View source for Songs Melvins Have Covered

'''A list of songs Melvins have covered both live and in the studio sorted by original artist name.'''

== A ==

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|'''Song'''
|'''Original Artist'''
|'''Original Album'''
|'''Where Melvins Covered It'''
|-
|'''Reagan's War Puppets''' 
|The Accused
|''The First LP''
|(live only - 1986)
|-
|'''Sin City''' 
|AC/DC
|''Powerage''
|(live only - 1985)
|-
|'''The Boy From New York City''' 
|The Ad-libs; The Darts
|''The Boy From New York City'' single
|(live only - 2008 Tour)
|-
|'''Whipping Post''' 
|The Allman Brothers Band
|''The Allman Brothers Band''
|(live only - 2001) Dale sang some of the chorus after "With Teeth"
|-
|'''[[I Can't Shake It]] ''' 
|[[The Angels]]; Great White
|''No Exit''
|'''[[I Can't Shake It/Some Girls]]''' split 7" with the Cosmic Psychos
|}

== B ==

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|'''Song'''
|'''Original Artist'''
|'''Original Album'''
|'''Where Melvins Covered It'''
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|'''I Want to Hold Your Hand'''
|The Beatles; Moving Sidewalks
|''Something New; Flash''
|(live only - 2004-05)
|-
|'''I Am The Walrus/Revolution #9'''
|The Beatles
|''Abbey Road/White Album''
|(live only - WMPG 1999) - medley of the 2 songs
|-
|'''I've Got To Run'''
|Black Flag
|''TV Party''
|(live only - 1992)
|-
|'''Six Pack'''
|Black Flag
|''Damaged''
|(live only - 1986)
|-
|'''Into The Void'''
|Black Sabbath
|''Master of Reality''
|(live, 1993)
|-
|'''Iron Man'''
|Black Sabbath
|''Paranoid''
|(live only - 1985, also WMPG 1999)
|-
|'''[[Symptom of the Universe]]'''
|Black Sabbath
|''Sabotage''
|'''[[Hate The Police/Symptom Of The Universe]]''' split 7" with Mudhoney
|-
|'''Tomorrow's Dream'''
|Black Sabbath
|''Volume 4''
|(live only - 1986)
|-
|'''Out Of Focus'''
|Blue Cheer
|''Vincebus Eruptum''
|(live only)
|-
|'''Parchment Farm'''
|Blue Cheer; Mose Allison
|''Vincebus Eruptum''
|(live only - 1992)
|-
|'''[[Cherub]]'''
|Butthole Surfers
|''Psychic... Powerless... Another Man's Sac''
|'''[[Millennium Monsterwork 2000]]''' and live, 2000/01)
|}

== C ==

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|'''Song'''
|'''Original Artist'''
|'''Original Album'''
|'''Where Melvins Covered It'''
|-
|'''4'33"'''
|John Cage
|
|'''[[Shit Sandwich ... and you just took a bite]]''' 7"
|-
|'''[[Dies Irae]]''' ("Day of Wrath")
|Wendy Carlos & Rachel Elkind/traditional Catholic funeral dirge
|''"The Shining" Original Soundtrack''
|'''[[Nude With Boots]]'''
|-
|'''[[Candy-O]]'''
|The Cars
|''Candy-O''
|'''[[Ozma]]'''
|-
|'''Just What I Needed'''
|The Cars
|''The Cars''
|(live only - 1991)
|-
|'''Tequila'''
|The Champs
|
|(live only - 2000/01 Tour)
|-
|'''Surrender'''
|Cheap Trick
|''Heaven Tonight''
|(live only)
|-
|'''Bang, Bang'''
|Cher; Nancy Sinatra
| 
|(live only - 1985)
|-
|'''[[Theme]]'''
|[[Clown Alley]]
|''Circus of Chaos''
|'''[[Singles 1-12]]''';'''[[Tanx]]'''
|-
|'''[[Halo of Flies]]'''
|Alice Cooper
|''Killer''
|live, 2001; '''[[Sieg Howdy!]]'''
|-
|'''Return of the Spiders'''
|Alice Cooper
|''Easy Action''
|'''[[Dr. Geek 7"]]'''
|-
|'''[[Second Coming]]'''/'''[[Ballad Of Dwight Fry]]'''
|Alice Cooper
|''Love It To Death''
|'''[[Lysol (album)|Lysol]]'''
|-
|'''[[Missing]]'''
|The Cows
|''Peacetika''
|'''[[Electroretard]]'''
|-
|'''Deserted Cities of the Heart'''
|Cream
|''Wheels of Fire''
|(live only - 2007)
|}

