | Hobo with a Grin | Harley |
Ritz | 1974 | The Psychomodo | Harley |
Rock and Roll Parade | 1974 | B-side of "Sebastian" | Harley |
Roll the Dice | 1978 | Hobo with a Grin | Harley, Jo Partridge |
Safe | 1996 | Poetic Justice | Harley |
Saturday Night at the Fair | 2005 | The Quality of Mercy | Harley |
Save Me (From Myself) | 2005 | The Quality of Mercy | Harley |
Sebastian | 1973 | The Human Menagerie | Harley |
Seeking a Love | 1976 | Love's a Prima Donna | Harley |
Seeking a Love, Pt. 2 | 1976 | Love's a Prima Donna | Harley |
Sidetrack 1 | 1976 | B-side of "(I Believe) Love's a Prima Donna" | Harley |
Sidetrack II | 1976 | Love's a Prima Donna | Harley |
Singular Band | 1974 | The Psychomodo | Harley |
Sling It! | 1974 | The Psychomodo | Harley |
Someone's Coming | 1978 | Hobo with a Grin | Harley, Partridge |
Sophistication | 1986 | Anytime! (A Live Set) (2004) | Harley |
Spaced Out | 1974 | B-side of "Judy Teen" | Harley |
Star for a Week (Dino) | 1992 | Yes You Can | Harley |
Star of Belle Isle (with Eddi Reader) | 2020 | Uncovered | Traditional |
Strange Communications | 1996 | Poetic Justice | Harley |
Stranger Comes to Town | 2010 | Stranger Comes to Town | Harley |
Such a Dream | 1974 | B-side of "Psychomodo" and "Mr. Soft" | Harley |
Such is Life | 1985 | B-side of "Irresistible" | Harley |
Sweet Dreams | 1974 | The Psychomodo | Harley |
Take the Men & the Horses Away | 2010 | Stranger Comes to Town | Anderson, Elliot, Harley, Lascelles, Wickens |
That's My Life in Your Hands | 1996 | Poetic Justice | Harley, Hugh Nicholson |
Theme from "Babbacombe Lee" | 1989 | B-side of "When I'm with You" | Harley |
This Old Man | 2010 | Stranger Comes to Town | Harley |
Throw Your Soul Down Here | 1976 | B-side of "White, White Dove" | Harley |
Too Much Tenderness | 1976 | Love's a Prima Donna | Harley |
True Love Will Find You in the End | 2010 | Stranger Comes to Town | Daniel Johnston |
Tumbling Down | 1974 | The Psychomodo | Harley |
Two Damn'd Lies | 1996 | Poetic Justice | Harley |
Understand | 1976 | Timeless Flight | Harley |
Victim of Love | 1992 | Yes You Can | Harley, Ian Nice, Kevin Powell, Wickens, Rick Driscoll |
The Waggon | 1992 | B-side of "Irresistible" | Harley |
Waiting | 1978 | B-side of "Roll the Dice" | Harley |
Warm My Cold Heart | 1986 | B-side of "Heartbeat Like Thunder" | Harley |
What Becomes of the Brokenhearted? | 1996 | Poetic Justice | James Dean, Paul Riser, William Weatherspoon |
What Ruthy Said | 1973 | The Human Menagerie | Harley |
When I Paint My Masterpiece | 2020 | Uncovered | Bob Dylan |
When I'm with You | 1989 | Non-album single | Harley, Cregan, Elliott |
When the Halo Slips | 2005 | The Quality of Mercy | Harley, Cregan |
White, White Dove | 1976 | Timeless Flight | Harley |
Who's Afraid? | 1979 | The Candidate | Harley |
Woodchopper | 1979 | The Candidate | Harley |
Young Hearts (The Candidate) | 1979 | The Candidate | Harley |
Title | Year | Album | Songwriter(s) | Notes |
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Dandy in the Underworld | 1977 | Dandy in the Underworld | Marc Bolan | Backing vocals on track by T. Rex |
Harrow on the Hill | 1990 | Poetry in Motion | Sir John Betjeman, Mike Read | Guest vocals on track on various artists compilation |
Ich Bin Gott | 2004 | Vulnerabel | Guido Dossche | Guest vocals on Dossche solo album track, released as a single as Dossche feat Steve Harley |
No Name | 1981 | 1984 | Rick Wakeman, Tim Rice | Guest vocals on Wakeman solo album track |
Pandora | 1978 | Dear Anyone... | Don Black, Geoff Stephens | Guest vocals on track of Dear Anyone... (musical) |
The Voice | 1977 | I Robot | Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson | Guest vocals for The Alan Parsons Project album track |
Time is No Healer | 1978 | Score | Mackay, Harley | Guest vocals on Mackay solo album track |
Whatever You Believe | 1988 | Non-album charity single | Batt | Released as Anderson, Harley & Batt |
