The Flaming Lips discography
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The discography
Discography
Discography is the study and listing of the details concerning sound recordings, often by specified artists or within identified musical genres...

 of The Flaming Lips
The Flaming Lips
The Flaming Lips are an American alternative rock band, formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1983.Melodically, their sound contains lush, multi-layered, psychedelic rock arrangements, but lyrically their compositions show elements of space rock, including unusual song and album titles—such as "What...

, an American rock
Rock music
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 band formed in 1983, consists of thirteen studio album
Studio album
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s, eight extended play
Extended play
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s, sixteen singles
Single (music)
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, six compilation album
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

s, four video albums and an array of various other appearances.

Studio albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
Music recording sales certification
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(sales thresholds)
US
Billboard 200
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US Heat.
Top Heatseekers
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AUS
ARIA Charts
The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...


UK
UK Albums Chart
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1986 Hear It Is
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: Restless
    Restless Records
    Restless Records was started in El Segundo, California in 1981 by Enigma Records and primarly released alternative, metal and punk records. Restless also licensed and released records from Bar/None Records, Metal Blade Records and Mute Records...

1987 Oh My Gawd!!!
Oh My Gawd!!!
Oh My Gawd!!! is The Flaming Lips' second album, released on Restless Records in 1987. It is a slightly heavier album than their debut Hear It Is.-Track listing:...

  • Released: 1987
  • Label: Restless
  • 1989 Telepathic Surgery
    Telepathic Surgery
    CD track listing- Personnel :* Wayne Coyne - Lead Vocals, Guitar* Richard English - Drums, Vocals, Guitar* Michael Ivins - Bass, Vocals* Produced by The Flaming Lips* Engineered by Ruben Ayala* Craig 'Niteman' Taylor - Harmonica...

  • Released: 1989
  • Label: Restless
  • 1990 In a Priest Driven Ambulance
    In a Priest Driven Ambulance
    In a Priest Driven Ambulance is the fourth album by The Flaming Lips, released in 1990 . It is a concept album primarily focused on frontman Wayne Coyne's fascination with religion. It is generally considered among critics to be one of the best early period Flaming Lips albums...

  • Released: September, 1990
  • Label: Restless
  • 1992 Hit to Death in the Future Head
    Hit to Death in the Future Head
    -Personnel:* Wayne Coyne - guitar, vocals* Michael Ivins - bass* Jonathan Donahue - guitar* Nathan Roberts - drums...

  • Released: August 11, 1992
  • Label: Warner Bros.
    Warner Bros. Records
    Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...

  • 1993 Transmissions from the Satellite Heart
    Transmissions from the Satellite Heart
    Transmissions from the Satellite Heart is The Flaming Lips' sixth album, released in 1993. Its fourth track, "She Don't Use Jelly", is notable for being The Flaming Lips' first charting radio hit, after its video was featured on the MTV show Beavis and Butt-Head, nearly a year after the album's...

  • Released: June 22, 1993
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • 108 1
    1995 Clouds Taste Metallic
    Clouds Taste Metallic
    - Personnel :* Wayne Coyne - vocals, guitar* Steven Drozd - drums* Michael Ivins - bass* Ronald Jones - guitar- Cover versions :"Lightning Strikes the Postman" was covered by Scottish rock band Aereogramme on their album Seclusion....

  • Released: September 19, 1995
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • 16
    1997 Zaireeka
    Zaireeka
    Zaireeka is the eighth studio album by the alternative rock band The Flaming Lips. Released on October 28, 1997, the experimental rock album consists of four compact discs. Each of its eight songs consists of four stereo tracks, one from each CD...

  • Released: October 28, 1997
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • 1999 The Soft Bulletin
    The Soft Bulletin
    -UK & Australian CD release:-Vinyl release:-The Soft Bulletin 5.1:On January 31, 2006, Warner Bros. re-released The Soft Bulletin in the US as a two-disc package titled The Soft Bulletin 5.1. It includes a remastered CD and a DVD-Audio disc that contains a 5.1-channel surround sound mix of the album...

  • Released: June 22, 1999
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • 12 39 UK
    British Phonographic Industry
    The British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade association.-Structure:Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four "major" record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies...

    : Gold
    2002 Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
    Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
    -Special edition DVD-Audio:-The Flaming Lips:* Wayne Coyne - guitar, vocals, artwork, mixing, production* Michael Ivins - bass guitar, keyboards, vocals, mixing, production, additional engineering...

  • Released: July 16, 2002
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • 50 62
    13 AUS
    Australian Recording Industry Association
    The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...

    : Gold
    UK: Gold
    US
    Recording Industry Association of America
    The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States...

    : Gold
    2006 At War with the Mystics
    At War with the Mystics
    -At War with the Mystics 5.1:Like The Soft Bulletin and Yoshimi, At War with the Mystics was released as a special edition 5.1 CD+DVD-Audio mix on October 24, 2006...

