List of songs recorded by Motion City Soundtrack

American rock band Motion City Soundtrack recorded songs for six studio albums, various soundtracks, compilations, and non-album singles. The majority of the group's original material was written by vocalist and guitarist Justin Pierre. The band also recorded cover versions of other artists' songs at various points throughout their career, including by the Beatles, Limbeck, the Police, R.E.M., the Rentals, Rilo Kiley, Trampled by Turtles, and the Weakerthans. In all, the group recorded 107 songs, nine of which were covers.

Motion City Soundtrack performing in Washington, D.C. in 2012

Songs
Justin Pierre, the band's lead vocalist and guitarist, was the primary lyricist for the band.
The band covered one song by their tour-mate Limbeck.
The band covered "Wait So Long" by Trampled by Turtles in 2011.[1]
The band allowed Dan Campbell of The Wonder Years to rework their song "It's a Pleasure to Meet You" in 2015.[2]
Contents
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Key
Indicates single release
 • Indicates cover versions
Name of song, originating album, and year released.
Song Album Year Ref.
"1000 Paper Cranes" Kids for America 2000 [3]
"4th of December" Kids for America 2000 [3]
"@!#?@!" My Dinosaur Life 2010 [4]
"Alcohol Eyes" Go 2012 [5]
"A Life Less Ordinary (Need a Little Help)" My Dinosaur Life 2010 [4]
"Always Running Out of Time" Almost Alice 2010 [6]
"Antonia" Even If It Kills Me 2007 [7]
"Anything at All" Panic Stations 2015 [8]
"A-OK" I Am the Movie 2003 [9]
"Attractive Today" Commit This to Memory 2005 [10]
"Autographs & Apologies " I Am the Movie 2003 [9]
"Back to the Beat" Back to the Beat 2000 [11][12]
"Bad Idea" Go 2012 [5]
"Better Open the Door" Commit This to Memory 2005 [10]
"Bomb Pops" Kids for America 2000 [3]
"Boombox Generation" I Am the Movie 2003 [9]
"Bottom Feeder" Go 2012 [5]
"Boxelder" Go 2012 [5]
"Broken Arrow" Panic Stations 2015 [8]
"Broken Heart" Even If It Kills Me 2007 [7]
"Calling All Cops" Even If It Kills Me 2007 [7]
"Cambridge" Kids for America 2000 [3][9]
"Can't Finish What You Started" Even If It Kills Me 2007 [7]
"Capital H" Back to the Beat 2000 [11][12][9]
"Carolina" "Promenade / Carolina" 1999 [13]
"Circuits and Wires" Go 2012 [5]
"The Coma Kid" Go 2012 [5]
"The Conversation" Even If It Kills Me 2007 [7]
"Crooked Ways" Non-album single 2020
"Days Will Run Away" Panic Stations 2015 [8]
"Delirium" My Dinosaur Life 2010 [4]
"A Dip in the Ocean" Saving for a Custom Van 2020 [14]
"Disappear" My Dinosaur Life 2010 [4]
"Don't Call It a Comeback" I Am the Movie 2003 [9]
"Everyone Will Die" Go 2012 [5]
"Everything Is Alright" Commit This to Memory 2005 [10]
"Everything Is Fine" Panic Stations (Japanese Bonus Track) 2016 [8]
"Even If It Kills Me" Even If It Kills Me 2007 [7]
"Feel Like Rain" Commit This to Memory 2005 [10]
"Fell in Love Without You" Even If It Kills Me 2007 [7]
"Floating Down the River" Go 2012 [5]
"The Future Freaks Me Out" I Am the Movie 2003 [9]
"Give Up/Give In" Go 2012 [5]
"Gravity" Panic Stations 2015 [8]
"Hangman" Commit This to Memory 2005 [10]
"Happy Anniversary" Go 2012 [5]
"Heavy Boots" Panic Stations 2015 [8]
"Hello Helicopter" Even If It Kills Me 2007 [7]
"The Here Away" Back to the Beat 2000 [11]
"Her Words Destroyed My Planet" My Dinosaur Life 2010 [4]
