Yo La Tengo discography
| Yo La Tengo discography | |
|---|---|
|  Yo La Tengo performing in 2005 | |
| Studio albums | 17 | 
| EPs | 17 | 
| Compilation albums | 6 | 
| Singles | 22 | 
| B-sides | 15 | 
| Music videos | 19 | 
| Collaborations | 4 | 
| Film scores | 2 | 
The discography of Yo La Tengo, an indie rock band based in Hoboken, New Jersey, consists of seventeen studio albums, six compilation albums, sixteen extended plays, twenty-two singles, two film score albums, four collaborative albums, and one album of cover songs.
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||
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| US [1] | BEL (FL) [2] | BEL (WA) [3] | GER [4] | FRA [5] | NLD [6] | POR [7] | SPA [8] | UK [9] | ||
| Ride the Tiger | 
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| New Wave Hot Dogs | 
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| President Yo La Tengo | 
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| Fakebook | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| May I Sing with Me | 
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| Painful | 
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| Electr-O-Pura | 
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| I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One | 
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[a] | 
| And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out | 
 | 138 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 79 | 
| Summer Sun | 
 | 115 | — | — | 95 | — | — | — | — | 76 | 
| I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass | 
 | 66 | — | — | 70 | 179 | — | — | — | 87 | 
| Popular Songs | 
 | 58 | 97 | — | 100 | 173 | — | — | 88 | — | 
| Fade | 
 | 26 | 32 | 58 | 66 | — | 88 | 23 | 40 | 82 | 
| Stuff Like That There | 
 | 96 | 77 | 86 | — | 85 | 76 | 29 | 35 | 86 | 
| There's a Riot Going On | 
 | 136 | 178 | — | 63 | — | 175 | 31 | 56 | 60 | 
| We Have Amnesia Sometimes | 
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| This Stupid World | 
 | — | 69 | 106 | 18 | 188 | — | 20 | 41 | — | 
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart. | ||||||||||
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Notes | 
|---|---|---|
| Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo | 
 | Consists of rarities, alternate versions, and out-takes, spanning 1988 to 1995 | 
| Mishmoshi-Moshi | 
 | Brazilian edition of 2000 Japanese compilation, and is a combination of UK's 'You Can Have It All' CD single & the 'Danelectro' CD EP. | 
| Prisoners of Love: A Smattering of Scintillating Senescent Songs: 1985–2003 | 
 | A best-of compilation album, available in two or three disc editions where the third CD consisted of out-takes and rarities from 1986 to 2002 | 
| Yo La Tengo Is Murdering the Classics | 
 | A compilation of cover songs performed at the annual WFMU fundraisers (1996–2003). | 
| They Shoot, We Score | 
 | Compiles songs written and recorded for the films Old Joy (2006), Junebug (2005), Game 6 (2005) and Shortbus (2006) | 
| Murder in the Second Degree | 
 | Another compilation of cover songs performed at the annual WFMU fundraisers (1996–2003). | 
Film score albums
| Title | Album details | Notes | 
|---|---|---|
| The Sounds of the Sounds of Science | 
 | 78 minutes of instrumental music to accompany his eight short documentary-style films shot underwater for filmmaker Jean Painlevé. | 
| The Original Score from the Motion Picture Adventureland | 
 | Made available only on LP upon pre-ordering Popular Songs through the Matador online store. | 
| Old Joy | 
 | Collaboration with Smokey Hormel features extended and alternate versions from their compilation of film work, They Shoot, We Score. | 
Collaborative albums
| Title | Album details | Notes | 
|---|---|---|
| Strange but True | 
 | Collaboration with Jad Fair | 
| V.O.T.E. | 
 | Collaboration with Chris Stamey | 
| Parallelogram | 
 | Split album with Bardo Pond | 
| Nursery Rhymes | 
 | Bill Wells & Friends. Yo La Tengo appear on 6 tracks | 
Other albums