  • Released: April 4, 2006
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • 11 20 6 UK: Gold
    2009 Embryonic
    Embryonic
    Embryonic received general acclaim from critics upon release, garnering a 81/100 critic score on Metacritic. The New Musical Express noted that "ten years after their last masterpiece, The Flaming Lips have finally produced another one," while Paste Magazine described the record as "a wonderfully...

  • Released: October 13, 2009
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • 8 43 43
    The Flaming Lips and Stardeath and White Dwarfs with Henry Rollins and Peaches Doing The Dark Side of the Moon
  • Released: December 22, 2009
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

    Compilation and other albums

    Year Album details
    1998 A Collection of Songs Representing an Enthusiasm for Recording...By Amateurs
    A Collection of Songs Representing an Enthusiasm for Recording...By Amateurs
    -References:...

    • Released: September 29, 1998
    2002 Finally the Punk Rockers Are Taking Acid
    Finally the Punk Rockers Are Taking Acid
    -Disc two:This disc contains all of the tracks from Oh My Gawd!!! as well as five bonus tracks.-Disc three:This disc contains all of the tracks from Telepathic Surgery as well as seven bonus tracks....

  • Released: October 1, 2002
  • The Day They Shot a Hole in the Jesus Egg
    The Day They Shot a Hole in the Jesus Egg
    -Disc two:-References:...

  • Released: October 1, 2002
  • Shambolic Birth and Early Life Of
    Shambolic Birth and Early Life Of
    The Shambolic Birth and Early Life Of is a promo compilation album by The Flaming Lips, released in 2002. It summarizes the first six years of The Flaming Lips...

  • Released: 2002
  • 2005 Late Night Tales: The Flaming Lips
  • Released: March 7, 2005
  • 2006 20 Years of Weird: Flaming Lips 1986–2006
  • Released: March 27, 2006
  • 2007 iTunes Originals – The Flaming Lips
  • Released: July 3, 2007
  • 2008 Once Beyond Hopelessness (soundtrack to Christmas on Mars
    Christmas on Mars
    Christmas on Mars is a science fiction feature film from the Oklahoma psychedelic alternative rock band The Flaming Lips, written and directed by the band's frontman, Wayne Coyne and featuring the entire band in the cast, as well as many of their associates, including Steve Burns, Adam Goldberg,...

    )
  • Released: November 11, 2008
  • 2011 Heady Nuggs
    Heady Nuggs
    Heady Nuggs is a box set by Oklahoma based band The Flaming Lips, containing vinyl reissues of the five albums that span the bands first decade on Warner Bros. Records. These five albums are Hit to Death in the Future Head, Transmissions from the Satellite Heart, Clouds Taste Metallic, The Soft...

  • Released: 2011

  • Extended plays

    Year Album details US
    Billboard 200
    The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...

     chart peaks
    1984 The Flaming Lips
    The Flaming Lips (EP)
    -Personnel:*Wayne Coyne*Mark Coyne*Michael Ivins*Richard English...

    • Released: 1984
    • Label: Restless
      Restless Records
      Restless Records was started in El Segundo, California in 1981 by Enigma Records and primarly released alternative, metal and punk records. Restless also licensed and released records from Bar/None Records, Metal Blade Records and Mute Records...

    1990 Unconsciously Screamin' EP
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Atavistic Records
    Atavistic Records
    Atavistic Records is an American rock and jazz record label based in Chicago, Illinois, known particularly for its No Wave and free jazz recordings. It has released albums by Glenn Branca, Nels Cline, Lydia Lunch, Peter Brötzmann, various Ken Vandermark projects, Pinetop Seven, Swans, Elliott...

  • 1991 Yeah, I Know It's a Drag... But Wastin Pigs Is Still Radical
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Warner Bros.
    Warner Bros. Records
    Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...

  • 1994 Due to High Expectations... the Flaming Lips Are Providing Needles for Your Balloons
    Due to High Expectations... the Flaming Lips Are Providing Needles for Your Balloons
    -Further credits:#Recorded in April 1994 by Keith Cleversley. Different mix from Clouds Taste Metallic version.#Part one can be found on the previous EP, Yeah, I Know It's a Drag.....

  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • 2001 The Southern Oklahoma Cosmic Trigger Contest
    The Southern Oklahoma Cosmic Trigger Contest
    The Southern Oklahoma Cosmic Trigger Contest is a soundtrack by The Flaming Lips to the Bradley Beesley fishing documentary Okie Noodling, featuring three country-tinged songs not found elsewhere, two of which are instrumentals....

  • Released: 2001
  • Label: Independent
  • 2003 Fight Test
    Fight Test
    Fight Test is an EP by The Flaming Lips featuring the song of the same name, released on Warner Bros. Records in 2003. The single version of "Fight Test" was released on June 23, 2003, peaking at #28 in the UK Singles Chart...

  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • 93
    Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • 2005 Yoshimi Wins! (Live Radio Sessions)
    Yoshimi Wins! (Live Radio Sessions)
    Yoshimi Wins! is an extended play recording of previously unreleased live performances by The Flaming Lips. It was released by Warner Bros. Records on November 15, 2005.- Track listing :...

