Faith No More, a San Francisco-based band, have recorded approximately 100 songs over the course of their career; this includes material from six studio albums, one live album, and numerous B-side tracks and out-takes. Faith No More were founded in 1981 as Sharp Young Men, and changed their name to Faith. No Man before releasing the 1982 double A-side single "Quiet in Heaven" / "Song of Liberty". Upon assuming the name Faith No More, the band's first two full-length albums, We Care a Lot and Introduce Yourself, were driven mostly by new vocalist Chuck Mosley and the "metallic guitar" of Jim Martin, blending elements of rap and heavy metal music.[1] Mosley was later replaced by Mr. Bungle vocalist Mike Patton,[2] who added lyrics to the already-written music for 1989's The Real Thing.[3] Their next studio album, Angel Dust, moved away from the band's rap-influenced sound to experiment with different musical genres;[4] a trend which became much more pronounced on the 1995 album King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime.[5]
Between the recording of the latter two albums, Martin left the band. Reports are mixed as to whether he quit or was fired;[6] however he had stopped contributing to the band's output during the recording of Angel Dust,[7] leaving bass player Billy Gould to record guitar parts for "Another Body Murdered", the band's contribution to the Judgment Night soundtrack. Martin's guitarist role was filled during the recording for King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime by Patton's Mr. Bungle bandmate Trey Spruance, and on the accompanying tour by roadie Dean Menta.[8] While recording their final album, Album of the Year, the band was joined by guitarist Jon Hudson. Hudson was also present for the band's collaboration with Sparks,[1] which produced two songs, including the single "This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us". In 1998, they released the compilation Who Cares a Lot? The Greatest Hits, which contains a number of previously unreleased songs.
Among Faith No More's best known songs are "We Care a Lot", an "antiprotest"[9] song which exists in a different version on each of the Mosley-fronted albums;[10] "Epic", a breakthrough hit which spent three weeks at number one in Australia and made the top ten in the United States;[11] [12] and "Midlife Crisis", which has featured in the 2004 video game .[13] The band officially split up in April 1998, reforming again in 2009 for a series of tours.[1] The band's first album since reuniting, Sol Invictus, was released in 2015, preceded by the single "Motherfucker".[14]
| Song | Credit as writer(s) | Release | Year | Ref(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row | "Absolute Zero" | Patton | 1995 | [15] [16] | ||
| scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8" | "Anne's Song" | Gould Bottum | Introduce Yourself | 1987 | ||
| scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8" | "Another Body Murdered" | Gould Bordin Patton Bottum Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. | Judgment Night | 1993 | [17] | |
| scope=row | "Arabian Disco" | Mosley Gould | We Care a Lot | 1985 | ||
| scope=row | "As the Worm Turns" | Mosley Bottum Gould | We Care a Lot | 1985 | ||
| scope=row | "As the Worm Turns" | Gould Bottum Mosley | 1990 | |||
| scope=row | "As the Worm Turns" | Mosley Bottum Gould | Angel Dust & I'm Easy / Das Schutzenfest | 1992 | [18] [19] | |
| scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8" | "Ashes to Ashes" | Patton Gould Hudson Bordin Bottum | Album of the Year | 1997 | ||
| scope=row | "Be Aggressive" | Bottum | Angel Dust | 1992 | ||
| scope=row | "" | Patton Gould Hudson Bordin | 1997 | [20] | ||
| scope=row | "Black Friday" | Patton Gould Bordin | Sol Invictus | 2015 | [21] | |
| scope=row | "Blood" | Mosley | Introduce Yourself | 1987 | ||
| scope=row | "Caffeine" | Gould Patton | Angel Dust | 1992 | ||
| scope=row | "Caralho Voador" | Patton Gould Bordin | King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime | 1995 | ||
| scope=row | "Chinese Arithmetic" | Mosley Bordin Martin | Introduce Yourself | 1987 | ||
| scope=row | "Collision" | Patton Hudson | Album of the Year | 1997 | [22] | |
| scope=row | "Cone of Shame" | Patton Gould | Sol Invictus | 2015 | ||
| scope=row | "" | Faith No More | 1989 | |||
| scope=row | "" | Mosley Gould Bordin | Introduce Yourself | 1987 | ||
| scope=row | "Crack Hitler" | Gould Patton Bottum Bordin | Angel Dust | 1992 | ||