| Title | Album details | Notes | 
|---|---|---|
| Fuckbook | 
 | Released under the name Condo Fucks | 
Extended plays
| Title | Album details | 
|---|---|
| That Is Yo La Tengo | 
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| Upside-Down | 
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| Shaker | 
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| From a Motel 6 | 
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| Tom Courtenay | 
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| Camp Yo La Tengo | 
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| Little Honda | 
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| Autumn Sweater | 
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| Danelectro | 
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| Nuclear War | 
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| Merry Christmas from Yo La Tengo | 
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| Today Is the Day | 
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| Live Session | 
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| Here To Fall Remixes | 
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| Stupid Things | 
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| Sleepless Night[12] | 
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| The Bunker Sessions[13] | 
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Singles
| Year | Title | Label | Notes | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | "The River of Water" b/w "A House Is Not a Motel" 
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 | "A House Is Not a Motel" by Arthur Lee | 
| 1987 | "The Asparagus Song" b/w "For the Turnstiles" 
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 | "For the Turnstiles" by Neil Young | 
| 1990 | "Speeding Motorcycle" 
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 | With Daniel Johnston | 
| 1991 | "Walking Away from You" b/w "Cast a Shadow" 
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 | "Cast A Shadow" by Beat Happening | 
| 1993 | "Shaker" b/w "For Shame of Doing Wrong" 
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 | "For Shame of Doing Wrong" by Richard Thompson | 
| "Big Day Coming" b/w "Double Dare (Sominextraction)" 
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| 1995 | "Tom Courtenay" b/w "The Bisexual Boogie" 
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| Camp Yo La Tengo 
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 | Contains "(Thin) Blue Line Swinger" and "Tom Courtenay" | |
| 1996 | "Blue/Green Arrow" b/w "Watching the Sun Rise or Johnny Carson" 
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| "Rocket #9" b/w "Wig Out with Charly Dapper" 
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| 1997 | "Sugarcube" b/w "Busy with Me Thoughts" 
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| "Little Honda" 
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 | "Little Honda" by Brian Wilson and Mike Love | |
| 1998 | "Run Run Run" b/w "Urban Crusher" 
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 | "Run Run Run" (instrumental) by Velvet Underground | 
| 2000 | "You Can Have It All (edit)" b/w "Ready-Mades" 
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 | "Ready-Mades" by Bonzo Dog Band A young Amy Poehler appears on the cover art | 
| 2006 | "Mr. Tough" b/w "I'm Your Puppet" 
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| 2009 | "Here to Fall (Pete Rock Remix)  " 
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| "Periodically Double or Triple" 
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| "Do They Know It's Christmas?" (With Fucked Up, Ezra Koenig, David Cross, Kevin Drew, Tegan & Sara, Andrew W.K., Bob Mould, Kyp Malone, GZA) 
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 | Written by Midge Ure and Bob Geldof | |
| 2013 | "Ohm" b/w "Oriole" 
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 | ORANGE COVER "Ohm" (album version) b/w "Oriole" (mix 12); RED COVER "Ohm" (live rock version) b/w "Oriole" (mix 15); BLUE COVER "Ohm" (live quiet version) b/w "Oriole" (mix 29) | 
