Complete List Of Bruce Hornsby Songs From A to Z

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Bruce Hornsby became one of the most recognizable pianists in popular music during the 1980s, but his career has traveled far beyond the radio hits that first introduced him to a worldwide audience. Born in Williamsburg, Virginia, he developed a musical language that mixed rock, blues, jazz, gospel, bluegrass, and classical influences. His expressive piano style and his ability to write memorable melodies became trademarks of a career that has continued to evolve for more than four decades.

Hornsby’s breakthrough came with Bruce Hornsby and the Range, whose 1986 debut album, The Way It Is, produced the international hit title song along with “Mandolin Rain” and “Every Little Kiss.” The group followed with Scenes from the Southside in 1988 and A Night on the Town in 1990. Those records established him as a major singer-songwriter, while songs such as “The Valley Road,” “Look Out Any Window,” and “Across the River” showed that his music could move between thoughtful storytelling and powerful performances.

Beginning with Harbor Lights in 1993, Hornsby pursued an increasingly adventurous direction. His records brought together musicians such as Pat Metheny, Branford Marsalis, and Jerry Garcia, and his work with the Grateful Dead expanded his interest in improvisation. Albums including Hot House, Spirit Trail, Big Swing Face, and Halcyon Days found him experimenting with song structures, piano arrangements, and a broad range of musical influences. He also collaborated with Ricky Skaggs on bluegrass recordings and with Christian McBride and Jack DeJohnette on jazz.

In later years, Hornsby continued to release new music rather than rely on his early success. Rehab Reunion, Absolute Zero, Non-Secure Connection, and ‘Flicted explored different instrumental textures and contemporary songwriting. His collaboration with yMusic, Deep Sea Vents, arrived in 2024, and Indigo Park followed in April 2026. The catalog below brings together the Range recordings, solo releases, soundtrack music, bluegrass and jazz collaborations, archival tracks, and officially issued songs from across his recording career.

Complete List Of Bruce Hornsby Songs From A to Z

0–E

“20/20 Vision (Live)” – Solo Concerts (2014)
“A Night on the Town” – A Night on the Town (1990)
“A Night on the Town (Bluegrass Version)” – Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby (2007)
“Absolute Zero” – Absolute Zero (2019)
“Across the River” – A Night on the Town (1990)
“Across the Rocky Mountain” – Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby (2007)
“Alabama” – Indigo Park (2026)
“Another Day” – A Night on the Town (1990)
“Anything Can Happen” – Non-Secure Connection (2020), featuring Leon Russell
“Arc de Terre” – Red Hook Summer (Original Motion Picture Score) (2012)
“Backhand” – Intersections (1985–2005) (2006)
“Barber Booty” – Deep Sea Vents (2024)
“Barcelona Mona” – Talk of the Town (single B-side) (1993), with Branford Marsalis
“Barren Ground” – A Night on the Town (1990)
“Between Me and You” – The Desired Effect (2015), with Brandon Flowers
“Big Rumble” – Hot House (1995)
“Big Stick” – Tin Cup (soundtrack) (1996)
“Big Swing Face” – Big Swing Face (2002)
“Black Muddy River” – Day of the Dead (2016), with DeYarmond Edison
“Blackberry Blossom (Live)” – Here Come the Noise Makers (2000)
“Blue Monk” – Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz with Guest Bruce Hornsby (2005), with Marian McPartland
“Bluegrass Breakdown (Live)” – Cluck Ol’ Hen (2013), with Ricky Skaggs
“Boiler Room” – Red Hook Summer (Original Motion Picture Score) (2012)
“Bright Star Cast” – Non-Secure Connection (2020), featuring Jamila Woods and Vernon Reid
“Bucket List” – ‘Flicted (2022)
“Camp Meeting” – Camp Meeting (2007)
“Camp Variation” – Red Hook Summer (Original Motion Picture Score) (2012)
“Candy Mountain Run” – Halcyon Days (2004)
“Carry the Water” – A Night on the Town (1990)
“Cartoons & Candy” – Big Swing Face (2002)
“Cast-Off” – Absolute Zero (2019), featuring Justin Vernon and S. Carey
“Catenaires (Live)” – Solo Concerts (2014)
“Celestial Railroad” – Rehab Reunion (2016)
“Celia” – Camp Meeting (2007)
“Charlie, Woody and You / Study No. 22” – Camp Meeting (2007)
“China Doll” – Harbor Lights (1993)
“Circus on the Moon” – Halcyon Days (2004)
“Claus Ligeti” – Red Hook Summer (Original Motion Picture Score) (2012)
“Cleopatra Drones” – Non-Secure Connection (2020)
“Close Your Eyes” – Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz with Guest Bruce Hornsby (2005), with Marian McPartland
“Clown’s Tambourine” – Lost and Found on the Spirit Trail (2023)
“Cluck Ol’ Hen (Live)” – Cluck Ol’ Hen (2013), with Ricky Skaggs
“Come on Out” – Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby (2007)
“Continents Drift” – Levitate (2009)
“Country Doctor” – Hot House (1995)
“Crown of Jewels” – Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby (2007)
“Cruise Control” – Hot House (1995)
“Cyclone” – Levitate (2009)
“Darlin’ Cory” – Intersections (1985–2005) (2006)
“Days Ahead” – ‘Flicted (2022), featuring Danielle Haim
“Death and the Flower” – Camp Meeting (2007)
“Deep Blue” – Deep Sea Vents (2024)
“Deep Sea Vents” – Deep Sea Vents (2024)
“Defenders of the Flag” – Scenes from the Southside (1988)
“Don’t Blame It on Me” – Goin’ Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino (2007)
“Down the Road” – Mystery Box (1996), with Mickey Hart
“Down the Road Tonight” – The Way It Is (1986)
“Dreamland” – Halcyon Days (2004)
“Echolocation” – Absolute Zero (2019)
“Ecstatic” – Indigo Park (2026), featuring Bonnie Raitt
“Entropy Here (Rust in Peace)” – Indigo Park (2026)
“Evening Sun” – Lost and Found on the Spirit Trail (2023)
“Every Little Kiss” – The Way It Is (1986)

