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The Dave Matthews Band formed in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 1991, blending the restless energy of rock with jazz, folk, funk, and intricate ensemble playing. Singer and guitarist Dave Matthews formed the group with drummer Carter Beauford, saxophonist LeRoi Moore, and bassist Stefan Lessard, with violinist Boyd Tinsley becoming another essential part of its early sound. The interplay between Matthews’s storytelling, Beauford’s rhythms, Moore’s saxophone, and the band’s improvisational instincts gave them an identity unlike most of the alternative rock groups emerging in the early 1990s.
The band’s first official album, Remember Two Things, arrived in 1993 and drew heavily on concert recordings, capturing a group already developing a passionate live following. Under the Table and Dreaming followed in 1994 and introduced a wider audience to songs such as “What Would You Say,” “Ants Marching,” and “Satellite.” The group’s popularity continued to grow with Crash in 1996 and Before These Crowded Streets in 1998, albums that brought together radio favorites, elaborate arrangements, and some of the band’s most ambitious compositions.
Dave Matthews Band moved through several distinct recording eras without abandoning the importance of live performance. Everyday arrived in 2001, followed by Busted Stuff in 2002 and Stand Up in 2005. After saxophonist LeRoi Moore died in 2008, the band honored his memory on Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King in 2009. Jeff Coffin became an important part of the band’s horn sound, and later touring lineups also featured longtime collaborator Tim Reynolds and keyboardist Buddy Strong.
The studio catalog continued with Away from the World in 2012, Come Tomorrow in 2018, and Walk Around the Moon in 2023. Across these records, the band’s songs moved from playful and exuberant to reflective, political, romantic, and deeply personal. The group remained particularly well known for reshaping familiar songs in concert, sometimes extending a studio track into a lengthy instrumental conversation among the musicians.
That live tradition makes the Dave Matthews Band catalog more complicated than a simple list of studio tracks. Recordings such as “JTR,” “Loving Wings,” “Sugar Will,” and “Shotgun” became important parts of the band’s history through official concert releases, while early EPs, special-edition tracks, and selected covers added other distinctive recordings. The songs below bring together that studio catalog with officially released material from the band’s wider recording history.
Complete List Of Dave Matthews Band Songs From A to Z
0–E
- “#27” – Live at Piedmont Park (2007)
- “#27 (Studio Version)” – Little Red Bird (EP) (2009)
- “#34” – Under the Table and Dreaming (1994)
- “#35” – Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King (2009)
- “#36” – Live at Red Rocks 8.15.95 (1997)
- “#40” – Listener Supported (1999)
- “#41” – Crash (1996)
- “After Everything” – Walk Around the Moon (2023)
- “Again and Again” – Come Tomorrow (2018)
- “All Along the Watchtower” – Recently (EP) (1994)
- “All You Wanted Was Tomorrow” – Walk Around the Moon (2023)
- “Alligator Pie” – Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King (2009)
- “American Baby” – Stand Up (2005)
- “American Baby Intro” – Stand Up (2005)
- “Angel” – Everyday (2001)
- “Ants Marching” – Remember Two Things (1993)
- “Anyone Seen the Bridge?” – The Central Park Concert (2003)
- “Baby Blue” – Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King (2009)
- “Bartender” – Busted Stuff (2002)
- “Beach Ball” – Little Red Bird (EP) (2009)
- “Belly Belly Nice” – Away from the World (2012)
- “Belly Full” – Away from the World (2012)
