This is a roughly chronological list of compilations featuring contributions by Sonic Youth. Full track list info is provided if possible, and SY's track appears in bold text. Items featured include regular "various artists" compilations, soundtracks, a handful of promo samplers, tributes, freebies, and a few oddities. This page indicates original release date, the song(s) included, and original/common release label. Tracks that are unique to a compilation are bolded baby blue.
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title
year
content
primary label
NOISE FEST
1982
Untitled (live 06/18/81)
ZG Music
TELLUS #1
1983
Scream Tape (live)
Harvestworks
EFFENAAR
1983
Making the Nature Scene (live 06/30/83)
Kaisettes
SPEED TRIALS
1984
Dig This! (live 05/04/83)
Homestead
59 TO 1 CASSETTE NR. 1
1984
Protect Me You
59 to 1
YOU BET WE'VE GOT SOMETHING AGAINST YOU
1985
The World Looks Red (live 04/28/85)
Cathexis/Pleasantly Surprised
A DIAMOND HIDDEN IN THE MOUTH OF A CORPSE
1985
Halloween
Giorno Poetry Systems
PLOW!
1985
Death Valley '69 (7" version, alt mix)
Organik
CHEMICAL IMBALANCE #4
1986
Marilyn Moore (live 06/19/86)
Chemical Balance
IMPACT (auto-edit)
1986
I Love Her All The Time (live 04/28/85)
Audio Instant
COMMUNICATE LIVE
1986
Kill Yr Idols (live 03/23/85)
Thames Poly Student Union
LIFE WOULD BE GRIM WITHOUT HUMOUR
1986
The World Looks Red (live)
Fourth Dimension
SUB POP 100
1986
Kill Yr Idols
Sub Pop
EMMA PRESENTEERT
1986
Brother James (live 10/15/85)
M. A. Draje
HITS $ CORRUPTION
1986
The World Looks Red (live 04/28/85)
Hits & Corruption
BANG ZOOM #7
1986
Kat n Hat (live 07/05/85) / interview
Bang Zoom
LOVEDOLLS SUPERSTAR
1986
Hallowed Be Thy Name
SST
INDIE TOP 20 VOL 1
1987
Into the Groovey
Band of Joy
TELLUS #18: EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE
1987
Plato's Cave [excerpt] (live 12/05/86)
Harvestworks
NME'S HAT TRICK
1987
White Kross (live 11/10/86)
NME
RHYTHM & NOISE
1987
Catholic Block (live 06/04/87)
Underground Mag 7
SST GODHEAD STOREDUDE IN-STORE PLAY DEVICE #1
1987
Inhuman / I Dreamed I Dream
SST
SST GODHEAD STOREDUDE IN-STORE PLAY DEVICE #2
1987
Master=Dik
SST
SST GODHEAD STOREDUDE IN-STORE PLAY DEVICE #3
1987
Schizophrenia / Hotwire My Heart
SST
SST GODHEAD STOREDUDE IN-STORE PLAY DEVICE #5
1987
Sonik Death (live 11/04/83)
SST
TAKING THIS PLACE APART II
1987
Interview
?
59 TO 1 CASSETTE NR. 17
1987
Kotton Krown
59 to 1
HYSTERIE
1987
Death Valley '69
Widowspeak Productions
MADE IN USA
1987?
Secret Girl
Chrysalis
MINI PLOT
1988
I Am Right (goofy mix)
SST
SOUNDS BLASTS 2
1988
Silver Rocket (live 08/88)
Sounds Blast 2
SGT PEPPER KNEW MY FATHER
1988
Within You Without You
NME Presents
GOOD FEELING
1988
Catholic Block (live 06/04/87)
53rd & 3rd
RIVER OF NO RETURN
1988
Marilyn Moore (live 05/29/86)
United Piss Artists
FAST 'N' BULBOUS
1988
Electricity
Imaginary
MUSIC VIEW #41
1988
Kissability / interview
?
INDIE CITY 1
1988
Death Valley '69
New Musical Express
GIGANTIC!
1989
Teenage Riot (special video mix)
Melody Maker
MELTING PLOT
1989
I Am Right (goofy mix) / I Am Right
SST
THE BRIDGE
1989
Computer Age
Caroline
EVERY BAND HAS A SHONEN KNIFE WHO LOVES THEM
1989
Burning Farm
Gasatanka/Giant
NOTHING SHORT OF TOTAL WAR
1989
Come And Smash Me... / He's On Fire / Magic Wand / ****
Blast First
DEVIL'S JUKEBOX
1989
Come And Smash Me... / Magic Wand / ****
Blast First
CMJ PRESENTS CERTAIN DAMAGE
1989?
Candle
CMJ
ENIGMA! A MANIC ASSEMBLAGE OF ENIGMA RECORDING ARTISTS
1989
Teen Age Riot
Enigma
THE BEST OF CMJ 1979-1989
1990?