| scope=row | "Cuckoo for Caca" | Patton Gould Spruance | King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime | 1995 | ||
| scope=row | "Das Schutzenfest" | Faith No More | Songs to Make Love To | 1993 | ||
| scope=row | "Death March" | Mosley Gould Bottum Martin | Introduce Yourself | 1987 | ||
| scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8" | "Digging the Grave" | Patton Gould Bordin | King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime | 1995 | ||
| scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8" | "Easy" | Richie | Songs to Make Love To | 1993 | [23] [24] | |
| scope=row | "Edge of the World" | Gould Bottum Bordin Patton | 1989 | |||
| scope=row | "Edge of the World" | Gould Bottum Patton Bordin | 1990 | |||
| scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8" | "Epic" | Gould Bottum Bordin Martin Patton | 1989 | |||
| scope=row | "Epic" | Gould Bottum Patton Bordin Martin | 1990 | |||
| scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8" | "Everything's Ruined" | Gould Patton Bottum | Angel Dust | 1992 | ||
| scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8" | "Evidence" | Patton Gould Bordin Spruance | King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime | 1995 | ||
| scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8" | "Falling to Pieces" | Gould Bottum Martin Patton | 1989 | |||
| scope=row | "Falling to Pieces" | Gould Bottum Martin Patton | 1990 | |||
| scope=row | "Faster Disco" | Mosley Gould Bottum Martin | Introduce Yourself | 1987 | [25] | |
| scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8" | "From Out of Nowhere" | Gould Bottum Patton | 1989 | [26] | ||
| scope=row | "From Out of Nowhere" | Gould Bottum Patton | 1990 | [27] | ||
| scope=row | "From the Dead" | Patton Gould | Sol Invictus | 2015 | ||
| scope=row | "" | Patton Gould Bordin | King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime | 1995 | ||
| scope=row | "Get Out" | Patton | King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime | 1995 | [28] | |
| scope=row | "Got That Feeling" | Patton | Album of the Year | 1997 | ||
| scope=row | "" | Faith No More | 1989 | [29] | ||
| scope=row | "Greed" | Gould Mosley | We Care a Lot | 1985 | ||
| scope=row | "Greenfields" | The Brothers Four | 1995 | |||
| scope=row | "Helpless" | Patton Bordin Gould | Album of the Year | 1997 | ||
| scope=row | "Highway Star" | Lord Blackmore Gillan Paice Glover | Who Cares a Lot? The Greatest Hits | 1998 | ||
| scope=row | "Hippie Jam Song" | Patton Gould | Who Cares a Lot? The Greatest Hits | 1998 | ||
| scope=row | "Home Sick Home" | Patton | Album of the Year | 1997 | ||
| scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8" | "I Started a Joke" | B. Gibb R. Gibb M. Gibb | 1995 | |||
| scope=row | "I Wanna Fuck Myself" | Allin | 1995 | [30] | ||
| scope=row | "I Won't Forget You" | Patton Gould | Who Cares a Lot? The Greatest Hits | 1998 | ||
| scope=row | "Instrumental" | Patton Gould Bottum | Who Cares a Lot? The Greatest Hits | 1998 | ||
| scope=row | "Introduce Yourself" | Mosley Gould Bottum Bordin Martin | Introduce Yourself | 1987 | ||
| scope=row | "Jim" | Martin | We Care a Lot | 1985 | ||
| scope=row | "Jizzlobber" | Martin Patton | Angel Dust | 1992 | ||
| scope=row | "" | Mosley Bottum Gould Bordin | We Care a Lot | 1985 | ||
| scope=row | "Just a Man" | Patton Gould Spruance Bottum | King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime | 1995 | ||
| scope=row | "Kindergarten" | Gould Patton Bottum Martin | Angel Dust | 1992 | ||
| scope=row | "King for a Day" | Patton Gould Spruance Bordin Bottum | King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime | 1995 | ||
| scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8" | "Land of Sunshine" | Gould Bottum Patton | Angel Dust | 1992 | [31] | |
| scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8" | "Last Cup of Sorrow" | Patton Gould | Album of the Year | 1997 | ||
| scope=row | "" | Patton Gould Bordin | King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime | 1995 | ||
| scope=row | "Let's Lynch the Landlord" | Biafra | Virus 100 | 1992 | ||
| scope=row | "Light Up and Let Go" | Patton | 1997 | |||
| scope=row | "Malpractice" | Patton | Angel Dust | 1992 | ||
| scope=row | "Mark Bowen" | Mosley Gould Bordin | We Care a Lot | 1985 | ||
| scope=row | "Matador" | Patton Gould | Sol Invictus | 2015 | ||
| scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8" | "Midlife Crisis" | Gould Patton Bottum Bordin | Angel Dust | 1992 | ||
| scope=row | "Midnight Cowboy" | Barry | Angel Dust | 1992 | ||