- “The Best of What’s Around” – Under the Table and Dreaming (1994)
- “Big Eyed Fish” – Busted Stuff (2002)
- “Bismarck” – Warehouse 10 Vol. 13 (2024)
- “bkdkdkdd” – Come Tomorrow (2018)
- “Black and Blue Bird” – Come Tomorrow (2018)
- “Blackbird (Live Cover)” – The Complete Weekend on the Rocks (2005)
- “Blackjack” – Live in New York City (2010)
- “Blue Water” – Live Trax Vol. 30: The Muse, Nantucket, MA (2014)
- “Break for It” – DMB Live 25 (2017)
- “Break Free” – Walk Around the Moon (2023)
- “Broken Things” – Away from the World (2012)
- “Burning Down the House” – Live Trax Vol. 19: Vivo Rio (2010)
- “Busted Stuff” – Busted Stuff (2002)
- “Butterfly” – The Complete Weekend on the Rocks (2005)
- “Can’t Stop” – Come Tomorrow (2018)
- “Captain” – Busted Stuff (2002)
- “Christmas Song” – Remember Two Things (1993)
- “Come On Come On” – Come Tomorrow (2018)
- “Come Tomorrow” – Come Tomorrow (2018)
- “Cornbread” – Live at Piedmont Park (2007)
- “Cornbread (Studio Version)” – Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King (European bonus edition) (2009)
- “Cortez the Killer” – The Central Park Concert (2003)
- “Crash into Me” – Crash (1996)
- “Crazy Easy” – Live Trax Vol. 43: HiFi Buys Amphitheatre (2017)
- “Crush” – Before These Crowded Streets (1998)
- “Cry Freedom” – Crash (1996)
- “Dancing Nancies” – Recently (EP) (1994)
- “Dancing Nancies (Acoustic Studio Version)” – Under the Table and Dreaming (Expanded Edition) (2014)
- “Deed Is Done” – Live Trax Vol. 18: GTE Virginia Beach Amphitheatre (2010)
- “Digging a Ditch” – Busted Stuff (2002)
- “Dive In” – Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King (2009)
- “Do You Remember” – Come Tomorrow (2018)
- “Don’t Burn the Pig” – The Complete Weekend on the Rocks (2005)
- “Don’t Drink the Water” – Before These Crowded Streets (1998)
- “Doobie Thing” – DMB Live 25 (2017)
- “A Dream So Real” – DMB Live 25 (2017)
- “Dreamgirl” – Stand Up (2005)
- “The Dreaming Tree” – Before These Crowded Streets (1998)
- “Dreams of Our Fathers” – Everyday (2001)
- “Drive In Drive Out” – Crash (1996)
- “Drunken Soldier” – Away from the World (2012)
- “Eh Hee” – Live at Piedmont Park (2007)
- “Everybody Wake Up (Our Finest Hour Arrives)” – Stand Up (2005)
- “Everyday” – Everyday (2001)
- “Exodus (Live Cover)” – The Complete Weekend on the Rocks (2005)
F–J
- “Falling Off the Roof” – DMB Live 25 (2017)
- “Fool in the Rain” – Live Trax Vol. 71: Ameris Bank Amphitheatre (2025)
- “Fool to Think” – Everyday (2001)
- “For the Beauty of Wynona” – Live Trax Vol. 17: Shoreline Amphitheatre (2010)
- “Funny the Way It Is” – Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King (2009)
- “Gaucho” – Away from the World (2012)
- “Get in Line” – DMBLive: Blue Note, Columbia, MO, 10/22/1994 (2008)
- “Good Good Time” – Live Trax Vol. 43: HiFi Buys Amphitheatre (2017)
- “Grace Is Gone” – Busted Stuff (2002)
- “Granny” – Listener Supported (1999)
- “Granny (Studio Version)” – Under the Table and Dreaming (Expanded Edition) (2014)
- “Gravedigger (Live Band Version)” – Live Trax Vol. 42: Sound Advice Amphitheatre (2017)
- “Grey Street” – Busted Stuff (2002)
- “Grux” – Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King (2009)
- “Halloween” – Recently (EP) (1994)
- “Hello Again” – Live Trax Vol. 2: Golden Gate Park (2004)
- “Help Myself” – Scream 2: Music from the Dimension Motion Picture (1997)
- “Here on Out” – Come Tomorrow (2018)
- “Honky Tonk Women” – Live Trax Vol. 71: Ameris Bank Amphitheatre (2025)
- “Hunger for the Great Light” – Stand Up (2005)
- “I Did It” – Everyday (2001)
- “Idea of You” – Come Tomorrow (2018)
- “If I Had It All” – Everyday (2001)
- “If Only” – Away from the World (2012)
- “I’ll Back You Up” – Remember Two Things (1993)
- “It Could Happen” – Walk Around the Moon (2023)