Death Valley '69
CMJ
DK PULSER NO. 1
1990
Su Nioj
DK Pulser
VERA GRONINGEN: BEAUTY IN THE UNDERWORLD
1990
Broken Eye (live 06/11/87)
Vera
SMILES, VIBES, & HARMONY
1990
I Know There's An Answer
DeMilo Records
50 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS CAN'T BE WRONG
1990
?
CMJ
DECADE 1: A MUSICAL HISTORY
1990
Kool Thing
MCA
THE JUNE 1990 GUIDE
1990
Kool Thing / Disappearer / Tunic
Geffen/DGC
PUMP UP THE VOLUME
1990
Titanium Expose
MCA
MCA CD COMPILATION #5
1991
Dirty Boots
MCA
OUT OF TIME
1991
Electricity
Imaginary
SUBMERGE YOURSELF IN SOUND
1991
Catholic Block (live 11/03/90)
DGC
NEVERMIND THE MAINSTREAM 1
1992
Kool Thing
Rhino
FREEDOM OF CHOICE
1992
Ca Plane Pour Moi
Caroline/City Slang
NME SINGLES OF THE WEEK 1992
1992
100%
RCA
BURNING LEAVES
1992
Youth Against Fascism / Stalker
DGC
ROCK THE VOTE
1992
PSA
Warner Bros.
DERAILS
1992
Youth Against Fascism (remix)
DGC
REFLEX TEST
1992
Youth Against Fascism (remix)
DGC
ROAD KILL
1992
Youth Against Fascism (remix)
DGC
SPAWN
1992
Youth Against Fascism (remix)
DGC
PLAY MCA AUGUST 92
1992
Sugar Kane
MCA
THE INDIE SCENE 85
1992
Death Valley '69
The Connoisseur Collection
VOX ELITE
1993
100%
VOX/ICP
MONDO SUPREMO
1993
Sugar Kane
DGC
SPLUNGE
1993
Sugar Kane (edit)
DGC
ASTRO SHEEN
1993
Teen Age Riot
DGC
OPTION GIVEAWAY
1993
Teen Age Riot
Option Mag
RCD CLASSIC ROCK COLLECTION VOL 10
1993
Teen Age Riot
Northern Shell Pic
DIE HARD STREET MUSIC
1993
I Love You Mary Jane
Immortal
JUDGMENT NIGHT
1993
I Love You Mary Jane
Immortal/Epic
NO ALTERNATIVE
1993
The Burning Spear (live 01/24/93)
Arista
THEN CAME THE LAST DAYS OF MAY
1993?!
The Red & The Black
Old Stage Road
20 GROUPES EN STARTER
1993?
Youth Against Fascism
Les Trans-Musicales
DE AFREKENING VOLUME 5
1993?
Sugar Kane
Columbia
RIFRAF VOLUME ONE
1993
Orange Rolls, Angel's Spit
Liquid
METAL CD COLLECTION 13
1993
Teen Age Riot
Northern & Shell Publications
REBELLIOUS JUKEBOX
1993
Teen Age Riot
Melody Maker
GRINDER
1994
Bull in the Heather
DGC
STEP STEP STEPPIN' ON SATAN'S FOOT
1994
Made in USA segment
Tedium House
GRILLER 2
1994
Sweet Shine
DGC
RADIO MUSIC & INTERVIEW
1994
Doctor's Orders
?
FROM ROCK TO R&B
1994
Bull in the Heather
?
MCA CANADA CD COMPILATION #9
1994
Bull in the Heather
MCA
CMJ NEW MUSIC #10
1994
Bull in the Heather
CMJ Mag
IN CONCERT: NEW ROCK #94-16
1994?
7 songs (live 01/24/93)
Westwood One
ALTERNATIVE NRG
1994
JC (live 09/27/92)
Hollywood
DGC RARITIES VOL. 1
1994
Compilation Blues
DGC
GEFFEN RARITIES VOL. 1
1994
Compilation Blues
Geffen
IF I WERE A CARPENTER
1994
Superstar
A&M
HOW MANY CATS CAN YOU FIT IN A BUCKET?
1994
Superstar
A&M
B.L.A.S.T. #3
1994
Superstar
S.I.N.
HARD FORCE
1994
Androgynous Mind
Geffen
VOLUME 9
1994
Doctor's Orders (T-Vox version)
?
INSANITY
1994?
Bull in the Heather
Sony Music
THE ATLANTIC GROUP 1995 RELEASE NO 1 JANUARY
1995
Genetic
Atlantic
MY SO-CALLED LIFE
1995
Genetic
Atlantic
HITS POST MODERN SYNDROME
1995
Tuck N Dar
?
