Faith No More, a San Francisco-based band, have recorded approximately 100 songs over the course of their career; this includes material from six studio albums, one live album, and numerous B-side tracks and out-takes. Faith No More were founded in 1981 as Sharp Young Men, and changed their name to Faith. No Man before releasing the 1982 double A-side single "Quiet in Heaven" / "Song of Liberty". Upon assuming the name Faith No More, the band's first two full-length albums, We Care a Lot and Introduce Yourself, were driven mostly by new vocalist Chuck Mosley and the "metallic guitar" of Jim Martin, blending elements of rap and heavy metal music. Mosley was later replaced by Mr. Bungle vocalist Mike Patton, who added lyrics to the already-written music for 1989's The Real Thing. Their next studio album, Angel Dust, moved away from the band's rap-influenced sound to experiment with different musical genres; a trend which became much more pronounced on the 1995 album King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime.
Between the recording of the latter two albums, Martin left the band. Reports are mixed as to whether he quit or was fired; however he had stopped contributing to the band's output during the recording of Angel Dust, leaving bass player Billy Gould to record guitar parts for "Another Body Murdered", the band's contribution to the Judgment Night soundtrack. Martin's guitarist role was filled during the recording for King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime by Patton's Mr. Bungle bandmate Trey Spruance, and on the accompanying tour by roadie Dean Menta. While recording their final album, Album of the Year, the band was joined by guitarist Jon Hudson. Hudson was also present for the band's collaboration with Sparks, which produced two songs, including the single "This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us". In 1998, they released the compilation Who Cares a Lot? The Greatest Hits, which contains a number of previously unreleased songs.
Among Faith No More's best known songs are "We Care a Lot", an "antiprotest" song which exists in a different version on each of the Mosley-fronted albums; "Epic", a breakthrough hit which spent three weeks at number one in Australia and made the top ten in the United States; and "Midlife Crisis", which has featured in the 2004 video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. "Midlife Crisis" is also cited as their top fan-rated song in a poll that compiled ratings from 17,345 fans. ("The Real Thing", "King for a Day", "Caffeine", "The Gentle Art of Making Enemies", "Ashes to Ashes", "Just a Man", "Stripsearch", "Everything's Ruined", and "Last Cup of Sorrow" round out the top 10).
The band officially split up in April 1998, reforming again in 2009 for a series of tours. The band's first album since reuniting, Sol Invictus, was released in 2015, preceded by the single "Motherfucker".
List of songs
+KeyIndicates single release
Song Credit as writer(s) Release Year Ref(s)"Absolute Zero" Patton 1995 Digging the Grave"Anne's Song" Bordin Bottum Gould Martin Mosley Introduce Yourself 1987 "Another Body Murdered" Gould Bordin Patton Bottum Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. Judgment Night 1993 "Arabian Disco" Bordin Bottum Gould Martin Mosley We Care a Lot 1985 "As the Worm Turns" Bordin Bottum Gould Martin Mosley We Care a Lot 1985 "As the Worm Turns" Gould Bottum Mosley You Fat Bastards: Live at the Brixton Academy 1990 "As the Worm Turns" Mosley Bottum Gould Angel Dust & I'm Easy / Das Schutzenfest 1992 Faith No More - Angel Dust (CD, Album) at DiscogsFaith No More - I'm Easy / Das Schützenfest (CD) at Discogs"Ashes to Ashes" Patton Gould Hudson Bordin Bottum Album of the Year 1997 "Be Aggressive" Bordin Bottum Gould Martin Patton Angel Dust 1992 "" Patton Gould Hudson Bordin 1997 Ashes to Ashes"Black Friday" Bordin Bottum Gould Hudson Patton Sol Invictus 2015 "Blood" Bordin Bottum Gould Martin Mosley Introduce Yourself 1987 "Caffeine" Bordin