  • Released: 2005
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • 2006 It Overtakes Me
  • Released: 2006
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • 2011 The Flaming Lips 2011 #2: The Flaming Lips with Neon Indian
  • Released: 2011
  • Label: Warner Bros./Lovely Sorts of Death.
  • 2011 The Flaming Lips 2011 #3: Gummy Song Skull
  • Released: 2011
  • Released at various record stores and shows as a giant skull made of edible gelatin substance, inside the skull was a USB stick containing 4 new songs.
  • 2011 The Flaming Lips 2011 #4: The Flaming Lips with Prefuse 73
  • Released: 2011
  • Label: Warner Bros./Lovely Sorts of Death.
  • 2011 The Flaming Lips 2011 #5: Gummy Song Fetus
  • Released: 2011
  • Released at various record stores and shows as a replica of an unborn fetus made of edible gelatin substance, inside the fetus was a USB stick containing 3 new songs.
  • 2011 The Flaming Lips 2011 #6: The Flaming Lips with Lightning Bolt
  • Released: 2011
  • Label: Warner Bros./Lovely Sorts of Death.
  • 2011 The Flaming Lips 2011 #7: Strobo Trip
  • Released: 2011
  • Label: Warner Bros./Lovely Sorts of Death.
  • 2011 The Flaming Lips 2011 #8: 24 Hour Song Skull
  • Released: 2011
  • Label: Warner Bros./Lovely Sorts of Death.
  • "—" denotes releases that did not chart
    or were not released in that territory.

    Singles

    Year Single Peak chart positions Album
    US
    Billboard Hot 100
    The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...


    US Alt.
    US Pop
    Pop 100
    The Pop 100 was a songs chart that debuted in February 2005 and was released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States until its discontinuation in 2009...


    AUS
    ARIA Charts
    The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...


    UK
    UK Singles Chart
    The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...


    1988 "Drug Machine" Telepathic Surgery
    1993 "She Don't Use Jelly
    She Don't Use Jelly
    "She Don't Use Jelly" is a 1993 song by The Flaming Lips, and is their biggest radio hit to date. The song became popular after being featured on the MTV show Beavis and Butt-head, nearly a year after the album's release. It is still their highest charting single to date "She Don't Use Jelly" is a...

    "
    55 9 25 Transmissions from the Satellite Heart
    1995 "Turn It On"
    "Bad Days" 77 Clouds Taste Metallic
    1996 "This Here Giraffe
    This Here Giraffe
    "This Here Giraffe" is a song by American Psychedelic rock group The Flaming Lips. The song was released as a single from their 1995 album Clouds Taste Metallic.The single was released exclusively in the UK on two CDs through Warner Bros. Records...

    "
    72
    "Brainville"
    1999 "Race for the Prize
    Race for the Prize
    "Race for the Prize" is a song by The Flaming Lips, released as the first single taken from their 1999 album The Soft Bulletin, and reaching #39 in the UK Singles Chart as the highest charting single from the album...

    "
    39 The Soft Bulletin
    "Waitin' for a Superman
    Waitin' for a Superman
    "Waitin' for a Superman" is a song by The Flaming Lips, released as the second single taken from their 1999 album The Soft Bulletin, and reaching #73 in the UK Singles Chart....

    "
    73
    2002 "Do You Realize??
    Do You Realize??
    "Do You Realize??" is a song by The Flaming Lips, released as the first single from their 2002 album Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. It is widely considered to be one of the group's most accessible and popular songs...

    "
    32 Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
    2003 "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 1
    Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 1
    "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 1" is a song by the American alternative rock band The Flaming Lips, released as the second single taken from their 2002 album Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. It reached #18 in the UK Singles Chart as the highest charting single from the album, after which the...

    "
    18
    "Fight Test
    Fight Test
    Fight Test is an EP by The Flaming Lips featuring the song of the same name, released on Warner Bros. Records in 2003. The single version of "Fight Test" was released on June 23, 2003, peaking at #28 in the UK Singles Chart...

    "
    28
    "The Golden Path
    The Golden Path (song)
    "The Golden Path" is a single by The Chemical Brothers, featuring The Flaming Lips, taken from the Chemical Brothers' Singles 93-03 album.The lead vocals were performed by Wayne Coyne with Steven Drozd performing harmony vocals.-Track listing:...

    " (with The Chemical Brothers
    The Chemical Brothers
    The Chemical Brothers are a British electronic music duo comprising Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons. Originating in Manchester in 1991, along with The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, The Crystal Method, and fellow acts, they were pioneers at bringing the big beat genre to the forefront of pop culture.- Background...

    )
    17 Singles 93–03
    2006 "The W.A.N.D. (The Will Always Negates Defeat)" 108 81 43 At War with the Mystics
    "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (With All Your Power)" 79 16
    2007 "Love the World You Find" Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
    2011"' "The Flaming Lips 2011 #1: Two Blobs Fucking" The Flaming Lips 2011
    "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

    Video albums

    Year Album details
    2005 The Fearless Freaks
    • Released: 2005
    • Formats: DVD
      DVD
      A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....