== D ==

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|'''Song'''
|'''Original Artist'''
|'''Original Album'''
|'''Where Melvins Covered It'''
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|'''Mr. DNA'''
|DEVO
|''Duty Now For The Future''
|Live, August 2009
|}

== E ==

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|'''Song'''
|'''Original Artist'''
|'''Original Album'''
|'''Where Melvins Covered It'''
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== F ==
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|'''Song'''
|'''Original Artist'''
|'''Original Album'''
|'''Where Melvins Covered It'''
|-
|'''[[The Green Manalishi (With The Two Pronged Crown)]]'''
|Fleetwood Mac
|''The Green Manalishi (With The Two Pronged Crown)'' 7"
|'''[[The Maggot (album)|The Maggot]]'''
|-
|'''[[Love Canal]]'''
|[[Flipper]]
|''Sex Bomb Baby''
|'''[[Love Canal/Someday]]''' 5"
|-
|'''[[Sacrifice]]'''
|[[Flipper]]
|''Gone Fishin'''
|'''[[Lysol (album)|Lysol]]'''
|-
|'''[[Someday]]'''
|[[Flipper]]
|''American Grafishy''
|'''[[Love Canal/Someday]]''' 5"
|-
|'''[[Way Of The World]]'''
|[[Flipper]]
|''Album Generic Flipper''
|'''[[Singles 1-12]]'''; '''[[Tanx]]'''
|}

== G ==

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|'''Song'''
|'''Original Artist'''
|'''Original Album'''
|'''Where Melvins Covered It'''
|-
|'''[[Lexicon Devil]]'''
|Germs
|''Lexicon Devil'' 7"
|'''[[Lizzy_(single)|Lizzy]]''' CD Single; '''[[Singles 1-12]]'''
|-
|'''[[Leech]]'''
|Green River
|demo cassette
|'''[[Gluey Porch Treatments]]'''; '''[[Singles 1-12]]'''
|-
|'''[[Promise Me]]'''
|Gun Club
|''Fire Of Love''
|'''[[Fool 7"]]'''
|}

== H ==

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|'''Song'''
|'''Original Artist'''
|'''Original Album'''
|'''Where Melvins Covered It'''
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|'''Theme From The Andy Griffith Show (whistle version)'''
|Earle Hagen & Herbert W. Spencer
|
|(live only - 1997/99)
|-
|'''[[Okie From Muskogee]]'''
|Merle Haggard
|''Okie From Muskogee''
|'''[[The Crybaby]]'''
|}

== I ==

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|'''Song'''
|'''Original Artist'''
|'''Original Album'''
|'''Where Melvins Covered It'''
|-
|'''Rainbow's Gold'''
|Iron Maiden
|''2 Minutes to Midnight'' B-side 
|(live only)
|-
|'''Running Free'''
|Iron Maiden
|''Iron Maiden''
|(live only)
|}

== J ==

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|'''Song'''
|'''Original Artist'''
|'''Original Album'''
|'''Where Melvins Covered It'''
|-
|'''[[Blockbuster]]'''
|Jesus Lizard
|''Pure'' EP
|'''[[The Crybaby]]'''
|-
|'''Chrome'''
|Jesus Lizard; Chrome
|''Chrome'' 7"
|(live only - 2005/09 (with David Yow)
|-
|'''Living After Midnight'''
|Judas Priest
|''British Steel''
|live, 1997
|-
|'''Running Wild'''
|Judas Priest
|''Hell Bent For Leather''
|(live only)
|}

== K ==

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|'''Song'''
|'''Original Artist'''
|'''Original Album'''
|'''Where Melvins Covered It'''
|-
|'''Bacon Industry'''
|[[Karp]]
|''Self Titled LP''
|(live, 2010)
|-
|'''Cold Gin'''
|[[KISS]]
|''KISS''
|(live, 1986)
|-
|'''Detroit Rock City'''
|[[KISS]]
|''Destroyer''
|'''[[Star Spangled Banner]]''' EP
|-
|'''Firehouse'''
|[[KISS]]
|''KISS''
|(live, 1986)
|-
|'''[[God of Thunder]]'''
|[[KISS]]
|''Destroyer''
|'''[[Hard To Believe: A KISS Covers Compilation]]'''
|-
|'''[[Going Blind]]'''
|[[KISS]]
|''Hotter Than Hell''
|'''[[Houdini]]'''
|-
|'''I Want You'''
|[[KISS]]
|''Rock and Roll Over''
|Live @ KOKO, London 2005
|-
|'''[[Living in Sin]]'''
|[[KISS]]
|''Gene Simmons''
|'''[[Ozma]]''' (Intro to [[Creepy Smell]]) 
|-
|'''[[Love Theme (from KISS)]]'''
|[[KISS]]
|''KISS''
|'''[[Ozma]]''' (As [[Love Thing]])
|-
|'''Makin' Love'''
|[[KISS]]
|''Rock and Roll Over''
|left off the '''[[Making Love Demos]]'''
|-
|'''Rip It Out'''
|[[KISS]]
|''Ace Frehley''
|(live only - 1985/86)
|-
|'''She'''
|[[KISS]]
|''Dressed To Kill''
|(live only - 1985/86)
|-
|'''Freedom Run'''
|Kyuss
|''Blues for the Red Sun''
|(live, 1993)
|}

