Complete List Of Frijid Pink Songs From A to Z

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Frijid Pink developed from the Detroit Vibrations, a local group featuring drummer Richard Stevers and bassist Tom Harris. Singer Tom Beaudry, who performed as Kelly Green, and guitarist Gary Ray Thompson joined them as the band took shape in 1967, while keyboardist Larry Zelanka contributed to the early recordings. Their sound grew from Detroit blues, psychedelic rock, and the increasingly heavy guitar music surrounding the city at the end of the 1960s.

The group signed with Parrot Records after building a regional following. Early singles including “Tell Me Why” and “Drivin’ Blues” preceded Frijid Pink’s explosive version of “House of the Rising Sun.” Recorded as studio time was running out, the track transformed the traditional song through distorted guitar and a forceful rhythm section. It reached number seven on the Billboard Hot 100, number four in the United Kingdom, number three in Canada, and number one in Germany.

The self-titled Frijid Pink album followed in 1970 and climbed to number 11 on the Billboard album chart. Its original nine-song program included “God Gave Me You,” “Crying Shame,” “I’m on My Way,” “Drivin’ Blues,” “Tell Me Why,” “End of the Line,” “House of the Rising Sun,” “I Want to Be Your Lover,” and “Boozin’ Blues.” “Heartbreak Hotel” and “Music for the People,” often attached to reissues of the album, were standalone singles rather than tracks on the original LP.

Defrosted, also released in 1970, pushed the band further into blues-based hard rock through “Black Lace,” “Sing a Song for Freedom,” “Pain in My Heart,” and “I’m Movin’.” The original album contained eight tracks. Later collections added non-album recordings including “Shorty Kline,” “Lost Son,” “I Love Her,” and “We’re Gonna Be There (When Johnny Comes Marchin’ Home),” all of which are identified separately in the list below.

Major personnel changes reshaped Frijid Pink before Earth Omen in 1972. Stevers and Harris remained, joined by vocalist Jon Wearing, guitarist Craig Webb, and Zelanka. The record moved toward progressive and psychedelic arrangements on “Miss Evil,” “Lazy Day,” “Eternal Dream,” “New Horizon,” and “Rainbow Rider.” The 1973 single “Big Betty,” backed with “Shady Lady,” became the final release from this period before another lineup entered the studio.

All Pink Inside arrived on Fantasy Records in 1974 with Stevers, Webb, singer and harmonica player Jo Baker, and bassist Larry Popolizio. Its eleven songs included “Money Man,” “Put It in Your Pocket,” “School Days,” “Lovely Lady,” and “(There Ain’t No) Rock and Roll in China.” The album returned the band to a more direct blues-rock approach before the original era gradually ended.

Stevers revived Frijid Pink decades later. Frijid Pink Frijid Pink Frijid Pink appeared in 2011 with newly recorded versions of older material and songs including “Life Unlived,” “Feelin’ Down,” “Bad News,” “State Line Boogie,” and “Something to Prove.” The 2012 Frijid Pieces EP was followed by Made in Detroit in 2014, the four-song Taste of Pink EP in 2017, and On the Edge in 2018. The four new recordings on Hot Pink extended the catalog again in 2020.

Released in June 2026, The Singles Collection assembled the early mono and stereo single mixes and returned “Big Betty” and “Shady Lady” to official CD and digital circulation.

Complete List Of Frijid Pink Songs From A to Z

A–E

“A Day Late, a Dollar Short” – All Pink Inside (1974)
“Adrenaline” – On the Edge (2018)
“Bad News” – Frijid Pink Frijid Pink Frijid Pink (2011)
“Band Next Door” – Made in Detroit (2014)
“Big Betty” – Big Betty single (1973)
“Black Lace” – Defrosted (1970)
“Boozin’ Blues” – Frijid Pink (1970)
“Bye Bye Blues” – Defrosted (1970)
“Camp Fire Light” – On the Edge (2018)
“Come Knockin'” – Made in Detroit (2014)
“Coming Home” – Made in Detroit (2014)
“Cryin’ Shame (2011 Re-recording)” – Frijid Pink Frijid Pink Frijid Pink (2011)
“Crying Shame” – Frijid Pink (1970)
“Detroit Rock n Roll” – Made in Detroit (2014)
“Dreams Come True” – On the Edge (2018)
“Drivin’ Blues” – Frijid Pink (1970)
“Drivin’ Blues (2011 Re-recording)” – Frijid Pink Frijid Pink Frijid Pink (2011)
“Earth Omen” – Earth Omen (1972)
“Earth Omen (2011 Re-recording)” – Frijid Pink Frijid Pink Frijid Pink (2011)
“Earth Omen (Single Edit)” – Earth Omen single (1972)
“End of the Line” – Frijid Pink (1970)
“Eternal Dream” – Earth Omen (1972)
“Exodus” – Frijid Pink Frijid Pink Frijid Pink (2011)