You Can't Always Get What You Want | 2016 | Non-album charity single | Mick Jagger, Keith Richards | Released as Friends of Jo Cox featuring MP4, Steve Harley, Ricky Wilson, David Gray & KT Tunstall |
Title | Year | Notes |
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Oh How Happy | c. 1985 | Intended for the unreleased 1986 album El Gran Senor. [4] |
All I Ask of You | 1986 | Recorded with Sarah Brightman for Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical The Phantom of the Opera . Discarded when Michael Crawford replaced Harley in the title role. [5] |
The Music of the Night | 1986 | Also recorded for The Phantom of the Opera and produced by Mike Batt. [5] [6] |
Limbs of Man | 1989 | Recorded in Point Studios, London, in 1989. [4] |
Not Alone Anymore | c. 1989 | A cover of the Traveling Wilburys song, intended for the album which was released as Yes You Can in 1992. [7] |
The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore) | 2019 | A cover of the Frankie Valli/Walker Brothers song, intended for Uncovered. [8] |
Title | Artist | Album | Year | Notes |
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Tumbling Down | Yvonne Keeley | Non-album single | 1974 | Co-produced with Alan Parsons |
Loretta's Tale | Yvonne Keeley | B-side of "Tumbling Down" | 1974 | Co-produced with Alan Parsons |
Concrete and Clay | Yvonne Keeley | Non-album single | 1975 | |
Hideaway | Yvonne Keeley | B-side of "Concrete and Clay" | 1975 | |
So Ashamed | Dennis Conoley | Non-album single | 1975 | |
Don't Ever Leave Me | Dennis Conoley | B-side of "So Ashamed" | 1975 | |
Love Where Are You Now That I Need You | Patricia Paay | Beam of Light | 1975 | |
Million Dollars | Patricia Paay | Beam of Light | 1975 | |
Stairway to Heaven | Patricia Paay | Beam of Light | 1975 | |
Children Come Home | Patricia Paay | Beam of Light plus A-side of single release | 1975 | |
Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window | Patricia Paay | Beam of Light plus A-side of single release | 1975 | |
Understand | Patricia Paay | Beam of Light | 1975 | |
Beautiful Woman | Patricia Paay | Beam of Light | 1975 | |
Sebastian | Patricia Paay | Beam of Light | 1975 | |
Tiger and a Lion | Patricia Paay | Beam of Light | 1975 | |
Tour de France | Royal Family | Non-album single | 1979 | |
Little Girls | Royal Family | B-side of "Tour de France" | 1979 | |
(I Love You) Pitter Patter | Zero-G | Non-album single | 1980 | |
I Can't Get Started | Zero-G | B-side of "(I Love You) Pitter Patter" | 1980 | |
Entertaining Mr. Sloane | Sloane | Non-album single | 1980 | |
Get It While You're Young | Sloane | B-side of "Entertaining Mr. Sloane" and "Doing The Best I Can" | 1980 | |
Blown It | Gary Shail | Non-album double A-side single | 1980 | |
Blown It | Phil Davis | Non-album double A-side single | 1980 | |
Doing The Best I Can | Sloane | Non-album single | 1980 | |
Holding Treasure | Shoc Corridor | Train of Events plus A-side of single release | 1984 | |
Flame | Gene Loves Jezebel | B-side of the single "Desire" | 1985 | |
Stephen Malcolm Ronald Nice, known by his stage name Steve Harley, was an English singer-songwriter and frontman of the rock group Cockney Rebel. He had six UK hit singles with the band in the mid-1970s, including "Judy Teen", "Mr. Soft", and the number one "Make Me Smile ".
"Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)" is a song by the English rock band Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, released on 31 January 1975 by EMI as the lead single from the band's third studio album The Best Years of Our Lives. The song was written by Harley, and produced by Harley and Alan Parsons. In February 1975, the song reached number one on the UK chart and received a gold certification from the British Phonographic Industry in October 2021. It spent nine weeks in the Top 50, and as of 2015, has sold over 1.5 million copies worldwide. The song is one of the most-played songs in British broadcasting history.
The Psychomodo is the second studio album by Cockney Rebel, released on 2 June 1974 by EMI. It was produced by Steve Harley and Alan Parsons.
