Complete List Of Blue Öyster Cult Songs From A to Z

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Blue Öyster Cult emerged from the Long Island music scene in the late 1960s, initially working under names that included Soft White Underbelly and the Stalk-Forrest Group before adopting the name that would become famous around the world. The band developed a distinctive sound that combined hard rock, heavy guitars, unusual harmonies, and lyrics inspired by science fiction, horror, history, and the supernatural. Although the group would eventually become a major arena-rock attraction, its early recordings were far stranger and more adventurous than the typical mainstream rock music of the period.

The band’s classic lineup featured Eric Bloom on vocals and guitar, Donald “Buck Dharma” Roeser on lead guitar and vocals, Allen Lanier on keyboards and guitar, Joe Bouchard on bass and vocals, and Albert Bouchard on drums and vocals. Producer and manager Sandy Pearlman helped shape much of the group’s early mythology, while writers including Richard Meltzer, Patti Smith, and science-fiction author Michael Moorcock contributed lyrics or ideas that gave many Blue Öyster Cult songs their unmistakable atmosphere. The musicians were accomplished enough to move from crushing guitar passages to melodic pop and intricate arrangements without losing their identity.

The group’s early albums, including Blue Öyster Cult, Tyranny and Mutation, and Secret Treaties, established its reputation among hard-rock audiences. The commercial breakthrough arrived with 1976’s Agents of Fortune and Buck Dharma’s enduring “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper.” The following years brought songs such as “Godzilla,” “I Love the Night,” “Astronomy,” and “Burnin’ for You,” along with live albums that documented the band’s formidable stage performances. Blue Öyster Cult remained remarkably difficult to categorize, moving between heavy metal, progressive rock, psychedelic influences, and accessible radio singles.

Changes in personnel and the music business affected the band’s later career, but Bloom and Dharma kept Blue Öyster Cult active through numerous tours and recording projects. Albums such as Imaginos, Heaven Forbid, and Curse of the Hidden Mirror continued the group’s story, while The Symbol Remains in 2020 introduced a substantial collection of new material after a long studio-album absence. Ghost Stories followed in 2024, drawing on archival recordings and giving another official release to performances from earlier stages of the band’s career.

The Blue Öyster Cult song catalog extends far beyond the band’s best-known radio hits. It includes material released by its early incarnations, album cuts, non-album recordings, live-only performances, the Bad Channels movie soundtrack, bonus tracks, and rare recordings issued by Columbia and other labels. Its history also includes fresh performances of earlier songs on the 1994 album Cult Classic and several other releases, demonstrating how the band’s material continued to evolve long after its original recording.

