List of songs recorded by Faith No More explained

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]

List of songs

SongCredit as writer(s)ReleaseYearRef(s)
scope=row "Absolute Zero"Patton1995[15] [16]
scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8""Anne's Song" Gould
Bottum
Introduce Yourself1987
scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8" "Another Body Murdered" Gould
Bordin
Patton
Bottum
Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.
Judgment Night1993[17]
scope=row"Arabian Disco"Mosley
Gould
We Care a Lot1985
scope=row"As the Worm Turns"Mosley
Bottum
Gould
We Care a Lot1985
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 Schutzenfest1992[18] [19]
scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8" "Ashes to Ashes" Patton
Gould
Hudson
Bordin
Bottum
Album of the Year1997
scope=row "Be Aggressive"BottumAngel Dust1992
scope=row ""Patton
Gould
Hudson
Bordin
1997[20]
scope=row"Black Friday"Patton
Gould
Bordin
Sol Invictus2015[21]
scope=row"Blood"MosleyIntroduce Yourself1987
scope=row "Caffeine"Gould
Patton
Angel Dust1992
scope=row "Caralho Voador"Patton
Gould
Bordin
King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime1995
scope=row"Chinese Arithmetic"Mosley
Bordin
Martin
Introduce Yourself1987
scope=row "Collision"Patton
Hudson
Album of the Year1997[22]
scope=row"Cone of Shame"Patton
Gould
Sol Invictus2015
scope=row ""Faith No More1989
scope=row""Mosley
Gould
Bordin
Introduce Yourself1987
scope=row "Crack Hitler"Gould
Patton
Bottum
Bordin
Angel Dust1992
scope=row "Cuckoo for Caca"Patton
Gould
Spruance
King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime1995
scope=row "Das Schutzenfest"Faith No MoreSongs to Make Love To1993
scope=row"Death March"Mosley
Gould
Bottum
Martin
Introduce Yourself1987
scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8" "Digging the Grave" Patton
Gould
Bordin
King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime1995
scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8" "Easy" RichieSongs to Make Love To1993[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 Dust1992
scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8" "Evidence" Patton
Gould
Bordin
Spruance
King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime1995
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 Yourself1987[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 Invictus2015
scope=row ""Patton
Gould
Bordin
King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime1995
scope=row "Get Out"PattonKing for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime1995[28]
scope=row "Got That Feeling"PattonAlbum of the Year1997
scope=row ""Faith No More1989[29]
scope=row"Greed"Gould
Mosley
We Care a Lot1985
scope=row "Greenfields"The Brothers Four1995
scope=row "Helpless"Patton
Bordin
Gould
Album of the Year1997
scope=row "Highway Star"Lord
Blackmore
Gillan
Paice
Glover
Who Cares a Lot? The Greatest Hits1998
scope=row "Hippie Jam Song"Patton
Gould
Who Cares a Lot? The Greatest Hits1998
scope=row "Home Sick Home"PattonAlbum of the Year1997
scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8" "I Started a Joke" B. Gibb
R. Gibb
M. Gibb
1995
scope=row "I Wanna Fuck Myself"Allin1995[30]
scope=row "I Won't Forget You"Patton
Gould
Who Cares a Lot? The Greatest Hits1998
scope=row "Instrumental"Patton
Gould
Bottum
Who Cares a Lot? The Greatest Hits1998
scope=row"Introduce Yourself"Mosley
Gould
Bottum
Bordin
Martin
Introduce Yourself1987
scope=row"Jim"MartinWe Care a Lot1985
scope=row "Jizzlobber"Martin
Patton
Angel Dust1992
scope=row""Mosley
Bottum
Gould
Bordin
We Care a Lot1985
scope=row "Just a Man"Patton
Gould
Spruance
Bottum
King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime1995
scope=row "Kindergarten"Gould
Patton
Bottum
Martin
Angel Dust1992
scope=row "King for a Day"Patton
Gould
Spruance
Bordin
Bottum
King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime1995
scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8""Land of Sunshine" Gould
Bottum
Patton
Angel Dust1992[31]
scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8" "Last Cup of Sorrow" Patton
Gould
Album of the Year1997
scope=row ""Patton
Gould
Bordin
King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime1995
