As of September 2009, Yo La Tengo have released 216 original songs and 97 cover songs.
Year |
Title |
Available on |
Written by |
1985 |
"The River of Water" |
|
Ira Kaplan |
1986 |
"The Cone of Silence" |
|
Ira Kaplan |
"The Evil That Men Do" |
"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" |
- Ride the Tiger reissue (1993, 1996)
|
1987 |
"Clunk" |
|
"Did I Tell You" |
"House Fall Down" |
"Lewis" |
- New Wave Hot Dogs (1987)
- Prisoners of Love (2005)
|
"Lost in Bessemer" |
|
"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" |
- New Wave Hot Dogs (1987)
- Prisoners of Love (2005)
|
Ira Kaplan |
"The Asparagus Song" |
|
Ira Kaplan, Emily Hubley |
1989 |
"Barnaby, Hardly Working" |
|
Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan |
"Drug Test" |
- President Yo La Tengo (1987)
- Prisoners of Love (2005)
|
Ira Kaplan |
"The Evil That Men Do (Craig's Version)" |
- President Yo La Tengo (1987)
|
"Alyda" |
Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan |
"The Evil That Men Do (Pablo's Version)" |
Ira Kaplan |
1990 |
"Can't Forget" |
|
? |
"The Summer" |
- Fakebook (1987)
- Prisoners of Love (2005)
|
"What Comes Next" |
|
"Did I Tell You" |
- Fakebook (1987)
- Prisoners of Love (2005)
|
1991 |
"Out the Window" |
- That Is Yo La Tengo 12" and CD (1991)
|
"Swing for Life" |
"Walking Away from You" |
- That Is Yo La Tengo 12" and CD (1991)
- "Walking Away from You" 7" (1991)
- Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo (1996)
|
Georgia Hubley |
"Five Cornered Drone (Crispy Duck)" |
|
Ira Kaplan |
"Fog Over Frisco" |
- That Is Yo La Tengo 12" and CD (1991)
- Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo (1996)
|
1992 |
"Detouring America with Horns" |
- May I Sing with Me (1992)
|
Georgia Hubley |
"Upside-Down" |
- May I Sing with Me (1992)
- Upside-Down CD EP (1992)
- Prisoners of Love (2005)
|
Ira Kaplan |
"Mushroom Cloud of Hiss" |
- May I Sing with Me (1992)
|
Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan |
"Swing for Life" |
- May I Sing with Me (1992)
- Prisoners of Love (2005)
|
"Some Kinda Fatigue" |
- May I Sing with Me (1992)
- Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo (1996)
|
Ira Kaplan |
"Always Something" |
- May I Sing with Me (1992)
|
Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan |
"86-Second Blowout" |
Ira Kaplan |
"Out the Window" |
"Sleeping Pill" |
Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan, James McNew |
"Satellite" |
Ira Kaplan |
"Upside-Down One More Time" |
|
"Sunsquashed" |
- Upside-Down CD EP (1992)
- Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo (1996)
|
Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan, James McNew |
1993 |
"Big Day Coming" [Slow Version] |
|
Ira Kaplan |
"From a Motel 6" |
- Painful (1993)
- "From a Motel 6" CD single (1993)
- Prisoners of Love (2005)
|
Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan |
"Double Dare" |
|
Ira Kaplan |
"Superstar-Watcher" |
Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan, James McNew |
"Nowhere Near" |
Georgia Hubley |
"Sudden Organ" |
Ira Kaplan |
"A Worrying Thing" |
"I Was the Fool Beside You for Too Long" |
Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan, James McNew |
"Big Day Coming" [Fast Version] |
- Painful (1993)
- "Big Day Coming" 7" (1993)
- Prisoners of Love (2005)
- A Smattering of Outtakes and Rarities (2005) [Demo]
|
Ira Kaplan |
"I Heard You Looking" |
- Painful (1993)
- Prisoners of Love (2005)
|
Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan, James McNew |
"Shaker" |
- "Shaker" 7" (1993)
- "Shaker" CD single (1993)
- Prisoners of Love (2005)
|
"What She Wants" |
- "Shaker" CD single (1993)
|
"Double Dare (Sominextraction)" |
- "Big Day Coming" 7" (1993)
|
Ira Kaplan |