| 2013 | "Super Kiwi" b/w "A Day in the Life Of a Tree" 
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 | "A day in the Life Of a Tree" by Beach Boys | 
| 2013 | "Toymaggedon" 
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 | With Ira Glass and Eugene Mirman | 
| 2015 | "Friday I'm In Love" 
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 | Written by The Cure | 
Music videos
| Date | Title | Director(s) | Notes | Ref. | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | "Teenager in Love" | Mike McGonigal | released on the VHS Mouthful of Sweat Video: Chemical Imbalance Video Compilation #1 | [14] | 
| "Everyday" | ||||
| Aug 1990 | "The Summer" | Phil Morrison | [15] | |
| Apr 1992 | "Upside-Down" | Peter Walsh | ||
| 1993 | "Big Day Coming" | Phil Morrison | [16] | |
| "From a Motel 6" | Hal Hartley | scrapped by Atlantic for being too arty | [17] | |
| Jan 23, 1994 | David Kleiler | |||
| Mar 1995 | "Tom Courtenay" | Phil Morrison | cameo by Marshall Crenshaw | [18] | 
| Oct 1995 | "Blue Line Swinger" | George Spyros | [19] | |
| Aug 3, 1997 | "Sugarcube" | Phil Morrison | cameos by Bob Odenkirk, David Cross, & John Ennis | [18] | 
| Jul 28, 2009 | "Here to Fall" | John McSwain | first in a series of four clips | [20] | 
| Aug 4, 2009 | "Periodically Double or Triple" | second in a series of four clips | [21] | |
| Aug 11, 2009 | "Avalon or Someone Very Similar" | third in a series of four clips | [22] | |
| Aug 18, 2009 | "Nothing to Hide" | Pelham Johnston & Brandon Reichard | [23] | |
| Sep 1, 2009 | "When It's Dark" | John McSwain | fourth in a series of four clips | [24] | 
| Nov 15, 2012 | "Before We Run" | Emily Hubley | [25] | |
| Jan 28, 2013 | "I'll Be Around" | Phil Morrison | [26] | |
| Jul 10, 2013 | "Ohm" | Donick Cary | animated by Sugarshack Animation | [27] | 
| Aug 6, 2013 | "Is That Enough" | [28] | ||
| Jan 14, 2014 | "Tree" | Jim Woodring (characters & storyboard) & Drop (animation) | released as DVD | [29] [30] | 
| Jul 14, 2015 | "Friday I'm In Love" | Jason Woliner | [31] | 
Songs
Originals
| Year | Title | Available on | Written by | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | "The River of Water" | 
 | Ira Kaplan | 
| "Private Doberman" | 
 | Ira Kaplan | |
| 1986 | "The Cone of Silence" | 
 | Ira Kaplan | 
| "The Evil That Men Do" | 
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| "The Forest Green" | Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan | ||
| "The Pain of Pain" | Ira Kaplan | ||
| "The Way Some People Die" | Dave Schramm | ||
| "Alrock's Bells" | Ira Kaplan | ||
| "Five Years" | Dave Schramm, Tony Rubin | ||
| "Screaming Dead Balloons" | Ira Kaplan | ||
| "Crispy Duck" | 
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| 1987 | "Clunk" | 
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| "Did I Tell You" | |||
| "House Fall Down" | |||
| "Lewis" | 
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| "Lost in Bessemer" | 
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| "3 Blocks from Groove St." | |||
| "Serpentine" | Ira Kaplan, Phil Milstein | ||
| "A Shy Dog" | Ira Kaplan | ||
| "No Water" | Ira Kaplan, Phil Milstein | ||
| "The Story of Jazz" | 
 | Ira Kaplan | |
| "The Asparagus Song" | 
 | Ira Kaplan, Emily Hubley | |
| 1989 | "Barnaby, Hardly Working" | 
 | Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan | 
| "Drug Test" | 
 | Ira Kaplan | |
| "The Evil That Men Do (Craig's Version)" | 
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| "Alyda" | Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan | ||
| "The Evil That Men Do (Pablo's Version)" | Ira Kaplan | ||
| 1990 | "Can't Forget" | 
 | Yo La Tengo | 
| "The Summer" | 
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| "What Comes Next" | 
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| "Did I Tell You" | 
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| 1991 | "Out the Window" | 
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| "Swing for Life" | |||