SWAG
1995
Becuz
Geffen
RAH RAH SIS BOOM SWAG
1995
Becuz
Geffen
BACK TO SCHOOL
1995
The Diamond Sea (edit)
Geffen
SEARCH & DISOBEY
1995
I Wanna Be Yr Dog (live 06/04/87)
Kennel Club
MUTE BANK
1995
Teen Age Riot
Mute
CMJ NEW MUSIC NOVEMBER - VOLUME 27
1995
The Diamond Sea (edit)
CMJ
NME USA TODAY
1995
Unwind
NME
PLAY MCA SEPT/OCT 95
1995
Little Trouble Girl
MCA
JUST SAY NOEL
1995
Santa Doesn't Cop Out On Dope
Geffen
BUY PRODUCT
1995
Teen Age Riot
Geffen
DEFINITIVT BEAT NR 10 - 95
1995
Unwind
Beat
ROCKS OFF
1995
Sugar Kane
PolyGram TV
ALTERNATOR
1995
Kool Thing
Crash Bang!
MCA SER FREMOVER
1995
Little Trouble Girl
MCA
WILD CD 04
1995
Little Trouble Girl
Wild Magazine
BUY PRODUCT 2
1996
Little Trouble Girl (instrumental)
Geffen
PLAY MCA MAR/APR 96
1996
Little Trouble Girl
MCA
SWAG AMERICAN STYLE
1996
Saucer-Like
Geffen
ABSOLUTE 90'S
1996
Sugar Kane
MCA
GENERATION X 90'S
1996?
Touch Me I'm Sick
?
DE MIX VOL 1
1996
Becuz
MCA Music
SEM LIMITES
1996
Sugar Kane
MCA Music
SWAG VOLUME 1
1996
Saucer-Like
MCA Canada
SUBURBIA
1997
Bee-Bee's Song / Sunday / Tabla in Suburbia
DGC/Geffen
VOX HAUTE COUTURE
1997
Death Valley '69
Vox Mag
CMJ 500
1997
Kool Thing
CMJ
TIBETAN FREEDOM CONCERT
1997
Wildflower (live 06/07/97)
Capitol
LORD OF THE BOARDS
1997
Teen Age Riot
Ariola
UNIVERSAL VORVERKAUF
1998
Sunday
Universal
HIT DISC RADIO
1998
Sunday (edit)
?
MIX & MATCH
1998
French Tickler
Geffen
JAPANESE RUMBA
1998
Silver Train
Yakuza
INDIE 2000 VOL.2
1998
Kool Thing
Columbia
NEW WAVE HALLOWEEN
1998
Halloween
WEA/Atlantic/Rhino
WOMEN IN ROCK
1998
Tunic (Song For Karen)
BMG/Razor & Tie
RRR-500
1998
Locked Groove
RRR
AXION TWO
1998
Little Trouble Girl
Universal
DE AFREKENING 16
1998
Sunday
Sony Music
ZOO MAGAZINE CD SAMPLER
1998
Sunday
Zoo Magazine
GENERATIONEXT MUSIC BY PEPSI
1998
The Diamond Sea (edit)
Arcade España
CONDO PAINTING
1998
Radio-Amatoroj (edit)
Gallery Six
GOING UNDERGROUND
1999
Death Valley '69
Rhino
WIRED - MUSIC FUTURISTS
1999
Schizophrenia
Rhino
GO SIMPSONIC WITH THE SIMPSONS
1999
Simpson's Theme
WEA/Atlantic/Rhino
INDEX MAG SAMPLER
1999
Eyes & Teeth
Index Mag
POLA X
1999
Blink
Phantom
END OF DAYS
1999
Sugar Kane
Universal/Geffen
UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED
2000
Six (4th Take)
Uncut Mag
AT HOME WITH THE GROOVEBOX
2000
Campfire
Grand Royal
ELYSIAN FIELDS SOUNDTRACK
2000
Side2side2
Elysian Fields
CMJ NEW MUSIC MONTHLY #84
2000
Nevermind (What Was It Anyway)
CMJ Mag
MONITOR THIS
2000
Nevermind (What Was It Anyway)
Universal?
CROSSING ALL OVER VOL. 12
2000
Small Flowers Crack Concrete
?
SLEIGHED
2000
Santa Doesn't Cop Out On Dope
Universal
OPEN ENDS: MUSICAL EXPLORATION IN NEW YORK 1960-2000
2000
Tremens
Museum Music
GRIND SESSION
2000
In the Mind of the Bourgeois Reader
Shaba Games/Sony
TT 35
2000?
StreamXsonik Subway
Text Und Ton Magazin
ROUGH TRADE SHOPS 25 YEARS
2001
Death Valley '69
Mute
LES INROCKUPTIBLES - OBJECTIF 2001
2001
Demie Clocharde (rough mix)
Les Inrockuptibles
BED OF SOUND
2001
Tamra (excerpt)
?
