Complete List Of Carole King Songs From A to Z

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Carole King was born Carol Joan Klein in Manhattan and raised in Brooklyn, New York. A pianist from childhood, she began writing songs as a teenager and studied at Queens College, where she met lyricist Gerry Goffin. King and Goffin married in 1959 and became one of the most successful songwriting partnerships associated with New York’s Brill Building era.

Their early hits included “Will You Love Me Tomorrow,” recorded by the Shirelles, “Take Good Care of My Baby” by Bobby Vee, “The Loco-Motion” by Little Eva, and “Up on the Roof” by the Drifters. King also released several singles under her own name before joining Danny Kortchmar and Charles Larkey in the City, whose album Now That Everything’s Been Said appeared in 1968.

King began her solo album career with Writer in 1970. Her second album, Tapestry, followed in February 1971 and transformed her into one of the leading singer-songwriters of the decade. The album included “I Feel the Earth Move,” “It’s Too Late,” “So Far Away,” “You’ve Got a Friend,” “Beautiful,” and King’s own recordings of “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” and “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman.”

Tapestry earned four Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year, Record of the Year for “It’s Too Late,” and Song of the Year for “You’ve Got a Friend.” King followed it with Music, Rhymes & Reasons, Fantasy, and Wrap Around Joy. “Sweet Seasons,” “Been to Canaan,” “Jazzman,” and “Nightingale” extended her run of major solo recordings.

In 1975, King composed and performed the songs for Really Rosie, the animated television special based on stories by Maurice Sendak. She continued recording through the end of the decade with Thoroughbred, Simple Things, Welcome Home, and Touch the Sky.

King revisited songs from the Goffin-King catalog on Pearls: Songs of Goffin and King in 1980. Her subsequent albums included One to One, Speeding Time, City Streets, and Colour of Your Dreams. She returned with Love Makes the World in 2001, an album featuring collaborations with artists including Babyface, Celine Dion, k.d. lang, and Steven Tyler.

King released her first holiday studio album, A Holiday Carole, in 2011. The Legendary Demos followed in 2012, collecting King’s demonstration recordings of songs she wrote for herself and other performers. Later archival releases included Live at Montreux 1973 and Home Again, documenting important concerts from her 1970s career.

Her later recording activity included “One (2018),” the 2021 digital release of “Out in the Cold,” the A Christmas Carole EP, and the 2024 Glen Campbell duet “There’s No Me Without You.” The holiday EP was promoted again as a digital release in 2025 with three recordings from the A Holiday Carole sessions.

King has won four Grammy Awards and received the Recording Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award. She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame with Gerry Goffin, entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a songwriter in 1990, and was inducted again as a solo performer in 2021. Her honors also include the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song and the Kennedy Center Honors.

The complete A-to-Z catalog below focuses on recordings performed by Carole King, including studio album tracks, early singles, soundtrack songs, demos, collaborations, bonus tracks, and later special releases.