- “Jimi Thing” – Under the Table and Dreaming (1994)
- “Joy Ride” – Live Trax Vol. 2: Golden Gate Park (2004)
- “JTR” – Live at Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado (2002)
K–O
- “Kill the King” – Warehouse 10 Vol. 1 (2013)
- “Kit Kat Jam” – Busted Stuff (2002)
- “The Last Stop” – Before These Crowded Streets (1998)
- “Leave Me Praying” – Live Trax Vol. 17: Shoreline Amphitheatre (2010)
- “Let You Down” – Crash (1996)
- “Lie in Our Graves” – Crash (1996)
- “Little Red Bird” – Little Red Bird (EP) (2009)
- “Little Thing” – Live Trax Vol. 4: Classic Amphitheatre (2005)
- “Long Black Veil” – Listener Supported (1999)
- “Looking for a Vein” – Walk Around the Moon (2023)
- “Louisiana Bayou” – Stand Up (2005)
- “Lover Lay Down” – Under the Table and Dreaming (1994)
- “Loving Wings” – The Gorge (2004)
- “Lying in the Hands of God” – Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King (2009)
- “Madman’s Eyes” – Walk Around the Moon (2023)
- “The Maker” – Live Trax Vol. 9: MGM Grand Garden Arena (2007)
- “Mark and Carter Jam” – A Limited Edition Companion to Stand Up (Warehouse edition) (2005)
- “Melissa” – Live at Piedmont Park (2007)
- “Mercy” – Away from the World (2012)
- “Minarets” – Remember Two Things (1993)
- “Monsters” – Walk Around the Moon (2023)
- “Mother Father” – Everyday (2001)
- “The Ocean and the Butterfly” – Walk Around the Moon (2023)
- “Old Dirt Hill (Bring That Beat Back)” – Stand Up (2005)
- “One Sweet World” – Remember Two Things (1993)
- “The Only Thing” – Walk Around the Moon (2023)
- “Out of My Hands” – Stand Up (2005)
P–T
- “Pantala Naga Pampa” – Before These Crowded Streets (1998)
- “Pay for What You Get” – Under the Table and Dreaming (1994)
- “Pay for What You Get (Flat Five Studio Version)” – Remember Two Things (Expanded Edition) (2014)
- “People People” – Warehouse 10 Vol. 5 (2017)
- “Pig” – Before These Crowded Streets (1998)
- “Proudest Monkey” – Crash (1996)
- “Rapunzel” – Before These Crowded Streets (1998)
- “Raven” – Busted Stuff (2002)
- “Recently” – Remember Two Things (1993)
- “Rhyme & Reason” – Under the Table and Dreaming (1994)
- “The Riff” – Away from the World (2012)
- “Rooftop” – Away from the World (2012)
- “Rye Whiskey” – Live Trax Vol. 35: Post-Gazette Pavilion (2015)
- “Samurai Cop (Oh Joy Begin)” – Come Tomorrow (2018)
- “Satellite” – Remember Two Things (1993)
- “Say Goodbye” – Crash (1996)
- “Seek Up” – Remember Two Things (1993)
- “Seven” – Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King (2009)
- “Shake Me Like a Monkey” – Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King (2009)
- “She” – Come Tomorrow (2018)
- “Shotgun” – 2007 Summer Tour Sampler (2007)
- “Singing from the Windows” – Walk Around the Moon (2023)
- “Sister” – Live Trax Vol. 14: Nissan Pavilion at Stone Ridge (2009)
- “Sledgehammer” – Live Trax Vol. 14: Nissan Pavilion at Stone Ridge (2009)
- “Sleep to Dream Her” – Everyday (2001)
- “Smooth Rider” – Stand Up (2005)
- “Snow Outside” – Away from the World (2012)
- “So Damn Lucky (Live Band Version)” – Live Trax Vol. 14: Nissan Pavilion at Stone Ridge (2009)
- “So Much to Say” – Crash (1996)
- “So Right” – Everyday (2001)
- “Some Devil (Live Band Version)” – 2007 Summer Tour Sampler (2007)
- “Something to Tell My Baby” – Walk Around the Moon (2023)
- “The Song That Jane Likes” – Remember Two Things (1993)
- “The Song That Jane Likes (Acoustic Studio Version)” – Under the Table and Dreaming (Expanded Edition) (2014)
- “The Space Between” – Everyday (2001)
- “Spaceman” – Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King (2009)
- “Spoon” – Before These Crowded Streets (1998)
- “Spotlight” – Live Trax Vol. 37: Trax, Charlottesville, VA (2016)
- “Squirm” – Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King (2009)
