List of songs recorded by the Darkness

The Darkness is an English hard rock band formed in Lowestoft, Suffolk in 2000. Their first release was the extended play I Believe in a Thing Called Love in August 2002, which featured the tracks "I Believe in a Thing Called Love", "Love on the Rocks with No Ice" and "Love Is Only a Feeling", all of which were later featured on the band's debut album.[1] After signing with Atlantic Records, the band released their debut album Permission to Land in July, which featured a total of ten tracks.[2] Singles released to support the album were "Get Your Hands off My Woman", "Growing on Me", "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" and "Love Is Only a Feeling", all of which featured new B-sides.[3][4][5][6] The B-sides "The Best of Me" (from "Get Your Hands Off My Woman") and "Makin' Out" (from "I Believe in a Thing Called Love") were also featured on the Japanese edition of Permission to Land.[2] "Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)" was released at the end of the year,[7] and also featured on the Christmas reissue of the album.[2]

A former lineup of The Darkness in 2013. From left to right: Ed Graham, Dan Hawkins, Justin Hawkins, Frankie Poullain. The current lineup includes Rufus Tiger Taylor in place of Graham.

The band's second album, One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back, was released in November 2005, and also featured ten tracks.[8] The album was supported by the release of singles "One Way Ticket", "Is It Just Me?" and "Girlfriend"; the first two featured new B-sides, while the third featured remixes of the A-side.[9][10][11] The B-side "Grief Hammer", originally from the single "One Way Ticket", was also featured on the Japanese edition of One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back.[8] The band broke up in 2006, and in 2008 the compilation album The Platinum Collection and box set Permission to Land/One Way Ticket to Hell... were released, each featuring all 20 songs from the band's first two albums ("Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)" was also included on The Platinum Collection).[12][13]

The Darkness reunited in 2011, and in August 2012 they released their third album, Hot Cakes.[14] The album features eleven tracks, including the band's first studio cover version, of Radiohead's "Street Spirit (Fade Out)".[14] The deluxe edition of Hot Cakes features four additional tracks, three of which are new songs; the bonus track "Cannonball" features Ian Anderson of the band Jethro Tull on flute.[14] In 2014 Graham left the band again, to be replaced by Emily Dolan Davies, who performed on the band's fourth album Last of Our Kind.[15] Davies later left herself, and was replaced by Rufus Tiger Taylor.

Songs

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Frontman Justin Hawkins has performed lead vocals and guitar with the band since their formation in 2000.
 
Along with his brother Justin, guitarist Dan Hawkins has co-written every original track by The Darkness.
 
Bassist Frankie Poullain has contributed to songwriting on all three The Darkness albums, including all of Permission to Land.
 
Drummer Ed Graham has performed on all three albums by the band, co-writing all of Permission to Land and the track "Bald".
 
Richie Edwards replaced Poullain in 2005 and performed bass guitar on One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back.
 
Hot Cakes features a cover version of "Street Spirit (Fade Out)", originally written and recorded by Radiohead.
 
Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson performed flute on Hot Cakes bonus track "Cannonball".
Key
Indicates song released as a single
Indicates song written by the whole band
Title Writer(s) Release Year Ref. Notes
"All The Pretty Girls" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
Rufus Tiger Taylor
Pinewood Smile 2017
"Always Had the Blues" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
Last of Our Kind 2015 [15] [A]
"Bald" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Ed Graham
One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back 2005 [8] [B]
"Barbarian" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
Last of Our Kind 2015 [15]
"Bareback" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
Ed Graham
"Growing on Me" 2003 [4]
"The Best of Me" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
Ed Graham
"Get Your Hands off My Woman" 2003 [3] [G]
"Black Shuck" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
Ed Graham
Permission to Land 2003 [2] [B]
"Blind Man" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back 2005 [8] [B]
"Buccaneers of Hispaniola" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
Rufus Tiger Taylor
Pinewood Smile 2017
"Cannonball" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
Hot Cakes 2012 [14] [C]
"Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
Ed Graham
Permission to Land 2003 [2] [B][D]
"Concrete" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
Hot Cakes 2012 [14]
"Conquerors" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
Last of Our Kind 2015 [15]
"Curse of the Tollund Man" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
Ed Graham
"Love Is Only a Feeling" 2004 [6]
"Dinner Lady Arms" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back 2005 [8] [B]
"English Country Garden" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back 2005 [8] [B]
"Every Inch of You" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Hot Cakes 2012 [14]
"Everybody Have a Good Time" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Hot Cakes 2012 [14]
"Forbidden Love" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
Hot Cakes 2012 [14]
"Friday Night" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
Ed Graham
Permission to Land 2003 [2] [B]
"Get Your Hands off My Woman" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
Ed Graham
Permission to Land 2003 [2] [B]
"Girlfriend" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back 2005 [8] [B]
"Givin' Up" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
Ed Graham
Permission to Land 2003 [2] [B]
"Grief Hammer" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
"One Way Ticket" 2005 [9] [E]
"Growing on Me" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
Ed Graham
Permission to Land 2003 [2] [B]
"Hammer & Tongs" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
Last of Our Kind 2015 [15]
"Happiness" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
Rufus Tiger Taylor
Pinewood Smile 2017
"Hazel Eyes" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back 2005 [8] [B]
"Holding My Own" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
Ed Graham
Permission to Land 2003 [2] [B]
"The Horn" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
"The Horn" 2013 [16]
"How Dare You Call This Love?" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
Ed Graham
"Growing on Me" 2003 [4]
"I Am Santa" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
Rufus Tiger Taylor
Last of Our Kind 2015 [15] [D]
"I Believe in a Thing Called Love" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
Ed Graham
Permission to Land 2003 [2] [B][F]
"I Can't Believe It's Not Love" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Hot Cakes 2012 [14] [C]
"I Love You 5 Times" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
Ed Graham
"Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)" 2003 [7]
"Is It Just Me?" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back 2005 [8] [B]
"I Wish I Was in Heaven" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
Rufus Tiger Taylor
Pinewood Smile 2017
"Japanese Prisoner of Love" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
Rufus Tiger Taylor

