List of songs recorded by Lorde explained

New Zealand singer-songwriter Lorde (born 1996) has recorded songs for three studio albums, one extended play (EP) and guest features. At the age of 13, she was signed to Universal Music Group (UMG) and started to write music.[1] In November 2012, when she was 16 years old,[2] she self-released an EP entitled The Love Club via SoundCloud.[3] It was made available for purchase in March 2013. In September 2013, Lorde released her debut studio album, Pure Heroine, that included "Royals". The record explored a dream pop and minimalist electronic sound. Released in 2017, her second studio album, Melodrama, showcased Lorde's interest in piano instrumentation and maximalist pop music. Lorde's 3rd studio album, Solar Power, was released on 20 August 2021, presenting a sonic shift towards acoustic guitars and stripped-down production[4] alongside a thematic shift towards escapism, introspection, and fame.[5]

In addition to her studio work, Lorde has recorded songs for film soundtracks, including "Everybody Wants to Rule the World", originally recorded by band Tears for Fears, from The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013), and "Yellow Flicker Beat" from The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 (2014), Furthermore, she has recorded vocals for features, including "Easy (Switch Screens)" with Son Lux, "Magnets" with Disclosure, and "Don't Take the Money" with Bleachers.

Songs

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SongArtist(s)Writer(s)AlbumYear
scope=row "400 Lux"Lorde Pure Heroine2013[6]
scope=row"Big Star"Lorde Solar Power2021
scope=row "Biting Down"Lorde 2012[7]
scope=row"Blouse"Clairo Sling2021[8]
scope=row"Bravado"Lorde 2012[9]
scope=row"Buzzcut Season"Lorde Pure Heroine2013[10]
scope=row"California"Lorde Solar Power2021[11]
scope=row"Dominoes"Lorde Solar Power2021
scope=row style="background-color:#BFFFC0;""Don't Take the Money" Gone Now
MTV Unplugged
2017[12] [13]
scope=row "Easy (Switch Screens)"Son Lux featuring Lorde Alternate Worlds2014[14] [15]
scope=row"Everybody Wants to Rule the World"Lorde The Hunger Games: Catching Fire2013[16]
scope=row style="background-color:#BFFFC0;""Fallen Fruit"Lorde Solar Power2021
scope=row "Flicker (Kanye West Rework)"Lorde The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 12014 [17]
"The Girl, So Confusing Version with Lorde"Charli XCX and Lorde Brat2024[18]
scope=row style="background-color:#BFFFC0;""Glory and Gore"Lorde Pure Heroine2013[19]
scope=row style="background-color:#BFFFC0;""Green Light"Lorde Melodrama2017[20] [21]
scope=row"Hard Feelings/Loveless"Lorde Melodrama2017
scope=row"Helen of Troy"Lorde Solar Power2021
scope=row"Hold No Grudge"Lorde Solar Power2021
scope=row style="background-color:#BFFFC0;""Homemade Dynamite" Lorde Melodrama2017
scope=row "Ladder Song"Lorde
  • Conor Oberst
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 12014
scope=row"Leader of a New Regime"Lorde Solar Power2021
scope=row"Liability"Lorde Melodrama2017[22]
scope=row"Liability (Reprise)"Lorde Melodrama2017
scope=row""Lorde Melodrama2017
scope=row"The Love Club" Lorde
2012
scope=row style="background-color:#BFFFC0;" "Magnets"Disclosure featuring Lorde Caracal2015[23]
scope=row"The Man with the Axe"Lorde Solar Power2021
scope=row"Meltdown"Stromae featuring Pusha T, Q-Tip, Haim and Lorde The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 12014
scope=row"Million Dollar Bills"Lorde 2012
scope=row style="background-color:#BFFFC0;""Mood Ring"Lorde Solar Power2021
scope=row "No Better"Lorde Pure Heroine 2013[24] [25] [26]
scope=row"Oceanic Feeling"Lorde Solar Power2021
scope=row"The Path"Lorde Solar Power2021
scope=row style="background-color:#BFFFC0;" "Perfect Places" Lorde Melodrama2017
scope=row "Reaper"Clairo Sling2021
scope=row"Ribs"Lorde Pure Heroine2013[27]
