American singer-songwriter Fiona Apple has recorded songs for her five studio albums and collaborated with other artists for duets and featured songs on their respective albums. After signing a contract in 1995 with the Work Group, a division of Sony Music, eighteen-year-old Apple moved from New York to Los Angeles to record her debut album, Tidal (1996).[1][2] She wrote all of its songs, and would continue to do so for her later albums. "Shadowboxer" was Tidal's lead single, later followed by "Slow Like Honey", "Sleep to Dream", "The First Taste", "Criminal" and "Never Is a Promise". In 1998, Apple also recorded two cover versions for the film soundtrack Pleasantville: "Across the Universe" (Lennon–McCartney) and "Please Send Me Someone to Love" (Percy Mayfield). Sony released Apple's second album, When the Pawn..., in 1999, which was less commercially successful than her debut.[3] It included the singles "Fast as You Can", "Limp" and "Paper Bag".
After a six-year hiatus, Extraordinary Machine (2005) was released by Sony. Its singles included "Parting Gift", "O' Sailor", "Not About Love", and "Get Him Back". A year later, Apple recorded "Sally's Song", a song written by composer Danny Elfman, for the special edition soundtrack to The Nightmare Before Christmas.[4] In 2012, Sony released "Every Single Night", the lead single of Apple's fourth album, The Idler Wheel..., which was released soon after.[5] This single was followed by "Werewolf" and "Anything We Want".[6][7] That year also saw Apple record "Dull Tool", her first original song for a film soundtrack, for the film This Is 40.[8] After an eight-year hiatus, Fetch the Bolt Cutters (2020) was released by Sony. Its lead single, "Shameika", was released soon after.[9] The album was met with widespread acclaim, with many critics deeming it an instant classic, a masterpiece, and Apple's best work to date.[10]
In addition, Apple has recorded five songs for compilation albums, including "Frosty the Snowman" for the holiday album Christmas Calling (2003), "I Walk a Little Faster" and "Why Try to Change Me Now" for The Best Is Yet to Come: The Songs of Cy Coleman (2009), "So Sleepy" (featuring Jon Brion and the Punch Brothers) for Chickens in Love (2010), "Everyday" (with Brion) for Rave On Buddy Holly (2011), and "I'm in the Middle of a Riddle" (featuring Maude Maggart) for Sweetheart 2014 (2014). Collaborations appearing on other artists' albums include "Bridge over Troubled Water" and "Father and Son" for Johnny Cash's albums American IV: The Man Comes Around (2002) and Unearthed (2003), "Loveless" for Davíd Garza's Dream Delay (2008), and "You're the One I Love" for Sara Watkins' Sun Midnight Sun (2012). Other collaborations released as singles include "Come On and Get It (Up in 'Dem Guts)" with Zach Galifianakis (2006) and "I Want You" with Elvis Costello (2006). Apple also performed the jazz standard "Angel Eyes" for the film Largo, though no official soundtrack was released.
List of songs
edit† | Indicates single release |
Song | Artist(s) | Writer(s) | Original release | Year | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
"Across the Universe" | Fiona Apple | Lennon–McCartney | Pleasantville | 1998 | [12] |
"Angel Eyes" | Fiona Apple | Matt Dennis Earl Brent |
— | 2008 | [13] [14] |
"Anything We Want" † | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | The Idler Wheel... | 2012 | [15] |
"Better Version of Me" | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | Extraordinary Machine | 2005 | [16] |
"Bridge over Troubled Water" | Johnny Cash featuring Fiona Apple | Paul Simon | American IV: The Man Comes Around | 2002 | [17] |
"Carrion" | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | Tidal | 1996 | [18] |
"The Child Is Gone" | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | Tidal | 1996 | [18] |
"Come On and Get It (Up in 'Dem Guts)" † | Zach Galifianakis featuring Fiona Apple | Unknown | "Come On and Get It (Up in 'Dem Guts)" (Single) | 2006 | [19] |
"Container" | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | — | 2014 | [20] |
"Cosmonauts" | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | Fetch the Bolt Cutters | 2020 | [21] |
"Criminal" † | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | Tidal | 1996 | [18] |
"Daredevil" | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | The Idler Wheel... | 2012 | [15] |
"Don't Worry 'Bout Me" | Jeff Goldblum and the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra, featuring Fiona Apple |
Rube Bloom Ted Koehler |
I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This | 2019 | [15] |
"Drumset" | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | Fetch the Bolt Cutters | 2020 | [21] |
"Dull Tool" | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | This Is 40 | 2012 | [22] [23] |
"Every Single Night" † | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | The Idler Wheel... | 2012 | [15] |
"Everyday" | Fiona Apple and Jon Brion | Buddy Holly Norman Petty |
Rave On Buddy Holly | 2011 | [24] |
"Extraordinary Machine" | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | Extraordinary Machine | 2005 | [16] |
"Fast as You Can" † | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | When the Pawn... | 1999 | [25] |
"Father and Son" | Johnny Cash featuring Fiona Apple | Cat Stevens | Unearthed | 2003 | [26] |
"Fetch the Bolt Cutters" | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | Fetch the Bolt Cutters | 2020 | [21] |
"The First Taste" † | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | Tidal | 1996 | [18] |
"For Her" | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | Fetch the Bolt Cutters | 2020 | [21] |
"Frosty the Snowman" | Fiona Apple | Steve Nelson Walter E. Rollins |
Christmas Calling | 2003 | [27] |
"Get Gone" | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | When the Pawn... | 1999 | [25] |
"Get Him Back" † | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | Extraordinary Machine | 2005 | [16] |
"Heavy Balloon" | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | Fetch the Bolt Cutters | 2020 | [21] |