F–J

“Feelin’ Down” – Frijid Pink Frijid Pink Frijid Pink (2011)
“Fire in Your Heart” – On the Edge (2018)
“Full Moon” – On the Edge (2018)
“Go Now” – Go Now single (1972)
“God Gave Me You” – Frijid Pink (1970)
“God Gave Me You (2011 Re-recording)” – Frijid Pink Frijid Pink Frijid Pink (2011)
“Gone Long Gone” – On the Edge (2018)
“Gonna Get It Yet” – All Pink Inside (1974)
“Got to Go Back (San Francisco Bay)” – All Pink Inside (1974)
“Heartbreak Hotel” – Heartbreak Hotel single (1970)
“House of the Rising Sun” – Frijid Pink (1970)
“House of the Rising Sun (2018 Re-recording)” – On the Edge (2018)
“House of the Rising Sun (Single Edit)” – House of the Rising Sun single (1969)
“I Haven’t Got the Time” – Defrosted (1970)
“I Love Her” – Lost Son / I Love Her single (1971)
“I Want to Be Your Lover” – Frijid Pink (1970)
“I’ll Never Be Lonely” – Defrosted (1970)
“I’m Movin'” – Defrosted (1970)
“I’m on My Way” – Frijid Pink (1970)
“In Your Arms Tonight” – Hot Pink (2020)
“Johnny” – Frijid Pink Frijid Pink Frijid Pink (2011)

K–O

“Lazy Day” – Earth Omen (1972)
“Lazy Day (Single Edit)” – Lazy Day single (1972)
“Life Unlived” – Frijid Pink Frijid Pink Frijid Pink (2011)
“Living Blues” – Made in Detroit (2014)
“Lost Son” – Lost Son / I Love Her single (1971)
“Lovely Lady” – All Pink Inside (1974)
“Millennium Man” – On the Edge (2018)
“Miss Evil” – Earth Omen (1972)
“Money Man” – All Pink Inside (1974)
“Mr. Blood” – Earth Omen (1972)
“Music for the People” – Music for the People single (1971)
“New Horizon” – Earth Omen (1972)
“On My Way” – Hot Pink (2020)

P–T

“Pain in My Heart” – Defrosted (1970)
“Paula in My Dreams” – All Pink Inside (1974)
“Portrait” – All Pink Inside (1974)
“Promises” – Made in Detroit (2014)
“Put It in Your Pocket” – All Pink Inside (1974)
“Rainbow Rider” – Earth Omen (1972)
“Ride” – On the Edge (2018)
“Sailor” – Earth Omen (1972)
“School Days” – All Pink Inside (1974)
“Shady Lady” – Big Betty single (1973)
“Shine” – On the Edge (2018)
“Shorty Kline” – We’re Gonna Be There single (1971)
“Sing” – Hot Pink (2020)
“Sing a Song for Freedom” – Defrosted (1970)
“Slip Away” – Made in Detroit (2014)
“Sloony” – Defrosted (1970)
“Something to Prove” – Frijid Pink Frijid Pink Frijid Pink (2011)
“State Line Boogie” – Frijid Pink Frijid Pink Frijid Pink (2011)
“Stormy Monday” – Frijid Pink Frijid Pink Frijid Pink (2011)
“Sugar Daddy” – On the Edge (2018)
“Take Me Back” – Made in Detroit (2014)
“Take Me to Your Palace” – All Pink Inside (1974)
“Tear” – Made in Detroit (2014)
“Tell Me True” – On the Edge (2018)
“Tell Me Why” – Frijid Pink (1970)
“(There Ain’t No) Rock and Roll in China” – All Pink Inside (1974)
“Till the End of the Night” – Hot Pink (2020)
“Tobacco Road” – Frijid Pink Frijid Pink Frijid Pink (2011)
“Train” – Frijid Pink Frijid Pink Frijid Pink (2011)
“Train Woman” – Earth Omen (1972)
“Traveler” – On the Edge (2018)

U–Z

“We’re Gonna Be There (When Johnny Comes Marchin’ Home)” – We’re Gonna Be There single (1971)
“Wicked Woman” – Made in Detroit (2014)
“Wink” – Made in Detroit (2014)
“Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” – On the Edge (2018)
“You’d Think I’d Learn” – On the Edge (2018)