| "Walking Away from You" | 
 | Georgia Hubley | |
| "Five Cornered Drone (Crispy Duck)" | 
 | Ira Kaplan | |
| "Fog Over Frisco" | 
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| "Junk" | 
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| "Artificial Heart" | 
 | Ira Kaplan, Ernest Noyes Brookings | |
| 1992 | "Detouring America with Horns" | 
 | Georgia Hubley | 
| "Upside-Down" | 
 | Ira Kaplan | |
| "Mushroom Cloud of Hiss" | 
 | Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan | |
| "Swing for Life" | 
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| "Some Kinda Fatigue" | 
 | Ira Kaplan | |
| "Always Something" | 
 | Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan | |
| "86-Second Blowout" | Ira Kaplan | ||
| "Out the Window" | |||
| "Satellite" | |||
| "Sleeping Pill" | 
 | Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan, James McNew | |
| "Upside-Down One More Time" | 
 | Ira Kaplan | |
| "Sunsquashed" | 
 | Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan, James McNew | |
| 1993 | "Big Day Coming" [Slow Version] | 
 | Ira Kaplan | 
| "From a Motel 6" | 
 | Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan | |
| "Superstar-Watcher" | 
 | Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan, James McNew | |
| "I Was the Fool Beside You for Too Long" | Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan, James McNew | ||
| "Nowhere Near" | 
 | Georgia Hubley | |
| "Sudden Organ" | 
 | Ira Kaplan | |
| "Double Dare" | 
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| "A Worrying Thing" | 
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| "Big Day Coming" [Fast Version] | 
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| "I Heard You Looking" | 
 | Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan, James McNew | |
| "Shaker" | 
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| "What She Wants" | 
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| "Double Dare (Sominextraction)" | 
 | Ira Kaplan | |
| 1994 | "Nutricia" | 
 | Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan, James McNew | 
| "From a Motel 6 (Remix)" | 
 | Ira Kaplan | |
| "Tunnel Vision | 
 | Yo La Tengo | |
| "Smart Window | |||
| "Slow Learner | |||
| 1995 | "Regular Life" | 
 | Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan, James McNew, Jad Fair | 
| "Decora" | 
 | Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan, James McNew | |
| "Flying Lesson (Hot Chicken #1)" | |||
| "The Hour Grows Late" | |||
| "Tom Courtenay" | 
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| "False Ending" | 
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| "Pablo and Andrea" | 
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| "Paul Is Dead" | 
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| "False Alarm" | |||
| "The Ballad of Red Buckets" | |||
| "(Straight Down to the) Bitter End" | |||
| "My Heart's Reflection" | |||
| "Don't Say a Word (Hot Chicken #2)" | 
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| "Attack on Love" | 
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| "Blue Line Swinger" | 
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| "(Thin) Blue Line Swinger" | 
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| "Mr. Ameche Plays the Stranger" | 
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| "Treading Water" | 
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| "Bad Politics" | |||
| "My Heart's Reflection (Take 3)" | |||
| "The Bisexual Boogie" | 
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| 1996 | "Blue/Green Arrow" | 
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| "Watching the Sun Rise or Johnny Carson" | 
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| "Evanescent Psychic Pez Drop" | 
 | Ira Kaplan, James McNew | |
| "Demons" | 
 | Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan | |
| "Something to Do" | 
 | Ira Kaplan | |
| "Ultra-Powerful Short Wave Radio Picks Up Music from Venus" | David Fair, Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan, James McNew | ||