Complete List Of Blue Öyster Cult Songs From A to Z

0–D

1. “5 Guitars” – Some Enchanted Evening (2007 CD reissue) (2007)
2. “7 Screaming Diz-Busters” – Tyranny and Mutation (1973)
3. “A Fact About Sneakers” – St. Cecilia: The Elektra Recordings (Stalk-Forrest Group) (2001)
4. “A Fact About Sneakers (Original Version)” – St. Cecilia: The Elektra Recordings (Stalk-Forrest Group) (2001)
5. “A Fact About Sneakers (Soft White Underbelly Demo)” – Blue Öyster Cult (2001 CD reissue) (2001)
6. “After Dark” – Fire of Unknown Origin (1981)
7. “Arthur Comics” – St. Cecilia: The Elektra Recordings (Stalk-Forrest Group) (2001)
8. “Arthur Comics (1970 Single Version)” – What Is Quicksand? / Arthur Comics promotional single (Stalk-Forrest Group) (1970)
9. “Arthur Comics (Live)” – The Columbia Albums Collectiön: Radios Appear (2012)
10. “Astronomy” – Secret Treaties (1974)
11. “Astronomy (1988 Re-recording)” – Imaginos (1988)
12. “Astronomy (1994 Re-recording)” – Cult Classic (1994)
13. “Baby Ice Dog” – Tyranny and Mutation (1973)
14. “Bad Channels Overture” – Bad Channels soundtrack (1992)
15. “Battering Ram” – Bad Channels soundtrack (1992)
16. “Be My Baby” – Spectres (2007 CD reissue) (2007)
17. “Beat ‘Em Up” – Club Ninja (1985)
18. “Before the Kiss, a Redcap” – Blue Öyster Cult (1972)
19. “Betty Lou’s Got a New Pair of Shoes (Soft White Underbelly Demo)” – Blue Öyster Cult (2001 CD reissue) (2001)
20. “Black Blade” – Cultösaurus Erectus (1980)
21. “Blue Öyster Cult” – Imaginos (1988)
22. “Bonomo’s Turkish Taffy” – St. Cecilia: The Elektra Recordings (Stalk-Forrest Group) (2001)
23. “Boorman the Chauffer” – Secret Treaties (2001 CD reissue) (2001)
24. “Born to Be Wild” – On Your Feet or on Your Knees (1975)
25. “Born to Be Wild (Studio Version)” – Secret Treaties (2001 CD reissue) (2001)
26. “Born to Rock (Live)” – Live ’83 (2020)
27. “Box in My Head” – The Symbol Remains (2020)
28. “Buck’s Boogie” – The Blue Öyster Cult Bootleg EP (Columbia promotional EP) (1972)
29. “Buck’s Boogie (1972 Studio Version)” – Tyranny and Mutation (2001 CD reissue) (2001)
30. “Buck’s Boogie (1994 Re-recording)” – Cult Classic (1994)
31. “Burnin’ for You” – Fire of Unknown Origin (1981)
32. “Burnin’ for You (1994 Re-recording)” – Cult Classic (1994)
33. “Cagey Cretins” – Secret Treaties (1974)
34. “Career of Evil” – Secret Treaties (1974)
35. “Career of Evil (Single Version)” – Secret Treaties (2001 CD reissue) (2001)
36. “Celestial the Queen” – Spectres (1977)
37. “Cherry” – Ghost Stories (2024)
38. “Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll” – Blue Öyster Cult (1972)
39. “Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll (1994 Re-recording)” – Cult Classic (1994)
40. “Cold Gray Light of Dawn” – Heaven Forbid (1998)
41. “Cookie in Bottle” – Bad Channels soundtrack (1992)
42. “Corky Gets It” – Bad Channels soundtrack (1992)
43. “Cosmo Rules, But Lump Controls” – Bad Channels soundtrack (1992)
44. “Curse of the Hidden Mirrors” – St. Cecilia: The Elektra Recordings (Stalk-Forrest Group) (2001)
45. “Curse of the Hidden Mirrors (Original Version)” – St. Cecilia: The Elektra Recordings (Stalk-Forrest Group) (2001)
46. “Damaged” – Heaven Forbid (1998)
47. “Dance on Stilts” – Curse of the Hidden Mirror (2001)
48. “Dance the Night Away (Demo)” – Agents of Fortune (2001 CD reissue) (2001)
49. “Dancin’ in the Ruins” – Club Ninja (1985)
50. “Deadline” – Cultösaurus Erectus (1980)
51. “Death Valley Nights” – Spectres (1977)
52. “Debbie Denise” – Agents of Fortune (1976)
53. “Del Rio’s Song” – Imaginos (1988)
54. “Demon’s Kiss” – Bad Channels soundtrack (1992)
55. “Dial M for Murder” – Spectres (2007 CD reissue) (2007)
56. “Divine Wind” – Cultösaurus Erectus (1980)
57. “Dominance and Submission” – Secret Treaties (1974)
58. “Don’t Come Running to Me” – Ghost Stories (2024)
59. “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper” – Agents of Fortune (1976)
60. “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper (1994 Re-recording)” – Cult Classic (1994)
61. “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper (Demo)” – Agents of Fortune (2001 CD reissue) (2001)
62. “Don’t Turn Your Back” – Fire of Unknown Origin (1981)
63. “Donovan’s Monkey” – St. Cecilia: The Elektra Recordings (Stalk-Forrest Group) (2001)
64. “Donovan’s Monkey (Soft White Underbelly Demo)” – Blue Öyster Cult (2001 CD reissue) (2001)
65. “Double Talk (Demo)” – The Columbia Albums Collectiön: Rarities (2012)
66. “Dr. Music” – Mirrors (1979)
67. “Dragon Lady” – The Revölution by Night (1983)

