Complete List Of The Grateful Dead Songs From A to Z

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Throughout their three-decade career, the Grateful Dead released 13 studio albums, complemented by 10 live albums, and numerous compilations and archival releases. Their 1970 album American Beauty delivered timeless classics, including “Truckin’,” “Ripple,” and “Sugar Magnolia,” securing their reputation in rock history. Other major releases, such as Workingman’s Dead, Europe ’72, and Terrapin Station, showcased their evolution from psychedelic pioneers to folk-rock innovators, achieving enduring commercial and critical acclaim.

Though never dominating traditional singles charts, the Grateful Dead’s “Touch of Grey,” from their 1987 album In the Dark, became their highest-charting single, peaking at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100. This commercial breakthrough came after two decades of relentless touring, establishing them as one of the top-grossing touring acts of their era. Their dedicated fanbase, affectionately known as “Deadheads,” demonstrated unprecedented loyalty, often following the band from city to city, turning every show into a unique communal experience.

The Grateful Dead’s enduring legacy lies significantly in their live performances, each concert characterized by improvisation and spontaneity. Their commitment to live recording and encouraging tape-sharing among fans transformed them into pioneers of what today is called “viral marketing,” long before the term existed. This innovative approach created a vast archive of recorded concerts, making the Dead one of the most extensively documented bands in music history. Their 1977 live album, Cornell 5/8/77, is especially revered among Deadheads as emblematic of the band’s extraordinary live capability.

Despite their monumental cultural impact, the Grateful Dead did not accumulate extensive traditional awards. Their recognition was primarily retrospective, highlighted by their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994, and receiving a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007. Such honors underscored their profound influence on generations of musicians across multiple genres, from rock to Americana to experimental improvisation.

Beyond music, the Grateful Dead actively supported environmental and humanitarian causes. They notably co-founded the Rex Foundation in 1983, a charitable organization that supports grassroots initiatives in arts, science, education, and social justice, distributing millions of dollars in grants. Jerry Garcia himself was deeply involved in artistic ventures outside music, cultivating a respected career as a visual artist with his vibrant paintings and illustrations.

The band officially disbanded following Garcia’s death in 1995, but their spirit endures through various reunion projects featuring surviving members, including Dead & Company. This enduring appeal highlights how the Grateful Dead transcended music, becoming cultural icons who symbolized artistic freedom, community connection, and an enduring quest for authenticity in a rapidly commercializing world.

This list covers all songs released on their original officale studio albums.