| "Up to You" | Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan, James McNew | ||
| "Her Grandmother's Gift" | Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan | ||
| "From a Motel 6 #2" | |||
| "Gooseneck Problem" | Ira Kaplan | ||
| "Ecstasy Blues" | Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan, James McNew | ||
| "Too Much, Part I" | Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan | ||
| "One Self: Fish Girl" | |||
| "Enough" | |||
| "Drum Solo" | Georgia Hubley | ||
| "From a Motel 6 #1" | Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan | ||
| "Too Much, Part II" | |||
| 1997 | "Return to Hot Chicken" | Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan, James McNew | |
| "Moby Octopad" | |||
| "Sugarcube" | 
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| "Damage" | 
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| "Deeper Into Movies" | |||
| "Shadows" | |||
| "Stockholm Syndrome" | 
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| "Autumn Sweater" | 
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| "Green Arrow" | 
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| "One PM Again" | |||
| "The Lie and How We Told It" | |||
| "Center of Gravity" | |||
| "Spec Bebop" | |||
| "We're an American Band" | |||
| "Rocket #9 (Long Version)" | 
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| "Wig-Out with Charley Dapper" | |||
| "Rocket #9 (Short Version)" | |||
| "Busy with Me Thoughts" | 
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| "3D" | 
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| 1998 | "Looney Tunes" | 
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| "Urban Crusher" | 
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| 1999 | "Turtle Soup 1" | 
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| "Turtle Soup 2" | |||
| 2000 | "Everyday" | ||
| "Our Way to Fall" | 
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| "Saturday" | 
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| "Let's Save Tony Orlando's House" | 
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| "Last Days of Disco" | |||
| "The Crying of Lot G" | |||
| "Tears Are in Your Eyes" | 
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| "Cherry Chapstick" | 
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| "From Black to Blue" | 
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| "Madeline" | |||
| "Tired Hippo" | |||
| "Night Falls on Hoboken" | |||
| "Danelectro 3" | 
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| "Danelectro 2" | |||
| "Danelectro 1" | 
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| 2002 | "Sea Urchins" | ||
| "Hyas and Stenorhynchus" | |||
| "Shrimp Stories" | |||
| "How Some Jellyfish Are Born" | |||
| "Liquid Crystals" | |||
| "The Love Life of the Octopus" | |||
| "Acera or the Wtiches' Dance" | |||
| "The Sea Horse" | |||
| 2003 | "Beach Party Tonight" | 
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| "Little Eyes" | 
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| "Nothing But You and Me" | 
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| "Season of the Shark" | 
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| "Today Is the Day" | 
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| "Tiny Birds" | 
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| "How to Make a Baby Elephant Float" | |||
| "Georgia Vs. Yo La Tengo" | |||
| "Don't Have to Be So Sad" | |||
| "Winter A-Go-Go" | |||
| "Moonrock Mambo" | |||
| "Let's Be Still" | |||
| "Styles of the Times" | 
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| "Outsmartener" | |||
| "Dr. Crash" | |||
| 2005 | "Stay Away from Heaven" | 
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| "Pencil Test" | |||
| "Almost True" | |||
| "Weather Shy" | |||
| 2006 | "Pass the Hatchet, I Think I'm Goodkind" | ||
| "Beanbag Chair" | |||
| "I Feel Like Going Home" | |||
| "Mr. Tough" | 
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| "Black Flowers" | 