    2005 VOID
    VOID (DVD)
    VOID is a 5.1 surround sound DVD by The Flaming Lips released on August 23, 2005.It contains new commentary by the band and nineteen music videos made by the band throughout their musical career.-Track listing:# "Mr...

  • Released: August 23, 2005
  • Formats: DVD
  • 2007 U.F.O.s at the Zoo
    U.F.O.s at the Zoo
    U.F.O.s at the Zoo is a DVD by The Flaming Lips. The film was co-directed by Wayne Coyne, Bradley Beesley and George Salisbury. It was recorded September 15, 2006 at the Zoo Amphitheater in Oklahoma City, OK.- Track listing :...

  • Released: August 7, 2007
  • Formats: DVD
  • 2008 Christmas on Mars
    Christmas on Mars
    Christmas on Mars is a science fiction feature film from the Oklahoma psychedelic alternative rock band The Flaming Lips, written and directed by the band's frontman, Wayne Coyne and featuring the entire band in the cast, as well as many of their associates, including Steve Burns, Adam Goldberg,...

  • Released: November 11, 2008
  • Formats: DVD
    DVD
    A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....

    , Vinyl + DVD, DVD + CD

  • Recorded cover songs

    • "After the Gold Rush
      After the Gold Rush (song)
      "After the Gold Rush" is a song written by Neil Young from the 1970 album of the same name. In addition to After the Gold Rush, it also appears on Decade, Greatest Hits and Live Rust....

      " - Neil Young
      Neil Young
      Neil Percival Young, OC, OM is a Canadian singer-songwriter who is widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of his generation...

    • "The Good Times Are Killing Me" - Modest Mouse
      Modest Mouse
      Modest Mouse is an American indie rock band formed in 1993 in Issaquah, Washington, by singer/lyricist/guitarist Isaac Brock, drummer Jeremiah Green, and bassist Eric Judy. They are based in Portland, Oregon. Since their 1996 debut album, This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think...

    • "Baba O'Riley
      Baba O'Riley
      "Baba O'Riley" is a song written by Pete Townshend for the English rock band The Who. Roger Daltrey sings most of the song, with Pete Townshend singing the middle eight: "Don't cry/don't raise your eye/it's only teenaged wasteland"...

      " - The Who
      The Who
      The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964 by Roger Daltrey , Pete Townshend , John Entwistle and Keith Moon . They became known for energetic live performances which often included instrument destruction...

    • "Bohemian Rhapsody
      Bohemian Rhapsody
      "Bohemian Rhapsody" is a song by the British rock band Queen. It was written by Freddie Mercury for the band's 1975 album A Night at the Opera...

      " - Queen
      Queen (band)
      Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1971, originally consisting of Freddie Mercury , Brian May , John Deacon , and Roger Taylor...

    • "Can't Get You Out of My Head
      Can't Get You out of My Head
      "Can't Get You Out of My Head" is a song by Australian recording artist and songwriter Kylie Minogue, which was released from her eighth studio album Fever . The song was released worldwide as the lead single from the album, which was released on 8 September, 2001. The song was written and produced...

      " - Kylie Minogue
      Kylie Minogue
      Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing...

    • "Death Valley '69
      Death Valley '69
      "Death Valley '69" is a song by the American alternative rock band Sonic Youth and is the eighth and final track on their 1985 album Bad Moon Rising. The song was written and sung by Thurston Moore and fellow New York musician Lydia Lunch, and recorded and produced by Wharton Tiers in July 1984...

      " - Sonic Youth
      Sonic Youth
      Sonic Youth is an American alternative rock band from New York City, formed in 1981. The current lineup consists of Thurston Moore , Kim Gordon , Lee Ranaldo , Steve Shelley , and Mark Ibold .In their early career, Sonic Youth was associated with the No Wave art and music scene in New York City...

    • "Ice Drummer" - Alan Vega
      Alan Vega
      Alan Vega For several years other sources stated that he was born in 1948 – see 'Myth' section is an American vocalist, primarily known for his work with electronic protopunk duo, Suicide...

    • "Unmade Bed
      Unmade Bed
      "Unmade Bed" is a promotional single by Sonic Youth for their 2004 studio album Sonic Nurse. Thuston Moore wrote the lyrics and does the vocals on this song. It is the second and final single from this album....

      " - Sonic Youth
      Sonic Youth
      Sonic Youth is an American alternative rock band from New York City, formed in 1981. The current lineup consists of Thurston Moore , Kim Gordon , Lee Ranaldo , Steve Shelley , and Mark Ibold .In their early career, Sonic Youth was associated with the No Wave art and music scene in New York City...

    • "The Golden Age" - Beck
      Beck
      Beck Hansen is an American musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, known by the stage name Beck...