E–H

68. “E.T.I. (1994 Re-recording)” – Cult Classic (1994)
69. “E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)” – Agents of Fortune (1976)
70. “Edge of the World” – The Symbol Remains (2020)
71. “Eulogy for Corky” – Bad Channels soundtrack (1992)
72. “Eye of the Hurricane” – Curse of the Hidden Mirror (2001)
73. “Eyes on Fire” – The Revölution by Night (1983)
74. “Fallen Angel” – Cultösaurus Erectus (1980)
75. “Feel the Thunder” – The Revölution by Night (1983)
76. “Fight” – The Symbol Remains (2020)
77. “Fire of Unknown Origin” – Fire of Unknown Origin (1981)
78. “Fire of Unknown Origin (1976 Version)” – Agents of Fortune (2001 CD reissue) (2001)
79. “Fireworks” – Spectres (1977)
80. “Flaming Telepaths” – Secret Treaties (1974)
81. “Flaming Telepaths (1994 Re-recording)” – Cult Classic (1994)
82. “Florida Man” – The Symbol Remains (2020)
83. “Gil Blanco County” – St. Cecilia: The Elektra Recordings (Stalk-Forrest Group) (2001)
84. “Gil Blanco County (Original Version)” – St. Cecilia: The Elektra Recordings (Stalk-Forrest Group) (2001)
85. “Ginger Snaps” – Bad Channels soundtrack (1992)
86. “Godzilla” – Spectres (1977)
87. “Godzilla (1994 Re-recording)” – Cult Classic (1994)
88. “Goin’ Through the Motions” – Spectres (1977)
89. “Golden Age of Leather” – Spectres (1977)
90. “Good to Feel Hungry” – Curse of the Hidden Mirror (2001)
91. “Gun” – Ghost Stories (2024)
92. “Hammer Back” – Heaven Forbid (1998)
93. “Harvest Moon” – Heaven Forbid (1998)
94. “Harvester of Eyes” – Secret Treaties (1974)
95. “Harvester of Eyes (1994 Re-recording)” – Cult Classic (1994)
96. “Heavy Metal: The Black and Silver” – Fire of Unknown Origin (1981)
97. “Here Comes That Feeling” – Curse of the Hidden Mirror (2001)
98. “Hot Rails to Hell” – Tyranny and Mutation (1973)
99. “Hungry Boys” – Cultösaurus Erectus (1980)

I–L

100. “I Am the One You Warned Me Of” – Imaginos (1988)
101. “I Am the Storm” – Mirrors (1979)
102. “I Just Like to Be Bad” – Curse of the Hidden Mirror (2001)
103. “I Love the Night” – Spectres (1977)
104. “I’m on the Lamb but I Ain’t No Sheep” – Blue Öyster Cult (1972)
105. “I’m on the Lamb (Original Version)” – St. Cecilia: The Elektra Recordings (Stalk-Forrest Group) (2001)
106. “I’m on the Lamb (Stalk-Forrest Group Version)” – St. Cecilia: The Elektra Recordings (Stalk-Forrest Group) (2001)
107. “I Want You (She’s So Heavy) (Live)” – The Columbia Albums Collectiön: Rarities (2012)
108. “If I Fell” – Ghost Stories (2024)
109. “Imaginos” – Imaginos (1988)
110. “In the Presence of Another World” – Imaginos (1988)
111. “In Thee” – Mirrors (1979)
112. “In Thee (1998 Re-recording)” – Heaven Forbid (1998)
113. “It’s Not Easy (Live)” – The Columbia Albums Collectiön: Radios Appear (2012)
114. “Joan Crawford” – Fire of Unknown Origin (1981)
115. “John L. Sullivan (Demo)” – The Columbia Albums Collectiön: Rarities (2012)
116. “Kick Out the Jams” – Some Enchanted Evening (1978)
117. “Kick Out the Jams (2024 Studio Version)” – Ghost Stories (2024)
118. “Late Night Street Fight” – Ghost Stories (2024)
119. “Les Invisibles” – Imaginos (1988)
120. “Let Go” – The Revölution by Night (1983)
121. “Light Years of Love” – The Revölution by Night (1983)
122. “Lips in the Hills” – Cultösaurus Erectus (1980)
123. “Live for Me” – Heaven Forbid (1998)
124. “Lonely Teardrops” – Mirrors (1979)