1994 |
"Nutricia" |
- "From a Motel 6" CD single (1994)
- Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo (1996)
|
Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan, James McNew |
"From a Motel 6 (Remix)" |
- "From a Motel 6" CD single (1994)
|
Ira Kaplan |
1995 |
"Decora" |
|
Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan, James McNew |
"Flying Lesson (Hot Chicken #1)" |
"The Hour Grows Late" |
"Tom Courtenay" |
- Electr-O-Pura (1995)
- Camp Yo La Tengo CD EP (1995)
- Camp Yo La Tengo 7" (1995)
- "Tom Courtenay" 7" (1995)
- Tom Courtenay CD EP (1995)
- Prisoners of Love (2005)
- A Smattering of Outtakes and Rarities (2005) [Live Acoustic]
|
"False Ending" |
|
"Pablo and Andrea" |
- Electr-O-Pura (1995)
- Prisoners of Love (2005)
|
"Paul Is Dead" |
|
"False Alarm" |
"The Ballad of Red Buckets" |
"Don't Say a Word (Hot Chicken #2)" |
"(Straight Down to the) Bitter End" |
"My Heart's Reflection" |
"Attack on Love" |
"Blue Line Swinger" |
- Electr-O-Pura (1995)
- Camp Yo La Tengo CD EP (1995) [Remix, Edit]
- Prisoners of Love (2005)
|
"(Thin) Blue Line Swinger" |
- Camp Yo La Tengo 7" (1995)
|
"Mr. Ameche Plays the Stranger" |
|
"Treading Water" |
- Tom Courtenay CD EP (1995)
|
"Bad Politics" |
"My Heart's Reflection (Take 3)" |
"The Bisexual Boogie" |
- "Tom Courtenay" 7" (1995)
|
1996 |
"Blue/Green Arrow" |
- "Blue/Green Arrow" 7" (1996)
- A Smattering of Outtakes and Rarities (2005)
|
"Watching the Sun Rise or Johnny Carson" |
- "Blue/Green Arrow" 7" (1996)
|
"Evanescent Psychic Pez Drop" |
- 7" split with Stereolab (1996)
- Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo (1996)
|
Ira Kaplan, James McNew |
"Demons" |
- I Shot Andy Warhol OST (1996)
- Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo (1996)
|
Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan |
"Something to Do" |
- Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo (1996)
|
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 |
"Artificial Heart" |
Ira Kaplan, Brookings |
"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" |
- I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One (1997)
- "Sugarcube" 7" (1997)
- Prisoners of Love (2005)
|
"Damage" |
- I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One (1997)
|
"Deeper Into Movies" |
"Shadows" |
"Stockholm Syndrome" |
- I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One (1997)
- Prisoners of Love (2005)
|
"Autumn Sweater" |
- I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One (1997)
- Autumn Sweater EP (1997)
- Prisoners of Love (2005)
|
"Green Arrow" |
- I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One (1997)
|
"One PM Again" |
"The Lie and How We Told It" |
"Center of Gravity" |
"Spec Bebop" |
"We're an American Band" |
"Rocket #9 (Long Version)" |
|
"Wig-Out with Charley Dapper" |
"Rocket #9 (Short Version)" |
"Busy with Me Thoughts" |
|
1998 |
"Looney Tunes" |
- "Little Honda" CD EP (1998)
|
"Urban Crusher" |
- "Urban Crusher" 7" (1998)
|
2000 |
"Everyday" |
|
"Our Way to Fall" |
- And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out (2000)
- Prisoners of Love (2005)
|
"Saturday" |
- And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out (2000)
- "Saturday" CD single and 10" (2000)
|
"Let's Save Tony Orlando's House" |
- And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out (2000)
|
"Last Days of Disco" |
"The Crying of Lot G" |
"Tears Are in Your Eyes" |
- And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out (2000)
- Prisoners of Love (2005)
|
"Cherry Chapstick" |
- And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out (2000)
- Today Is the Day! CD and 12" EP (2003) [Live]
|
"From Black to Blue" |
- And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out (2000)