"Hey Big Dog" | Margaret Cho featuring Fiona Apple and Ben Lee | Patty Griffin | Cho Dependent | 2012 | [28] [29] |
"Hot Knife" | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | The Idler Wheel... | 2012 | [15] |
"I'm in the Middle of a Riddle" | Fiona Apple featuring Maude Maggart | Anton Karas | Sweetheart 2014 | 2014 | [30] |
"I Can't Wait to Meet You" | Fiona Apple | Solangie Jimenez, Thomas Cabaniss | Hopes & Dreams: The Lullaby Project | 2018 | [31] |
"I Know" | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | When the Pawn... | 1999 | [25] |
"I Know" | King Princess featuring Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | — | 2019 | [32] |
"I Walk a Little Faster" | Fiona Apple | Cy Coleman Carolyn Leigh |
The Best Is Yet to Come: The Songs of Cy Coleman | 2009 | [33] [34] |
"I Want You" † | Elvis Costello featuring Fiona Apple | Elvis Costello | "I Want You" (Single) | 2006 | [35] |
"I Want You to Love Me" | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | Fetch the Bolt Cutters | 2020 | [21] |
"It's Only a Paper Moon" | Maude Maggart with Fiona Apple | Harold Arlen Yip Harburg Billy Rose |
With Sweet Despair | 2005 | [36] |
"Jonathan" | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | The Idler Wheel... | 2012 | [15] |
"Ladies" | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | Fetch the Bolt Cutters | 2020 | [21] |
"Largo" | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | The Idler Wheel... [Deluxe Version] |
2012 | [37] |
"Left Alone" | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | The Idler Wheel... | 2012 | [15] |
"Left Handed Kisses" | Andrew Bird featuring Fiona Apple | Andrew Bird | Are You Serious | 2016 | [38] |
"Limp" † | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | When the Pawn... | 1999 | [25] |
"Love Ridden" | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | When the Pawn... | 1999 | [25] |
"Loveless" | Davíd Garza featuring Fiona Apple | Unknown | Dream Delay | 2008 | [39] [40] |
"A Mistake" | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | When the Pawn... | 1999 | [25] |
"Never Is a Promise" † | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | Tidal | 1996 | [18] |
"Newspaper" | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | Fetch the Bolt Cutters | 2020 | [21] |
"Not About Love" † | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | Extraordinary Machine | 2005 | [16] |
"O' Sailor" † | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | Extraordinary Machine | 2005 | [16] |
"Oh Well" | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | Extraordinary Machine | 2005 | [16] |
"On I Go" | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | Fetch the Bolt Cutters | 2020 | [21] |
"On the Bound" | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | When the Pawn... | 1999 | [25] |
"Parting Gift" † | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | Extraordinary Machine | 2005 | [16] |
"Pale September" | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | Tidal | 1996 | [18] |
"Paper Bag" † | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | When the Pawn... | 1999 | [25] |
"Periphery" | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | The Idler Wheel... | 2012 | [15] |
"Please Please Please" | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | Extraordinary Machine | 2005 | [16] |
"Please Send Me Someone to Love" | Fiona Apple | Percy Mayfield | Pleasantville | 1998 | [41] |
"Pure Imagination" | Fiona Apple | Leslie Bricusse Anthony Newley |
— | 2013 | [42] |
"Rack of His" | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | Fetch the Bolt Cutters | 2020 | [21] |
"Red Red Red" | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | Extraordinary Machine | 2005 | [16] |
"Regret" | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | The Idler Wheel... | 2012 | [15] |
"Relay" | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | Fetch the Bolt Cutters | 2020 | [21] |
"River, Stay Away from My Door" | Fiona Apple | Traditional[43] | Extraordinary Machine [Germany Bonus DVD] |
2006 | [44] |
"Sally's Song" | Fiona Apple | Danny Elfman | The Nightmare Before Christmas | 2006 | [45] |
"Shadowboxer" † | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | Tidal | 1996 | [18] |
"Shameika" † | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | Fetch the Bolt Cutters | 2020 | [21] |
"Sleep to Dream" † | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | Tidal | 1996 | [18] |
"Slow Like Honey" † | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | Tidal | 1996 | [18] |
"So Sleepy" | Fiona Apple featuring Jon Brion and the Punch Brothers | 826LA | Chickens in Love | 2010 | [46] [47] |
"Still I" | Christophe Deluy featuring Fiona Apple | Unknown | — | 2006 | [48] |
"Sullen Girl" | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | Tidal | 1996 | [18] |
"To Your Love" | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | When the Pawn... | 1999 | [25] |
"Tymps (The Sick in the Head Song)" | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | Extraordinary Machine | 2005 | [16] |
"Under The Table" | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | Fetch the Bolt Cutters | 2020 | [21] |
"Valentine" | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | The Idler Wheel... | 2012 | [15] |
"Waltz (Better Than Fine)" | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | Extraordinary Machine | 2005 | [16] |
"The Way Things Are" | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | When the Pawn... | 1999 | [25] |
"Werewolf" † | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | The Idler Wheel... | 2012 | [15] |
"Why Try to Change Me Now" | Fiona Apple | Cy Coleman Joseph A. McCarthy |
The Best Is Yet to Come: The Songs of Cy Coleman | 2009 | [33] [34] |
"Window" | Fiona Apple | Fiona Apple | Extraordinary Machine | 2005 | [16] |
"You Belong to Me" | Fiona Apple | Billy Rose Lee David |
Extraordinary Machine [Germany Bonus DVD] |
2006 | [44] |
"You're the One I Love" | Sara Watkins featuring Fiona Apple | Felice and Boudleaux Bryant | Sun Midnight Sun | 2012 | [49] |
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