F–J

“Feel the Pain” – Join the Ritual (2021)
“Fields of Gray” – Harbor Lights (1993)
“Fire on the Cross” – A Night on the Town (1990)
“Foreign Sounds” – Deep Sea Vents (2024)
“Fortunate Son” – Spirit Trail (1998)
“Fractals” – Absolute Zero (2019)
“Funhouse” – Spirit Trail (1998)
“Giant Steps” – Camp Meeting (2007)
“Go Back to Your Woods” – Greatest Radio Hits (2004)
“Gonna Be Some Changes Made” – Halcyon Days (2004)
“Gospel Camp” – Red Hook Summer (Original Motion Picture Score) (2012)
“Great Divide” – Spirit Trail (1998)
“Groove Infatuation” – Lost and Found on the Spirit Trail (2023)
“Gulf of Mexico Fishing Boat Blues” – Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby (2007)
“Had Enough” – ‘Flicted (2022)
“Halcyon Days” – Halcyon Days (2004)
“Harbor Lights” – Harbor Lights (1993)
“Heartbreak Town” – Twice Upon a Time (soundtrack) (1983)
“Heir Gordon” – Halcyon Days (2004)
“Here We Are Again” – Levitate (2009)
“Hey Kafka” – Rehab Reunion (2016)
“Hills of Mexico” – Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby (2007)
“Hooray for Tom” – Halcyon Days (2004)
“Hop, Skip and Jump” – Intersections (1985–2005) (2006)
“Hot House Ball” – Hot House (1995)
“How Mountain Girls Can Love (Live)” – Cluck Ol’ Hen (2013), with Ricky Skaggs
“Hymn in C” – Red Hook Summer (Original Motion Picture Score) (2012)
“Hymn in C (Instrumental)” – Red Hook Summer (Original Motion Picture Score) (2012)
“I Loves You, Porgy (Live)” – Here Come the Noise Makers (2000)
“I Truly Understand” – Levitate (bonus track) (2009)
“I Will Walk with You” – Scenes from the Southside (1988)
“In the Low Country” – Levitate (2009)
“Indigo Park” – Indigo Park (2026)
“Invisible” – Levitate (2009)
“Is This It” – ‘Flicted (2022)
“Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby” – World’s Greatest Dad (soundtrack) (2009)
“Jack Straw” – Deadicated (1991)
“Jacob’s Ladder” – Scenes from the Southside (1988)

