Complete List Of The Strokes Songs From A to Z

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The Strokes turned downtown New York tension into songs that felt immediate, stylish, impatient, and strangely timeless. Their catalog moves from tightly wound garage rock and clipped guitar interplay to synth-driven experiments, weary ballads, home recordings, B-sides, live versions, and later work that preserves the band’s unmistakable chemistry while refusing to repeat the same record forever.

Complete List Of The Strokes Songs From A to Z

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The Strokes emerged from New York City in 1998, bringing together Julian Casablancas, guitarists Nick Valensi and Albert Hammond Jr., bassist Nikolai Fraiture, and drummer Fabrizio Moretti. Their early performances combined garage rock, post-punk, concise songwriting, and a visual style that quickly attracted attention in New York and the United Kingdom.

The three-song The Modern Age EP created a major-label bidding war and led to the release of Is This It in 2001. “Last Nite,” “Someday,” “Hard to Explain,” “The Modern Age,” “Barely Legal,” and “New York City Cops” helped define the album’s restless energy. Its compact arrangements, intertwined guitars, dry production, and Casablancas’ distorted vocals established the Strokes as central figures in the early-2000s rock resurgence.

Room on Fire followed in 2003 with “Reptilia,” “12:51,” “Automatic Stop,” “Under Control,” “Meet Me in the Bathroom,” and “The End Has No End.” The album retained the economy of the debut while sharpening the guitar tones and rhythmic precision. B-sides and alternate recordings from the same period included “Modern Girls & Old Fashion Men,” home recordings, and a live interpretation of the Clash’s “Clampdown.”

First Impressions of Earth arrived in 2006 with a broader and heavier sound. “Juicebox,” “You Only Live Once,” “Heart in a Cage,” “Razorblade,” “Ize of the World,” and “Vision of Division” expanded the band’s arrangements while preserving the tension between Casablancas’ melodies and the group’s interlocking instrumental parts. The era also produced “Hawaii,” the early version “I’ll Try Anything Once,” and a cover of Marvin Gaye’s “Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology).”

After a hiatus, the Strokes returned with Angles in 2011 and Comedown Machine in 2013. Songs including “Under Cover of Darkness,” “Machu Picchu,” “Taken for a Fool,” “One Way Trigger,” “Tap Out,” “Chances,” and “Call It Fate, Call It Karma” introduced more prominent synthesizers, falsetto vocals, and collaborative writing without abandoning the band’s clipped guitar language.

The Future Present Past EP followed in 2016 with “Drag Queen,” “Oblivius,” and “Threat of Joy.” The New Abnormal, produced by Rick Rubin, arrived in 2020 with “The Adults Are Talking,” “Bad Decisions,” “At the Door,” “Selfless,” “Brooklyn Bridge to Chorus,” and “Ode to the Mets.” The album earned the Strokes the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album.

The band later announced Reality Awaits, its seventh studio album, for July 24, 2026. Produced by Rick Rubin, the nine-song record includes “Psycho Shit,” “Dine N’Dash,” “Lonely in the Future,” “Falling out of Love,” “Going to Babble On,” “Going Shopping,” “Liar’s Remorse,” “The Fruits of Conquest,” and “Tyrants of the Mellow Moon.” “Going Shopping” and “Falling out of Love” were released before the album.

Outside the band, each member has pursued additional work. Casablancas fronts the Voidz, Hammond has released several solo albums, Fraiture leads Summer Moon, Moretti has worked with Little Joy and machinegum, and Valensi formed CRX. Those projects have expanded their individual approaches while the original five-member Strokes lineup has remained intact.

The Strokes’ influence extends far beyond the New York scene that produced them. Their early records helped renew interest in concise guitar music, while their later releases demonstrated that the band could alter its production, writing methods, and emotional tone without losing the tension and personality that made its first songs immediately recognizable.

Complete List Of The Strokes Songs From A to Z

#–D

“12:51” – Room on Fire (2003)
“15 Minutes” – First Impressions of Earth (2006)
“50/50” – Comedown Machine (2013)
“80’s Comedown Machine” – Comedown Machine (2013)
“The Adults Are Talking” – The New Abnormal (2020)
“All the Time” – Comedown Machine (2013)
“Alone, Together” – Is This It (2001)
“Alone, Together (Home Recording)” – The Singles – Volume 01 (2023) (originally released as the “Someday” B-side)
“Ask Me Anything” – First Impressions of Earth (2006)
“At the Door” – The New Abnormal (2020)
“Automatic Stop” – Room on Fire (2003)
“Bad Decisions” – The New Abnormal (2020)
“Barely Legal” – Is This It (2001) (also on The Modern Age EP (2001))
“Between Love & Hate” – Room on Fire (2003)
“Brooklyn Bridge to Chorus” – The New Abnormal (2020)
“Call It Fate, Call It Karma” – Comedown Machine (2013)
“Call Me Back” – Angles (2011)
“Chances” – Comedown Machine (2013)
“Clampdown (Live at Alexandra Palace)” (The Clash cover) – The Singles – Volume 01 (2023) (originally released as “The End Has No End” B-side)
“Dine N’Dash” – Reality Awaits (2026)
“Drag Queen” – Future Present Past EP (2016)

