List of songs recorded by Rufus Wainwright

The columns Song, Album, and Year list each song title, the official release on which the song first appeared, and the year in which the song was released for the first time. The columns Length, Author, and Producer indicate the length of the track, the author of the song, and the producer of the track. References are also provided for each song in the last column of the table. While many songs listed appear on multiple releases, songs are listed based on the first release and only appear twice when the recordings have different production information.
The list includes original songs released on studio recordings, songs written but not performed by Wainwright, original songs performed live, and recorded cover songs.

Original songs

Studio recordings

Following is a list of original songs by Wainwright that have been released on a studio album, EP, soundtrack, compilation album, single, or DVD. Also included is "Ode to Antidote", a studio-quality promotional single used to promote a perfume by Viktor & Rolf, and "Patience is a Virtue", an original song available via digital download on Wal-Mart's website with the purchase of Release the Stars.

Song	Album	Year	Length	Author	Producer	Ref.
"11:11"	Want One	2003	4:27	Wainwright	Marius de Vries
"14th Street"	Want One	2003	4:44	Wainwright	Marius de Vries
"A Bit of You"	Rufus Wainwright	1999	5:00	Wainwright	Pierre Marchand
"Agnus Dei"	Want Two	2004	5:45	Wainwright	Marius de Vries
"Another Believer"	Meet the Robinsons	2007	4:39	Wainwright
"April Fools"	Rufus Wainwright	1998	5:00	Wainwright	Jon Brion
"Ashes"	House of Rufus	2011	4:37	Wainwright
"As in Happy"	Want Two	2004	3:40	Wainwright
"Baby"	Rufus Wainwright	1998	5:13	Wainwright	Jon Brion, Van Dyke Parks
"Barbara"	Out of the Game	2012	3:55	Wainwright	Mark Ronson
"Barcelona"	Rufus Wainwright	1998	6:53	Wainwright	Jon Brion
"Beautiful Child"	Want One	2003	4:15	Wainwright	Marius de Vries
"Beauty Mark"	Rufus Wainwright	1998	2:14	Wainwright	Jon Brion
"Between My Legs"	Release the Stars	2007	4:26	Wainwright	Wainwright, Marius de Vries
"Bitter Tears"	Out of the Game	2012	3:31	Wainwright	Mark Ronson
"California"	Poses	2001	3:23	Wainwright	Ethan Johns
"Candles"	Out of the Game	2012	7:41	Wainwright	Mark Ronson
"Chic and Pointless"	Vibrate: The Best of Rufus Wainwright	2014	3:49	Wainwright	Guy Chambers
"Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk"	Poses	2001	4:44	Wainwright	Pierre Marchand
"Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk"	Poses	2001	3:59	Wainwright	Pierre Marchand
"Cowboy Song"	Release the Stars	2007	3:45	Wainwright
"Crumb by Crumb"	Want Two	2004	4:11	Wainwright	Marius de Vries
"Damned Ladies"	Rufus Wainwright	1998	4:07	Wainwright	Jon Brion
"Danny Boy"	Rufus Wainwright	1998	6:12	Wainwright	Jon Brion
"Dinner at Eight"	Want One	2003	4:31	Wainwright	Marius de Vries
"Do I Disappoint You"	Release the Stars	2007	4:40	Wainwright	Wainwright
"Do I Disappoint You"	Release the Stars	2007	4:38	Wainwright	Wainwright
"Dreams and Daydreams"	House of Rufus	2011		Wainwright
"Es Muß Sein"	Want One	2003	2:20	Wainwright	Marius de Vries
"Evil Angel"	Poses	2001	4:43	Wainwright	Pierre Marchand
"Fame into Love into Death"	House of Rufus	2011		Wainwright
"Foolish Love"	Rufus Wainwright	1998	5:46	Wainwright	Jon Brion
"Forever and a Year"	Holding the Man (film)	2015	4:27	Wainwright
"Gay Messiah"	Want Two	2004	3:15	Wainwright	Marius de Vries
"Give Me What I Want and Give It to Me Now!"	All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu	2010	2:08	Wainwright	Wainwright, Pierre Marchand
"Go Or Go Ahead"	Want One	2003	6:38	Wainwright	Marius de Vries
"Going to a Town"	Release the Stars	2007	4:06	Wainwright	Wainwright
"Greek Song"	Poses	2001	3:56	Wainwright	Pierre Marchand
"Grey Gardens"	Poses	2001	3:08	Wainwright	Pierre Marchand
"Hankering"	House of Rufus	2011		Wainwright
"Harvester of Hearts"	Want One	2003	3:35	Wainwright	Marius de Vries
"Heartburn"	The McGarrigle Hour	1998	2:28	Wainwright	Joe Boyd
"Hometown Waltz"	Want Two	2004	2:31	Wainwright	Wainwright
"I Don't Know What It Is"	Want One	2003	4:51	Wainwright	Marius de Vries
"Imaginary Love"	Rufus Wainwright	1998	3:28	Wainwright	Jon Brion
"In a Graveyard"	Poses	2001	2:22	Wainwright	Pierre Marchand
"In My Arms"	Rufus Wainwright	1998	4:09	Wainwright	Pierre Marchand
"Instead of the Dead"	Every Mother Counts 2012	2012	5:01	Wainwright
"In with the Ladies"	Want	2005	3:52	Wainwright, Alex Gifford	Alex Gifford
"Jericho"	Out of the Game	2012	3:43	Wainwright	Mark Ronson
"Katonah"	Plague Songs	2006	4:16	Wainwright	Hal Willner
"Leaving for Paris"	Want One	2004	3:48	Wainwright
"Leaving for Paris No. 2"	Release the Stars	2007	4:52	Wainwright	Wainwright
"Les feux d'artifice t'appellent"	All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu	2010	5:57	Wainwright, Bernadette Colomine	Pierre Marchand