scope=row "Let's Lynch the Landlord"BiafraVirus 1001992
scope=row "Light Up and Let Go"Patton1997
scope=row "Malpractice"PattonAngel Dust1992
scope=row"Mark Bowen"Mosley
Gould
Bordin
We Care a Lot1985
scope=row"Matador"Patton
Gould
Sol Invictus2015
scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8""Midlife Crisis" Gould
Patton
Bottum
Bordin
Angel Dust1992
scope=row "Midnight Cowboy"BarryAngel Dust1992
scope=row ""Gould
Bottum
Martin
Patton
1989
scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8""Motherfucker" Patton
Bottum
Sol Invictus2015
scope=row "Mouth to Mouth"Patton
Bordin
Gould
Hudson
Album of the Year1997
scope=row "Naked in Front of the Computer"PattonAlbum of the Year1997
scope=row"New Beginnings"MosleyWe Care a Lot1985
scope=row"New Improved Song"Faith No MoreSounds Waves 21988[32]
scope=row "Paths of Glory"Patton
Gould
Hudson
Bordin
Bottum
Album of the Year1997
scope=row ""Faith No More1991[33]
scope=row"Pills for Breakfast"Bordin
Martin
We Care a Lot1985
scope=row "Pristina"Patton
Gould
Album of the Year1997
scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8""Quiet in Heaven" Morris1982[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 Lifetime1995
scope=row"Rise of the Fall"Patton
Gould
Sol Invictus2015
scope=row"Rn'R"Mosley
Gould
Martin
Introduce Yourself1987
scope=row "RV"Gould
Patton
Bottum
Angel Dust1992
scope=row"Separation Anxiety"Patton
Gould
Bordin
Sol Invictus2015
scope=row "She Loves Me Not"Patton
Gould
Bordin
Album of the Year1997
scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8""" Gould
Patton
Bottum
Bordin
Angel Dust1992
scope=row "Smaller and Smaller"Gould
Patton
Bottum
Bordin
Wallace
Angel Dust1992
scope=row"Sol Invictus"Patton
Gould
Sol Invictus2015
scope=row "Something for the Girl with Everything"MaelPlagiarism1998
scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8""Song of Liberty" Morris1982
scope=row "Spanish Eyes"Kaempfert
Singleton
Snyder
1995
scope=row"Spirit"GouldIntroduce Yourself1987
scope=row "Star A.D."Patton
Gould
Bordin
King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime1995
scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8" "Stripsearch" Patton
Hudson
Bordin
Gould
Album of the Year1997
scope=row"Sunny Side Up"Patton
Gould
Sol Invictus2015
scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8""Superhero" Patton
Gould
Bordin
Sol Invictus2015
scope=row "Surprise! You're Dead"Martin
Patton
1989
scope=row"Sweet Emotion"Patton
Bordin
Kerrang! Flexible Fiend1989
scope=row "Take This Bottle"Patton
Gould
King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime1995
scope=row "This Guy's in Love with You"Bacharach
David
Who Cares a Lot? The Greatest Hits1998
scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8" "This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us" MaelPlagiarism1998[37] [38]
scope=row "Ugly in the Morning"Patton
Gould
Spruance
King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime1995
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 Lot1985[39]
scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8""We Care a Lot" (Slash Version) Mosley
Gould
Bottum
Introduce Yourself1987
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 Lifetime1995
scope=row"Why Do You Bother"Gould
Bordin
Bottum
We Care a Lot1985
scope=row "Woodpecker from Mars"Bordin
Martin
1989
scope=row "Woodpecker from Mars"Bordin
Martin
1990
scope=row ""Faith No MoreWho Cares a Lot? The Greatest Hits1998[40]
scope=row "Zombie Eaters"Gould
Bottum
Bordin
Martin
Patton
1989
scope=row "Zombie Eaters"Gould
Bottum
Patton
Bordin
Martin
1990

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Faith No More – Music Biography, Credits and Discography : AllMusic. . Stephen Thomas . Erlewine . June 27, 2012.
  2. Blush . Steven . Steven Blush . August 1990 . Obscure No More . . 6 . 5 . 16 . 0886-3032 . June 27, 2012 .
  3. Gehman . Pleasant . September 1992 . Epic Journey . . 8 . 6 . 77, 118 . 0886-3032 . June 27, 2012 .
  4. Angel Dust Review . . Janiss . Garza . July 10, 1992 . June 27, 2012.
  5. Faith No More Biography – Rolling Stone Music . https://web.archive.org/web/20110522171415/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/faith-no-more/biography . dead . May 22, 2011 . . Jann S. Wenner . June 27, 2012.