== L ==

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|'''Song'''
|'''Original Artist'''
|'''Original Album'''
|'''Where Melvins Covered It'''
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|'''Dazed and Confused'''
|Led Zeppelin; Jake Holmes; Yardbirds
|''Led Zeppelin''
|1995 WRIU Radio Show Soundcheck
|-
|'''Trash Can Baby'''
|The Lewd
|''Kill Yourself'' 7"
|(live only)
|}

== M ==

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|'''Song'''
|'''Original Artist'''
|'''Original Album'''
|'''Where Melvins Covered It'''
|-
|'''[[With Yo' Heart, Not Yo' Hands]]'''
|Malfunkshun
|'''[[Deep Six]]'''
|'''[[With Yo' Heart, Not Yo' Hands (single)|With Yo' Heart, Not Yo' Hands]]''' 7"
|-
|'''Soup Line'''
|March of Crimes
|demo cassette 
|live, 'Melvins 1983' Tour 2009
|-
|'''[[Poison]]'''
|[[MC5]]
|''High Time''
|'''[[Singles 1-12]]'''; '''Wayne Kramer - ''The Hard Stuff'''''
|-
|'''[[Rocket Reducer No. 62 (Rama Lama Fa Fa Fa)|Rocket Reducer #62 (Rama Lama Fa Fa)]]'''
|[[MC5]]
|''Kick Out The Jams''
|'''[[Hooch (single)|Hooch]]''' and '''[[Lizzy (single)|Lizzy]]''' CD Singles
|-
|'''I Got The Fire'''
|Montrose
|
|live, December 01, 1990 Ann Arbor, MI - Club Heidelberg 
|-
|'''Magic and Ecstasy'''
|Ennio Morricone
|''Exorcist II: The Heretic''
|live/rehearsal
|-
|'''[[Jerkin' Krokus]]'''/Jerkin' Crocus
|Mott The Hoople
|''All The Young Dudes''
|'''[[Judas Chang 7"]]'''
|-
|'''Rock and Roll Queen'''
|Mott The Hoople
|''Rock and Roll Queen''
|(live, 1993)
|-
|'''[[Sweet Young Thing Ain't Sweet No More]]'''
|[[Mudhoney]]
|''Superfuzz Bigmuff''
|'''[[Sweet Young Thing Ain't Sweet No More/I Dreamed, I Dream]]''' Steel Pole Bathtub split 7"
|}

== N ==

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|'''Song'''
|'''Original Artist'''
|'''Original Album'''
|'''Where Melvins Covered It'''
|-
|'''Amazing Grace'''/New Britain
|''Words'': John Newton, ''Melody'': Unknown
|''Olney Hymns''/''Southern Harmony''
|live 1997
|-
|'''[[Smells Like Teen Spirit]]'''
|[[Nirvana]]
|''Nevermind''
|'''[[The Crybaby]]'''
|-
|'''Stranglehold'''
|Ted Nugent
|
|live, 1994
|}

== O ==

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|'''Song'''
|'''Original Artist'''
|'''Original Album'''
|'''Where Melvins Covered It'''
|-
|'''?'''
|?
|?
|?
|}

== P ==

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|'''Song'''
|'''Original Artist'''
|'''Original Album'''
|'''Where Melvins Covered It'''
|-
|'''[[Interstellar Overdrive]]'''
|Pink Floyd
|''The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn''
|'''[[Interstellar Overdrive]]''' EP; '''[[Electroretard]]'''
|-
|'''The Nile Song'''
|Pink Floyd
|''Soundtrack from the Film More''
|(live only - 1991)
|-
|'''[[Adolescent Wet Dream]]'''
|Pussy Galore
|''Sugarshit Sharp'' EP
|'''[[Night Goat]]''' 7"
|}

== Q ==

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|'''Song'''
|'''Original Artist'''
|'''Original Album'''
|'''Where Melvins Covered It'''
|-
|'''Now I'm Here'''
|Queen
|''Sheer Heart Attack''
|(live only - 2000/01 Tour)
|}