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| "The Race Is on Again" | |||
| "The Room Got Heavy" | |||
| "Sometimes I Don't Get You" | |||
| "Daphnia" | |||
| "I Should Have Known Better" | |||
| "The Weakest Part" | |||
| "Song for Mahila" | |||
| "Point and Shoot" | |||
| "The Story of Yo La Tango" | |||
| "Watch Out for Me Ronnie" | 
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| 2007 | "El Es Gay" (Live) | 
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| "Pass the Hatchet, I Think I'm Goodkind" (Live) | |||
| "The Weakest Part" (Live) | |||
| "Luci Baines" (Live) | |||
| 2008 | "Leaving Home" | 
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| "Getting Lost" | |||
| "Path to Springs" | |||
| "Driving Home" | |||
| "Leaving Home (Alternate Version)" | |||
| "Old Joy: End Credits" | |||
| "Ashley" | |||
| "Meerkats" | |||
| "Madeline" [2] | |||
| "A Roomful of Ladies" (Outtake) | |||
| "David Wark" | |||
| "Aftermath" (Outtake) | |||
| "George" | |||
| "This Could Be It" | |||
| "The Phantom Who Haunts Broadway" | |||
| "Game Time" | |||
| "Pharaoh Blues" | |||
| "Zoo Chant" | |||
| "Love Chant" | |||
| "Asbestos" | |||
| "Return of the Pharaoh" | |||
| "Spec Bebop" (Shorter Version) | |||
| "Buckner's Boner" | |||
| "Isolation Tank" | |||
| "Panic in Central Park (Outtake)" | |||
| "Panic in Central Park" | |||
| "Wizard's Sleeve" | |||
| 2009 | "Here to Fall" | 
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| "Avalon or Someone Very Similar" | 
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| "By Two's" | |||
| "If It's True" | |||
| "I'm On My Way" | |||
| "When It's Dark" | |||
| "All Your Secrets" | |||
| "More Stars Than There Are in Heaven" | |||
| "The Fireside" | |||
| "And the Glitter Is Gone" | |||
| "Nothing to Hide" | 
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| "Periodically Double or Triple" | 
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| 2012 | "Big Fish" (With the Lost City Ramblers) | 
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| 2013 | "Ohm" | ||
| "Is That Enough" | |||
| "Two Trains" | |||
| "Cornelia and Jane" | |||
| "Stupid Things" | 
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| "Well You Better" | 
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| "Paddle Forward" | |||
| "I'll Be Around" | |||
| "The Point of It" | |||
| "Before We Run" | 
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| "Super Kiwi" | 
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| "Note to self" | 
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| "Oriole" | 
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| 2015 | "Rickety" | 
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| "All Your Secrets" | |||
| "The Ballad of Red Buckets" | |||
| "Awhileaway" | |||
| "Deeper Into Movies" | |||
| "Suspirica" | 
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| 2019 | "Eight Candles" | Hanukkah+ | Sam Elwitt[32] | 
Covers
| Year | Title | Available on | Written by | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | "A House Is Not a Motel" | 
 | Arthur Lee | 
| 1986 | "Big Sky" | 
 | Ray Davies | 
| "The Empty Pool" | Dave Weckerman | ||
| "Living in the Country" | Pete Seeger | ||
| "Closing Time" | 
 | Sammy Walker | |
| "Heart's Expired" | 
 | Will Rigby | |
| 1987 | "It's Alright (The Way That You Live)" | 
 | Lou Reed | 
| "Let's Compromise" | Information | ||
| "For the Turnstiles" | 
 | Neil Young | |
| "Orange Songs" | 
 | Tara Key, Tim Harris | |
| "I Threw It All Away" | Bob Dylan | ||
| 1990 | "Griselda" | 
 | Antonio Apodeca | 
| "Here Comes My Baby" | Cat Stevens | ||
| "Yellow Sarong" | The Scene Is Now | ||
| "You Tore Me Down" | Chris Wilson, Cyril Jordan | ||
| "Emulsified" | Rex Garvin | ||
| "Speeding Motorcycle" (With Daniel Johnston) | 
 | Daniel Johnston | |
| "Casper the Friendly Ghost" (With Daniel Johnston) | 
 | Daniel Johnston | |
| "Whispering Hope" (With Daniel Johnston) | Daniel Johnston | ||
| "Tried So Hard" | 
 | Gene Clark | |
| "Oklahoma, U.S.A." | Ray Davies | ||