    • "I Can't Explain
      I Can't Explain
      "I Can't Explain" is a song by the English rock band The Who, written by Pete Townshend, and produced by Shel Talmy. The song was issued as a single in December 1964 in the United States and on 15 January 1965 in the United Kingdom.-Background:...

      " - The Who
      The Who
      The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964 by Roger Daltrey , Pete Townshend , John Entwistle and Keith Moon . They became known for energetic live performances which often included instrument destruction...

    • "Knives Out
      Knives Out
      "Knives Out" is a song by English rock band Radiohead. The composition features electric and acoustic guitars, complemented by singer Thom Yorke's vocals. It appears on Radiohead's 2001 album Amnesiac, recorded during the same sessions as the previous album Kid A...

      " - Radiohead
      Radiohead
      Radiohead are an English rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke , Jonny Greenwood , Ed O'Brien , Colin Greenwood and Phil Selway .Radiohead released their debut single "Creep" in 1992...

    • "Life on Mars?
      Life on Mars?
      "Life on Mars?" is a song by David Bowie first released in 1971 on the album Hunky Dory. The song—which BBC Radio 2 later called "a cross between a Broadway musical and a Salvador Dalí painting"—featured guest piano work by keyboardist Rick Wakeman. When released as a single in 1973,...

      " - David Bowie
      David Bowie
      David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...

    • "Nobody Told Me
      Nobody Told Me
      "Nobody Told Me" is a song by the British musician John Lennon. Recorded shortly before his death in 1980, the song was later completed by Lennon's widow Yoko Ono in 1983 and released as the first single from Lennon and Ono's album Milk and Honey in 1984. The song was later released in the UK in...

      " - John Lennon
      John Lennon
      John Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...

       (for the 1995 tribute album Working Class Hero: A Tribute to John Lennon
      Working Class Hero: A Tribute to John Lennon
      Working Class Hero is a 1995 tribute album to Beatles singer/songwriter John Lennon. It gets its name from a Lennon song of the same name. The album was produced by Lindy Goetz through Hollywood Records in support of the Humane Society of the United States...

      )
    • "Plastic Jesus
      Plastic Jesus
      "Plastic Jesus" is an American folk song written by Ed Rush and George Cromarty in 1957. They recorded it as a humorous ad spoof in 1962 as The Goldcoast Singers on World Pacific Records' Here They Are! The Goldcoast Singers ....

      " - The Goldcoast Singers
    • "Seven Nation Army
      Seven Nation Army
      "Seven Nation Army" is the first track on the album Elephant by American alternative rock band The White Stripes. It was released as a single in 2003. "Seven Nation Army" reached #1 on the Modern Rock Tracks for three weeks and won 2004's Grammy Award for Best Rock Song. The song is known for its...

      " - The White Stripes
      The White Stripes
      The White Stripes was an American rock band, formed in 1997 in Detroit, Michigan. The group consisted of the songwriter Jack White and drummer Meg White . Jack and Meg White were previously married to each other, but are now divorced...

    • "Strychnine/Peace, Love, and Understanding
      (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding
      " Peace, Love, and Understanding" is a 1970s song written by English musician Nick Lowe and recorded in the best-known version by Elvis Costello....

      " - The Sonics
      The Sonics
      The Sonics are an American garage rock band from Tacoma, Washington, originating from the early and mid-1960s. Among The Sonics' contemporaries were The Kingsmen, The Wailers, The Dynamics, The Regents, and Paul Revere & the Raiders...

      , Nick Lowe
      Nick Lowe
      Nicholas Drain "Nick" Lowe , is an English singer-songwriter, musician and producer.A pivotal figure in UK pub rock, punk rock and new wave, Lowe has recorded a string of well-reviewed solo albums. Along with vocals, Lowe plays guitar, bass guitar, piano and harmonica...

       (The latter popularized by Elvis Costello and the Attractions)
    • "Thank You
      Thank You (Led Zeppelin song)
      "Thank You" is a song written by Robert Plant and Jimmy Page that was released by English rock band Led Zeppelin on their 1969 album Led Zeppelin II.-Overview:...

      " - Led Zeppelin
      Led Zeppelin
      Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...

    • "What a Wonderful World
      What a Wonderful World
      "What a Wonderful World" is a song written by Bob Thiele and George David Weiss. It was first recorded by Louis Armstrong and released as a single in 1968. Thiele and Weiss were both prominent in the music world . Armstrong's recording was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999...

      " - Louis Armstrong
      Louis Armstrong
      Louis Armstrong , nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana....

    • "Whole Lotta Love
      Whole Lotta Love
      "Whole Lotta Love" is a song by English rock band Led Zeppelin. It is featured as the opening track on the band's second album, Led Zeppelin II, and was released in the United States and Japan as a single. The US release became their first hit single, it was certified Gold on 13 April 1970, when it...

      " - Led Zeppelin
      Led Zeppelin
      Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...

    • "Breathe
      Breathe (Pink Floyd song)
      "Breathe" is a song by progressive rock band Pink Floyd and appears on their album The Dark Side of the Moon.-Authorship and composition:...