|
"Madeline" |
"Tired Hippo" |
"Night Falls on Hoboken" |
"Danelectro 3" |
- Danelectro CD and 12" EP (2000)
- "Saturday" CD and 10" single (2000)
|
"Danelectro 2" |
"Danelectro 1" |
- Danelectro CD and 12" EP (2000)
|
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" |
|
"Little Eyes" |
- Summer Sun (2003)
- Prisoners of Love (2005)
|
"Nothing But You and Me" |
|
"Season of the Shark" |
- Summer Sun (2003)
- Prisoners of Love (2005)
|
"Today Is the Day" |
- Summer Sun (2003)
- Today Is the Day! CD and 12" EP (2003) [Rock Version]
|
"Tiny Birds" |
|
"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" |
- Today Is the Day! EP (2003)
|
"Outsmartener" |
"Dr. Crash" |
2005 |
"Stay Away from Heaven" |
- A Smattering of Outtakes and Rarities (2005)
|
"Pencil Test" |
"Almost True" |
"Weather Shy" |
2006 |
"Pass the Hatchet, I Think I'm Goodkind" |
|
"Beanbag Chair" |
"I Feel Like Going Home" |
"Mr. Tough" |
- I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass (2006)
- "Mr. Tough" 7" (2006)
|
"Black Flowers" |
- I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass (2006)
|
"The Race Is on Again" |
"The Room Got Heavy" |
"Sometimes I Don't Get You" |
"Daphnia" |
"I Should Have Known Better" |
"Watch Out for Me Ronnie" |
"The Weakest Part" |
"Song for Mahila" |
"Point and Shoot" |
"The Story of Yo La Tango" |
2008 |
"Leaving Home" |
|
"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" |
|
"Avalon or Someone Very Similar" |
"By Two's" |
"Nothing to Hide" |
"Periodically Double or Triple" |
"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" |
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" |
- Ride the Tiger reissue (1993, 1996)
|
Sammy Walker |
1987 |
"It's Alright (The Way That You Live)" |
- New Wave Hot Dogs reissue (1987)
|
Lou Reed |
"Let's Compromise" |
Information |
"For the Turnstiles" |
- "The Asparagus Song" 7" (1987)
|
Neil Young |
"Orange Songs" |
- President Yo La Tengo (1989)
|
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" |
|
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" |
- "Walking Away from You" 7" (1991)
- Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo (1996)
|
Beat Happening |
1992 |
"(The) Farmer's Daughter" |
|
The Beach Boys |
"Out of Control" |
Channel 3 |
1993 |
"The Whole of the Law" |
|
Peter Perrett |
"For Shame of Doing Wrong (Slide Version)" |
- “Shaker” CD single (1993)
|
Richard Thompson |
"For Shame of Doing Wrong" |
- “Shaker” 7" single (1993)
|
1994 |
"Ashes on the Ground" |
|
David Fair, Mark Jickling |
1995 |
"Can't Seem to Make You Mine" |
- Camp Yo La Tengo CD EP (1995)
|
Sky Saxon |
1996 |
"Too Late" |
- Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo (1996)
|
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" |
- "Little Honda" CD EP (1997)
|
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) |
- "Little Honda" CD EP (1997)
|
Queen |
1998 |
"Run Run Run" |
- "Urban Crusher" 7" (1998)
|
Lou Reed |
2000 |
"You Can Have It All" |
|
Harry Wayne Casey |
"Ready-Mades" |
- "You Can Have It All" CD single and 7" (2000)
|
Neil Innes, Vivian Stanshall |
2002 |
"Rock N Roll Santa" |
- Merry Christmas from Yo La Tengo (2002)
|
Jan Terri |
"It's Christmas Time" |
Alton Abraham, Sun Ra |
"Santa Claus Goes Modern" |
Sven Swanson |
"Nuclear War" |
- Nuclear War EP (2002)
- Prisoners of Love (2005)
|
Sun Ra |
2003 |
"Take Care" |
|
Alex Chilton |
"Needle of Death" |
|
Bert Jansch |
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" |
Hues Corporation |
"Shotgun" |
Junior Walker and the All-Stars |
2009 |
"Gentle Hour" |
|
Mike Knapp |
"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 |
"What 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 |
"You've Got a Friend" |
|
Carole King |