== R ==

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|'''Song'''
|'''Original Artist'''
|'''Original Album'''
|'''Where Melvins Covered It'''
|-
|'''[[Today, Your Love... Tomorrow, The World]]'''
|The Ramones
|''The Ramones''
|'''[[Brain Center 7"]]'''
|-
|I Am Woman
|Helen Reddy
|
|(live only)
|-
|'''[[Butcher Town]]'''
|The Ronsons
|
|'''[[Sawed Off]]''' 7"
|-
|'''[[You'll Be Taken Care Of]]'''
|The Ronsons
|
|'''[[Sawed Off]]''' 7"
|}

== S ==

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|'''Song'''
|'''Original Artist'''
|'''Original Album'''
|'''Where Melvins Covered It'''
|-
|'''[[Star Spangled Banner]]'''
|John Stafford Smith/Francis Scott Key
|
|'''[[Star Spangled Banner]]''' EP
|-
|'''[[Boss Hoss]]'''
|The Sonics
|''Here Are The Sonics''
|'''[[Boss Hoss/Patton Oswalt]]''' split 7"
|-
|'''Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight
|The Spaniels
|
|live, 2007 Tour
|-
|'''Down on the Street'''
|The Stooges
|''Fun House''
|(live, Spring 1990 US Tour)
|-
|'''Loose'''
|The Stooges
|''Fun House''
|(live, 1985-92)
|}

== T ==

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|'''Song'''
|'''Original Artist'''
|'''Original Album'''
|'''Where Melvins Covered It'''
|-
|'''[[Dreamachine]]'''
|Throbbing Gristle
|''Heathen Earth''
|'''[[In Formation: A Tribute to Throbbing Gristle]]'''
|-
|'''[[Buick MacKane]]'''
|T-Rex
|''The Slider''
|'''[[Great Jewish Music: Marc Bolan]]'''
|-
|'''[[White Punks On Dope]]'''
|The Tubes
|''The Tubes''
|'''[[Foaming 7"]]'''
|}

== U ==

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|'''Song'''
|'''Original Artist'''
|'''Original Album'''
|'''Where Melvins Covered It'''
|-
|'''Lacrimosa'''
|unknown (possibly Thomas of Celano)
|''The Lacrimosa'' is part of the '''[[Dies Irae]]''' sequence in the ''Requiem'' mass
|'''[[Stag]]'''
|}

== V ==

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|'''Song'''
|'''Original Artist'''
|'''Original Album'''
|'''Where Melvins Covered It'''
|-
|'''[[Venus in Furs]]'''
|The Velvet Underground
|''The Velvet Underground & Nico''
|'''[[Here She Comes Now/Venus in Furs]]''' Nirvana split 7"
|-
|'''Hawaii Five-O'''
|The Ventures
|''Hawaii Five-O''
|live/rehearsal
|}

== W ==

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|'''Song'''
|'''Original Artist'''
|'''Original Album'''
|'''Where Melvins Covered It'''
|-
|'''[[Arny]]'''/'''Arnie'''
|Warlock Pinchers
|''Deadly Kung Fu Action''
|'''[[Foaming 7"]]'''
|-
|'''My Generation'''
|The Who
|''My Generation''
|live, 2008/09 Tour
|-
|'''[[Ramblin' Man]]'''
|Hank Williams
|''Take These Chains from My Heart'' B-side
|'''[[The Crybaby]]'''
|-
|'''Rock & Roll McDonald's'''
|Wesley Willis
|''Greatest Hits''
|live, Jelvins 2005 Tour
|-
|'''Let Me Roll It'''
|Wings
|''Band on the Run''
|live, 25th Anniversary Tour May 2009
|-
|'''[[Youth of America]]'''
|[[The Wipers]]
|''Youth of America''
|'''[[Electroretard]]'''
|}

== X ==

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|'''Song'''
|'''Original Artist'''
|'''Original Album'''
|'''Where Melvins Covered It'''
|-
|'''?'''
|?
|?
|?
|}

== Y ==

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|'''Song'''
|'''Original Artist'''
|'''Original Album'''
|'''Where Melvins Covered It'''
|-
|'''Rockin' In The Free World'''
|Neil Young
|''Freedom''
|live, West Coast 1990 Shows
|}

== Z ==

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|'''Song'''
|'''Original Artist'''
|'''Original Album'''
|'''Where Melvins Covered It'''
|-
|'''[[Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings]]'''
|[[ZZ Top]]
|''Fandango!''
|live 1994/95; '''[[Singles 1-12]]'''
|}

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