| scope=row | "" | Gould Bottum Martin Patton | 1989 | |||
| scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8" | "Motherfucker" | Patton Bottum | Sol Invictus | 2015 | ||
| scope=row | "Mouth to Mouth" | Patton Bordin Gould Hudson | Album of the Year | 1997 | ||
| scope=row | "Naked in Front of the Computer" | Patton | Album of the Year | 1997 | ||
| scope=row | "New Beginnings" | Mosley | We Care a Lot | 1985 | ||
| scope=row | "New Improved Song" | Faith No More | Sounds Waves 2 | 1988 | [32] | |
| scope=row | "Paths of Glory" | Patton Gould Hudson Bordin Bottum | Album of the Year | 1997 | ||
| scope=row | "" | Faith No More | 1991 | [33] | ||
| scope=row | "Pills for Breakfast" | Bordin Martin | We Care a Lot | 1985 | ||
| scope=row | "Pristina" | Patton Gould | Album of the Year | 1997 | ||
| scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8" | "Quiet in Heaven" | Morris | 1982 | [34] [35] [36] | ||
| scope=row | "" | Gould Bottum Patton | 1989 | |||
| scope=row | "" | Gould Bottum Patton Kamosi De Quincey | 1990 | |||
| scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8" | "Ricochet" | Patton Gould Bordin | King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime | 1995 | ||
| scope=row | "Rise of the Fall" | Patton Gould | Sol Invictus | 2015 | ||
| scope=row | "Rn'R" | Mosley Gould Martin | Introduce Yourself | 1987 | ||
| scope=row | "RV" | Gould Patton Bottum | Angel Dust | 1992 | ||
| scope=row | "Separation Anxiety" | Patton Gould Bordin | Sol Invictus | 2015 | ||
| scope=row | "She Loves Me Not" | Patton Gould Bordin | Album of the Year | 1997 | ||
| scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8" | "" | Gould Patton Bottum Bordin | Angel Dust | 1992 | ||
| scope=row | "Smaller and Smaller" | Gould Patton Bottum Bordin Wallace | Angel Dust | 1992 | ||
| scope=row | "Sol Invictus" | Patton Gould | Sol Invictus | 2015 | ||
| scope=row | "Something for the Girl with Everything" | Mael | Plagiarism | 1998 | ||
| scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8" | "Song of Liberty" | Morris | 1982 | |||
| scope=row | "Spanish Eyes" | Kaempfert Singleton Snyder | 1995 | |||
| scope=row | "Spirit" | Gould | Introduce Yourself | 1987 | ||
| scope=row | "Star A.D." | Patton Gould Bordin | King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime | 1995 | ||
| scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8" | "Stripsearch" | Patton Hudson Bordin Gould | Album of the Year | 1997 | ||
| scope=row | "Sunny Side Up" | Patton Gould | Sol Invictus | 2015 | ||
| scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8" | "Superhero" | Patton Gould Bordin | Sol Invictus | 2015 | ||
| scope=row | "Surprise! You're Dead | " | Martin Patton | 1989 | ||
| scope=row | "Sweet Emotion" | Patton Bordin | Kerrang! Flexible Fiend | 1989 | ||
| scope=row | "Take This Bottle" | Patton Gould | King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime | 1995 | ||
| scope=row | "This Guy's in Love with You" | Bacharach David | Who Cares a Lot? The Greatest Hits | 1998 | ||
| scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8" | "This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us" | Mael | Plagiarism | 1998 | [37] [38] | |
| scope=row | "Ugly in the Morning" | Patton Gould Spruance | King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime | 1995 | ||
| scope=row | "Underwater Love" | Gould Bottum Patton | 1989 | |||
| scope=row | "Underwater Love" | Gould Bottum Patton | 1990 | |||
| scope=row | "War Pigs" | Butler Iommi Osbourne Ward | 1989 | |||
| scope=row | "War Pigs" | Butler Iommi Osbourne Ward | 1990 | |||
| scope=row | "We Care a Lot" | Mosley Bottum | We Care a Lot | 1985 | [39] | |
| scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8" | "We Care a Lot" (Slash Version) | Mosley Gould Bottum | Introduce Yourself | 1987 | ||
| scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8" | "We Care a Lot" | Gould Bottum Mosley Starr | 1990 | |||
| scope=row | "What a Day" | Patton Spruance | King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime | 1995 | ||
| scope=row | "Why Do You Bother" | Gould Bordin Bottum | We Care a Lot | 1985 | ||
| scope=row | "Woodpecker from Mars" | Bordin Martin | 1989 | |||
| scope=row | "Woodpecker from Mars" | Bordin Martin | 1990 | |||
| scope=row | "" | Faith No More | Who Cares a Lot? The Greatest Hits | 1998 | [40] | |
| scope=row | "Zombie Eaters" | Gould Bottum Bordin Martin Patton | 1989 | |||
| scope=row | "Zombie Eaters" | Gould Bottum Patton Bordin Martin | 1990 | |||