"Here Comes the Sun"  • Minnesota Beatle Project Vol. 3 2011 [15]
"History Lesson" My Dinosaur Life 2010 [4]
"Hold Me Down" Commit This to Memory 2005 [10]
"Hysteria" My Dinosaur Life 2010 [4]
"I Can Feel You " Panic Stations 2015 [8]
"Indoor Living" I Am the Movie 2003 [9]
"Inside Out" Non-album single 2013
"Intersection" Kids for America 2000 [3]
"Invisible Monsters" Commit This to Memory (Deluxe Edition) 2006 [16]
"It Had to Be You" Even If It Kills Me 2007 [7]
"It's a Pleasure to Meet You" Panic Stations 2015 [8]
"It's (Sort of) A Pleasure to Meet You"
(with Dan Campbell)		 (Sort of) A Song for Patsy Cline / It's (Sort of) a Pleasure to Meet You 2015 [17]
"Last Night" Even If It Kills Me 2007 [7]
"Left and Leaving"  • Friends 2014 [18]
"L.G. FUAD" Commit This to Memory 2005 [10]
"Lose Control" Panic Stations 2015 [8]
"Make Out Kids" Commit This to Memory 2005 [10]
"Major Leagues" Making Moves Vol. 6 2012 [19]
"Mary Without Sound" I Am the Movie 2003 [9]
"Modern Chemistry" I Am the Movie 2003 [9]
"My Favorite Accident" I Am the Movie 2003 [9]
"My Valuable Hunting Knife"  • "The Future Freaks Me Out" 2003 [20]
"Not Asking You to Leave" Even If It Kills Me 2007
"Opening Night" Back to the Beat 2000 [11]
"Over It Now" Panic Stations 2015 [8]
"Perfect Teeth" I Am the Movie 2003 [9]
"Pictures of Success"  • Making Moves Vol. 6 2012 [19]
"Plymouth Rock" Even If It Kills Me 2007
"Point of Extinction" Even If It Kills Me 2007 [7]
"Pop Song 89"  • Punk Goes 80's 2005 [21]
"Promenade" "Promenade / Carolina" 1999 [13]
"Pulp Fiction" My Dinosaur Life 2010 [4]
"Red Dress" I Am the Movie 2003 [9]
"Resolution" Commit This to Memory 2005 [10]
"The Samurai Code" Panic Stations 2015 [8]
"Severance" Making Moves Vol. 6 2012 [19]
"Shiver" I Am the Movie 2003 [9]
"Skin and Bones" My Dinosaur Life 2010 [4]
"So Long Farewell" My Dinosaur Life 2010
"Son of a Gun" Go 2012 [5]
"Stand Too Close" My Dinosaur Life 2010 [4]
"Sunday Warning" Kids for America 2000 [3][22]
"Sunny Day" My Dinosaur Life 2010
"The Sun Woke Up the Whole State"  • Motion City Soundtrack / Limbeck 2004 [23]
"This Is for Real" Even If It Kills Me 2007 [7]
"Throw Down" Back to the Beat 2000 [11][12]
"Timelines" Go 2012 [5]
"Time Turned Fragile" Commit This to Memory 2005 [10]
"TKO" Panic Stations 2015 [8]
"Together We'll Ring in the New Year" Commit This to Memory 2005 [10]
"True Romance" Go 2012 [5]
"Truth Hits Everybody"  • ¡Policia!: A Tribute to the Police 2005 [24]
"Waiting"  • Lost Out in the Machinery – Songs of the Rentals 2010 [25]
"Wait So Long"  • Wait So Long / Disappear 2011 [26]
"The Weakends" My Dinosaur Life 2010 [4]
"When "You're" Around" Matchbook Romance / Motion City Soundtrack 2004 [22][10]
"Where I Belong" Even If It Kills Me 2007 [7]
"Worker Bee" My Dinosaur Life 2010 [4]
"The Worst Is Yet to Come" Go 2012 [5]
"The Worst Part..." Even If It Kills Me 2007

References
General
  • "Motion City Soundtrack: Songs". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
Specific
  1. "Exclusive Streams: Motion City Soundtrack and Trampled by Turtles Cover Each Other". Rolling Stone. November 11, 2011. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
  2. Tyler Sharp (October 5, 2015). "The Wonder Years, Motion City Soundtrack announce split seven-inch". Alternative Press. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