Complete List Of Carole King Songs From A to Z

0–E

“Ain’t That the Way” – City Streets (1989)
“Alabaster Lady” – Speeding Time (1983)
“Alligators All Around” – Really Rosie (1975)
“Ambrosia” – Thoroughbred (1976)
“Avenue P” – Really Rosie (1975)
“The Awful Truth” – Really Rosie (1975)
“Baby Sittin’” – Non-album single (1959)
“Back to California” – Music (1971)
“The Ballad of Chicken Soup” – Really Rosie (1975)
“Beautiful” – Tapestry (1971)
“Beautiful” – The Legendary Demos (2012)
“Been to Canaan” – Rhymes & Reasons (1972)
“Being at War With Each Other” – Fantasy (1973)
“Believe in Humanity” – Fantasy (1973)
“The Best Is Yet to Come” – Wrap Around Joy (1974)
“Birthday Song” – Love Makes the World: Deluxe Edition (2007)
“Bitter with the Sweet” – Rhymes & Reasons (1972)
“Brighter” – Music (1971)
“Brother, Brother” – Music (1971)
“Can’t You Be Real” – Writer (1970)
“Carol of the Bells” – A Holiday Carole (2011)
“Carry Your Load” – Music (1971)
“Chains” – Pearls: Songs of Goffin and King (1980)
“Chalice Borealis” – Speeding Time (1983)
“Change in Mind, Change of Heart” – Wrap Around Joy (1974)
“Changes” – Welcome Home (1978)
“Chanukah Prayer” – A Holiday Carole (2011)
“Chicken Soup with Rice” – Really Rosie (1975)
“Child of Mine” – Writer (1970)
“Christmas in the Air” – A Holiday Carole (2011)
“Christmas Paradise” – A Holiday Carole (2011)
“City Streets” – City Streets (1989)
“Colour of Your Dreams” – Colour of Your Dreams (1993)
“Come Down Easy” – Rhymes & Reasons (1972)
“Computer Eyes” – Speeding Time (1983)
“Corazón” – Fantasy (1973)
“Crazy” – Touch the Sky (1979)
“Crying in the Rain” – Speeding Time (1983)
“Crying in the Rain” – The Legendary Demos (2012)
“Dancin’ with Tears in My Eyes” – Pearls: Songs of Goffin and King (1980)
“Dancing” – Speeding Time (1983)
“Daughter of Light” – Thoroughbred (1976)
“Directions” – Fantasy (1973)
“Disco Tech” – Welcome Home (1978)
“Do You Feel Love” – Colour of Your Dreams (1993)
“Do You Hear What I Hear” – A Holiday Carole (2011)
“Down to the Darkness” – City Streets (1989)
“Dreamlike I Wander” – Touch the Sky (1979)
“Eagle” – Touch the Sky (1979)
“Eventually” – Writer (1970)
“Everybody’s Got the Spirit” – Welcome Home (1978)
“Everyday People” – Reba: Duets (2007) (with Reba McEntire)
“Everyday Will Be Like a Holiday” – A Holiday Carole (2011)

F–J

“Fantasy Beginning” – Fantasy (1973)
“Fantasy End” – Fantasy (1973)
“Feeling Sad Tonight” – Rhymes & Reasons (1972)
“Ferguson Road” – Rhymes & Reasons (1972)
“The First Day in August” – Rhymes & Reasons (1972)
“Friday’s Tie-Dye Nightmare” – Colour of Your Dreams (1993)
“Girl Power” – Non-album single (2007)
“Goat Annie” – One to One (1982)
“God Only Knows” – Simple Things (1977)
“Goin’ Back” – Writer (1970)
“Goin’ Back” – Pearls: Songs of Goffin and King (1980)
“Goin’ Wild” – Non-album single (1958)
“Golden Man” – One to One (1982)
“Good Mountain People” – Touch the Sky (1979)
“Goodbye Don’t Mean I’m Gone” – Rhymes & Reasons (1972)
“Gotta Get Through Another Day” – Rhymes & Reasons (1972)
“Growing Away from Me” – Music (1971)
“Hard Rock Cafe” – Simple Things (1977)
“Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” – A Holiday Carole (2011)
“Haywood” – Fantasy (1973)
“He’s a Bad Boy” – Non-album single (1963)
“Hey Girl” – Pearls: Songs of Goffin and King (1980)
“Hi-De-Ho (That Old Sweet Roll)” – Pearls: Songs of Goffin and King (1980)
“High Out of Time” – Thoroughbred (1976)
“Hold On” – Simple Things (1977)
“Hold Out for Love” – Colour of Your Dreams (1993)
“Home Again” – Tapestry (1971)
“Homeless Heart” – City Streets (1989) (with Sherry Goffin)
“I Believe in Loving You” – Non-album single (2013)
“I Can’t Hear You No More” – Writer (1970)
“I Can’t Stop Thinking About You” – City Streets (1989) (with Paul Hipp)
“I Didn’t Have Any Summer Romance” – Non-album single (1962)
“I Don’t Know” – Love Makes the World (2001)
“I Feel the Earth Move” – Tapestry (1971)
“I Think I Can Hear You” – Rhymes & Reasons (1972)
“I Wasn’t Gonna Fall in Love” – Love Makes the World (2001)
“I’d Like to Know You Better” – Thoroughbred (1976)
“I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm” – A Holiday Carole (2011)
“In the Name of Love” – Simple Things (1977)
“It Could Have Been Anyone” – Love Makes the World (2001)
“It Might as Well Rain Until September” – Non-album single (1962)
“It’s a War” – One to One (1982)
“It’s Going to Take Some Time” – Music (1971)
“It’s Gonna Work Out Fine” – Thoroughbred (1976)
“It’s Never Too Late” – Colour of Your Dreams (1993)
“It’s Too Late” – Tapestry (1971)
“It’s Too Late” – The Legendary Demos (2012)
“Jazzman” – Wrap Around Joy (1974)
“Just Once in My Life” – The Legendary Demos (2012)
“Just One Thing” – Colour of Your Dreams (1993)