      " - Pink Floyd
      Pink Floyd
      Pink Floyd were an English rock band that achieved worldwide success with their progressive and psychedelic rock music. Their work is marked by the use of philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, innovative album art, and elaborate live shows. Pink Floyd are one of the most commercially...

    • "Us and Them" - Pink Floyd
      Pink Floyd
      Pink Floyd were an English rock band that achieved worldwide success with their progressive and psychedelic rock music. Their work is marked by the use of philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, innovative album art, and elaborate live shows. Pink Floyd are one of the most commercially...

    • "Lucifer Sam
      Lucifer Sam
      "Lucifer Sam" is a song by British psychedelic rock band Pink Floyd, featured on the debut album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn .-Music and lyrics:...

      " - Pink Floyd
      Pink Floyd
      Pink Floyd were an English rock band that achieved worldwide success with their progressive and psychedelic rock music. Their work is marked by the use of philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, innovative album art, and elaborate live shows. Pink Floyd are one of the most commercially...

    • "Over the Rainbow
      Over the Rainbow
      "Over the Rainbow" is a classic Academy Award-winning ballad song with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. It was written for the movie The Wizard of Oz, and was sung by Judy Garland in the movie...

      " (Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg's classic song, first performed and best known by Judy Garland
      Judy Garland
      Judy Garland was an American actress and singer. Through a career that spanned 45 of her 47 years and for her renowned contralto voice, she attained international stardom as an actress in musical and dramatic roles, as a recording artist and on the concert stage...

      , from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz
      The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)
      The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed primarily by Victor Fleming. Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf received credit for the screenplay, but there were uncredited contributions by others. The lyrics for the songs...

      )
    • "Summertime Blues
      Summertime Blues
      "Summertime Blues" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American rockabilly artist Eddie Cochran. It was written in the late 1950s by Cochran and his manager Jerry Capehart. Originally a single B-side, it was released in August 1958 and peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 on...

      " - Eddie Cochran
      Eddie Cochran
      Eddie Cochran , was an American rock and roll pioneer who in his brief career had a small but lasting influence on rock music through his guitar playing. Cochran's rockabilly songs, such as "C'mon Everybody", "Somethin' Else", and "Summertime Blues", captured teenage frustration and desire in the...

    • "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere
      Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere
      "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere" was a single released by The Who in 1965. It features call-and-response lyrics and some of the first ever recorded guitar feedback. The song was composed by guitarist Pete Townshend and vocalist Roger Daltrey, the only time they wrote together...

      " - The Who
      The Who
      The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964 by Roger Daltrey , Pete Townshend , John Entwistle and Keith Moon . They became known for energetic live performances which often included instrument destruction...

    • "Batman Theme
      Batman Theme
      "Batman Theme", the title song of the 1966 Batman TV series, was composed by Neal Hefti. The song is built around a guitar hook reminiscent of spy film scores and surf music. It has a twelve bar blues progression, using only three chords until the coda...

      " - Neal Hefti
      Neal Hefti
      Neal Hefti was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, tune writer, and arranger. He was perhaps best known for composing the theme music for the Batman television series of the 1960s, and for scoring the 1968 film The Odd Couple and the subsequent TV series of the same name.He began arranging...

       (composer and conductor of hit tune from the mid-60s TV show, and an even bigger hit the same year for The Marketts
      The Marketts
      The Marketts were an American instrumental pop group, formed in Hollywood, California. They are best known for their 1963 million-seller, "Out of Limits".-Biography:...

      )
    • "Communication Breakdown
      Communication Breakdown
      "Communication Breakdown" is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, from their 1969 debut album Led Zeppelin.- Structure :The pounding guitar riff was played by Page through a small, miked Supro amplifier throughout; and ran his Fender Telecaster through a fully closed Vox wah pedal to...

      " - Led Zeppelin
      Led Zeppelin
      Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...

    • "Mind Games
      Mind Games (song)
      "Mind Games" is a song written by John Lennon, released as a single in 1973 on Apple Records, catalogue Apple 1868 in the US and Apple R5994 in the UK. It peaked at #18 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #26 on the British singles chart...

      " - John Lennon
      John Lennon
      John Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...

    • "White Christmas
      White Christmas (song)
      "White Christmas" is an Irving Berlin song reminiscing about an old-fashioned Christmas setting. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the version sung by Bing Crosby is the best-selling single of all time, with estimated sales in excess of 50 million copies worldwide.Accounts vary as...

      " - Irving Berlin
      Irving Berlin
      Irving Berlin was an American composer and lyricist of Jewish heritage, widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history.His first hit song, "Alexander's Ragtime Band", became world famous...

       (perennial made immortal by Bing Crosby
      Bing Crosby
      Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby was an American singer and actor. Crosby's trademark bass-baritone voice made him one of the best-selling recording artists of the 20th century, with over half a billion records in circulation....

