List of songs recorded by Daft Punk explained

Daft Punk were a French electronic music duo that recorded over 90 songs between 1994 and 2021. The duo has been influential in the dance and French house genres of music.[1] Beginning in 1992 as Darlin' with Laurent Brancowitz, the group disbanded in 1993, and Bangalter and de Homem-Christo formed Daft Punk.[2] The pair's first single, "The New Wave", was released in 1994. Their next single, "Da Funk", was their first commercial success, and is now seen as a house music classic.[3] After the success of "Da Funk", Daft Punk released their first studio album, Homework, in 1997.[4] The album's songs are heavily inspired by funk and dance music, and features "thick, rumbling bass and vocoders". Homework brought worldwide attention to French house music.[5] [6]

Their follow-up, the concept album Discovery, was released in 2001.[7] The album's sound is different from its predecessor, being noticeably influenced by disco music and is characterised as more polished; Discovery was supported by the Franco-Japanese animated film .[8] Later that year, the group released their first live album, Alive 1997.[9] The album contains a forty-five minute excerpt from a live show in 1997. The duo's next album, Human After All, was released in 2005.[10] Made in only six weeks, the album's songs have been described as repetitive and minimalist, and is less produced than Homework and Discovery. Songs from the album would later be used for the group's second live album, the critically acclaimed Alive 2007.[11] [12]

In 2010, the group composed the film score for Disney's ; the soundtrack album was released later that year. The album's songs have been described as "soaring and ominous" and take inspiration from modern classical music.[13] During this time, the duo recorded a song called "Computerized" with American rapper Jay-Z; the song remains officially unreleased. The band released their fourth studio album, Random Access Memories, in 2013.[14] The album deviated from the duo's previous works by featuring live instrumentation and an array of guest musicians, including Pharrell Williams, Nile Rodgers, Julian Casablancas, and Giorgio Moroder on tracks such as "Lose Yourself to Dance", "Instant Crush", and "Giorgio by Moroder", respectively. Backed by the lead single, "Get Lucky", the album was a major critical and commercial success, topping multiple year-end lists and earning the group multiple Grammy Awards.[15] The song "Horizon" was released as bonus track on the Japanese edition of Random Access Memories. Since 2013, the duo has collaborated with multiple artists, such as The Weeknd, being a featured artist on his songs "Starboy" and "I Feel It Coming" from his 2016 album Starboy.[16] The duo announced their breakup in February 2021.[17]

Songs

scope="row" style="background-color:#D8BFD8"
Indicates single release
Indicates songs not solely written by Daft Punk
Song! scope="col" class="unsortable"
WritersOriginal releaseYear
"Adagio for Tron"Daft PunkTron: Legacy (soundtrack)2010[18]
"Aerodynamic" Daft PunkDiscovery2001[19]
"Aerodynamite" Daft Punk2001[20]
"Alive"Daft PunkHomework1994
"Arena"Daft PunkTron: Legacy (soundtrack)2010
"Armory"Daft PunkTron: Legacy (soundtrack)2010
"Around the World" Daft PunkHomework1997[21]
"Arrival"Daft PunkTron: Legacy (soundtrack)2010
"Assault"Daft Punk1994[22]
"ß Wax"
(featuring DJ Kevin)
Daft Punk
DJ Kevin
Two Years Together (compilation)1995[23]
"Beyond"Random Access Memories2013[24]
""Daft PunkHuman After All2005[25]
"Burnin'" Daft PunkHomework1997
"Castor"Daft PunkTron: Legacy (soundtrack)2010[26]
""Daft PunkTron: Legacy (soundtrack)2010
"Computerized"
(featuring Jay-Z)
[27]
"Contact"Random Access Memories2013
"Crescendolls"Daft Punk
Dwight Brewster
Aleta Jennings
Discovery2001
"Da Funk" Daft PunkHomework1995
"Daftendirekt"Daft PunkHomework1997