K–O

“Labyrinth” – Simple Things (1977)
“Last Christmas” – A Christmas Carole (2021)
“Lay Down My Life” – Colour of Your Dreams (1993)
“Legacy” – City Streets (1989)
“Life Without Love” – One to One (1982)
“Like Little Children” – The Legendary Demos (2012)
“Little Prince” – One to One (1982)
“Lo Que Tú Eres Para Mí” – Love Makes the World: Deluxe Edition (2007) (with Alejandro Lerner)
“Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming” – A Christmas Carole (2021)
“The Loco-Motion” – Pearls: Songs of Goffin and King (1980)
“Lookin’ Out for Number One” – One to One (1982)
“Love for Christmas” – Non-album single (2003)
“(Love Is Like A) Boomerang” – One to One (1982)
“Love Makes the World” – Love Makes the World (2001)
“Lovelight” – City Streets (1989)
“Main Street Saturday Night” – Welcome Home (1978)
“Midnight Flyer” – City Streets (1989)
“Monday Without You” – Love Makes the World (2001)
“Morning Sun” – Welcome Home (1978)
“Move Lightly” – Touch the Sky (1979)
“Music” – Music (1971)
“My Favorite Things” – A Holiday Carole (2011)
“My Lovin’ Eyes” – Wrap Around Joy (1974)
“My My She Cries” – Rhymes & Reasons (1972)
“My Simple Humble Neighborhood” – Really Rosie (1975)
“New Year’s Day” – A Holiday Carole (2011)
“New Year’s Day (Acoustic)” – A Christmas Carole (2021)
“A Night This Side of Dying” – Wrap Around Joy (1974)
“Nightingale” – Wrap Around Joy (1974)
“No Easy Way Down” – Writer (1970)
“Nobody’s Perfect” – Non-album single (1962)
“Now and Forever” – Colour of Your Dreams (1993)
“Oh Neil” – Non-album single (1960)
“Oh No Not My Baby” – Pearls: Songs of Goffin and King (1980)
“Oh No, Not My Baby” – Love Makes the World (2001)
“One” – Simple Things (1977)
“One (2018)” – Non-album single (2018)
“One Fine Day” – Pearls: Songs of Goffin and King (1980)
“One Small Voice” – Speeding Time (1983)
“One Small Voice” – Non-album single (2017)
“One to One” – One to One (1982)
“One Was Johnny” – Really Rosie (1975)
“Only Love Is Real” – Thoroughbred (1976)
“Out in the Cold” – Tapestry (1999 Reissue) (1999)