M–P

125. “Madness to the Method” – Club Ninja (1985)
126. “Magna of Illusion” – Imaginos (1988)
127. “Make Rock Not War” – Club Ninja (1985)
128. “Maserati GT (I Ain’t Got You)” – On Your Feet or on Your Knees (1975)
129. “ME 262” – Secret Treaties (1974)
130. “ME 262 (1994 Re-recording)” – Cult Classic (1994)
131. “Mes Dames Sarat” – Secret Treaties (2001 CD reissue) (2001)
132. “Mirrors” – Mirrors (1979)
133. “Mistress of the Salmon Salt (Quicklime Girl)” – Tyranny and Mutation (1973)
134. “Mommy” – Secret Treaties (2001 CD reissue) (2001)
135. “Money Machine” – Ghost Stories (2024)
136. “Monsters” – Cultösaurus Erectus (1980)
137. “Moon Crazy” – Mirrors (1979)
138. “Moon Gets It” – Bad Channels soundtrack (1992)
139. “Morning Final” – Agents of Fortune (1976)
140. “Night Flyer” – Spectres (2007 CD reissue) (2007)
141. “Nightmare Epiphany” – The Symbol Remains (2020)
142. “Nosferatu” – Spectres (1977)
143. “O.D.’d on Life Itself” – Tyranny and Mutation (1973)
144. “O.D.’d on Life Itself (1994 Re-recording)” – Cult Classic (1994)
145. “One Step Ahead of the Devil” – Curse of the Hidden Mirror (2001)
146. “Out of Station” – Bad Channels soundtrack (1992)
147. “Out of the Darkness” – Curse of the Hidden Mirror (2001)
148. “Perfect Water” – Club Ninja (1985)
149. “Pick Up Her Feed” – Bad Channels soundtrack (1992)
150. “Please Hold” – Spectres (2007 CD reissue) (2007)
151. “Pocket” – Curse of the Hidden Mirror (2001)
152. “Power Station” – Bad Channels soundtrack (1992)
153. “Power Station II” – Bad Channels soundtrack (1992)
154. “Power Underneath Despair” – Heaven Forbid (1998)