Complete List Of The Grateful Dead Songs From A to Z

A to E Flat Jam – Blues for Allah – 1975 (bonus track)
Alabama Getaway – Go to Heaven – 1980
Alice D. Millionaire – The Grateful Dead – 1967
All Along the Watchtower – Dylan & the Dead – 1989 (Bob Dylan song)
All New Minglewood Blues – Shakedown Street – 1978
Alligator – Anthem of the Sun – 1968
Althea – Go to Heaven – 1980
Althea (live) – Without a Net – 1990
American Beauty radio promo – American Beauty – 1970 (bonus track)
And We Bid You Goodnight – Aoxomoxoa – 1969 (50th Anniversary edition)
Antwerp’s Placebo (The Plumber) – Go to Heaven – 1980
Around and Around – Steal Your Face – 1976
At a Siding – Terrapin Station – 1977
Attics of My Life – American Beauty – 1970
Beat It on Down the Line – The Grateful Dead – 1967
Been All Around This World – Reckoning – 1981
Bertha – Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) – 1971
Big Boss Man – Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) – 1971
Big Railroad Blues – Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) – 1971
Big River – Steal Your Face – 1976
Bird Song – Reckoning – 1981
Bird Song (live) – Without a Net – 1990
Black Muddy River – In the Dark – 1987
Black Muddy River (studio outtake) – In the Dark – 1987 (bonus track)
Black Peter – Workingman’s Dead – 1970
Black-Throated Wind – Steal Your Face – 1976
Blues for Allah – Blues for Allah – 1975
Born Cross-Eyed – Anthem of the Sun – 1968
Box of Rain – American Beauty – 1970
Brokedown Palace – American Beauty – 1970
Brokedown Palace (live) – Dead Set – 1981
C.C. Rider – Dead Set – 1981 (bonus track)
Candyman – American Beauty – 1970
Candyman (live) – Dead Set – 1981
Casey Jones – Workingman’s Dead – 1970
Cassidy – Reckoning – 1981
Cassidy (Alternate Live Version) – Reckoning – 1981 (bonus track)
Cassidy (live) – Without a Net – 1990
Catfish John – Terrapin Station – 1977 (studio outtake)
Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks) – Anthem of the Sun – 1968
China Cat Sunflower – Aoxomoxoa – 1969
China Cat Sunflower / I Know You Rider (live medley) – Without a Net – 1990
China Doll – From the Mars Hotel – 1974
China Doll (Alternate Live Version) – Reckoning – 1981 (bonus track)
Clementine Jam – Aoxomoxoa – 1969 (bonus track)
Cold Rain and Snow – The Grateful Dead – 1967
Cosmic Charlie – Aoxomoxoa – 1969
Crazy Fingers – Blues for Allah – 1975
Cream Puff War – The Grateful Dead – 1967
Cryptical Envelopment – Anthem of the Sun – 1968
Cumberland Blues – Workingman’s Dead – 1970
Dancin’ in the Streets – Terrapin Station – 1977
Dark Hollow – History of the Grateful Dead, Volume One (Bear’s Choice) – 1973
Dark Hollow (Alternate Live Version) – Reckoning – 1981 (bonus track)
Dark Star – Live/Dead – 1969
Dark Star (single version) – Live/Dead – 1969 (bonus track)
Deal – Dead Set – 1981
Dear Mr. Fantasy – Without a Net – 1990
Death Don’t Have No Mercy (instrumental version) – The Grateful Dead – 1967
Death Don’t Have No Mercy (live) – Live/Dead – 1969
Deep Elem Blues – Reckoning – 1981
Deep Elem Blues (Alternate Live Version) – Reckoning – 1981 (bonus track)
Dire Wolf – Workingman’s Dead – 1970
Distorto – Blues for Allah – 1975 (bonus track)
Doin’ That Rag – Aoxomoxoa – 1969
Don’t Ease Me In – Go to Heaven – 1980
Dupree’s Diamond Blues – Aoxomoxoa – 1969
Easy to Love You – Go to Heaven – 1980
Easy Wind – Workingman’s Dead – 1970
El Paso – Steal Your Face – 1976
El Paso – Reckoning – 1981 (bonus track)
Equinox – Terrapin Station – 1977 (studio outtake)
Estimated Prophet – Terrapin Station – 1977
Eyes of the World – Wake of the Flood – 1973
Eyes of the World (live) – Without a Net – 1990
Far from Me – Go to Heaven – 1980
Feedback – Anthem of the Sun – 1968 (bonus track)
Feedback (live) – Live/Dead – 1969
Feel Like a Stranger – Go to Heaven – 1980
Feel Like a Stranger (live) – Dead Set – 1981
Feel Like a Stranger (live) – Without a Net – 1990
Fire on the Mountain – Shakedown Street – 1978
Fire on the Mountain (live) – Dead Set – 1981
France – Shakedown Street – 1978
Franklin’s Tower – Blues for Allah – 1975
Franklin’s Tower (live) – Dead Set – 1981
Franklin’s Tower (live) – Without a Net – 1990
Friend of the Devil – American Beauty – 1970