P–T

“Passing of the Days” – Touch the Sky (1979)
“Peace in the Valley” – Rhymes & Reasons (1972)
“Pierre” – Really Rosie (1975)
“Pleasant Valley Sunday” – The Legendary Demos (2012)
“Queen of the Beach” – Non-album single (1959)
“A Quiet Place to Live” – Fantasy (1973)
“Raspberry Jam” – Writer (1970)
“Read Between the Lines” – One to One (1982)
“Really Rosie” – Really Rosie (1975)
“Really Rosie (Reprise)” – Really Rosie (1975)
“The Reason” – Love Makes the World (2001) (featuring Céline Dion)
“Ride the Music” – Welcome Home (1978)
“The Right Girl” – Non-album single (1958)
“A Road to Nowhere” – Non-album single (1966)
“Sacred Heart of Stone” – Speeding Time (1983)
“Safe Again” – Love Makes the World (2001)
“School Bells Are Ringing” – Non-album single (1962)
“Screaming and Yelling” – Really Rosie (1975)
“Seeing Red” – Touch the Sky (1979)
“Short Mort” – Non-album single (1959)
“Simple Things” – Simple Things (1977)
“Sleigh Ride” – A Holiday Carole (2011)
“Smackwater Jack” – Tapestry (1971)
“Snow Queen” – Pearls: Songs of Goffin and King (1980)
“So Far Away” – Tapestry (1971)
“So Goes Love” – The Legendary Demos (2012)
“So Many Ways” – Thoroughbred (1976)
“So Ready for Love” – Speeding Time (1983)
“Some Kind of Wonderful” – Music (1971)
“Some of Your Loving” – Non-album single (1966)
“Someone Who Believes in You” – City Streets (1989)
“Someone You Never Met Before” – One to One (1982)
“Song of Freedom” – Freedom Song (2000)
“Song of Long Ago” – Music (1971)
“Spaceship Races” – Writer (1970)
“Speeding Time” – Speeding Time (1983)
“Stand Behind Me” – Rhymes & Reasons (1972)
“Standin’ on the Borderline” – Speeding Time (1983)
“Standing in the Rain” – Colour of Your Dreams (1993)
“Still Here Thinking of You” – Thoroughbred (1976)
“Such Sufferin’” – Really Rosie (1975)
“Sunbird” – Welcome Home (1978)
“Surely” – Music (1971)
“Sweet Adonis” – Wrap Around Joy (1974)
“Sweet Life” – City Streets (1989)
“Sweet Seasons” – Music (1971)
“Sweet Sweetheart” – Writer (1970)
“Take Good Care of My Baby” – The Legendary Demos (2012)
“Tapestry” – Tapestry (1971)
“Tapestry” – The Legendary Demos (2012)
“Tears Falling Down on Me” – Colour of Your Dreams (1993)
“That’s How Things Go Down” – Fantasy (1973)
“There’s a Space Between Us” – Thoroughbred (1976)
“There’s No Me Without You” – Glen Campbell Duets: Ghost on the Canvas Sessions (2024) (with Glen Campbell)
“This Christmas” – A Holiday Carole (2011)
“This Time” – Love Makes the World (2001)
“Time Alone” – Simple Things (1977)
“Time Gone By” – Touch the Sky (1979)
“To Know That I Love You” – Simple Things (1977)
“To Love” – Writer (1970)
“Too Much Rain” – Music (1971)
“Two Hearts” – Love Makes the World: Deluxe Edition (2007) (with Graham Nash)

U–Z

“An Uncommon Love” – Love Makes the World (2001)
“Under the Stars” – Non-album single (1959)
“Up on the Roof” – Writer (1970)
“Venusian Diamond” – Welcome Home (1978)
“A Very Special Boy” – Non-album single (1960)
“Walk with Me (I’ll Be Your Companion)” – Touch the Sky (1979)
“Wasn’t Born to Follow” – Pearls: Songs of Goffin and King (1980)
“Way Over Yonder” – Tapestry (1971)
“Way Over Yonder” – The Legendary Demos (2012)
“We All Have to Be Alone” – Thoroughbred (1976)
“We Are All in This Together” – Wrap Around Joy (1974)
“We Grew Up Together” – Non-album single (1963)
“Weekdays” – Fantasy (1973)
“Welcome Home” – Welcome Home (1978)
“Welfare Symphony” – Fantasy (1973)
“What Have You Got to Lose” – Writer (1970)
“Where You Lead” – Tapestry (1971)
“Where You Lead, I Will Follow” – Gilmore Girls: Our Little Corner of the World (2002) (with Louise Goffin)
“Will You Love Me Tomorrow?” – Tapestry (1971)
“Wings of Love” – Welcome Home (1978)
“Wishful Thinking” – Colour of Your Dreams (1993)
“Wrap Around Joy” – Wrap Around Joy (1974)
“You Can Do Anything” – Love Makes the World (2001)
“You Gentle Me” – Wrap Around Joy (1974)
“You Go Your Way, I’ll Go Mine” – Wrap Around Joy (1974)
“You Light Up My Life” – Fantasy (1973)
“(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” – Tapestry (1971)
“(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” – The Legendary Demos (2012)
“You Still Want Her” – Touch the Sky (1979)
“You Will Find Me There” – Love Makes the World (2001)
“You’re Something New” – Wrap Around Joy (1974)
“You’re the One Who Knows” – Simple Things (1977)
“You’ve Been Around Too Long” – Fantasy (1973)
“You’ve Got a Friend” – Tapestry (1971)
“You’ve Got a Friend” – The Legendary Demos (2012)
“Yours Until Tomorrow” – The Legendary Demos (2012)