Bottum Gould Martin Patton Angel Dust 1992 "Caralho Voador" Patton Gould Bordin King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime 1995 "Chinese Arithmetic" Bordin Bottum Gould Martin Mosley Introduce Yourself 1987 "Collision" Patton Hudson Album of the Year 1997 "Cone of Shame" Bordin Bottum Gould Hudson Patton Sol Invictus 2015 "" Faith No More 1989 "" Bordin Bottum Gould Martin Mosley Introduce Yourself 1987 "Crack Hitler" Bordin Bottum Gould Martin Patton Angel Dust 1992 "Cuckoo for Caca" Patton Gould Spruance King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime 1995 "Das Schutzenfest" Faith No More Songs to Make Love To 1993 "Death March" Bordin Bottum Gould Martin Mosley Introduce Yourself 1987 "Digging the Grave" Patton Gould Bordin King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime 1995 "Easy" Richie Songs to Make Love To 1993 Songs to Make Love To"Edge of the World" Bordin Bottum Gould Martin Patton 1989 "Edge of the World" Gould Bottum Patton Bordin You Fat Bastards: Live at the Brixton Academy 1990 "Epic" Bordin Bottum Gould Martin Patton 1989 "Epic" Gould Bottum Patton Bordin Martin You Fat Bastards: Live at the Brixton Academy 1990 "Everything's Ruined" Bordin Bottum Gould Martin Patton Angel Dust 1992 "Evidence" Patton Gould Bordin Spruance King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime 1995 "Falling to Pieces" Bordin Bottum Gould Martin Patton 1989 "Falling to Pieces" Gould Bottum Martin Patton You Fat Bastards: Live at the Brixton Academy 1990 "Faster Disco" Bordin Bottum Gould Martin Mosley Introduce Yourself 1987 "From Out of Nowhere" Bordin Bottum Gould Martin Patton 1989 "From Out of Nowhere" Gould Bottum Patton You Fat Bastards: Live at the Brixton Academy 1990 "From the Dead" Bordin Bottum Gould Hudson Patton Sol Invictus 2015 "" Patton Gould Bordin King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime 1995 "Get Out" Patton King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime 1995 "Got That Feeling" Patton Album of the Year 1997 "" Faith No More 1989 From Out of Nowhere"Greed" Bordin Bottum Gould Martin Mosley We Care a Lot 1985 "Greenfields" The Brothers Four 1995 "Helpless" Patton Bordin Gould Album of the Year 1997 "Highway Star" Lord Blackmore Gillan Paice Glover Who Cares a Lot? The Greatest Hits 1998 "Hippie Jam Song" Patton Gould Who Cares a Lot? The Greatest Hits 1998 "Home Sick Home" Patton Album of the Year 1997 "I Started a Joke" B. Gibb R. Gibb M. Gibb 1995 "I Wanna Fuck Myself" Allin 1995 Ricochet"I Won't Forget You" Patton Gould Who Cares a Lot? The Greatest Hits 1998 "Instrumental" Patton Gould Bottum Who Cares a Lot? The Greatest Hits 1998 "Introduce Yourself" Bordin Bottum Gould Martin Mosley Introduce Yourself 1987 "Jim" Bordin Bottum Gould Martin Mosley We Care a Lot 1985 "Jizzlobber" Bordin Bottum Gould Martin Patton Angel Dust 1992 "" Bordin Bottum Gould Martin Mosley We Care a Lot 1985 "Just a Man" Patton Gould Spruance Bottum King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime 1995 "Kindergarten" Bordin Bottum Gould Martin Patton Angel Dust 1992 "King for a Day" Patton Gould Spruance Bordin Bottum King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime 1995 "Land of Sunshine" Bordin Bottum Gould Martin Patton Angel Dust 1992 "Last Cup of Sorrow" Patton Gould Album of the Year 1997 "" Patton Gould Bordin King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime 1995 "Let's Lynch the Landlord" Biafra Virus 100 1992 "Light Up and Let Go" Patton 1997 "Malpractice" Bordin Bottum Gould Martin Patton Angel Dust 1992 "Mark Bowen" Bordin Bottum Gould Martin Mosley We Care a Lot 1985 "Matador" Bordin Bottum Gould Hudson Patton Sol Invictus 2015 "Midlife Crisis" Bordin Bottum Gould Martin Patton Angel Dust 1992 "Midnight Cowboy" Barry Angel Dust 1992 "" Bordin Bottum Gould Martin Patton 1989 "Motherfucker" Bordin Bottum Gould Hudson Patton Sol Invictus 2015 "Mouth to Mouth" Patton Bordin Gould Hudson Album of the Year 1997 "Naked in Front of the