This is a list of songs performed by and/or written or co-written by the Estonian singer-songwriter Kerli Kõiv, better known mononymously as Kerli.
Contents |
Songs from Kerli's debut album Love Is Dead.
| Title | Credits | Length | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Love Is Dead" | Writers: David maurice], Kerli, Miles Gregory Producer: David Maurice |
4:36 | An "angry" song about anger and pain in the world that originally started as a song about someone who "broke her heart". She later contraindicated the song by saying "Love isn't really dead, it just isn't ruling the world right now."[1][2] Kerli cites the song as her favorite song from the album.[3] | First promotional single. |
| "Walking on Air" | Writers: Kerli, Lester Mendez Producer: Lester Mendez |
4:27 | An autobiographical song about "following your dreams & staying true to who you are & becoming everything you wanna be".[1] | First official single. |
| "The Creationist" | Writers: Kerli, Guy Chambers Producer: Guy Chambers |
3:38 | Later released as a single in Italy featuring Italian singer-songwriter Cesare Cremonini.[4] | |
| "I Want Nothing" | Writers: David Maurice, Kerli Producer: David Maurice |
3:58 | ||
| "Up Up Up" | Writers: David Maurice, Kerli Producer: David Maurice |
3:25 | A song about how "everyone wants more and more and wants to be bigger, better, richer, more beautiful and they forget to actually nurture the things like love."[5] | |
| "Bulletproof" | Writers: Kerli, Thomas Who Producer: David Maurice |
5:01 | ||
| "Beautiful Day" | Writers: Kerli, Dead Executives Producers: Dead Executives |
3:51 | ||
| "Creepshow" | Writers: David Maurice, Kerli, Vanessa Bley Producer: David Maurice |
3:12 | A song about Kerli's oppression in Estonia and creating her own world which became "more of a creepshow than this little town environment that [she wanted] to get out of."[1] | Second official single. |
| "Hurt Me" | Writers: Kerli, Lester Mendez Producer: Lester Mendez |
3:37 | As song about someone who had continually "hurt" Kerli throughout her life and "being humble & seeing the bigger picture".[1] | |
| "Butterfly Cry" | Writers: Kerli, Krister Linder Producer: Mathias Wollo |
4:39 | Written when she was 17, the song is about Kerli coming out of her depression as she wrote it with Krister Linder who she cites as her "spiritual mentor" that helped her out of said depression.[2] | |
| "Strange Boy" | Writers: David Maurice, Kerli Producer: David Maurice |
3:18 | ||
| "Fragile" | Writers: Kerli, Peter Ågren, Anders Lennartsson Producer: David Maurice |
4:11 | ||
| "Heal" | Writers: Kerli, David Maurice | 6:05 | iTunes bonus track |
| Title | Credits | Length | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Army of Love"[6] | Writers: Kerli, Jean Baptiste, Mike McHenry | Kerli's fan community "MoonChildren".[6] | First promotional single from the album. |
| Title | Credits | Length | Year | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "All The Way" | Writers: Kerli, Krister Linder | 4:11 | |||
| "Army of Angels" | Writers: Kerli, Peter Stengaard | 3:44 | |||
| "Beautiful Inside" | Writer: Kerli | 3:33 | 2004 | Runner-up of the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest. | |
| "Hold On"[7] | 5:50 | ||||
| "I'll Find You" | 4:45 | ||||
| "Mama You're a Liar"[8] | Writers: Kerli | ||||
| "Now Is Not Enough"[7] | 3:50 | ||||
| "Saima (Journey Through the Fairy Land)" | 6:02 | Released exclusively on Kerli's iPhone app in 2009. | |||
| "Tea Party" | Writers: Kerli, Brian Ziff | 3:29 | 2010 | Third official single. Appears on the album Almost Alice. |
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| "They Forgive" | Writers: Kerli, Krister Linder | 3:51 | |||
| "Yes I Can" | Writer: Kerli | 2:21 |
Songs that were recorded exclusively for other media.
| Title | Credits | Year | Type | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "When Nobody Loves You" | Writers: Richard Fortus, Kerli, David Maurice | 2008 | Video game | Quantum of Solace. |
| "Nature Boy" | Writers: Eden Ahbez | 2010 | TV series preview | Season ten of Smallville. |
| Title | Credits | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Because of You" | Writers: Kerli, Thomas Wøhni | ||
| "Black and Yellow" | Writers: Kerli, Peter Ågren, Anders Lennartsson | ||
| "Let Me Stay" | Writers: Kerli, David Maurice | ||
| "Mantra" | Writers: Kerli, Henrik Korpi, Mathias Wollo | ||
| "Miracle" | Writers: Kerli, Krister Linder | ||
| "Moonflower" | Writers: Kerli, Thomas Wøhni | ||
| "Reborn" | Writers: Kerli, Thomas Wøhni | ||
| "Save Myself" | Writers: Kerli, Malcolm Pardon, Fredrik Rinman | ||
| "Skyscraper" | Writers: Kerli, Toby Gad, Lindy Robbins | ||
| "Song for Liisu" | Writers: Kerli, Thomas Wøhni | ||
| "Too Long" | Writers: Kerli, David Maurice | ||
| "Tricked By Love" | Writers: Kerli, Stuart Matheman | ||
| "What U See ain't What U Get" | Writers: Kerli, Malcolm Pardon, Fredrik Rinman | ||
| "When You Cry" | Writers: Kerli, Jean Baptiste, Nick Marsh, Bonnie McKee | ||
| "Wonderland" | Writers: Kerli, Malcolm Pardon, Fredrik Rinman |
| Title | Credits | Year | Artist | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "I Feel Immortal" | Writers: Toby Gad, Lindy Robbins, Kerli, Tarja Turunen | 2010 | Tarja Turunen | What Lies Beneath | Written for Kerli's new album but was rejected. Rewritten by Turunen for Turunen's album. |
| "Ishy"[9] | Writers: Dan Chase, Patrick Julian, Kerli, William Renkosik, John Taylor Jr. | 2009 | Bad Boy Bill Alyssa Palmer |
The Album | |
| "Iialgi"[10] | Writers: Kerli, Mihkel Mattisen, Timo Vendt | 2010 | Violina Birgit Õigemeel |
Maagiline | |
| "Too Much Is Never Enough" | Writers: Toby Gad, Kerli, Lindy Robbins | 2009 | Lisa Lois | Smoke |
| Title | Original artist | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Bridge over Troubled Water" | Simon & Garfunkel | 2002 | During the Laulukarussell competition. |
| "I'm like a Bird" | Nelly Furtado | 2002 | During the Fizz Superstar competition. |
| "Nature Boy" | Eden Ahbez | 2010 | Featured in a preview for the tenth season of Smallville., |
| "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" | Judy Garland | ||
| "Running Up that Hill" | Kate Bush | ||
| "She's in Parties" | Bauhaus | 2007 | On the debut EP Kerli. |
| Title | Credits | Year | Artist | Album | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Ghost of You" | Writers: Shelly Peiken, Jonas Jeberg, Rasmus Seebach | 2010 | Selena Gomez & the Scene | A Year Without Rain | Before the album's release, Kerli recorded the demo for the song under the title "Scar Tissue". |
| "Skyscraper" | Writers: Tobias Gad, Kerli, Lindy Robbins | 2011 | Demi Lovato | Unbroken | Kerli co-write this song for Demi Lovato's first single of her third studio album, and later Kerli's studio version of "Skyscraper" was leaked. |
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