       - appears on the 2003 holiday compilation album, Maybe This Christmas Too?
      Maybe This Christmas Too?
      Maybe This Christmas Too? is a holiday compilation album released in October 2003 through Nettwerk Records featuring contemporary musicians performing both classic and original Christmas songs. The compilation served as a sequel to Maybe This Christmas and preceded Maybe This Christmas Tree...

      )
    • "Little Drummer Boy
      Little Drummer Boy
      "The Little Drummer Boy," originally known as "Carol of the Drum," is a popular Christmas song written by the American classical music composer/teacher Katherine Kennicott Davis in 1941. It was recorded 1955 by the Trapp Family Singers and further popularized by a 1958 recording by the Harry...

      " - (The Harry Simeone Chorale's huge 1958 choral hit composed by Simeone, Katherine Davis and Henry Onorati)
    • "War Pigs" - Black Sabbath
      Black Sabbath
      Black Sabbath are an English heavy metal band, formed in Aston, Birmingham in 1969 by Ozzy Osbourne , Tony Iommi , Geezer Butler , and Bill Ward . The band has since experienced multiple line-up changes, with Tony Iommi the only constant presence in the band through the years. A total of 22...

    • "No Quarter
      No Quarter (song)
      "No Quarter" is a song by Led Zeppelin that appears on their album, Houses of the Holy, released in 1973. It was written by bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, guitarist Jimmy Page and singer Robert Plant.- Overview :...

      " - Led Zeppelin
      Led Zeppelin
      Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...

    • "(Just Like) Starting Over
      (Just Like) Starting Over
      " Starting Over" is a song written and performed by John Lennon for his album, Double Fantasy. The B-side was Yoko Ono's "Kiss Kiss Kiss". It was released as a single on 24 October 1980 and reached number one in both the USA and UK two weeks after he was murdered. It is his biggest solo American...

      " - John Lennon
      John Lennon
      John Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...

       (Charity recording for Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur
      Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur
      Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur is a compilation album of various artists covering songs of John Lennon to benefit Amnesty International's campaign to alleviate the crisis in Darfur...

      )
    • "Borderline
      Borderline (song)
      "Borderline" is a song by American pop singer Madonna from her self-titled debut album. It was released on February 15, 1984 as the fifth single from the album, by Sire Records. Written and composed by producer Reggie Lucas, the song received remix treatment from Madonna's then boyfriend John...

      " - Madonna
      Madonna (entertainer)
      Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983...

       (Appears on the 2009 Warner Bros.
      Warner Bros. Records
      Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...

       covers album Covered: A Revolution in Sound)

    Soundtrack appearances

    • 3 South
      3 South
      3 South is an American animated series that aired on MTV. The show focused on two life-long friends, Sanford and Del, and their adventures at the fictional Barder College. With the exception of their roommate Joe, nearly everyone at Barder is stupid and inept...

       - "Fight Test"
    • Love and a .45
      Love and a .45 (soundtrack)
      - Track listing :# The Flaming Lips - "Turn It On" - 4:42# Meat Puppets - "Animal" - 4:31# Mazzy Star - "Ghost Highway" - 3:26# The Jesus and Mary Chain - "Come On" - 2:15...

       (1994) - "Turn It On"
    • Batman Forever
      Batman Forever
      Batman Forever is a 1995 American superhero film directed by Joel Schumacher and produced by Tim Burton. Based on the DC Comics character Batman, the film is a sequel to Batman Returns , with Val Kilmer replacing Michael Keaton as Batman...

       (1995) - "Bad Days"
    • SubUrbia
      SubUrbia (film)
      subUrbia is a 1996 comedy-drama film written by Eric Bogosian, based on his play of the same name, and directed by Richard Linklater. It follows the relationships between a few young adults as they spend their time standing on "the corner" outside a local convenience store.Bogosian based the story...

       (1997) - "Hot Day"
    • Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
      Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
      Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, released in 1999, is the second film in the Austin Powers series that began with 1997's Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery and continued with Austin Powers in Goldmember. The film was directed by Jay Roach, co-written by Mike Myers and screenwriter...

       (1999) - "Buggin'"
    • It's a Cool Cool Christmas
      It's a Cool Cool Christmas
      It's a Cool Cool Christmas is a Christmas charity compilation album released in 2000 by Xfm on Jeepster Records in aid of The Big Issue. The album includes a mixture of traditional Christmas songs and original songs with a Christmas theme.-Track listing:...

       (2000) - "White Christmas"
    • Smallville: The Talon Mix (2003) - "Fight Test
      Fight Test
      Fight Test is an EP by The Flaming Lips featuring the song of the same name, released on Warner Bros. Records in 2003. The single version of "Fight Test" was released on June 23, 2003, peaking at #28 in the UK Singles Chart...

      "
    • Freaky Friday
      Freaky Friday (2003 film)
      Freaky Friday is a 2003 film based on the novel of the same name by Mary Rodgers. It stars Lindsay Lohan as Anna Coleman and Jamie Lee Curtis as her mother. In the film their bodies are switched due to an enchanted Chinese fortune cookie...