| "The One to Cry" | The Escorts | ||
| "Andalucia" | John Cale | ||
| "What Can I Say" | Joey Spampinato | ||
| "Cast a Shadow" | 
 | Beat Happening | |
| 1992 | "(The) Farmer's Daughter" | 
 | The Beach Boys | 
| "Out of Control" | Channel 3 | ||
| "Dreaming" | 
 | Blondie | |
| 1993 | "The Whole of the Law" | 
 | Peter Perrett | 
| "For Shame of Doing Wrong (Slide Version)" | 
 | Richard Thompson | |
| "For Shame of Doing Wrong" | 
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| 1994 | "Ashes on the Ground" | 
 | David Fair, Mark Jickling | 
| 1995 | "Can't Seem to Make You Mine" | 
 | Sky Saxon | 
| 1996 | "Too Late" | 
 | Bruce Gilbert | 
| "Hanky Panky Nohow" | John Cale | ||
| "I'm Set Free" | Lou Reed | ||
| "Surfin' with the Shah" | John Talley-Jones | ||
| "Blitzkrieg Bop" | Ramones | ||
| 1997 | "Little Honda" | 
 | Brian Wilson, Mike Love | 
| "My Little Corner of the World" | Bob Hilliard, Lee Pockriss | ||
| "Be Thankful for What You Got" | 
 | William DeVaughn | |
| "No Return" | Ray Davies | ||
| "Black Hole" | Jones | ||
| "How Much I've Lied" | David Rivkin, Gram Parsons | ||
| "By the Time It Gets Dark" | 
 | Sandy Denny | |
| "We Are the Champions" (Live) | 
 | Queen | |
| 1998 | "Run Run Run" | 
 | Lou Reed | 
| 2000 | "You Can Have It All" | 
 | Harry Wayne Casey | 
| "Ready-Mades" | 
 | Neil Innes, Vivian Stanshall | |
| 2001 | "Gun" | 
 | Jeff Tweedy | 
| 2002 | "Rock N Roll Santa" | 
 | Jan Terri | 
| "It's Christmas Time" | Alton Abraham, Sun Ra | ||
| "Santa Claus Goes Modern" | Sven Swanson | ||
| "Nuclear War" | 
 | Sun Ra | |
| "Fancy" | 
 | Ray Davies | |
| 2003 | "Take Care" | 
 | Alex Chilton | 
| "Needle of Death" | 
 | Bert Jansch | |
| "Hedwig's Lament/Exquisite Corpse" (With Yoko Ono) | 
 | John Cameron Mitchell, Stephen Trask | |
| 2005 | "Dreaming" | The Cosmic Rays | |
| "Bad Politics" | The Dead C | ||
| "Dreams" | Stevie Nicks | ||
| "Magnet" | Joey Spampinato, Terry Adams | ||
| 2006 | "I'm Your Puppet" | 
 | Dan Penn, Spooner Oldham | 
| "Tighten Up" | Archie Bell and the Drells | ||
| "The Night Chicago Died" | Paper Lace | ||
| "Raw Power" | The Stooges | ||
| "Sea Cruise" | Huey "Piano" Smith | ||
| "Favorite Thing" | The Replacements | ||
| "Baseball Altamont" | Ned Hayden, Philip Shelley | ||
| "Meet the Mets" | Bill Katz, Ruth Roberts | ||
| "Oh Bondage, Up Yours!" | X-Ray Spex | ||
| "Ding Dang/Interplanetary Music" | Brian Wilson, Roger McGuinn, Sun Ra | ||
| "Captain Lou" | NRBQ | ||
| "Oh! Sweet Nuthin'" | The Velvet Underground | ||
| "Route 66" | Bobby Troup | ||
| "Roadrunner" | Jonathan Richman | ||
| "Tijuana Taxi" | Eryan Coleman | ||
| "Mendocino/Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head" | Doug Sahm, Burt Bacharach | ||
| "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" | Eurythmics | ||
| "Baby's on Fire" | Brian Eno | ||
| "Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand" | The Who | ||
| "The Hokey Pokey" | Larry Laprise, Taftt Baker, Charles Macak | ||
| "You May Be Right" | Billy Joel | ||
| "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" | Randy Newman | ||
| "Roundabout" | Yes | ||
| "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" | Bachman-Turner Overdrive | ||
| "Don't Worry, Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking for Her Hand in the Snow)" | Yoko Ono | ||
| "Downtown" | Petula Clark | ||
| "Let the Good Times Roll" | Shirley Goodman, Leonard Lee | ||
| "Never on Sunday" | Manos Hadjidakis, Billy Towne | ||
| "20th Century Boy" | T. Rex | ||
| "Rock the Boat" | The Hues Corporation | ||
| "Shotgun/Medley" | Junior Walker and the All-Stars | ||
| 2007 | "Fourth Time Around" | 
 | Bob Dylan | 
| "I Wanna Be Your Lover" | Bob Dylan | ||
| 2009 | "Gentle Hour" | 
 | Peter Gutteridge | 
| "What'cha Gonna Do About It" | 
 | Brian Potter, Ian Samwell | |
| "Accident" | Brian McMahon | ||
| "This Is Where I Belong" | Ray Davies | ||
| "Shut Down" | Brian Wilson, Roger Christian | ||
| "Shut Down Part 2" | Carl Wilson | ||
| "With a Girl Like You" | Reg Presley | ||
