Complete List Of Sinéad O'Connor Songs From A to Z

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Sinéad O’Connor built a career grounded in emotional honesty and a voice that could shift from delicate intimacy to fierce intensity within a single phrase. She grew up in Dublin, Ireland, and found music as both refuge and expression during a complicated childhood. Her earliest steps into the industry included performing with Ton Ton Macoute and recording demos while attending Newtown School in Waterford. After moving to London, she began writing the material that would shape her debut album, developing the discipline and independence that guided her throughout her career.

Her first album, The Lion and the Cobra, released in 1987, introduced listeners to a strikingly personal sound. The record reached international charts and earned a Grammy nomination for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance, driven by songs including “Mandinka,” “Troy,” and “I Want Your (Hands on Me).” Her shaved head and refusal to conform to industry expectations gave her a public identity that represented independence rather than image-making. The album established O’Connor as a formidable new voice in rock and alternative music.

O’Connor reached worldwide fame with her second studio album, I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got, released in 1990. The album featured “Nothing Compares 2 U,” written by Prince, in a performance that became her biggest hit. Its video, centered almost entirely on her face, made her a global figure. The album earned O’Connor her only Grammy Award and confirmed that she could create emotionally charged music with an international reach far beyond conventional genre boundaries.

The years that followed showcased her desire to explore a wide range of musical traditions. She released Am I Not Your Girl? in 1992, a collection of standards and torch songs, and Universal Mother in 1994, a record balancing spiritual themes, social commentary, and introspective songwriting. The 1997 EP Gospel Oak placed motherhood, faith, and personal renewal at the center of six intimate recordings.

O’Connor continued expanding her catalog with Faith and Courage in 2000 and Sean-Nós Nua in 2002, the latter highlighting her connection to traditional Irish music. The 2003 double album She Who Dwells in the Secret Place of the Most High Shall Abide Under the Shadow of the Almighty gathered rare studio recordings and a live performance from Dublin. Her 2005 compilation Collaborations documented work with artists including Peter Gabriel, Massive Attack, The The, U2, Moby, Asian Dub Foundation, and The Edge.

Her later studio career included Throw Down Your Arms in 2005, a reggae album recorded in Jamaica with Sly and Robbie, followed by Theology in 2007, How About I Be Me (and You Be You)? in 2012, and I’m Not Bossy, I’m the Boss in 2014. Across ten studio albums, one major EP, soundtrack recordings, B-sides, live releases, and collaborations, she continually challenged genre boundaries while retaining the singular vocal presence that defined her work.

Outside her recording career, O’Connor became known for speaking publicly about child abuse, institutional mistreatment, racism, women’s rights, and religious accountability. Her activism was often controversial, but it reflected the same refusal to remain silent that shaped her music. Her 2021 memoir, Rememberings, offered a candid account of her life, family, career, and convictions.

O’Connor’s final officially released recording during her lifetime was “The Skye Boat Song (Revolutionary Version),” created for the seventh season of Outlander in 2023. She died in London on July 26, 2023, at the age of 56. The international response to her death demonstrated how deeply listeners and fellow artists had connected with her voice, her courage, and the uncompromising body of work she left behind.