       (2003) - "Fight Test
      Fight Test
      Fight Test is an EP by The Flaming Lips featuring the song of the same name, released on Warner Bros. Records in 2003. The single version of "Fight Test" was released on June 23, 2003, peaking at #28 in the UK Singles Chart...

      "
    • How to Deal
      How to Deal
      How to Deal is a 2003 film directed by Clare Kilner and starring Mandy Moore, Allison Janney and Trent Ford. It is based on two novels by Sarah Dessen, That Summer and Someone Like You.-Plot:...

       (2003) - "Do You Realize??
      Do You Realize??
      "Do You Realize??" is a song by The Flaming Lips, released as the first single from their 2002 album Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. It is widely considered to be one of the group's most accessible and popular songs...

      "
    • The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
      The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
      The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie is a 2004 American animated film based on the popular Nickelodeon television series SpongeBob SquarePants. The film stars the voices of Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Clancy Brown, Rodger Bumpass, Doug Lawrence, Scarlett Johansson, Alec Baldwin, Jeffrey Tambor, and...

       (2004) "SpongeBob & Patrick Confront the Psychic Wall of Energy"
    • 50 First Dates
      50 First Dates
      50 First Dates is a 2004 American romantic comedy film directed by Peter Segal and written by George Wing. The film stars Adam Sandler as a woman-chasing veterinarian and Drew Barrymore as an amnesiac, along with Rob Schneider, Sean Astin, Lusia Strus, Blake Clark, and Dan Aykroyd.Most of the film...

       (2004) - "Do You Realize??
      Do You Realize??
      "Do You Realize??" is a song by The Flaming Lips, released as the first single from their 2002 album Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. It is widely considered to be one of the group's most accessible and popular songs...

      "
    • Wedding Crashers
      Wedding Crashers
      Wedding Crashers is a 2005 American comedy film directed by David Dobkin. It stars Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn, with Christopher Walken, Rachel McAdams, Isla Fisher, Bradley Cooper, Diora Baird, Jane Seymour, and an uncredited Will Ferrell....

       (2005) - "Mr. Ambulance Driver"
    • Stubbs the Zombie in "Rebel Without a Pulse" (2005) - "If I Only Had a Brain" (cover)
    • Summercamp! (2006)
    • Spider-Man 3
      Spider-Man 3
      Spider-Man 3 is a 2007 American superhero film written and directed by Sam Raimi, with a screenplay by Ivan Raimi and Alvin Sargent. It is the third film in the Sam Raimi Spider-Man trilogy based on the fictional Marvel Comics character Spider-Man...

       (2007) - "The Supreme Being Teaches Spider-Man How to Be in Love" and "Theme From Spider-Man" (bonus track)
    • Okie Noodling
      Okie Noodling
      Okie Noodling is a 2001 documentary examining the practice of handfishing in rural Oklahoma.-Premise:As much about the subculture surrounding handfishing, the film documents this practice of wading in murky water and sticking your hand into dark holes hoping a plus catfish will latch onto your...

       (2007)
    • Good Luck Chuck
      Good Luck Chuck
      Good Luck Chuck is a 2007 romantic comedy film starring Dane Cook and Jessica Alba. In the film, women find their "one true love" after having sex with a dentist named Chuck...

       (2007) - "I Was Zapped By The Lucky Super Rainbow"
    • The Brothers Solomon
      The Brothers Solomon
      The Brothers Solomon is a comedy film released on September 7, 2007, starring Will Arnett and Will Forte.-Plot:John and Dean are two sheltered happy-go-lucky brothers who want nothing more than to please their ailing father . Deciding a grandson will do the trick, the clueless boys set out to...

       (2007) - "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song"
    • Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
      Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
      Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium is a 2007 film written and directed by Zach Helm. The film stars Dustin Hoffman as the owner of a magical toy store, and Natalie Portman as his store employee.-Plot:...

       (2007) - "Love the World You Find"
    • The Heartbreak Kid
      The Heartbreak Kid (2007 film)
      The Heartbreak Kid is a 2007 romantic comedy film directed by Bobby and Peter Farrelly. Starring Ben Stiller and Malin Åkerman, The Heartbreak Kid is a remake of the italian film Luna di miele in tre and a version of the 1972 film of the same name. Also starring are Michelle Monaghan, Jerry...

       (2007) - "The Tale of the Horny Frog", "Maybe I'm Not the One"
    • Christmas on Mars
      Christmas on Mars
      Christmas on Mars is a science fiction feature film from the Oklahoma psychedelic alternative rock band The Flaming Lips, written and directed by the band's frontman, Wayne Coyne and featuring the entire band in the cast, as well as many of their associates, including Steve Burns, Adam Goldberg,...

       (2008)
    • Know Your Mushrooms
      Know Your Mushrooms
      Know Your Mushrooms is a 2009 documentary film by Canadian director Ron Mann.The 74 minute Sphinx Productions film examines the counterculture Telluride Mushroom Festival, held annually in Telluride, Colorado and some of the mycologists and funghiphiles that gather there such as Larry Evans and...

      (2009)
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