scope=row style="background-color:#BFFFC0;""Royals"Lorde
Pure Heroine
2012[28]
scope=row"Secrets from a Girl (Who's Seen It All)"Lorde Solar Power2021
scope=row "Sober"Lorde Melodrama2017
scope=row"Sober II (Melodrama)"Lorde Melodrama2017
scope=row style="background-color:#BFFFC0;" "Solar Power" Lorde Solar Power2021
scope=row"Still Sane"Lorde Pure Heroine2013
scope=row style="background-color:#BFFFC0;" "Stoned at the Nail Salon" Lorde Solar Power2021
scope=row"Supercut"Lorde Melodrama2017
scope=row "Swingin Party"Lorde 2012[29]
scope=row style="background-color:#BFFFC0;" "Team"Lorde Pure Heroine2013[30]
scope=row style="background-color:#BFFFC0;""Tennis Court"Lorde Pure Heroine2013[31]
scope=row "White Teeth Teens"Lorde Pure Heroine2013
scope=row""Lorde Pure Heroine2013
scope=row"Writer in the Dark"Lorde Melodrama2017
scope=row style="background-color:#BFFFC0;""Yellow Flicker Beat"Lorde The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 12014[32]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Lorde: NZ's newest pop star . Tom . Cardy . . 5 October 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131204145411/http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/culture/performance/8654143/Lorde-NZs-newest-pop-star . 4 December 2013 . live .
  2. News: Lorde's 'Royals' May Be #1, But She's Still 'Just A Disgusting Person'. James. Montgomery. MTV News. 3 October 2013. 5 January 2014. 6 January 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140106031410/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1715048/lorde-number-1-reaction.jhtml. dead.
  3. New Zealand's Broods Signs To Capitol In U.S., Preps Debut Album with Lorde's Producer. Jason. Lipshutz. Billboard. 5 January 2014. 5 December 2013. 5 March 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140305185938/http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/legal-and-management/5819663/new-zealands-broods-signs-to-capitol-in-us-preps. live.
  4. Web site: Petridis. Alexis. 19 August 2021. Lorde: Solar Power review – waking up from the nightmare of fame. 24 August 2021. The Guardian.
  5. Web site: 19 August 2021. Lorde - Solar Power. 24 August 2021. Clash.
  6. Web site: [{{AllMusic|id=mw0002574004|class=album|pure_url=yes}} Pure Heroine &ndash; Lorde ]. AllMusic. Stephen Thomas. Erlewine. Stephen Thomas Erlewine . 17 November 2013.
  7. Web site: [{{AllMusic|id=mw0002512787|class=album|pure_url=yes}} The Love Club &ndash; Lorde ]. . 17 November 2013.
  8. Web site: Sling . July 16, 2021 . . . 16 August 2021.
  9. Web site: Bravado (2013) . 7digital. Luxembourg . https://web.archive.org/web/20140701003830/http://lu.7digital.com/artist/lorde/release/bravado . 1 July 2014.
  10. Web site: Buzzcut Season  - Single . Singapore . iTunes Store . 30 September 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131009010116/https://itunes.apple.com/sg/album/buzzcut-season-single/id710452539 . 9 October 2013 . dead .
  11. Web site: August 20, 2021. Credits / Solar Power / Lorde. August 24, 2021. Tidal. en.
  12. News: Don't Take the Money – Single by Bleachers on Apple Music. 30 December 2017. iTunes. Apple. 31 March 2017. 29 August 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200829093224/https://music.apple.com/us/album/dont-take-the-money-single/1219503440. live.
  13. Web site: MTV Unplugged by Bleachers on Apple Music. 10 November 2017 . iTunes Store. 9 December 2018. 10 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181210021414/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/mtv-unplugged/1297412679. live.
  14. Web site: Alternate Worlds  - EP. United States. iTunes Store. 6 March 2014. 26 July 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140726210036/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/alternate-worlds-ep/id830827942. live.