Complete List Of Sinéad O’Connor Songs From A to Z

“33” – Theology (Dublin Sessions) (2007)
“33” – Theology (London Sessions) (2007)
“33” – Theology (Best Buy Bonus) (2007)
“4 My Love” – Gospel Oak (1997)
“4th and Vine” – How About I Be Me (and You Be You)? (2012)
“8 Good Reasons” – I’m Not Bossy, I’m the Boss (2014)
“1000 Mirrors” – with Asian Dub Foundation, Enemy of the Enemy (2003)
“Abendigo” – Throw Down Your Arms (Japanese bonus) (2005)
“Ain’t It a Shame” – She Who Dwells in the Secret Place of the Most High Shall Abide Under the Shadow of the Almighty (2003)
“All Apologies” – Universal Mother (1994)
“All Babies” – Universal Mother (1994)
“All Kinds of Everything” – with Terry Hall, single (1998); Collaborations (2005)
“Am I a Human?” – Universal Mother (1994)
“Back Where You Belong” – How About I Be Me (and You Be You)? (2012)
“Báidín Fheilimí” – Sean-Nós Nua (2002)
“Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered” – Am I Not Your Girl? (1992)
“Black Boys on Mopeds” – I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got (1990)
“Black Coffee” – Am I Not Your Girl? (1992)
“Blood of Eden” – with Peter Gabriel, Us (1992); Collaborations (2005)
“Brigidine Diana” – She Who Dwells in the Secret Place of the Most High Shall Abide Under the Shadow of the Almighty (2003)
“The Butcher Boy” – The Butcher Boy soundtrack (1997)
“Chiquitita” – She Who Dwells in the Secret Place of the Most High Shall Abide Under the Shadow of the Almighty (2003)
“Curly Locks” – Throw Down Your Arms (2005)
“Daddy I’m Fine” – Faith and Courage (2000)
“Damn Your Eyes” – I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got (Bonus) (2009)
“Dancing Lessons” – Faith and Courage (2000)
“Dark I Am Yet Lovely” – Theology (Dublin Sessions) (2007)
“Dark I Am Yet Lovely” – Theology (London Sessions) (2007)
“Dense Water Deeper Down” – I’m Not Bossy, I’m the Boss (2014)
“Dense Water, Deeper Down” – She Who Dwells in the Secret Place of the Most High Shall Abide Under the Shadow of the Almighty (2003)
“Do Right Woman” – She Who Dwells in the Secret Place of the Most High Shall Abide Under the Shadow of the Almighty (2003)
“Don’t Cry for Me Argentina” – Am I Not Your Girl? (1992)
“Don’t Cry for Me Argentina (Instrumental)” – Am I Not Your Girl? (1992)
“Door Peep” – Throw Down Your Arms (2005)
“Downpressor Man” – Throw Down Your Arms (2005)
“The Dreaming of the Bones” – with Davy Spillane, The Sea of Dreams (1998)
“Drink Before the War” – The Lion and the Cobra (1987)
“Emma’s Song” – Faith and Courage (2000)
“Emma’s Song (Adrian Sherwood Mix)” – Faith and Courage bonus track (2000)
“The Emperor’s New Clothes” – I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got (1990)
“Empire” – with Bomb the Bass and Benjamin Zephaniah, Clear (1995); Collaborations (2005)
“Factories” – How About I Be Me (and You Be You)? (Google Play bonus) (2012)
“Factory Girl” – with The Chieftains, Tears of Stone (1999)
“Famine” – Universal Mother (1994)
“The Father and His Wife the Spirit” – B-side to “You Made Me the Thief of Your Heart” (1994)
“Feel So Different” – I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got (1990)
“Fire on Babylon” – Universal Mother (1994)
“Fly Me to the Moon” – Am I Not Your Girl? Japanese bonus track (1992)
“The Foggy Dew” – with The Chieftains, The Long Black Veil (1995)
“Germaine” – Universal Mother (1994)
“Gloomy Sunday” – Am I Not Your Girl? (1992)
“The Glory of Jah” – Theology (Dublin Sessions) (2007)
“The Glory of Jah” – Theology (London Sessions) (2007)
“The Glory of Jah” – Theology (Best Buy Bonus) (2007)
“Guide Me God” – with Ghostland, Ghostland (1998); Collaborations (2005)
“Harbour” – I’m Not Bossy, I’m the Boss (2014)