Q–T

155. “R.U. Ready 2 Rock” – Spectres (1977)
156. “Ragamuffin Dumplin'” – St. Cecilia: The Elektra Recordings (Stalk-Forrest Group) (2001)
157. “Ragamuffin Dumplin’ (Original Version)” – St. Cecilia: The Elektra Recordings (Stalk-Forrest Group) (2001)
158. “Real World” – Heaven Forbid (1998)
159. “Rebel (Demo)” – The Columbia Albums Collectiön: Rarities (2012)
160. “Redeemed” – Blue Öyster Cult (1972)
161. “Remodeling” – Bad Channels soundtrack (1992)
162. “Roadhouse Blues” – Extraterrestrial Live (1982)
163. “Sally (Demo)” – Agents of Fortune (2001 CD reissue) (2001)
164. “Screams” – Blue Öyster Cult (1972)
165. “Searchin’ for Celine” – Spectres (1977)
166. “Secret Road” – The Symbol Remains (2020)
167. “See You in Black” – Heaven Forbid (1998)
168. “Shadow” – Bad Channels soundtrack (1992)
169. “Shadow of California” – The Revölution by Night (1983)
170. “Shadow Warrior” – Club Ninja (1985)
171. “She’s as Beautiful as a Foot” – Blue Öyster Cult (1972)
172. “Shooting Shark” – The Revölution by Night (1983)
173. “Shot in the Dark” – Ghost Stories (2024)
174. “Showtime” – Curse of the Hidden Mirror (2001)
175. “Sinful Love” – Agents of Fortune (1976)
176. “So Supernatural” – Ghost Stories (2024)
177. “Sole Survivor” – Fire of Unknown Origin (1981)
178. “Soul Jive” – Ghost Stories (2024)
179. “Spore Bomb” – Bad Channels soundtrack (1992)
180. “Spray That Scumbag” – Bad Channels soundtrack (1992)
181. “Spy in the House of the Night” – Club Ninja (1985)
182. “St. Cecilia” – St. Cecilia: The Elektra Recordings (Stalk-Forrest Group) (2001)
183. “St. Cecilia (Original Version)” – St. Cecilia: The Elektra Recordings (Stalk-Forrest Group) (2001)
184. “Stairway to the Stars” – Blue Öyster Cult (1972)
185. “Stand and Fight” – The Symbol Remains (2020)
186. “Steppin’ Razor (Rehearsal Demo)” – The Columbia Albums Collectiön: Rarities (2012)
187. “Still Burnin'” – Heaven Forbid (1998)
188. “Stone of Love” – Curse of the Hidden Mirror (2001)
189. “Subhuman” – Secret Treaties (1974)
190. “Summa Cum Laude (Demo)” – The Columbia Albums Collectiön: Rarities (2012)
191. “Tainted Blood” – The Symbol Remains (2020)
192. “Take Me Away” – The Revölution by Night (1983)
193. “Tattoo Vampire” – Agents of Fortune (1976)
194. “Teen Archer” – Tyranny and Mutation (1973)
195. “Tenderloin” – Agents of Fortune (1976)
196. “That Was Me” – The Symbol Remains (2020)
197. “The Alchemist” – The Symbol Remains (2020)
198. “The Great Sun Jester” – Mirrors (1979)
199. “The Horsemen Arrive” – Bad Channels soundtrack (1992)
200. “The Machine” – The Symbol Remains (2020)
201. “The Marshall Plan” – Cultösaurus Erectus (1980)
202. “The Old Gods Return” – Curse of the Hidden Mirror (2001)
203. “The Only Thing” – Ghost Stories (2024)
204. “The Red and the Black” – Tyranny and Mutation (1973)
205. “The Red and the Black (1972 Live Version)” – The Blue Öyster Cult Bootleg EP (Columbia promotional EP) (1972)
206. “The Return of St. Cecilia” – The Symbol Remains (2020)
207. “The Revenge of Vera Gemini” – Agents of Fortune (1976), featuring Patti Smith
208. “The Siege and Investiture of Baron von Frankenstein’s Castle at Weisseria” – Imaginos (1988)
209. “The Vigil” – Mirrors (1979)
210. “Then Came the Last Days of May” – Blue Öyster Cult (1972)
211. “There’s a Crime” – The Symbol Remains (2020)
212. “This Ain’t the Summer of Love” – Agents of Fortune (1976)
213. “This Ain’t the Summer of Love (1994 Re-recording)” – Cult Classic (1994)
214. “This Dude Is F****d” – Bad Channels soundtrack (1992)
215. “Train True (Lennie’s Song)” – The Symbol Remains (2020)
216. “Transmaniacon MC” – Blue Öyster Cult (1972)
217. “Tree Full of Owls” – Bad Channels soundtrack (1992)
218. “True Confessions” – Agents of Fortune (1976)