Friend of the Devil (live) – Dead Set – 1981
From the Heart of Me – Shakedown Street – 1978
Goin’ Down the Road Feeling Bad – Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) – 1971
Good Lovin’ – Shakedown Street – 1978
Good Morning, Little School Girl – The Grateful Dead – 1967
Gotta Serve Somebody – Dylan & the Dead – 1989 (Bob Dylan song)
Greatest Story Ever Told – Dead Set – 1981
Groove #1 – Blues for Allah – 1975 (bonus track)
Groove #2 – Blues for Allah – 1975 (bonus track)
Hard to Handle – History of the Grateful Dead, Volume One (Bear’s Choice) – 1973
Heaven Help the Fool – Reckoning – 1981 (instrumental version, bonus track)
Hell in a Bucket – In the Dark – 1987
Help on the Way – Blues for Allah – 1975
Help on the Way (live) – Without a Net – 1990
Here Comes Sunshine – Wake of the Flood – 1973
High Time – Workingman’s Dead – 1970
High Time (live) – Dead Set – 1981 (bonus track)
Hollywood Cantata – Blues for Allah – 1975 (bonus track)
I Know You Rider – Without a Net – 1990
I Need a Miracle – Shakedown Street – 1978
I Want You – Dylan & the Dead – 1989 (Bob Dylan song)
I’ve Been All Around This World – History of the Grateful Dead, Volume One (Bear’s Choice) – 1973
If I Had the World to Give – Shakedown Street – 1978
Iko Iko – Reckoning – 1981 (bonus track)
It Must Have Been the Roses – Steal Your Face – 1976
It Must Have Been the Roses – Reckoning – 1981
It Must Have Been the Roses (Alternate Live Version) – Reckoning – 1981 (bonus track)
Jack Straw – Dead Set – 1981 (bonus track)
Jack-A-Roe – Go to Heaven – 1980 (bonus track)
Jack-A-Roe – Reckoning – 1981
Jack-A-Roe (Alternate Live Version) – Reckoning – 1981 (bonus track)
Joey – Dylan & the Dead – 1989 (Bob Dylan song)
Johnny B. Goode – Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) – 1971
Katie Mae – History of the Grateful Dead, Volume One (Bear’s Choice) – 1973
King Solomon’s Marbles – Blues for Allah – 1975
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door – Dylan & the Dead – 1989 (Bob Dylan song)
Lady with a Fan – Terrapin Station – 1977
Lazy Lightnin’ – Dead Set – 1981 (bonus track)
Let It Grow – Wake of the Flood – 1973 (part of Weather Report Suite)
Let It Grow (live) – Dead Set – 1981 (bonus track)
Let It Grow (live) – Without a Net – 1990
Let It Rock – From the Mars Hotel – 1974 (bonus track)
Let Me Sing Your Blues Away – Wake of the Flood – 1973
Little Red Rooster – Dead Set – 1981
Little Sadie – Reckoning – 1981 (bonus track)
Live/Dead radio promo – Live/Dead – 1969 (bonus track)
Loose Lucy – From the Mars Hotel – 1974
Loser – Dead Set – 1981
Looks Like Rain (live) – Without a Net – 1990
Lost Sailor – Go to Heaven – 1980
Mama Tried – Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) – 1971
Mason’s Children – Workingman’s Dead – 1970 (live bonus track)
Me and Bobby McGee – Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) – 1971
Me and My Uncle – Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) – 1971
Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo – Wake of the Flood – 1973
Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo (live) – Without a Net – 1990
Monkey and the Engineer – Reckoning – 1981
Monkey and the Engineer (Alternate Live Version) – Reckoning – 1981 (bonus track)
Money Money – From the Mars Hotel – 1974
Morning Dew – The Grateful Dead – 1967
Mountains of the Moon – Aoxomoxoa – 1969
My Brother Esau – In the Dark – 1987
New Minglewood Blues – Dead Set – 1981
New Potato Caboose – Anthem of the Sun – 1968
New Speedway Boogie – Workingman’s Dead – 1970
New, New Minglewood Blues – The Grateful Dead – 1967
Nobody’s Spoonful Jam – Aoxomoxoa – 1969 (bonus track)
Not Fade Away – Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) – 1971
Not Fade Away (live) – Dead Set – 1981 (bonus track)
Oh Babe It Ain’t No Lie – Reckoning – 1981
Oh Babe It Ain’t No Lie (Alternate Live Version) – Reckoning – 1981 (bonus track)
Ollin Arageed – Shakedown Street – 1978 (bonus track)
On the Road Again – Reckoning – 1981
One More Saturday Night – Without a Net – 1990
Operator – American Beauty – 1970
Overseas Stomp (the Lindy) – The Grateful Dead – 1967
Passenger – Terrapin Station – 1977
Passenger (live) – Dead Set – 1981