"Derezzed" Daft PunkTron: Legacy (soundtrack)2010
"Digital Love" Discovery2001
"Disc Wars"Daft PunkTron: Legacy (soundtrack)2010
"Doin' It Right"
(featuring Panda Bear)
Random Access Memories2013
"Drive Unreleased 1994"Daft PunkSoma Records 20 Years (compilation)2011[28]
"Emotion"Daft PunkHuman After All2005
"ENCOM, Part I"Daft PunkTron: Legacy (soundtrack)2010
"ENCOM, Part II"Daft PunkTron: Legacy (soundtrack)2010
"End of Line"Daft PunkTron: Legacy (soundtrack)2010
"Face to Face"
(featuring Todd Edwards)
Discovery2001
"Fall"Daft PunkTron: Legacy (soundtrack)2010
"Father and Son"Daft PunkTron: Legacy (soundtrack)2010[29]
"Finale"Daft PunkTron: Legacy (soundtrack)2010
"Flynn Lives"Daft PunkTron: Legacy (soundtrack)2010
"Fragments of Time"
(featuring Todd Edwards)
Random Access Memories2013
"Fresh"Daft PunkHomework1997
"Funk Ad"Daft PunkHomework1997
""Daft PunkTron: Legacy (soundtrack)2010
""Daft PunkRandom Access Memories2013
"Get Lucky"
(featuring Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers)
Random Access Memories2013
"Giorgio by Moroder"Random Access Memories2013
"Give Life Back to Music" Random Access Memories2013
""
(featuring Jeff Bridges)
Daft PunkTron: Legacy (soundtrack)2010
"Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" Discovery2001
"High Fidelity"Daft PunkHomework1997
"High Life"Daft PunkDiscovery2001
"Horizon"Daft PunkRandom Access Memories
(Japanese & 10th Anniversary Edition)
2013[30]
"Horizon Ouverture"Daft PunkRandom Access Memories
(10th Anniversary Edition)
2023
"Human After All" Daft PunkHuman After All2005
"I Feel It Coming"
(The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk)
Abel Tesfaye
Daft Punk
Martin McKinney
Henry Walter
Eric Chedeville
Starboy2016[31]
"Indo Silver Club" Daft PunkHomework1996
"Indo Silver Club (Part One)" Daft Punk1996[32]
"Infinity Repeating (2013 Demo)"
(featuring Julian Casablancas & The Voidz)
Daft Punk
Julian Casablancas
Random Access Memories
(10th Anniversary Edition)
2023[33]
"Instant Crush"
(featuring Julian Casablancas)
Random Access Memories2013
"Lose Yourself to Dance"
(featuring Pharrell Williams)
Random Access Memories2013
"Make Love"Daft PunkHuman After All2005
"Motherboard"Daft PunkRandom Access Memories2013
"Musique"Daft Punk1996[34]
"" Daft Punk1994
"Nightvision"Daft PunkDiscovery2001
"Nocturne"Daft PunkTron: Legacy (soundtrack)2010
"Oh Yeah"Daft PunkHomework1997
"On/Off"Daft PunkHuman After All2005
"One More Time"
(featuring Romanthony)
Discovery2000
"Outlands"Daft PunkTron: Legacy (soundtrack)2010
"Outlands, Part II"Daft PunkTron: Legacy (soundtrack)2010
"Ouverture"Daft PunkDaft Club2003[35]
"Overture"Daft PunkTron: Legacy (soundtrack)2010
"Phoenix"Daft PunkHomework1997
"Prime (2012 Unfinished)"Daft PunkRandom Access Memories
(10th Anniversary Edition)
2023
"" Daft PunkHuman After All2005
"Recognizer"Daft PunkTron: Legacy (soundtrack)2010
"Rectifier"Daft PunkTron: Legacy (soundtrack)2010
"Reflections"Daft PunkTron: Legacy (soundtrack)2010
"Revolution 909" Daft PunkHomework1997
"Rinzler"Daft PunkTron: Legacy (soundtrack)2010
"Robot Rock" Human After All2005
"Rock'n Roll"Daft PunkHomework1997
"Rollin' & Scratchin'"Daft PunkHomework1995[36]
"Round One"Daft PunkTron: Legacy (soundtrack)2010
"Sea of Simulation"Daft PunkTron: Legacy (soundtrack)2010
"Short Circuit"Daft PunkDiscovery2001
"Solar Sailer"Daft PunkTron: Legacy (soundtrack)2010
"Something About Us" Daft PunkDiscovery2001
""Daft PunkTron: Legacy (soundtrack)2010
"Starboy"
(The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk)
Starboy2016
"Steam Machine"Daft PunkHuman After All2005
"Sunrise Prelude"Daft PunkTron: Legacy (soundtrack)2010
"Superheroes"Discovery2001
"Teachers"Daft PunkHomework1997
"Technologic" Daft PunkHuman After All2005
"Television Rules the Nation"Daft PunkHuman After All2005
"Too Long"
(featuring Romanthony)
Discovery2001
"Touch"
(featuring Paul Williams Jr.)