U–Z

219. “Unknown Tongue” – Cultösaurus Erectus (1980)
220. “V.U.” – Bad Channels soundtrack (1992)
221. “Veins” – The Revölution by Night (1983)
222. “Vengeance (The Pact)” – Fire of Unknown Origin (1981)
223. “Veteran of the Psychic Wars” – Fire of Unknown Origin (1981)
224. “We Gotta Get Out of This Place” – Some Enchanted Evening (1978)
225. “We Gotta Get Out of This Place (2024 Studio Version)” – Ghost Stories (2024)
226. “What Is Quicksand? (1970 Single Version)” – What Is Quicksand? / Arthur Comics promotional single (Stalk-Forrest Group) (1970)
227. “What Is Quicksand (Soft White Underbelly Demo)” – Blue Öyster Cult (2001 CD reissue) (2001)
228. “When the War Comes” – Club Ninja (1985)
229. “White Flags” – Club Ninja (1985)
230. “Wings of Mercury (Live)” – The Columbia Albums Collectiön: Radios Appear (2012)
231. “Wings Wetted Down” – Tyranny and Mutation (1973)
232. “Workshop of the Telescopes” – Blue Öyster Cult (1972)
233. “X-Ray Eyes” – Heaven Forbid (1998)
234. “You’re Not the One (I Was Looking For)” – Mirrors (1979)

BLUE ÖYSTER CULT STUDIO ALBUMS

Blue Öyster Cult (1972)

Tyranny and Mutation (1973)

Secret Treaties (1974)

Agents of Fortune (1976)

Spectres (1977)

Mirrors (1979)

Cultösaurus Erectus (1980)

Fire of Unknown Origin (1981)

The Revölution by Night (1983)

Club Ninja (1985)

Imaginos (1988)

Cult Classic (1994)

Heaven Forbid (1998)

Curse of the Hidden Mirror (2001)

The Symbol Remains (2020)

Ghost Stories (2024)

BLUE ÖYSTER CULT OFFICIAL LIVE ALBUMS

On Your Feet or on Your Knees (1975)

Some Enchanted Evening (1978)

Extraterrestrial Live (1982)

Live 1976 (1991)

A Long Day’s Night (2002)

Hard Rock Live Cleveland 2014 (2020)

iHeart Radio Theater N.Y.C. 2012 (2020)

40th Anniversary – Agents of Fortune – Live 2016 (2020)

45th Anniversary – Live in London (2020)

Live at Rock of Ages Festival 2016 (2020)

Live ’83 (2020)

50th Anniversary Live – First Night (2023)

50th Anniversary Live – Second Night (2024)

50th Anniversary Live – Third Night (2024)

BLUE ÖYSTER CULT OFFICIAL COMPILATION ALBUMS AND BOX SETS

Don’t Fear the Reaper: The Best of Blue Öyster Cult (1983)

Career of Evil: The Metal Years (1990)

On Flame with Rock and Roll (1990)

Workshop of the Telescopes (1995)

Don’t Fear the Reaper (1997)

Super Hits (1998)

St. Cecilia: The Elektra Recordings (Stalk-Forrest Group) (2001)

Then and Now (2003)

The Essential Blue Öyster Cult (2003)

Are You Ready to Rock? (2003)

Shooting Shark – The Best of Blue Öyster Cult (2004)

Extended Versions: The Encore Collection (2004)

The Singles Collection (2005)

Collections (2006)

The Best of Blue Öyster Cult (2006)

Alive in America: Pt. 1 (2006)

Greatest Hits (2008)

The Cöllection (2010)

Playlist: The Very Best of Blue Öyster Cult (2010)

Setlist: The Very Best of Blue Öyster Cult Live (2010)

The Columbia Albums Collectiön (2012)

The Columbia Albums Collectiön: Rarities (2012)

The Columbia Albums Collectiön: Radios Appear (2012)

Rarities Vol. 1 (2017)

Rarities Vol. 2 (2018)

BLUE ÖYSTER CULT EPs

The Blue Öyster Cult Bootleg EP (promotional) (1972)

BLUE ÖYSTER CULT SOUNDTRACK ALBUMS

Bad Channels (1992)

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