Peggy-O – Go to Heaven – 1980 (vocal version bonus track)
Peggy-O – Terrapin Station – 1977 (instrumental studio outtake)
Playing in the Band – Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) – 1971
Pride of Cucamonga – From the Mars Hotel – 1974
Promised Land – Steal Your Face – 1976
Proto 18 Proper – Blues for Allah – 1975 (bonus track)
Quadlibet for Tenderfeet – Anthem of the Sun – 1968
Queen Jane Approximately – Dylan & the Dead – 1989 (Bob Dylan song)
Radio promo – Workingman’s Dead – 1970 (bonus track)
Refrain – Terrapin Station – 1977
Rhythm Devils – Dead Set – 1981
Ripple – American Beauty – 1970
Ripple – Reckoning – 1981
Ripple (Alternate Live Version) – Reckoning – 1981 (bonus track)
Rosalie McFall – Reckoning – 1981
Rosemary – Aoxomoxoa – 1969
Row Jimmy – Wake of the Flood – 1973
Row Jimmy (live) – Dead Set – 1981 (bonus track)
Sage & Spirit – Blues for Allah – 1975
Sage & Spirit – Reckoning – 1981 (bonus track)
Saint of Circumstance – Go to Heaven – 1980
Samson & Delilah – Terrapin Station – 1977
Samson and Delilah (live) – Dead Set – 1981
Sand Castles & Glass Camels – Blues for Allah – 1975
Scarlet Begonias – From the Mars Hotel – 1974
Serengetti – Shakedown Street – 1978
Shakedown Street – Shakedown Street – 1978
Shakedown Street (live) – Dead Set – 1981 (bonus track)
Ship of Fools – From the Mars Hotel – 1974
Sitting on Top of the World – The Grateful Dead – 1967
Slipknot! – Blues for Allah – 1975
Slipknot! (live) – Without a Net – 1990
Slow Train – Dylan & the Dead – 1989 (Bob Dylan song)
Smokestack Lightning – History of the Grateful Dead, Volume One (Bear’s Choice) – 1973
Space – Dead Set – 1981
St. Stephen – Aoxomoxoa – 1969
St. Stephen (live) – Live/Dead – 1969
Stagger Lee – Shakedown Street – 1978
Stella Blue – Wake of the Flood – 1973
Stronger than Dirt or Milkin’ the Turkey – Blues for Allah – 1975
Sugaree – Steal Your Face – 1976
Sugaree (live) – Dead Set – 1981 (bonus track)
Sugar Magnolia – American Beauty – 1970
Sunrise – Terrapin Station – 1977
Supplication – Dead Set – 1981 (bonus track)
Tastebud – The Grateful Dead – 1967
Terrapin – Terrapin Station – 1977
Terrapin Flyer – Terrapin Station – 1977
Terrapin Station – Terrapin Station – 1977
Terrapin Transit – Terrapin Station – 1977
The Ascent – Terrapin Station – 1977 (instrumental studio outtake)
The Eleven – Live/Dead – 1969
The Eleven Jam – Aoxomoxoa – 1969 (bonus track)
The Faster We Go, the Rounder We Get – Anthem of the Sun – 1968
The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion) – The Grateful Dead – 1967
The Music Never Stopped – Blues for Allah – 1975
The Other One – Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) – 1971
The Race Is On – Reckoning – 1981
Throwing Stones – In the Dark – 1987
Throwing Stones (live) – In the Dark – 1987 (bonus track)
Till the Morning Comes – American Beauty – 1970
To Lay Me Down – Reckoning – 1981
To Lay Me Down (Studio Rehearsal) – Reckoning – 1981 (bonus track)
Tom Dooley – Reckoning – 1981 (bonus track)
Tons of Steel – In the Dark – 1987
Touch of Grey – In the Dark – 1987
Touch of Grey (studio outtake) – In the Dark – 1987 (bonus track)
Truckin’ – American Beauty – 1970
Turn On Your Love Light – Live/Dead – 1969
U.S. Blues – From the Mars Hotel – 1974
Uncle John’s Band – Workingman’s Dead – 1970
Unbroken Chain – From the Mars Hotel – 1974
Unusual Occurrences in the Desert – Blues for Allah – 1975
Victim or the Crime – Without a Net – 1990
Viola Lee Blues – The Grateful Dead – 1967
Wake Up Little Susie – History of the Grateful Dead, Volume One (Bear’s Choice) – 1973
Walkin’ Blues – Without a Net – 1990
Wave That Flag – From the Mars Hotel – 1974 (bonus track)
Weather Report Suite – Wake of the Flood – 1973
We Leave the Castle – Anthem of the Sun – 1968
West L.A. Fadeaway – In the Dark – 1987
West L.A. Fadeaway (alternate version) – In the Dark – 1987 (bonus track)
What’ll You Raise – Go to Heaven – 1980 (bonus track)
Wharf Rat – Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) – 1971
What’s Become of the Baby – Aoxomoxoa – 1969
When Push Comes to Shove – In the Dark – 1987
When Push Comes to Shove (studio outtake) – In the Dark – 1987 (bonus track)