E–L

“Electricityscape” – First Impressions of Earth (2006)
“Elephant Song” – Fan Club single (2004)
“The End Has No End” – Room on Fire (2003)
“Eternal Summer” – The New Abnormal (2020)
“Evening Sun” – First Impressions of Earth (2006)
“Falling out of Love” – Reality Awaits (2026)
“Fast Animals” – Comedown Machine (2013) (Japanese bonus track)
“Fear of Sleep” – First Impressions of Earth (2006)
“The Fruits of Conquest” – Reality Awaits (2026)
“Games” – Angles (2011)
“Going Shopping” – Reality Awaits (2026)
“Going to Babble On” – Reality Awaits (2026)
“Gratisfaction” – Angles (2011)
“Happy Ending” – Comedown Machine (2013)
“Hard to Explain” – Is This It (2001)
“Hawaii” – The Singles – Volume 01 (2023) (originally released as the “Juicebox” B-side)
“Heart in a Cage” – First Impressions of Earth (2006)
“I Can’t Win” – Room on Fire (2003)
“I’ll Try Anything Once” (“You Only Live Once” demo) – The Singles – Volume 01 (2023) (originally released as the “Heart in a Cage” B-side)
“Is This It” – Is This It (2001)
“Is This It (Home Recording)” – The Singles – Volume 01 (2023) (originally released as the “Someday” B-side)
“Ize of the World” – First Impressions of Earth (2006)
“Juicebox” – First Impressions of Earth (2006)
“Killing Lies” – First Impressions of Earth (2006)
“Last Nite” – Is This It (2001) (also on The Modern Age EP (2001))
“Last Nite (Rough Trade Version)” – The Singles – Volume 01 (2023) (originally released on The Modern Age EP)
“Liar’s Remorse” – Reality Awaits (2026)
“Life Is Simple in the Moonlight” – Angles (2011)
“Lonely in the Future” – Reality Awaits (2026)

M–S

“Machu Picchu” – Angles (2011)
“Meet Me in the Bathroom” – Room on Fire (2003)
“Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)” (Marvin Gaye cover) – The Singles – Volume 01 (2023) (originally released as the “You Only Live Once” B-side)
“Metabolism” – Angles (2011)
“The Modern Age” – Is This It (2001) (also on The Modern Age EP (2001))
“The Modern Age (Rough Trade Version)” – The Singles – Volume 01 (2023) (originally released on The Modern Age EP)
“Modern Girls & Old Fashion Men” (with Regina Spektor) – The Singles – Volume 01 (2023) (originally released as the “Reptilia” B-side)
“New York City Cops” – Is This It (2001)
“New York City Cops (Live in Iceland)” – New York City Cops (Live in Iceland) single (2001)
“Not the Same Anymore” – The New Abnormal (2020)
“Oblivius” – Future Present Past EP (2016)
“Oblivius (Moretti Remix)” – Future Present Past EP (2016)
“Ode to the Mets” – The New Abnormal (2020)
“On the Other Side” – First Impressions of Earth (2006)
“One Way Trigger” – Comedown Machine (2013)
“Partners in Crime” – Comedown Machine (2013)
“Psycho Shit” – Reality Awaits (2026)
“Razorblade” – First Impressions of Earth (2006)
“Red Light” – First Impressions of Earth (2006)
“Reptilia” – Room on Fire (2003)
“Selfless” – The New Abnormal (2020)
“Slow Animals” – Comedown Machine (2013)
“Soma” – Is This It (2001)
“Soma (Live in Iceland)” – Soma (Live in Iceland) single (2002)
“Someday” – Is This It (2001)

T–Z

“Take It or Leave It” – Is This It (2001)
“Taken for a Fool” – Angles (2011)
“Tap Out” – Comedown Machine (2013)
“Threat of Joy” – Future Present Past EP (2016)
“Trying Your Luck” – Is This It (2001)
“Two Kinds of Happiness” – Angles (2011)
“Tyrants of the Mellow Moon” – Reality Awaits (2026)
“Under Control” – Room on Fire (2003)
“Under Cover of Darkness” – Angles (2011)
“Vision of Division” – First Impressions of Earth (2006)
“The Way It Is” – Room on Fire (2003)
“The Way It Is (Home Recording)” – The Singles – Volume 01 (2023) (originally released as the “12:51” B-side)
“Welcome to Japan” – Comedown Machine (2013)
“What Ever Happened?” – Room on Fire (2003)
“When It Started” – Is This It (2001) (United States edition)
“Why Are Sundays So Depressing” – The New Abnormal (2020)
“You Only Live Once” – First Impressions of Earth (2006)
“You Talk Way Too Much” – Room on Fire (2003)
“You’re So Right” – Angles (2011)