K–O

“King Harvest (Has Surely Come)” – Endless Highway: The Music of The Band (2007), with the Noisemakers
“King of the Hill” – Spirit Trail (1998)
“Lady with a Fan (Live)” – Here Come the Noise Makers (2000)
“Levitate” – Levitate (2009)
“Lidar” – ‘Flicted (2022)
“Life in the Psychotropics” – Solo Concerts (2014)
“Line in the Dust” – Spirit Trail (1998)
“Listen to the Silence” – Spirit Trail (1998)
“Little Maggie (Live)” – Cluck Ol’ Hen (2013), with Ricky Skaggs
“Living in the Sunshine” – Lost and Found on the Spirit Trail (2023)
“Long Tall Cool One” – Harbor Lights (1993)
“Look Out Any Window” – Scenes from the Southside (1988)
“Lost in the Snow” – Halcyon Days (2004)
“Lost Soul” – A Night on the Town (1990)
“Love Me Still” – Clockers (soundtrack) (1995), with Chaka Khan
“Madman Across the Water” – Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin (1991)
“Mandolin Rain” – The Way It Is (1986)
“Mandolin Rain (Bluegrass Version)” – Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby (2007)
“Maybe Now” – ‘Flicted (2022)
“Meds” – Absolute Zero (2019), featuring Justin Vernon, Blake Mills and Rob Moose
“Memory Palace” – Indigo Park (2026)
“M.I.A. in M.I.A.M.I.” – Rehab Reunion (2016)
“Michael Raphael” – Levitate (2009)
“Might as Well Be Me” – Solo Concerts (2014)
“Might as Well Be Me, Florinda” – Indigo Park (2026)
“Mirror on the Wall” – Halcyon Days (2004)
“MNF” – Red Hook Summer (Original Motion Picture Score) (2012)
“More Luv” – Three Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1995), with Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
“My Resolve” – Non-Secure Connection (2020), with James Mercer
“(My) Theory of Everything” – Deep Sea Vents (2024)
“Never Get You Right” – The Desired Effect (2015), with Brandon Flowers
“Never in This House” – Absolute Zero (2019), featuring yMusic and the Staves
“No Home Training” – Big Swing Face (2002)
“No Limits” – Non-Secure Connection (2020)
“Nobody There But Me” – Tin Cup (soundtrack) (1996)
“Non-Secure Connection” – Non-Secure Connection (2020)
“North Dakota Slate Roof” – Indigo Park (2026)
“Ogerman” – Red Hook Summer (Original Motion Picture Score) (2012)
“Old Antone’s” – Small World (1988), with Huey Lewis and the News
“On the Western Skyline” – The Way It Is (1986)
“Over the Rise” – Rehab Reunion (2016)