Random Access Memories2013
"Tron Legacy (End Titles)"Daft PunkTron: Legacy (soundtrack)2010
"Veridis Quo"Daft PunkDiscovery2001
"Voyager"Daft PunkDiscovery2001
"WDPK 83.7 FM"Daft PunkHomework1997
"Within"Random Access Memories2013

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cooper. Sean. Daft Punk – Biography & History. AllMusic. 30 November 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20171201114622/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/daft-punk-mn0000667669/biography. 1 December 2017.
  2. News: Daft Punk: the midas touch. Lynskey. Dorian. 18 May 2013. The Guardian. 30 November 2017. en-GB. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170730223856/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/may/19/daft-punk-release-a-new-album. 30 July 2017.
  3. Web site: Dombal . Ryan . The Top 200 Tracks of the 1990s: 20-01 . . 25 January 2019 . https://archive.today/20190125035943/https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/7853-the-top-200-tracks-of-the-1990s-20-01/ . 25 January 2019 . 3 September 2010 . live . dmy-all .
  4. Web site: Cooper. Sean. Homework – Daft Punk. AllMusic. 30 November 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20171201034615/https://www.allmusic.com/album/homework-mw0000097581. 1 December 2017.
  5. Web site: Carr. Eric. Staff Lists: Top 100 Albums of the 1990s. Pitchfork. Pitchfork Media. 20 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171027131518/https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/5923-top-100-albums-of-the-1990s/?page=4. 27 October 2017. 17 November 2003. dead.
  6. Book: James, Martin. French Connections: From Discotheque to Discovery. London. Sanctuary Publishing. 2003. 1-86074-449-4. 292.
  7. Web site: Bush. John. Discovery – Daft Punk. AllMusic. 30 November 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20171013021740/https://www.allmusic.com/album/discovery-mw0000119560. 13 October 2017.
  8. Web site: Daft Punk Interview. 2 December 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20040627180234/http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/toonami/reactor/features/daftpunk.interview.html. 27 June 2004. Cartoon Network. 16 September 2007.
  9. Web site: Bush. John. Alive 1997 – Daft Punk. AllMusic. 30 November 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20171201114615/https://www.allmusic.com/album/alive-1997-mw0000591730. 1 December 2017.
  10. Web site: Phares. Heather. Human After All – Daft Punk. AllMusic. 30 November 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20171201114612/https://www.allmusic.com/album/human-after-all-mw0000255400. 1 December 2017.
  11. Web site: Dombal. Ryan. 20 November 2007. Daft Punk: Alive 2007". Pitchfork. Pitchfork Media. 2 December 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170917171925/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/10925-alive-2007/. 17 September 2017.
  12. Web site: Bush. John. Alive 2007 – Daft Punk. AllMusic. 2 December 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170630010934/http://www.allmusic.com/album/alive-2007-mw0000750377. 30 June 2017.
  13. Web site: Phares. Heather. Tron: Legacy – Daft Punk. AllMusic. 30 November 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20171201042655/https://www.allmusic.com/album/tron-legacy-mw0002058895. 1 December 2017.