  3. Kids for America (liner notes). Motion City Soundtrack. Self-released. 2000.CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. My Dinosaur Life (liner notes). Motion City Soundtrack. Columbia Records. 2010. 88697190742.CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. Go (liner notes). Motion City Soundtrack. Epitaph Records. 2012. 87202-2.CS1 maint: others (link)
  6. Almost Alice (liner notes). Various Artists. Buena Vista Records. 2010. D000516602.CS1 maint: others (link)
  7. Even If It Kills Me (liner notes). Motion City Soundtrack. Epitaph Records. 2007. 86862-2.CS1 maint: others (link)
  8. Panic Stations (liner notes). Motion City Soundtrack. Epitaph Records/The Boombox Generation. 2015. 87374-2.CS1 maint: others (link)
  9. I Am the Movie (liner notes). Motion City Soundtrack. Epitaph Records. 2003. 86679-2.CS1 maint: others (link)
  10. Commit This to Memory (liner notes). Motion City Soundtrack. Epitaph Records. 2005. 86750-2.CS1 maint: others (link)
  11. Back to the Beat (liner notes). Motion City Soundtrack. Modern Radio Record Label/Sound In Motion Recordings. 2000. sim/01.0.CS1 maint: others (link)
  12. Motion City Soundtrack / Schatzi (liner notes). Motion City Soundtrack/Schatzi. Doghouse Records. 2003. DOG095.CS1 maint: others (link)
  13. Promenade / Carolina (liner notes). Motion City Soundtrack. Soundinmotion. 1999. 001.CS1 maint: others (link)
  14. Kaufman, Gil (June 16, 2020). "All-Star Adam Schlesinger Tribute Album 'Saving For a Custom Van' Benefits COVID-19 Relief". Billboard. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  15. Minnesota Beatle Project Vol. 3 (liner notes). Various Artists. Vega Productions. 2011.CS1 maint: others (link)
  16. Commit This to Memory (Deluxe Edition) (liner notes). Motion City Soundtrack. Epitaph Records. 2006. 86802-2.CS1 maint: others (link)
  17. (Sort of) A Song for Patsy Cline / It's (Sort of) a Pleasure to Meet You (liner notes). Motion City Soundtrack/The Wonder Years. Hopeless Records. 2015. HR2185-7.CS1 maint: others (link)
  18. Friends (liner notes). Various Artists. Fadeaway Records. 2014. FA010D.CS1 maint: others (link)
  19. Making Moves Vol. 6 (liner notes). Motion City Soundtrack. Mad Dragon Records/The Boombox Generation. 2012. MDR-030.CS1 maint: others (link)
  20. The Future Freaks Me Out (liner notes). Motion City Soundtrack. Epitaph Records. 2003. 1142-1.CS1 maint: others (link)
  21. Punk Goes 80's (liner notes). Various Artists. Fearless Records. 2005. FRL 30075-2.CS1 maint: others (link)
  22. Matchbook Romance / Motion City Soundtrack (liner notes). Matchbook Romance/Motion City Soundtrack. Epitaph Records. 2004. 86728-1.CS1 maint: others (link)
  23. Motion City Soundtrack / Limbeck (liner notes). Motion City Soundtrack/Limbeck. Blue Collar Distro. 2004. BCD002.CS1 maint: others (link)
  24. ¡Policia!: A Tribute to the Police (liner notes). Various Artists. The Militia Group. 2005. TMG025-2.CS1 maint: others (link)
  25. Lost Out in the Machinery – Songs of the Rentals (liner notes). Various Artists. Ki/oon Music. 2010.CS1 maint: others (link)
  26. Wait So Long / Disappear (liner notes). Motion City Soundtrack/Trampled By Turtles. The Boombox Generation/Banjodad Records. 2011. MCS-TBT.CS1 maint: others (link)
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