“Harbour (with Moby)” – 18 (2002); Collaborations (2005)
“Haunted” – with Shane MacGowan, single (1995)
“He Moved Through the Fair (Live)” – Gospel Oak (1997)
“He Prayed” – Throw Down Your Arms (2005)
“The Healing Room” – Faith and Courage (2000)
“Her Mantle So Green” – Sean-Nós Nua (2002)
“Heroine (Theme from Captive)” – with The Edge, Captive soundtrack (1986); Collaborations (2005)
“Hold Back the Night” – Faith and Courage (2000)
“Hosanna Filio David” – Theology (Dublin Sessions) (2007)
“How About I Be Me” – I’m Not Bossy, I’m the Boss (2014)
“How Insensitive” – Am I Not Your Girl? (1992)
“How Nice a Woman Can Be” – I’m Not Bossy, I’m the Boss (Deluxe) (2014)
“A Hundred Thousand Angels” – She Who Dwells in the Secret Place of the Most High Shall Abide Under the Shadow of the Almighty (2003)
“I Am Enough for Myself” – Gospel Oak (1997)
“I Am Stretched on Your Grave” – I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got (1990)
“I Am Stretched on Your Grave (Apple Brightness Mix)” – I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got (Bonus) (2009)
“I Am Stretched on Your Grave (live in Reykjavik)” – How About I Be Me (and You Be You)? (iTunes bonus) (2012)
“I Believe in You” – A Very Special Christmas 2 (1992)
“I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got” – I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got (1990)
“I Don’t Know How to Love Him” – Theology (London Sessions) (2007)
“I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City” – You’ve Got Mail soundtrack (1998)
“I Had a Baby” – How About I Be Me (and You Be You)? (2012)
“I Want to Be Loved by You” – Am I Not Your Girl? (1992)
“I Want Your (Hands on Me)” – The Lion and the Cobra (1987)
“I Want Your (Hands on Me) (live at Hammersmith Odeon)” – I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got (Bonus) (2009)
“I’ll Tell Me Ma” – Sean-Nós Nua (2002)
“I’m Not Your Baby” – with U2, The End of Violence soundtrack (1997); Collaborations (2005)
“If U Ever” – Faith and Courage (2000)
“If You Had a Vineyard” – Theology (Dublin Sessions) (2007)
“If You Had a Vineyard” – Theology (London Sessions) (2007)
“If You Had a Vineyard” – Theology (Best Buy Bonus) (2007)
“In This Heart” – Universal Mother (1994)
“Irish Ways and Irish Laws (Live)” – B-side to “Silent Night” (1991)
“It’s All Good” – She Who Dwells in the Secret Place of the Most High Shall Abide Under the Shadow of the Almighty (2003)
“It’s All Good (with Damien Dempsey)” – Seize the Day (2003); Collaborations (2005)
“Jackie” – The Lion and the Cobra (1987)
“Jah Can Count on I” – Throw Down Your Arms (Japanese bonus) (2005)
“Jah Nuh Dead” – Throw Down Your Arms (2005)
“James Brown” – I’m Not Bossy, I’m the Boss (2014)
“Jealous” – Faith and Courage (2000)
“Jerusalem” – The Lion and the Cobra (1987)
“John I Love You” – Universal Mother (1994)
“Jump in the River” – I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got (1990)
“Just Call Me Joe” – The Lion and the Cobra (1987)
“Just Like U Said It Would B” – The Lion and the Cobra (1987)
“Kingdom of Rain” – with The The, Mind Bomb (1989); Collaborations (2005)
“Kisses Like Mine” – I’m Not Bossy, I’m the Boss (2014)
“Kyrié Eléison” – Faith and Courage (2000)
“The Lamb’s Book of Life” – Faith and Courage (2000)
“The Last Day of Our Acquaintance” – I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got (1990)
“Little Story” – I’m Not Bossy, I’m the Boss (Deluxe) (2014)
“Lord Baker” – Sean-Nós Nua (2002)
“Lord Franklin” – Sean-Nós Nua (2002)
“Love Hurts” – She Who Dwells in the Secret Place of the Most High Shall Abide Under the Shadow of the Almighty (2003)