  6. Metal Hammer: Blog Archive: Story Behind the Album – Faith No More . . March 13, 2009 . April 9, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101210220222/http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/news/story-behind-the-album-faith-no-more/ . December 10, 2010 .
  7. Lanham . Tom . April 1995 . Faith No More . . 20 . 22–26 . CMJ network, Inc . June 26, 2012.
  8. Web site: Official Faith No More site :: Biography . . June 27, 2012.
  9. Part 4: Heaven 17 to N.W.A. (1981–1988) . Jarrett . Berman . . July 19, 2007 . July 3, 2012.
  10. Web site: We Care a Lot – Faith No More : Listen, Appearances, Song Review. . Steve . Huey . July 3, 2012.
  11. Web site: Australian-charts.com – Faith No More – Epic . July 3, 2012 . Hung Medien .
  12. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=faith no more|chart=all}} Epic – Faith No More ]. July 3, 2012 . .
  13. Web site: Listen to Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas by Original Game Soundtrack – Album Reviews, Credits and Awards . Stephen Thomas . Erlewine. AllRovi. July 3, 2012.
  14. Faith No More to Release First Album in 18 Years . . Christopher R. . Weingarten . September 2, 2014 . September 1, 2015.
  15. Web site: 2016-09-17 . FAITH NO MORE RARITIES #4 Absolute Zero . 2023-06-28 . en-GB.
  16. [#Digging the Grave|Digging the Grave]
  17. Web site: Judgment Night – Original Soundtrack : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards . June 26, 2012 . Ruhlmann . William . .
  18. http://www.discogs.com/Faith-No-More-Angel-Dust/release/2704988 Faith No More - Angel Dust (CD, Album) at Discogs
  19. http://www.discogs.com/Faith-No-More-Im-Easy-Das-Sch%C3%BCtzenfest/release/564499 Faith No More - I'm Easy / Das Schützenfest (CD) at Discogs
  20. [#Ashes to Ashes|Ashes to Ashes]
  21. Web site: Sol Invictus – Faith No More: Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards . Mark . Deming . . September 1, 2015.
  22. Web site: Album of the Year – Faith No More : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards . June 26, 2012 . Prato . Greg . .
  23. Web site: Songs to Make Love To – Faith No More : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards . June 26, 2012 . Torreano . Bradley . .
  24. [#Songs to Make Love To|Songs to Make Love To]
  25. Web site: Introduce Yourself – Faith No More : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards . June 26, 2012 . Prato . Greg . .
  26. Web site: The Real Thing – Faith No More : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards . June 26, 2012 . Raggett . Ned . .
  27. Web site: Live at the Brixton Academy – Faith No More : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards . June 27, 2012 . Prato . Greg . .
  28. Web site: King for a Day, Fool for a Lifetime – Faith No More : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards . June 26, 2012 . Prato . Greg . .
  29. [#From Out of Nowhere|From Out of Nowhere]
  30. [#Ricochet|Ricochet]
  31. Web site: Angel Dust – Faith No More : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards . June 26, 2012 . Raggett . Ned . .
  32. News: Faith No more: 'The Very Best' Greatest-Hits Collection Due in June . . April 28, 2009 . June 26, 2012.
  33. Web site: Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (Soundtrack) – Original Soundtrack : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards . June 26, 2012 . McDonald . Steven . .
  34. Web site: Song of Liberty/All Quiet in Heaven – Overview . June 26, 2012 . Torreano . Bradley . .
  35. [#Quiet in Heaven/Song of Liberty|Quiet in Heaven/Song of Liberty]
  36. Released as Faith. No Man
  37. Web site: Plagiarism – Sparks : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards . June 26, 2012 . Sullivan . Denise . .
  38. Collaboration with Sparks
  39. Web site: We Care a Lot – Faith No More : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards . June 26, 2012 . Prato . Greg . .
  40. Web site: Who Cares a Lot? The Greatest Hits – Faith No More : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards . June 26, 2012 . Huey . Steve . .