P–T

“Paperboy” – Levitate (2009)
“Parisian Thoroughfare” – Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz with Guest Bruce Hornsby (2005), with Marian McPartland
“Passing Through” – Harbor Lights (1993)
“Pastures of Plenty” – Harbor Lights (1993)
“Pete and Manny” – Spirit Trail (1998)
“Phase Change” – Deep Sea Vents (2024)
“Place Under the Sun” – Big Swing Face (2002)
“Platypus Wow” – Deep Sea Vents (2024)
“Point Omega” – ‘Flicted (2022)
“Pontiac” – Pontiac (single) (2026), with Hiss Golden Messenger
“Porn Hour” – Non-Secure Connection (2020)
“Prairie Dog Town” – Levitate (2009)
“Preacher in the Ring, Part One” – Spirit Trail (1998)
“Preacher in the Ring, Part Two” – Spirit Trail (1998)
“Questions and Answers” – Camp Meeting (2007)
“Rainbow’s Cadillac” – Harbor Lights (1993)
“Rehab Reunion” – Rehab Reunion (2016)
“Resting Place” – Spirit Trail (1998)
“Sad Moon” – Spirit Trail (1998)
“Sally Jo (Live)” – Cluck Ol’ Hen (2013), with Ricky Skaggs
“Secret House” – Secret House (12-inch single) (2023), with Butcher Brown
“See the Same Way” – Spirit Trail (1998)
“Set Me in Motion” – Backdraft (soundtrack) (1991)
“Shadow Hand” – Spirit Trail (1998)
“Shadowland” – Bamboozled (soundtrack) (2000)
“Sheep Shell Corn” – Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby (2007)
“Shit’s Crazy Out Here” – Non-Secure Connection (2020)
“Sidelines” – ‘Flicted (2022), with Ezra Koenig and Blake Mills
“Silhouette Shadows” – Indigo Park (2026)
“Simple Prayer” – Levitate (2009)
“Simple Prayer II” – ‘Flicted (2022), featuring Z Berg, Ethan Gruska and Rob Moose
“Sliver of Time” – Indigo Park (2026)
“Sneaking Up on Boo Radley” – Spirit Trail (1998)
“So Out” – Big Swing Face (2002)
“Solar” – Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz with Guest Bruce Hornsby (2005), with Marian McPartland
“Solar (Camp Meeting Version)” – Camp Meeting (2007)
“Something to Believe In” – Sirius (1987), with Clannad
“Song A” – Fields of Gray (single B-side) (1993)
“Song B” – Walk in the Sun (single B-side) (1995)
“Song C” – Spirit Trail (1998)
“Song D” – Spirit Trail (1998)
“Song E (Hymn in E-flat)” – Solo Concerts (2014)
“Song F” – Halcyon Days (2004)
“Song H” – Intersections (1985–2005) (2006)
“Song in E-flat Major” – Red Hook Summer (Original Motion Picture Score) (2012)
“Soon Enough” – Rehab Reunion (2016)
“Sordid Pastime” – Red Hook Summer (Original Motion Picture Score) (2012)
“Space Is the Place” – Levitate (2009)
“Special Night” – A Night on the Town (1990)
“Spider Fingers” – Hot House (1995)
“Spirit Climbing” – Red Hook Summer (Original Motion Picture Score) (2012)
“Stacked Mary Possum” – Camp Meeting (2007)
“Stander on the Mountain” – A Night on the Town (1990)
“Sticks & Stones” – Big Swing Face (2002)
“Straight, No Chaser” – Camp Meeting (2007)
“Stranded on Easy Street” – A Night on the Town (1990)
“Stubb” – Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby (2007)
“Sunflower Cat (Some Dour Cat) (Down with That)” – Spirit Trail (1998)
“Sunlight Moon” – Spirit Trail (1998)
“Super Freak” – Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby (2007)
“Swan Song” – Spirit Trail (1998)
“Swing Street” – Hot House (1995)
“Tag” – ‘Flicted (2022)
“Take a Light Strain” – Indigo Park (2026)
“Take Out the Trash” – Big Swing Face (2002)
“Take You There (Misty)” – Absolute Zero (2019)
“Talk of the Town” – Harbor Lights (1993)
“Tempus Fugit (Live)” – Here Come the Noise Makers (2000)
“The Baited Line” – Deep Sea Vents (2024)
“The Black Rats of London” – Levitate (2009)
“The Blinding Light of Dreams” – Absolute Zero (2019), featuring yMusic
“The Changes” – Hot House (1995)
“The Chill” – Big Swing Face (2002)
“The Dreaded Spoon” – Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby (2007)
“The End of the Innocence” – The End of the Innocence (1989), with Don Henley
“The End of the Innocence (Live)” – Here Come the Noise Makers (2000)
“The Good Life” – Big Swing Face (2002)
“The Hound” – ‘Flicted (2022)
“The Long Race” – The Way It Is (1986)
“The Longest Night” – Hot House (1995)
“The Old Playground” – Scenes from the Southside (1988)
“The Rat King” – Non-Secure Connection (2020), featuring Rob Moose
“The Red Plains” – The Way It Is (1986)
“The River Runs Low” – The Way It Is (1986)
“The Road Not Taken” – Scenes from the Southside (1988)
“The Show Goes On” – Scenes from the Southside (1988)
“The Star-Spangled Banner” – Baseball (soundtrack) (1994), with Branford Marsalis
“The Tango King” – Hot House (1995)
“The Tide Will Rise” – Harbor Lights (1993)
“The Valley Road” – Scenes from the Southside (1988)
“The Valley Road (2016 Re-recording)” – Rehab Reunion (2016)
“The Valley Road (Bluegrass Version)” – Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Volume Two (1989), with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
“The Valley Road (Live with the Grateful Dead)” – Intersections (1985–2005) (2006)
“The Wake of St. Brendan” – Deep Sea Vents (2024)
“The Way It Is” – The Way It Is (1986)
“The Way It Is (Live from Köln 2019)” – The Way It Is (Live from Köln 2019 – NYC Epicenters) single (2021), with Rob Moose
“The Wild Frontier” – The Way It Is (1986)
“These Arms of Mine” – A Night on the Town (1990)
“Thing Called Love (Live)” – Road Tested (1995), with Bonnie Raitt
“This Too Shall Pass” – Big Swing Face (2002)
“Till the Dreaming’s Done” – Scenes from the Southside (1988)
“Time, the Thief” – Non-Secure Connection (2020)
“Tipping” – Rehab Reunion (2016)
“Too Much Monkey Business” – ‘Flicted (2022)
“Toy Heart (Live)” – Cluck Ol’ Hen (2013), with Ricky Skaggs
“Tropical Cashmere Sweater” – Rehab Reunion (2016)
“Try Anything Once” – Big Swing Face (2002)
“TSA Man” – Rehab Reunion (2016)
“Twelve Tone Tune (Live)” – Here Come the Noise Makers (2000)
“Two Kinds of Love” – The Other Side of the Mirror (1989), with Stevie Nicks