“Love Is Ours (Demo)” – She Who Dwells in the Secret Place of the Most High Shall Abide Under the Shadow of the Almighty (2003)
“Love Letters” – Am I Not Your Girl? (1992)
“Lullaby for Cain” – The Talented Mr. Ripley soundtrack (1999)
“Make a Fool of Me All Night” – I’m Not Bossy, I’m the Boss (Deluxe) (2014)
“Make Me a Channel of Your Peace” – Diana, Princess of Wales: Tribute (1997)
“Mandinka” – The Lion and the Cobra (1987)
“Marble Halls” – Sean-Nós Nua (2002)
“Marcus Garvey” – Throw Down Your Arms (2005)
“Mind Games” – I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got (Bonus) (2009)
“Molly Malone” – Sean-Nós Nua (2002)
“Monkey in Winter” – with The Colourfield, Collaborations (2005)
“The Moorlough Shore” – Sean-Nós Nua (2002)
“Mother” – with Roger Waters, The Wall: Live in Berlin (1990)
“Move Out of Babylon” – Throw Down Your Arms (Japanese bonus) (2005)
“My Darling Child” – Universal Mother (1994)
“My Heart Belongs to Daddy” – B-side to “Success Has Made a Failure of Our Home” (1992)
“My Lagan Love” – Sean-Nós Nua (2002)
“My Love I Bring” – She Who Dwells in the Secret Place of the Most High Shall Abide Under the Shadow of the Almighty (2003)
“My Man’s Gone Now” – The Glory of Gershwin (1994)
“My Special Child” – I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got (Bonus) (2009)
“Never Get Old” – The Lion and the Cobra (1987)
“Night Nurse” – I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got (Bonus) (2009)
“No Man’s Woman” – Faith and Courage (2000)
“No Matter How Hard I Try (Demo)” – She Who Dwells in the Secret Place of the Most High Shall Abide Under the Shadow of the Almighty (2003)
“Nothing Compares 2 U” – I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got (1990)
“O Filii et Filiae” – She Who Dwells in the Secret Place of the Most High Shall Abide Under the Shadow of the Almighty (2003)
“Ode to Billie Joe” – Help (1995)
“Old Lady” – How About I Be Me (and You Be You)? (2012)
“On Raglan Road” – Common Ground (1996)
“Óró Sé do Bheatha ‘Bhaile” – Sean-Nós Nua (2002)
“Out of the Depths” – Theology (Dublin Sessions) (2007)
“Out of the Depths” – Theology (London Sessions) (2007)
“Paddy’s Lament” – Sean-Nós Nua (2002)
“The Parting Glass” – Sean-Nós Nua (2002)
“Peggy Gordon” – Sean-Nós Nua (2002)
“A Perfect Indian” – Universal Mother (1994)
“Personal Message About Pain (Jesus and the Money Changers)” – Am I Not Your Girl? (1992)
“Petit Poulet” – Gospel Oak (1997)
“Prophet Has Arise” – Throw Down Your Arms (2005)
“Queen of Denmark” – How About I Be Me (and You Be You)? (2012)
“Reason with Me” – How About I Be Me (and You Be You)? (2012)
“Red Football” – Universal Mother (1994)
“Redemption Song (Live)” – B-side to “This Is a Rebel Song” (1997)
“Regina Caeli” – She Who Dwells in the Secret Place of the Most High Shall Abide Under the Shadow of the Almighty (2003)
“Release” – with Afro Celt Sound System, Volume 2: Release (1999); Collaborations (2005)
“Rivers of Babylon” – Theology (Dublin Sessions) (2007)
“Rivers of Babylon” – Theology (London Sessions) (2007)
“Róisín Dubh” – I Could Read the Sky soundtrack (2000)
“Sacrifice” – Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin (1991)
“Scarlet Ribbons” – Am I Not Your Girl? (1992)
“Scorn Not His Simplicity” – Universal Mother (1994)
“Secret Love” – Am I Not Your Girl? (1992)
“She Moved Through the Fair” – Michael Collins soundtrack (1996)
“Silent Night (long version)” – I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got (Bonus) (2009)
“The Singing Bird” – Sean-Nós Nua (2002)
“The Skye Boat Song (Revolutionary Version)” – Outlander: Season 7 soundtrack (2023)
“Something Beautiful” – Theology (Dublin Sessions) (2007)
“Something Beautiful” – Theology (London Sessions) (2007)
