List of songs recorded by Dido
English singer-songwriter Dido has recorded songs for her four studio albums and collaborated with other artists for duets and featured songs on their respective albums. After collaborating with her brother, Rollo Armstrong, on his band's successful debut album Reverence (1996), she opted to pursue a solo career, signing a record deal with Arista Records the following year.[1] Her first studio album, No Angel, was released in 1999 in the United States. Initially a modest commercial hit, its sales were boosted after its lead single, "Here with Me", became the theme song of the television series Roswell[2] and its third single, "Thank You", was featured on the soundtrack to Sliding Doors[3] and was sampled by American rapper Eminem in his hit song "Stan".[4] No Angel received critical acclaim,[5][6] and has sold over 12 million copies, becoming certified platinum twelve times.[7] It topped music charts in thirteen countries and became the best-selling debut by any female British artist.[8]
In 2003, Arista Records released Dido's second album, Life for Rent. It experienced commercial success,[9][10][11] and became the fastest-selling album by a female solo artist in UK history.[12] Its lead single, "White Flag", was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance[13] and won the BRIT Award for Best British Single[14] and the Ivor Novello Award for International Hit of the Year.[15]
During a five-year hiatus, Dido moved from London to Los Angeles to write and record her third album, Safe Trip Home, which was released in 2008.[16][17] It was the first to feature co-producer Jon Brion.[18] Its first official single was "Don't Believe in Love".[17] In 2010, Dido collaborated with composer A. R. Rahman and recorded "If I Rise" for the film 127 Hours, eventually earning an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song.[19] Dido initially planned to follow up with Safe Trip Home relatively quickly with her fourth studio album, Girl Who Got Away, but a pregnancy delayed its release to 2013.[9][20]
List of songs
† | Indicates single release |
Song | Artist(s) | Writer(s) | Original release | Year | Ref. |
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"7 Seconds" | Dido feat. Youssou N'Dour | Live 8 | 2005 | [21][22] | |
"All I See" | Dido | Dido | Girl Who Got Away | 2013 | [23] |
"All You Want" † | Dido | Dido Paul Herman Rollo Armstrong | No Angel | 1999 | [24] |
"Blackbird" | Dido | Dido Rollo Armstrong | Girl Who Got Away | 2013 | [23] |
"Burnin Love" | Dido with Citizen Cope | Dido Clarence Greenwood | Safe Trip Home | 2008 | [25] |
"Christmas Day" | Dido | Dido Rollo Armstrong | Platinum Christmas | 2000 | [26] |
"Closer" | Dido | Dido Rollo Armstrong Rick Nowels | Life for Rent | 2003 (hidden track) | [27] |
"Day Before We Went to War" | Dido | Dido Rollo Armstrong Brian Eno | Girl Who Got Away | 2013 | [23] |
"Do They Know It's Christmas?" † | Dido with Band Aid 20 | Bob Geldof Midge Ure | 2004 | [28] | |
"Don't Believe in Love" † | Dido | Dido Jon Brion Rollo Armstrong | Safe Trip Home | 2008 | [25] |
"Don't Leave Home" † | Dido | Dido Rollo Armstrong | Life for Rent | 2003 | [27] |
"Don't Think of Me" † | Dido | Dido Rollo Armstrong Pauline Taylor Paul Herman | No Angel | 1999 | [24] |
"Do You Have a Little Time" | Dido | Dido Rick Nowels Mark Bates | Life for Rent | 2003 | [27] |
"Dub Be Good to Me" | Dido | James Harris Terry Lewis | War Child: 1 Love | 2000 | [29] |
"End of Night" † | Dido | Dido Greg Kurstin | Girl Who Got Away | 2013 | [23] |
"Everything to Lose" † | Dido | Dido Rollo Armstrong Ayalah Bentovim | Girl Who Got Away | 2013 Bonus track | [23] |
"Feelin Good" † | Faithless feat. Dido | Dido Sister Bliss Maxi Jazz Rollo Armstrong | The Dance | 2000 | [30] |
"Feels Like Fire" † | Santana feat. Dido | Dido Rollo Armstrong Klaus Derendorf | Shaman | 2002 | [31] |
"Fire and Rain" | Dido | Sounds Eclectic: The Covers Project | 2007 | [32] | |
"For One Day" | Dido | Dido | Safe Trip Home | 2008 | [25] |
"Girl Who Got Away" | Dido | Dido Rollo Armstrong | Girl Who Got Away | 2013 | [23] |
"Go Dreaming" | Dido | Dido Rollo Armstrong Rick Nowels | Girl Who Got Away | 2013 | [23] |
"Grafton Street" | Dido | Dido Rollo Armstrong Brian Eno | Safe Trip Home | 2008 | [25] |
"Happy New Year" | Dido | Dido Greg Kurstin Rollo Armstrong | Girl Who Got Away | 2013 | [23] |
"Here with Me" † | Dido | Dido Paul Statham Pascal Gabriel | No Angel | 1999 | [24] |
"Honestly OK" | Dido | Dido Matty Benbrook Rollo Armstrong | No Angel | 1999 | [24] |