Love's a Prima Donna is the fifth studio album by Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, which was released by EMI in 1976. It was produced by Harley, and would be the band's last album before splitting in 1977.
"The Last Goodbye" is a song by the English rock band Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, released on 6 February 2006 as a single from their sixth and final studio album, The Quality of Mercy (2005). The song was written by Harley and ex-Cockney Rebel guitarist Jim Cregan, and was produced by Harley.
Stranger Comes to Town is the fifth solo studio album from English songwriter and musician Steve Harley, released by Absolute on 3 May 2010. The album was produced by Harley.
"Big Big Deal" is a song by British singer-songwriter Steve Harley, which was released as his debut, non-album solo single in 1974. The song, which was written and produced by Harley, would be his last release before scoring the UK number one hit "Make Me Smile " in 1975. "Big Big Deal" also preceded the formation of the second line-up of Harley's band Cockney Rebel.
"Heartbeat Like Thunder" is a song by British singer-songwriter Steve Harley, released by RAK as a non-album single on 21 April 1986. The song was written by Harley and ex-Cockney Rebel keyboardist Duncan Mackay, and produced by Mickie Most.
The Cockney Rebel – A Steve Harley Anthology is a remastered three-disc box-set anthology by Steve Harley, released in 2006. The anthology features material from Cockney Rebel, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel and Harley's solo career. It covers all of Harley's albums, spanning over 33 years, from 1973's The Human Menagerie to 2005's The Quality of Mercy. The anthology was released by EMI Music UK. It was released on CD in the UK only. Today, the physical CD release is out-of-print.
"Tumbling Down" is a song by the British rock band Cockney Rebel, fronted by Steve Harley. It was released in 1975 as the third and final single from the band's second studio album The Psychomodo (1974). The song was written by Harley, and produced by Harley and Alan Parsons.
"A Friend for Life" is a song by British singer-songwriter Steve Harley, released by Intrinsic Records on 30 April 2001 as a non-album single. The song was written by Harley and former Cockney Rebel guitarist Jim Cregan, and was produced by Cregan. Harley's first release of new material since his 1996 album Poetic Justice, "A Friend for Life" was later included on Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel's sixth studio album The Quality of Mercy (2005).
Birmingham is a live album by Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, featuring the Orchestra of the Swan and Chamber Choir. It was recorded live at the Birmingham Symphony Hall on 24 November 2012, and was released on both CD and DVD in 2013. A DVD version of the performance was also released at the same time.
"Judy Teen" is a song by the British rock band Cockney Rebel, fronted by Steve Harley. It was released as a non-album single in 1974, and became the band's first UK hit, after their debut single, "Sebastian", was only a hit in continental Europe. "Judy Teen" was written by Harley, and produced by Harley and Alan Parsons.
"Mr. Soft" is a song by the British rock band Cockney Rebel, fronted by Steve Harley, which was released in 1974 as the second single from their second studio album The Psychomodo. The song was written by Harley, and produced by Harley and Alan Parsons. "Mr. Soft" peaked at number 8 in the UK Singles Chart.
"Sebastian" is a song by the British rock band Cockney Rebel, fronted by Steve Harley. It was released as the band's debut single in 1973 from their album The Human Menagerie. The song was written by Harley and produced by Neil Harrison.
"Hideaway" is a song by the British rock band Cockney Rebel, fronted by Steve Harley. Released as the opening track on the band's 1973 debut album The Human Menagerie, "Hideaway" was released in 1974 as a single in Denmark only. It was written by Harley and produced by Neil Harrison.
"The Best Years of Our Lives" is a song by the British rock band Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, released in 1975 as the title track from the band's third studio album The Best Years of Our Lives. In 1977, a live version of the song was released as a single from the album Face to Face: A Live Recording.
"Ordinary People" is a song by British singer-songwriter Steve Harley, which was released as a non-album single in 2015. It was written by Harley, Jim Cregan and Robert Hart, and produced by Harley. The song was Harley's first new song of five years, following the release of his fifth solo studio album Stranger Comes to Town in 2010.
Barry Wickens is a British musician, multi-instrumentalist and composer. Primarily a violinist and guitarist, he also plays mandolin, viola, Appalachian dulcimer (psaltery), dobro and keyboards. He is best known for being one of the longest-serving members of Steve Harley's rock group Cockney Rebel, and for being a former member of the pop group Immaculate Fools. He is also a violin teacher for Brighton & Hove Music & Arts.
Uncovered is the sixth and final solo studio album from English singer-songwriter Steve Harley, released on 21 February 2020.