Computer" Patton Album of the Year 1997 "New Beginnings" Bordin Bottum Gould Martin Mosley We Care a Lot 1985 "New Improved Song" Faith No More Sounds Waves 2 1988 "Paths of Glory" Patton Gould Hudson Bordin Bottum Album of the Year 1997 "" Faith No More Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey: Music from the Motion Picture 1991 "Pills for Breakfast" Bordin Bottum Gould Martin Mosley We Care a Lot 1985 "Pristina" Patton Gould Album of the Year 1997 "Quiet in Heaven" Mike Morris 1982 Quiet in Heaven/Song of Liberty, 1982Released as Faith. No Man"" Bordin Bottum Gould Martin Patton 1989 "" Gould Bottum Patton Kamosi De Quincey You Fat Bastards: Live at the Brixton Academy 1990 "Ricochet" Patton Gould Bordin King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime 1995 "Rise of the Fall" Bordin Bottum Gould Hudson Patton Sol Invictus 2015 "Rn'R"Bordin Bottum Gould Martin Mosley Introduce Yourself 1987 "RV" Bordin Bottum Gould Martin Patton Angel Dust 1992 "Separation Anxiety" Bordin Bottum Gould Hudson Patton Sol Invictus 2015 "She Loves Me Not" Patton Gould Bordin Album of the Year 1997 "" Bordin Bottum Gould Martin Patton Angel Dust 1992 "Smaller and Smaller" Bordin Bottum Gould Martin Patton Angel Dust 1992 "Sol Invictus" Bordin Bottum Gould Hudson Patton Sol Invictus 2015 "Something for the Girl with Everything" Mael Plagiarism 1998 "Song of Liberty" Morris 1982 "Spanish Eyes" Kaempfert Singleton Snyder 1995 "Spirit" Bordin Bottum Gould Martin Mosley Introduce Yourself 1987 "Star A.D." Patton Gould Bordin King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime 1995 "Stripsearch" Patton Hudson Bordin Gould Album of the Year 1997 "Sunny Side Up" Bordin Bottum Gould Hudson Patton Sol Invictus 2015 "Superhero" Bordin Bottum Gould Hudson Patton Sol Invictus 2015 "Surprise! You're Dead!" Bordin Bottum Gould Martin Patton 1989 "Sweet Emotion" Patton Bordin Kerrang! Flexible Fiend 1989 "Take This Bottle" Patton Gould King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime 1995 "This Guy's in Love with You" Bacharach David Who Cares a Lot? The Greatest Hits 1998 "This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us" Mael Plagiarism 1998 Collaboration with Sparks"Ugly in the Morning" Patton Gould Spruance King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime 1995 "Underwater Love" Bordin Bottum Gould Martin Patton 1989 "Underwater Love" Gould Bottum Patton You Fat Bastards: Live at the Brixton Academy 1990 "War Pigs" Butler Iommi Osbourne Ward 1989 "War Pigs" Butler Iommi Osbourne Ward You Fat Bastards: Live at the Brixton Academy 1990 "We Care a Lot" Bordin Bottum Gould Martin Mosley We Care a Lot 1985 "We Care a Lot" (Slash Version) Bordin Bottum Gould Martin Mosley Introduce Yourself 1987 "We Care a Lot" Gould Bottum Mosley Starr You Fat Bastards: Live at the Brixton Academy 1990 "What a Day" Patton Spruance King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime 1995 "Why Do You Bother" Bordin Bottum Gould Martin Mosley We Care a Lot 1985 "Woodpecker from Mars" Bordin Bottum Gould Martin Patton 1989 "Woodpecker from Mars" Bordin Martin You Fat Bastards: Live at the Brixton Academy 1990 "" Faith No More Who Cares a Lot? The Greatest Hits 1998 "Zombie Eaters" Bordin Bottum Gould Martin Patton 1989 "Zombie Eaters" Gould Bottum Patton Bordin Martin You Fat Bastards: Live at the Brixton Academy 1990
See also List of songs recorded by Tomahawk Faith No More discography Mike Patton discography
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Bibliography
Album notes
Singles notes "Quiet in Heaven" / "Song of Liberty" (Single notes). Faith. No Man. Ministry of Propaganda. 1982. "From Out of Nowhere" (Single notes). Faith No More. Slash Records. 1989. "Songs to Make Love To" (EP notes). Faith No More. Slash Records. 1993. "Digging the Grave" (Single notes). Faith No More. Slash Records. 1995. "Ricochet" (Single notes). Faith No More. Slash Records. 1995. "Ashes to Ashes" (Single notes). Faith No More. Slash Records. 1997.