"Hunter" † | Dido | Dido Rollo Armstrong | No Angel | 1999 | [24] |
"If I Rise" † | A. R. Rahman / Dido | A. R. Rahman Dido | 127 Hours: Music from the Motion Picture | 2010 | [33] |
"I Eat Dinner (When the Hunger's Gone)" | Dido / Rufus Wainwright | Kate McGarrigle | Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason | 2004 | [34] |
"I'm No Angel" | Dido | Dido Paul Statham Pascal Gabriel | No Angel | 1999 | [24] |
"Isabel" | Dido | Dido Rollo Armstrong | No Angel | 1999 | [24] |
"It Comes and It Goes" † | Dido | Dido Jon Brion Rollo Armstrong | Safe Trip Home | 2008 | [25] |
"Just Say Yes" | Dido | Dido Lester Mendez Rollo Armstrong | Girl Who Got Away | 2013 Bonus track | [23] |
"Last This Day" | Faithless feat. Dido | Dido Rollo Armstrong | To All New Arrivals | 2006 | [35] |
"Let Us Move On" † | Dido feat. Kendrick Lamar | Dido Rollo Armstrong Jeff Bhasker Kendrick Lamar Pat Reynolds | Girl Who Got Away | 2013 | [23] |
"Let's Do the Things We Normally Do" | Dido | Dido Jon Brion | Safe Trip Home | 2008 | [25] |
"Let's Runaway" | Dido | Dido Greg Kurstin | Girl Who Got Away | 2006 Bonus track | [23] |
"Life for Rent" † | Dido | Dido Rollo Armstrong | Life for Rent | 2003 | [27] |
"Look No Further" † | Dido | Dido Jon Brion Rollo Armstrong | Safe Trip Home | 2008 | [25] |
"Lost" | Dido | Dido Jon Brion Matt Chamberlain | Girl Who Got Away | 2013 Bonus track | [23] |
"Love to Blame" | Dido | Dido Rollo Armstrong John Harrison Vera Bohl | Girl Who Got Away | 2013 | [23] |
"Loveless Hearts" | Dido | Dido Rollo Armstrong | Girl Who Got Away | 2013 | [23] |
"Mary's in India" | Dido | Dido Rollo Armstrong | Life for Rent | 2003 | [27] |
"Me" | Dido | No Angel | 1999 Bonus track | [24] | |
"My Life" | Dido | Dido Rollo Armstrong Mark Bates | No Angel | 1999 | [24] |
"My Lover's Gone" | Dido | Dido Jamie Catto | No Angel | 1999 | [24] |
"Never Want to Say It's Love" | Dido | Dido Jon Brion Rollo Armstrong | Safe Trip Home | 2008 | [25] |
"No Freedom" † | Dido | Dido Rick Nowels | Girl Who Got Away | 2013 | [23] |
"North Star" | Faithless feat. Dido | Dido Sister Bliss Maxi Jazz Rollo Armstrong | The Dance | 2000 | [30] |
"Northern Skies" | Dido | Dido Rollo Armstrong | Safe Trip Home | 2008 | [25] |
"One Step Too Far" † | Faithless feat. Dido | Dido Sister Bliss Maxi Jazz Rollo Armstrong | Outrospective | 2002 | |
"Paris" | Dido | Dido Rick Nowels | White Flag/Paris | 2003 | [36] |
"Quiet Times" † | Dido | Dido | Safe Trip Home | 2008 | [25] |
"Sand in My Shoes" † | Dido | Dido Rick Nowels | Life for Rent | 2003 | [27] |
"See the Sun" | Dido | Dido | Life for Rent | 2003 | [27] |
"See You When You're 40" | Dido | Dido Aubrey Nunn Rollo Armstrong | Life for Rent | 2003 | [27] |
"Sing" † | Annie Lennox feat. Dido and others | Annie Lennox | Songs of Mass Destruction | 2007 | [37] |
"Sitting on the Roof of the World" | Dido | Dido Rick Nowels Rollo Armstrong | Girl Who Got Away | 2013 | [23] |
"Slide" | Dido | Dido Paul Herman | No Angel | 1999 | [24] |
"Smalltown Boy" † | Dido | Bronski Beat | BBC2 | 2013 | |
"Stan" † | Eminem feat. Dido | Dido Paul Herman Eminem | The Marshall Mathers LP | 1999 | [38] |
"Stoned" | Dido | Dido Lester Mendez Rollo Armstrong | Life for Rent | 2003 | [27] |
"Summer" | Dido | Dido | Safe Trip Home | 2008 | [25] |
"Take My Hand" | Dido | Dido Richard Dekkard | No Angel | 1999 | [24] |
"Thank You" † | Dido | Dido Paul Herman | No Angel | 1999 | [24] |
"The Day Before the Day" | Dido | Dido Rollo Armstrong | Safe Trip Home | 2008 | [25] |
"This Land Is Mine" | Dido | Dido Rick Nowels Rollo Armstrong | Life for Rent | 2003 | [27] |
"Us 2 Little Gods" | Dido | Dido Rollo Armstrong Daisy Gough Rick Nowels | Safe Trip Home | 2008 | [25] |
"White Flag" † | Dido | Dido Rick Nowels Rollo Armstrong | Life for Rent | 2003 | [27] |
"Who Makes You Feel" | Dido | Dido Rollo Armstrong p*nut | Life for Rent | 2003 | [27] |
"Worthless" | Dido | Dido Rollo Armstrong Sister Bliss | No Angel | 1999 Bonus track | [24] |
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- Discography
- Songs
- Live at Brixton Academy (Dido Live (EP))
- Greatest Hits
- Odds & Ends
- "Here with Me"
- "Don't Think of Me"
- "Thank You"
- "Hunter"
- "All You Want"
- "White Flag"
- "Life for Rent"
- "Don't Leave Home"
- "Sand in My Shoes"
- "Don't Believe in Love"
- "Quiet Times"
- "Everything to Lose"
- "No Freedom"
- "End of Night"
- "Give You Up"
- "Thank You (Not So Bad)"
- "Stan"
- "One Step Too Far"
- "Feels Like Fire"
- "Do They Know It's Christmas?"
- "Sing"
- "Feelin' Good"
- "If I Rise"
- "Take My Hand"