- “Stand Up (For It)” – Stand Up (2005)
- “Stay or Leave (Live Band Version)” – Live Trax Vol. 19: Vivo Rio (2010)
- “Stay (Wasting Time)” – Before These Crowded Streets (1998)
- “Steady as We Go” – Stand Up (2005)
- “Stolen Away on 55th & 3rd” – Stand Up (2005)
- “The Stone” – Before These Crowded Streets (1998)
- “Sugar Will” – Live Trax Vol. 2: Golden Gate Park (2004)
- “Sweet” – Away from the World (2012)
- “Sweet Up and Down” – 2007 Summer Tour Sampler (2007)
- “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)” – Live Trax Vol. 14: Nissan Pavilion at Stone Ridge (2009)
- “That Girl Is You” – Come Tomorrow (2018)
- “Time Bomb” – Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King (2009)
- “Time of the Season (Live Cover)” – The Complete Weekend on the Rocks (2005)
- “Too Much” – Crash (1996)
- “Tripping Billies” – Remember Two Things (1993)
- “Trouble with You” – A Limited Edition Companion to Stand Up (2005)
- “True Reflections” – Listener Supported (1999)
- “Two Step” – Crash (1996)
- “Typical Situation” – Under the Table and Dreaming (1994)
- “Typical Situation (Flat Five Studio Version)” – Remember Two Things (Expanded Edition) (2014)
U–Z
- “Virginia in the Rain” – Come Tomorrow (2018)
- “Walk Around the Moon” – Walk Around the Moon (2023)
- “Warehouse” – Recently (EP) (1994)
- “Water into Wine” – Live Trax Vol. 15: Alpine Valley Music Theatre (2009)
- “What Would You Say” – Under the Table and Dreaming (1994)
- “What You Are” – Everyday (2001)
- “When I’m Weary” – Come Tomorrow (2018)
- “When the World Ends” – Everyday (2001)
- “Where Are You Going” – Where Are You Going (single) (2002); later on Busted Stuff (2002)
- “Why I Am” – Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King (2009)
- “Write a Song” – Little Red Bird (EP) (2009)
- “You & Me” – Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King (2009)
- “You Might Die Trying” – Stand Up (2005)
- “You Never Know” – Busted Stuff (2002)
DAVE MATTHEWS BAND STUDIO ALBUMS
Under the Table and Dreaming (1994)
Crash (1996)
Before These Crowded Streets (1998)
Everyday (2001)
Busted Stuff (2002)
Stand Up (2005)
Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King (2009)
Away from the World (2012)
Come Tomorrow (2018)
Walk Around the Moon (2023)
DAVE MATTHEWS BAND EXTENDED PLAYS (EPs)
Recently (1994)
Live At… A Limited Edition Companion to The Central Park Concert (2003)
A Limited Edition Companion to Stand Up (2005)
Little Red Bird (2009)
The Haiti Relief Project (2010)
China Care Foundation, Inc.: 6.26.10 Greenwich, CT (2010)
The Big Apple (2010)
Encore Trax: 2002 Holiday Tour (2016)
A Limited Edition Companion to Come Tomorrow (2018)
DAVE MATTHEWS BAND LIVE ALBUMS
Remember Two Things (1993)
Live at Red Rocks 8.15.95 (1997)
Listener Supported (1999)
Live in Chicago 12.19.98 at the United Center (2001)
Live at Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado (2002)
The Central Park Concert (2003)
The Gorge (2004)
Weekend on the Rocks (2005)
Live at Piedmont Park (2007)
Live at Mile High Music Festival (2008)
Europe 2009 (2009)
Live in New York City (2010)
Live at Wrigley Field (2011)
Live on Lakeside (2011)
Live in Atlantic City (2011)
Warehouse Warm-Up 2019 (2019)
Live at the Hollywood Bowl (2019)
Take Me Back: Live From The Gorge (2026)
DAVE MATTHEWS BAND COMPILATION ALBUMS AND ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS
The Best of What’s Around Vol. 1 (2006)
Live Trax (2007)
Live Trax 2008 (2008)
DMB Live 25 (2017)
Rhino’s Choice (2019)
Where Are You Going: The Singles (2025)
DAVE MATTHEWS BAND EXPANDED LIVE BOX SETS
The Gorge: Special Edition (2004)
The Complete Weekend on the Rocks (2005)
Europe 2009 (2009)
Live at Wrigley Field: Double Play (2011)
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