"Liberty Cabbage"	Want Two	2004	4:55	Wainwright
"Little Sister"	Want Two	2004	3:20	Wainwright	Marius de Vries
"London"	House of Rufus	2011		Wainwright
"Low Grade Happiness"	Going_to_a_Town#Track_listing\|Going to a Town	2007	5:24	Wainwright
"Martha"	All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu	2010	3:12	Wainwright	Wainwright
"Matinée Idol"	Rufus Wainwright	1998	3:08	Wainwright	Jon Brion
"Me and Liza"	Vibrate: The Best of Rufus Wainwright	2014	3:21	Guy Chambers, Wainwright
"Memphis Skyline"	Want Two	2004	4:52	Wainwright	Marius de Vries
"Metaphorical Blanket"	Any Day Now soundtrack	2012	2:53	Wainwright
"Millbrook"	Rufus Wainwright	1998	2:11	Wainwright	Jon Brion, Van Dyke Parks
"Money Song"	House of Rufus	2011	4:58	Wainwright
"Montauk"	Out of the Game	2012	3:56	Wainwright	Mark Ronson
"Movies of Myself"	Want One	2003	4:31	Wainwright	Marius de Vries
"Natasha"	Want One	2003	3:28	Wainwright	Marius de Vries
"Nobody's Off the Hook"	Release the Stars	2007	4:27	Wainwright	Wainwright
"Not Ready to Love"	Release the Stars	2007	5:51	Wainwright	Wainwright
"Ode to Antidote"		2006	3:53	Wainwright
"Oh What a World"	Want One	2003	4:23	Wainwright	Marius de Vries
"Old Whore's Diet"	Want Two	2004	8:54	Wainwright	Wainwright, Marius de Vries
"One More Chance"	House of Rufus	2011		Wainwright
"Out of the Game"	Out of the Game	2012	4:05	Wainwright	Mark Ronson
"Patience is a Virtue"	Release the Stars	2007	5:59	Wainwright	Marius de Vries
"Peach Trees"	Want Two	2004	5:59	Wainwright	Marius de Vries
"Perfect Man"	Out of the Game	2012	3:58	Wainwright	Mark Ronson
"Poses"	Poses	2001	5:02	Wainwright	Pierre Marchand
"Pretty Things"	Want One	2003	2:38	Wainwright	Marius de Vries
"Rashida"	Out of the Game	2012	3:00	Wainwright	Mark Ronson
"Rebel Prince"	Poses	2001	3:44	Wainwright	Pierre Marchand
"Red Thread"	House of Rufus	2011		Wainwright
"Release the Stars"	Release the Stars	2007	5:20	Wainwright	Wainwright
"Respectable Dive"	Out of the Game	2012	4:55	Wainwright	Mark Ronson
"Rules and Regulations"	Release the Stars	2007	4:05	Wainwright	Wainwright
"Sad with What I Have"	All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu	2010	3:06	Wainwright	Wainwright
"Sally Ann"	Rufus Wainwright	1998	5:01	Wainwright	Jon Brion
"Sanssouci"	Release the Stars	2007	5:16	Wainwright	Wainwright
"Shadows"	Poses	2001	5:35	Wainwright, Alex Gifford	Alex Gifford
"Shoes"	House of Rufus	2011		Wainwright
"Slideshow"	Release the Stars	2007	6:21	Wainwright	Wainwright
"Sometimes You Need"	Out of the Game	2012	3:20	Wainwright	Mark Ronson
"Song of You"	Out of the Game	2012	4:50	Wainwright	Mark Ronson
"Sonnet 10"	All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu	2010	2:57	Wainwright, Shakespeare	Wainwright
"Sonnet 20"	All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu	2010	2:59	Wainwright, Shakespeare	Wainwright
"Sonnet 29"	When Love Speaks	2002	3:00	Wainwright, Shakespeare
"Sonnet 43"	All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu	2010	4:29	Wainwright, Shakespeare	Wainwright
"Spotlight on Christmas"	Maybe This Christmas Too?	2004	3:23	Wainwright	Wainwright
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"The Art Teacher"	Want Two	2004	3:52	Wainwright	Marius de Vries
"The Consort"	Poses	2001	4:25	Wainwright	Pierre Marchand
"The Dream"	All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu	2010	5:27	Wainwright	Wainwright
"The Maker Makes"	Brokeback Mountain	2005	3:50	Wainwright	Gustavo Santaolalla
"The Motion Waltz "	Meet the Robinsons	2007	2:35	Wainwright
"The Tower of Learning"	Poses	2001	4:47	Wainwright	Damian le Gassick
"The One You Love"	Want Two	2004	3:43	Wainwright	Marius de Vries
"This Love Affair"	Want Two	2004	3:13	Wainwright	Marius de Vries
"Tiergarten"	Release the Stars	2007	3:26	Wainwright	Wainwright
"True Loves"	All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu	2010	3:52	Wainwright	Wainwright
"Tulsa"	Release the Stars	2007	2:19	Wainwright	Wainwright
"Unfollow the Rules"		2018
"Ups and Downs"	2 Chansons Inédites	2001	3:05	Wainwright	Pierre Marchand
"Velvet Curtain Rag"	Want One	2003	2:32	Wainwright	Marius de Vries
"Vibrate"	Want One	2003	2:43	Wainwright	Marius de Vries
"Vicious World"	Want One	2003	2:50	Wainwright	Marius de Vries
"Waiting for a Dream"	Want Two	2004	4:14	Wainwright	Marius de Vries
"Want"	Want One	2003	5:11	Wainwright	Marius de Vries
"Welcome to the Ball"	Out of the Game	2012	3:26	Wainwright	Mark Ronson
"What Would I Ever Do with a Rose?"	All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu	2010	4:23	Wainwright	Pierre Marchand
"Who Are You New York?"	All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu	2010	3:42	Wainwright	Wainwright
"WWIII"	Out of the Game	2012	3:56	Wainwright, Guy Chambers	Guy Chambers
"Zebulon"	All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu	2010	5:38	Wainwright	Wainwright