  14. Web site: Phares. Heather. Random Access Memories – Daft Punk. AllMusic. 30 November 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170906062734/http://www.allmusic.com/album/random-access-memories-mw0002521619. 6 September 2017.
  15. Web site: Grammys 2014: The complete list of nominees and winners. Los Angeles Times. 2 December 2017. 26 January 2014. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150304121852/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-grammy-nominations-winners-list-story.html. 4 March 2015.
  16. Web site: Mench. Chris. The Weeknd Is Reportedly Working with Daft Punk. Complex. 2 December 2017. 23 August 2016. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160824143608/http://www.complex.com/music/2016/08/the-weeknd-working-with-daft-punk. 24 August 2016.
  17. Web site: Daft Punk Call It Quits. Jazz. Monroe. 22 February 2021. Pitchfork. 22 February 2021.
  18. TRON: Legacy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack). Daft Punk. 2010. Walt Disney Records. Europe. CD liner notes. 50999 9084702 8.
  19. Discovery. Daft Punk. 2001. Virgin Records. Europe. CD liner notes. 7243 8 49606 2 9.
  20. "Aerodynamic" / "Aerodynamite". Daft Punk. 2001. Virgin Records. Europe. Single liner notes. VST 1799.
  21. Homework. Daft Punk. 1997. Virgin Records. UK. CD liner notes. 7243 8 42609 2 7.
  22. "The New Wave". Daft Punk. 1994. Soma Quality Recordings. UK. 12" vinyl liner notes. SOMA 14.
  23. Two Years Together. Various Artists. 1995. Coda Records. France. CD liner notes. TYT – 001/95.
  24. Random Access Memories. Daft Punk. 2013. Columbia Records. Europe. CD liner notes. 88883716862.
  25. Human After All. Daft Punk. 2005. Virgin Records. UK. CD liner notes. 724356356221.
  26. Web site: Tron Legacy: Special Edition [Soundtrack] – Daft Punk]. Amazon. 20 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171201132012/https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tron-Legacy-Special-Daft-Punk/dp/B00467EKK4. 1 December 2017. dead.
  27. Grow. Kory. Daft Punk, Jay Z Team Up for Previously Unreleased 'Computerized'. Rolling Stone. 12 January 2018. 10 March 2014. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180113035527/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/daft-punk-jay-z-team-up-for-previously-unreleased-computerized-20140310. 13 January 2018.
  28. http://www.somarecords.com/news/ Soma Records announce... Soma20 – Daft Punk – Drive Unreleased 1994
  29. Web site: TRON: Legacy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – Daft Punk. 3 December 2010 . iTunes US Apple. 30 November 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20171001080153/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/tron-legacy-original-motion/id406192538. 1 October 2017.
  30. Web site: 2023-02-22 . Daft Punk Announce New Random Access Memories Reissue With Unreleased Music . 2023-05-10 . Pitchfork . en-US.
  31. Web site: Kellman. Andy. Starboy – The Weeknd. AllMusic. 2 December 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20171003175000/http://www.allmusic.com/album/starboy-mw0002992510. 3 October 2017.
  32. "Indo Silver Club (Part One) / Indo Silver Club (Part Two)". Daft Punk. 1996. Soma Quality Recordings. UK. liner notes. SOMA 035.
  33. Web site: 2023-05-09 . Daft Punk Premiering Unreleased Song at Paris’ Pompidou Center . 2023-05-10 . Pitchfork . en-US.
  34. "Da Funk"/"Musique". Daft Punk. 1996. Virgin Records. UK. Side B 45 RPM record label. 7243 8 93920 6 7.
  35. Web site: Bush. John. Daft Club – Daft Punk. AllMusic. 3 April 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180404134933/https://www.allmusic.com/album/daft-club-mw0000325050. 4 April 2018.
  36. Web site: 1 March 2021 . Rewind: Daft Punk - Da Funk · Single Review . Resident Advisor.