“Something Beautiful” – Theology (Best Buy Bonus) (2007)
“Song of Jerusalem” – She Who Dwells in the Secret Place of the Most High Shall Abide Under the Shadow of the Almighty (2003)
“Song to the Siren” – How About I Be Me (and You Be You)? (iTunes bonus) (2012)
“Spanish Lady” – Sean-Nós Nua (2002)
“Special Cases” – with Massive Attack, 100th Window (2003); Collaborations (2005)
“The State I’m In” – Faith and Courage (2000)
“Still Listening” – B-side to “Troy” (1987)
“Streetcars” – I’m Not Bossy, I’m the Boss (2014)
“Success Has Made a Failure of Our Home” – Am I Not Your Girl? (1992)
“Summer’s End” – B-side to “No Man’s Woman” (2000)
“Take Me to Church” – I’m Not Bossy, I’m the Boss (2014)
“Take Off Your Shoes” – How About I Be Me (and You Be You)? (2012)
“Tears from the Moon” – with Conjure One, Conjure One (2002); Collaborations (2005)
“Thank You for Hearing Me” – Universal Mother (1994)
“This Is a Rebel Song” – Gospel Oak (1997)
“This Is to Mother You” – Gospel Oak (1997)
“Three Babies” – I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got (1990)
“Throw Down Your Arms” – Throw Down Your Arms (2005)
“‘Til I Whisper U Something” – Faith and Courage (2000)
“Tiny Grief Song” – Universal Mother (1994)
“Trouble of the World” – non-album single (2020)
“Troy” – The Lion and the Cobra (1987)
“Troy (recorded live in London)” – I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got (Bonus) (2009)
“Untold Stories” – Throw Down Your Arms (2005)
“Up in Arms” – with Aslan, Collaborations (2005)
“V.I.P.” – How About I Be Me (and You Be You)? (2012)
“The Value of Ignorance” – I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got (Bonus) (2009)
“Vampire” – Throw Down Your Arms (2005)
“Very Far from Home” – How About I Be Me (and You Be You)? (2012)
“The Vishnu Room” – I’m Not Bossy, I’m the Boss (2014)
“Visions of You” – with Jah Wobble’s Invaders of the Heart, Rising Above Bedlam (1991); Collaborations (2005)
“The Voice of My Doctor” – I’m Not Bossy, I’m the Boss (2014)
“Wake Up and Make Love with Me” – with The Blockheads, Collaborations (2005)
“War” – Throw Down Your Arms (2005)
“Watcher of Men” – Theology (Dublin Sessions) (2007)
“Watcher of Men” – Theology (London Sessions) (2007)
“We People Who Are Darker Than Blue” – Theology (Dublin Sessions) (2007)
“We People Who Are Darker Than Blue” – Theology (London Sessions) (2007)
“What Do You Want” – I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got (Bonus) (2009)
“What Doesn’t Belong to Me” – Faith and Courage (2000)
“When a Child Is Born” – with Danny O’Reilly and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, single (2012)
“Where Have You Been?” – I’m Not Bossy, I’m the Boss (2014)
“Whomsoever Dwells” – Theology (Dublin Sessions) (2007)
“Whomsoever Dwells” – Theology (London Sessions) (2007)
“Whomsoever Dwells” – Theology (Best Buy Bonus) (2007)
“Why Don’t You Do Right?” – Am I Not Your Girl? (1992)
“The Wolf Is Getting Married” – How About I Be Me (and You Be You)? (2012)
“Y Mas Gan” – Throw Down Your Arms (2005)
“You Cause as Much Sorrow” – I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got (1990)
“You Do Something to Me” – I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got (Bonus) (2009)
“You Made Me the Thief of Your Heart” – In the Name of the Father soundtrack (1994)
“You Make Me Feel So Free” – No Prima Donna: The Songs of Van Morrison (1994)
“You Put Your Arms Around Me (Demo)” – She Who Dwells in the Secret Place of the Most High Shall Abide Under the Shadow of the Almighty (2003)
“Your Green Jacket” – I’m Not Bossy, I’m the Boss (2014)
“Your Time Will Come” – with Ghostland, Ghostland (1998)