Songs written, but not performed, by Wainwright

Following is a chart containing songs originally written or co-written by Wainwright that do not appear on one of his original albums. The list includes songs performed solely by other artists and those that feature Wainwright as a co-lead or backing vocalist.

Song	Album	Year	Length	Author	Performer	Ref.
"Apartment"	The Performance	2009	3:26	Wainwright	Shirley Bassey
"Au jardin des sans-pourquoi"	Illuminations	2010	3:32	Groban, McGarrigle, Wainwright	Josh Groban
"Beauty"	Versatile Heart	2007	4:13	Wainwright	Linda Thompson
"Missing Children"	Teddy Thompson	2000	4:30	Teddy Thompson, Wainwright	Teddy Thompson
"More Wine"	Restless Night	2002	5:03	Julianna Raye, Wainwright	Julianna Raye, Wainwright
"Waterloo Station"	Fictions	2006	3:31	Wainwright	Jane Birkin
"Where is Your Heart At?"	Meet the Robinsons	2007	2:23	Wainwright	Jamie Cullum

Demo recordings

These songs appear on Wainwright's 1995 demo cassette recorded by Pierre Marchand.
;Side A

"Foolish Love" – 5:13
"Heart Like a Highway" – 4:15
"Money Song" – 4:59
"Danny Boy" – 5:01

;Side B

"Beauty Mark" – 2:06
"Damned Ladies" – 3:39
"Liberty Cabbage" – 3:40
"Ashes" – 4:40
"Matinée Idol" – 3:19

Songs performed live

Following is a list of songs by Wainwright that have been performed live but have yet to appear on an official release:

"Christmas is for Kids"
"Rainbow Crossing"
"Schubert Song"
"The Bela Song"
"Two Gold Rings "
"Lucy's Blue"

Songs written for stage

"One's-Self I Sing", "Lux Aeterna Luceat Eis, Domine", "Unseen Buds", and "Hope Is the Thing With Feathers" were part of a six-movement choral collection composed for the Stephen Petronio Company production Bloom in 2006.
Based on Shakespeare's sonnets, "Sonnet 10", "Sonnet 20", and "Sonnet 43" were originally composed for Robert Wilson's staging of Shakespeares Sonette in Berlin in April 2009.