Songs Melvins Have Covered

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

A

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

Song	Original Artist	Original Album	Where Melvins Covered It
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

Song	Original Artist	Original Album	Where Melvins Covered It
4'33"	John Cage		Shit Sandwich ... and you just took a bite 7"
Dies Irae (or "Day of Wrath")	Wendy Carlos & Rachel Elkind/Based on the traditional Catholic funeral dirge "Dies Irae" and Berlioz's "Symphonie Fantastique"	"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	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
Missing	The Cows	Peacetika	Electroretard
Deserted Cities of the Heart	Cream	Wheels of Fire	(live only - 2007)

D

Song	Original Artist	Original Album	Where Melvins Covered It
Lady in Red	Chris DeBurgh		Live, 2007
Mr. DNA	DEVO	Duty Now For The Future	Live, August 2009

E

Song	Original Artist	Original Album	Where Melvins Covered It
Frankenstein	The Edgar Winter Group	They Only Come Out at Night	(live only, heard during the 2007 tour in Costa Mesa)

F

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
Love Canal	Flipper	Sex Bomb Baby	Love Canal/Someday 5"
Sacrifice	Flipper	Gone Fishin'	Lysol
Someday	Flipper	American Grafishy	Love Canal/Someday 5"
Way Of The World	Flipper	Album Generic Flipper	Singles 1-12; Tanx

G

Song	Original Artist	Original Album	Where Melvins Covered It
Lexicon Devil	Germs	Lexicon Devil 7"	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

Song	Original Artist	Original Album	Where Melvins Covered It
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

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

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

Song	Original Artist	Original Album	Where Melvins Covered It
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

Song	Original Artist	Original Album	Where Melvins Covered It
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

Song	Original Artist	Original Album	Where Melvins Covered It
With Yo' Heart, Not Yo' Hands	Malfunkshun	Deep Six	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 #62 (Rama Lama Fa Fa)	MC5	Kick Out The Jams	Hooch and 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

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

O

Song	Original Artist	Original Album	Where Melvins Covered It
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P

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

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

R

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

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

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

Song	Original Artist	Original Album	Where Melvins Covered It
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V

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

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

Song	Original Artist	Original Album	Where Melvins Covered It
?	?	?	?

Y

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

Z

Song	Original Artist	Original Album	Where Melvins Covered It
Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings	ZZ Top	Fandango!	live 1994; Singles 1-12