U–Z

“U (Man Like)” – i,i (2019), with Bon Iver
“Un Poco Loco / Chant Song” – Camp Meeting (2007)
“Uncle Pen (Live)” – Cluck Ol’ Hen (digital bonus track) (2013), with Ricky Skaggs
“Variations on Swan Song and Song D” – Spirit Trail (1998)
“Voyager One” – Absolute Zero (2019), featuring yMusic
“Walk in the Sun” – Hot House (1995)
“We’ll Be Together Again” – Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz with Guest Bruce Hornsby (2005), with Marian McPartland
“We’ll Be Together Again (Camp Meeting Version)” – Camp Meeting (2007)
“What a Time” – Harbor Lights (1993)
“What the Hell Happened” – Halcyon Days (2004)
“Where No One’s Mad” – Solo Concerts (2014)
“Where’s the Bat?” – Solo Concerts (2014)
“White Noise” – Absolute Zero (2019)
“White Wheeled Limousine” – Hot House (1995)
“Wild Whaling Life” – Deep Sea Vents (2024)

BRUCE HORNSBY STUDIO ALBUMS

The Way It Is (1986)

Scenes from the Southside (1988)

A Night on the Town (1990)

Harbor Lights (1993)

Harbor Lights by Bruce Hornsby [Music CD]

Hot House (1995)

Spirit Trail (1998)

Big Swing Face (2002)

Halcyon Days (2004)

Levitate (2009)

Rehab Reunion (2016)

Absolute Zero (2019)

Non-Secure Connection (2020)

‘Flicted (2022)

Indigo Park (2026)

BRUCE HORNSBY OFFICIAL LIVE ALBUMS

Here Come the Noise Makers (2000)

Bride of the Noisemakers (2011)

Cluck Ol’ Hen: Skaggs–Hornsby Live (2013)

Solo Concerts (2014)

BRUCE HORNSBY OFFICIAL COMPILATION ALBUMS

Greatest Radio Hits (2004)

Intersections (1985–2005) (2006)

Playlist: The Very Best of Bruce Hornsby (2010)

The Essential Bruce Hornsby (2015)

BRUCE HORNSBY EXTENDED PLAYS AND SPLIT RELEASES

Secret House (2023), with Butcher Brown

BRUCE HORNSBY COLLABORATIVE ALBUMS

Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz with Guest Bruce Hornsby (2005)

Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby (2007)

Camp Meeting (2007)

Deep Sea Vents (2024)

BRUCE HORNSBY SOUNDTRACK AND ARCHIVAL RELEASES

Red Hook Summer (Original Motion Picture Score) (2012)

Lost and Found on the Spirit Trail (2023)

Spirit Trail: 25th Anniversary Edition (2023)

Updated November 9, 2026

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