  15. Web site: Lanterns  - Son Lux. AllMusic. Gregory. Heaney. 24 May 2014. 29 August 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200829093215/https://www.allmusic.com/album/lanterns-mw0002582261. live.
  16. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0002585397|pure_url=yes}} The Hunger Games: Catching Fire &ndash; Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ]. AllMusic . Heather. Phares. 13 November 2013.
  17. Lorde's 'Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Pt. 1' Soundtrack to Feature Kanye West, Chvrches, Charli XCX. Zach. Dionne. 21 October 2014. Billboard. 22 October 2014. 23 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141023130311/http://www.billboard.com/articles/6289238/lorde-hunger-games-soundtrack-kanye-west. live.
  18. News: Larson . Jeremy D. . "Charli XCX / Lorde: "The girl, so confusing version with lorde" Track Review" . 12 July 2024 . Pitchfork . 21 June 2024.
  19. Lorde's 'Pure Heroine' Hits 1 Million in Sales . Keith . Caulfield . Los Angeles . Billboard . 28 February 2014 . 1 March 2014 . 4 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140304061926/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5922997/lordes-pure-heroine-hits-1-million-in-sales . live .
  20. Web site: [{{AllMusic|id=mw0003031925|class=album|pure_url=yes}} Melodrama &ndash; Lorde ]. AllMusic. WooJin. Jo . 17 June 2017 . 19 June 2017.
  21. Web site: Phillips. Amy. Lorde Releases New Song "Green Light" and Video: Watch Pitchfork. pitchfork.com. 2 March 2017 . 2 March 2017. en. 3 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170403122139/http://pitchfork.com/news/68382-lorde-releases-new-song-green-light-and-video-watch/. live.
  22. Web site: Barnes. Tom. Lorde "Liability" Lyrics: Every verse to her heartbreaking second 'Melodrama' single. Mic. 9 March 2017 . 9 March 2017. 29 August 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200829093236/https://www.mic.com/articles/170780/lorde-liability-lyrics-every-verse-to-her-heartbreaking-second-melodrama-single#.KtzFG8Lp0. live.
  23. Disclosure's 'Caracal' Track List Includes Lorde, The Weeknd & Miguel . Jason . Lipshutz . New York . Billboard . 31 July 2015 . 5 August 2015 . 29 August 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200829093218/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6649271/disclosure-caracal-track-list-lorde-the-weeknd-miguel . live .
  24. Web site: Pure Heroine (Extended). iTunes Store. United States. 23 May 2014. 12 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141012223829/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/pure-heroine-extended/id773618496. live.
  25. Web site: No Better . Australasian Performing Right Association . 23 May 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140116231233/http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/worksearch.axd?q=No%20Better . 16 January 2014 . dead .
  26. Web site: No Better  - Single. January 2013 . iTunes Store . Finland. https://web.archive.org/web/20140701003939/https://itunes.apple.com/fi/album/no-better-single/id732835277 . 1 July 2014.
  27. Web site: Ribs – Single . iTunes Store . United States. 12 October 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131012173517/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/ribs-single/id716908688 . 12 October 2013.
  28. Web site: Royals (2-Track) [Single]]. Amazon Germany . de. Germany. 23 May 2014. 29 August 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200829093214/https://www.amazon.de/dp/B00H04E7FI. live.
  29. Web site: Swinging Party . . 23 May 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140524023620/http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/worksearch.axd?q=Swinging%20Party . 24 May 2014 . dead .
  30. Web site: Top 40/M Future Releases . All Access Music Group . https://web.archive.org/web/20131022164005/http://www.allaccess.com/top40-mainstream/future-releases . 22 October 2013 . 18 October 2013 . dead .
  31. Web site: This Week's New Releases 11-05-2014. Official Charts Company. UK. Daniel. Lane. 11 May 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140518134544/http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/this-weeks-new-releases-11-05-2014-3004/ . 18 May 2014.
  32. Yellow Flicker Beat . . 2014 . Single download notes . .