Pinewood Smile 2017
"Keep Me Hangin' On" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Hot Cakes 2012 [14]
"Knockers" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back 2005 [8] [B]
"Last of Our Kind" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
Last of Our Kind 2015 [15]
"Lay Down With Me, Barbara" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
Rufus Tiger Taylor
Pinewood Smile 2017
"Living Each Day Blind" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Hot Cakes 2012 [14]
"Love Is Not the Answer" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Hot Cakes 2012 [14]
"Love Is Only a Feeling" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
Ed Graham
Permission to Land 2003 [2] [B][F]
"Love on the Rocks with No Ice" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
Ed Graham
Permission to Land 2003 [2] [B][F]
"Makin' Out" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
Ed Graham
"I Believe in a Thing Called Love" 2003 [5] [G]
"Messenger" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
Last of Our Kind 2015 [15] [A]
"Mighty Wings" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
Last of Our Kind 2015 [15]
"Million Dollar Strong" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
Last of Our Kind 2015 [15] [A]
"Mudslide" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
Emily Dolan-Davies ‡
Last of Our Kind 2015 [15]
"Nothin's Gonna Stop Us" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Chris McDougall
Hot Cakes 2012 [14]
"One Way Ticket" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back 2005 [8] [B]
"Open Fire" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
Last of Our Kind 2015 [15]
"Out of My Hands" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
Ed Graham
"I Believe in a Thing Called Love" 2003 [5]
"Pat Pong Ladies" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
Hot Cakes 2012 [14] [C]
"Physical Sex" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
Ed Graham
"I Believe in a Thing Called Love" 2003 [5]
"Planning Permission" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
Ed Graham
"Love Is Only a Feeling" 2004 [6]
"Rack of Glam" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
Rufus Tiger Taylor
Pinewood Smile 2017
"Roaring Waters" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
Last of Our Kind 2015 [15]
"Rock in Space" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
Rufus Tiger Taylor
Pinewood Smile 2017
"Stampede of Love" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
Rufus Tiger Taylor
Pinewood Smile 2017
"Sarah O'Sarah" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
Last of Our Kind 2015 [15]
"Seagulls (Losing My Virginity)" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
Rufus Tiger Taylor
Pinewood Smile 2017
"Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back 2005 [8] [B]
"Shake (Like a Lettuce Leaf)" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
"Is It Just Me?" 2006 [10]
"She Just a Girl, Eddie" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Hot Cakes 2012 [14]
"Shit Ghost" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
"Is It Just Me?" 2006 [10]
"Solid Gold" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
Rufus Tiger Taylor
Pinewood Smile 2017
"Southern Trains" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
Rufus Tiger Taylor
Pinewood Smile 2017
"Stampede of Love" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
Rufus Tiger Taylor
Pinewood Smile 2017
"Street Spirit (Fade Out)" Thom Yorke
Jonny Greenwood
Colin Greenwood
Ed O'Brien
Phil Selway
Hot Cakes 2012 [14]
"Stuck in a Rut" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
Ed Graham
Permission to Land 2003 [2] [B]
"Uniball" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
Rufus Tiger Taylor
Pinewood Smile 2017
"Wanker" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
"One Way Ticket" 2005 [9]
"Wheels of the Machine" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
Last of Our Kind 2015 [15]
"Why Don't the Beautiful Cry?" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
Rufus Tiger Taylor
Pinewood Smile 2017
"With a Woman" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
Hot Cakes 2012 [14]
"Rock and Roll Deserves to Die" Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Frankie Poullain
Rufus Tiger Taylor
Easter is Cancelled 2019

Notes

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A. a b c d Featured on special deluxe editions of Last of Our Kind only.[15]
B. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Also featured on the 2008 compilation album The Platinum Collection.[12]
C. a b c Featured on special deluxe editions of Hot Cakes only.[14]
D. a Featured on the Christmas reissue of Permission to Land only.[2]
E. a Also featured on special deluxe editions of One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back.[8]
F. a b c Originally featured on the 2002 extended play I Believe in a Thing Called Love.[1]
G. a b Also featured on special deluxe editions of Permission to Land.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b I Believe in a Thing Called Love (Media notes). The Darkness. Must Destroy. 2002.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Permission to Land (Media notes). The Darkness. Atlantic Records. 2003.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ^ a b "Get Your Hands off My Woman" (Media notes). The Darkness. Atlantic Records. 2003.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ^ a b c "Growing on Me" (Media notes). The Darkness. Atlantic Records. 2003.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ^ a b c d "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" (Media notes). The Darkness. Atlantic Records. 2003.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ^ a b c "Love Is Only a Feeling" (Media notes). The Darkness. Atlantic Records. 2004.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ^ a b "Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)" (Media notes). The Darkness. Atlantic Records. 2003.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back (Media notes). The Darkness. Atlantic Records. 2005.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  9. ^ a b c "One Way Ticket" (Media notes). The Darkness. Atlantic Records. 2005.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  10. ^ a b c "Is It Just Me?" (Media notes). The Darkness. Atlantic Records. 2006.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  11. ^ "Girlfriend" (Media notes). The Darkness. Atlantic Records. 2006.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  12. ^ a b The Platinum Collection (Media notes). The Darkness. Rhino Entertainment. 2008.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  13. ^ Permission to Land/One Way Ticket to Hell... (Media notes). The Darkness. Warner Music Group. 2008.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  14. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Hot Cakes (Media notes). The Darkness. Canary Dwarf Records. 2012.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  15. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Last of Our Kind (Media notes). The Darkness. Canary Dwarf Records. 2015.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  16. ^ "The Horn" (Media notes). The Darkness. Canary Dwarf Records. 2013.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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