| "The Kid with the Replaceable Head" | Richard Hell | ||
| "Dog Meat" | Chris Wilson, Cyril Jordan | ||
| "So Easy Baby" | Billy Miller | ||
| "Come On Up" | Felix Cavaliere | ||
| "Gudbuy T'Jane" | Jim Lea, Noddy Holder | ||
| "Coloured" | 
 | Chris Knox | |
| "You've Got a Friend" | 
 | Carole King | |
| "Do They Know It's Christmas?" (With Fucked Up, Ezra Koenig, David Cross, Kevin Drew, Tegan & Sara, Andrew W.K., Bob Mould, Kyp Malone, GZA) | 
 | Midge Ure, Bob Geldof | |
| 2010 | "You Make Me Feel Good" | 
 | Chris White | 
| 2012 | "I Saw the Light" | 
 | Todd Rundgren | 
| 2013 | "Move To California" | 
 | Times New Viking | 
| "A Day in the Life of a Tree" | Brian Wilson, Jack Rieley | ||
| "La Grange" | 
 | ZZ Top | |
| 2014 | "Maxwell Snake" (With David Greenberger) | 
 | David Greenberger | 
| "Eight Day Weekend" (With Jeff Tweedy) | 
 | Jeff Tweedy | |
| 2015 | "My Heart's Not In It" | 
 | Gerry Goffin, Russ Titelman | 
| "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" | Hank Williams | ||
| "Friday I'm in Love" | Cure | ||
| "Before We Stopped to Think" | Great Plains | ||
| "Butchie's Tune" | Steve Boone | ||
| "Automatic Doom" | Dan Cuddy | ||
| "I Can Feel the Ice Melting" | George Clinton, Tamala Lewis | ||
| "Naples" | Tim Harris | ||
| "Somebody's in Love" | Raymond Dancer, Lonnie Tolbert | ||
| 2016 | "Alley Cat" | 
 | Frank Bjorn | 
| "New York Groove" | Russ Ballard | ||
| "Bertha" | Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter | ||
| "Add It Up" | Gordon Gano | ||
| "To Love Somebody" | Bee Gees | ||
| "Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo I Don't Want to Leave the Congo)" | Bob Hilliard, Carl Sigman | ||
| "Suspect Device" | Jake Burns | ||
| "First I Look At The Purse" | Smokey Robinson, Bobby Rogers | ||
| "Jailbreak" | Phil Lynott | ||
| "Popcorn" | Gershon Kingsley | ||
| "Girl from the North Country" | Bob Dylan | ||
| "Build Me Up Buttercup" | Mike d'Abo, Tony Macaulay | ||
| "I Wanna Be Free" | Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart | ||
| "Rock and Roll Love Letter" | Tim Moore | ||
| "Emotional Rescue" | Mick Jagger, Keith Richards | ||
| "Some Velvet Morning" | Lee Hazlewood | ||
| "Medley: The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys/Mr. Soul" | Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi/Neil Young | ||
| "Pay to Cum" | Bad Brains | ||
| "Never My Love" | Don Addrisi, Dick Addrisi | ||
| "King Kong" | Ray Davies | ||
| "White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)" | Melle Mel, Sylvia Robinson | ||
| "Slurf Song" | Michael Hurley | ||
| "Different Drum" | Mike Nesmith | ||
| "Crazy" | Willie Nelson | ||
| "Be My Baby" | Phil Spector, Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich | ||
| "Hey Ya!" | Andre 3000 | ||
| "Heart of Darkness" | Pere Ubu | ||
| "Chantilly Lace/Medley" | Big Bopper | 
Notes
- ^ I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One did not enter the UK Albums Chart, but it peaked at number 24 on the UK Independent Albums Chart.[10]
References
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- Summer Sun: "Billboard 200". Billboard. April 26, 2003. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
- I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass: "Billboard 200". Billboard. September 30, 2006. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
- Popular Songs: "Billboard 200". Billboard. September 26, 2009. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
- Fade: "Billboard 200". Billboard. February 2, 2013. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
- Stuff Like That There: "Billboard 200". Billboard. September 19, 2015. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
- There's a Riot Going On: "Billboard 200". Billboard. March 31, 2018. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
 
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- ^ Jesse Jarnow (2012). Big Day Coming: Yo La Tengo and the Rise of Indie Rock. p. 146. ISBN 978-1592407156.
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