JANE MAG COMPILATION
2001
Plastic Sun
Jane Mag
THE VISIONS #100 ANNIVERSARY
2001
Computer Age
Visions Magazine
UNDER THE INFLUENCE
2001
Tremens
Six Degrees
ALL TOMORROW'S PARTIES 1.1
2002
Fauxhemians
ATPR
ANTHOLOGY OF NOISE & ELECTRONIC MUSIC
2002
Audience (live 10/30/83)
Sub Rosa
THE WIRE 20 YEARS 1982-2002: AUDIO ISSUE
2002
Expressway to yr Skull
Mute
ALL AREAS VOLUME 27
2002
Youth Against Fascism (video)
Visions Magazine
YOU GOTTA HEAR THIS VOLUME 3
2002
The Empty Page
?
KICK IT ALL STARS
2002
The Empty Page
Interscope
THE WIRE TAPPER 9
2002
III
Wire Magazine
SONIC YOUTH DJ HOUR
2002
Radical Adults Lick Godhead Style / etc.
Geffen?
2002 TOUCH AND GO/QUARTERSTICK RECORDS SAMPLER
2002
X
Touch and Go
KERRANG! THE ALBUM
2002
Plastic Sun
Universal Music TV
...UND ES WAR SOMMER
2002
The Empty Page
Chinchilla
TENTH ANNIVERSARY - ONGOING HISTORY OF NEW MUSIC
2003
Kool Thing
Universal Music
YOU CAN NEVER GO FAST ENOUGH
2003
Loop Cat
Plain Recordings
LIVE FROM BONNAROO 2003
2003
She is Not Alone (live 06/13/03)
Sanctuary
LEFT OF THE DIAL: DISPATCHES FROM THE 80s UNDERGROUND
2004
Teen Age Riot
Rhino
MAI 2004
2004
Unmade Bed (edit)
Les Inrockuptibles
PEACE NOT WAR: VOLUME TWO
2004
Peace Attack
Peace Not War
PLAYLIST: VOLUME 23 - SUMMER 2004
2004
I Love You Golden Blue
HMV
WELCOME TO THE DESERT
2004
Unmade Bed
Filter
ROUGH TRADE SHOPS - COUNTER CULTURE 04 BEST OF 2004
2005
Dude Ranch Nurse
Mute
ALL TOMORROW'S PARTIES 3.1
2005
Simpson's Theme
ATP Recordings
LIKE A RUG IN A LAKE
2005
Making the Nature Scene
Freedom From
NEW YORK NOISE VOL 2
2005
I Dreamed I Dream
Soul Jazz Records
SUDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG DISKOTHEK 1993
2005
I Love You Mary Jane
Süddeutsche Zeitung
ART ROCK FESTIVAL SAINT-BRIEUC 2005
2005
Beautiful Plateau
n/a
A SONG BY ITS COVER
2005
Ca Plane Pour Moi
BMG
1987 (EIN JAHR UND SEINE 20 SONGS)
2005
Schizophrenia
Süddeutsche Zeitung
LIVE AT KEXP, VOLUME ONE
2005
Unmade Bed (live 07/14/04)
KEXP
WDET LIVE! VOL. 4
2005
Unmade Bed (live 08/02/04)
WDET-FM
FROM THE KITCHEN ARCHIVES NO 3
2006
The World Looks Red / Shaking Hell (live 12/27/82)
Orange Mountain Music
THE DEFINITIVE TOM DUNNE VOL 01: PET PICKS 2000-2006
2006
Unmade Bed
Rubyworks
AIR MAGIC WORLD POP FEVER
2006
Incinerate
Magic
LES INROCKUPTIBLES - 20 ANS - 100 CHANSONS 1986-2006
2006
Dirty Boots
Les Inrockuptibles
THE HARRY SMITH PROJECT: ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC REVISITED
2006
Dry Bones (live 11/99)
Shout! Factory
SONGS IN THE KEY OF B
2006
I Dreamed I Dream
Plan B
ROCKZONE 17
2006
Incinerate
Rockzone
MOMENTOS 2006 VOLUMEN II CANCIONES INTERNACIONALES
2007
Incinerate
Sinedin Music
LA ROUTE DU ROCK - LA COMPILATION 2007
2007
Candle
La Route Du Rock
LE NEW YORK D'ANDY WARHOL
2007
Tremens
Les Inrockuptibles
BACK TO MINE: GUILLEMOTS
2007
Providence
DMC
LIKE A HURRICANE - A TRIBUTE TO NEIL YOUNG
2007
Computer Age
Uncut
THIS IS NEXT - INDIE'S BIGGEST HITS VOLUME 1
2007
Do You Believe in Rapture?
Vice Records
FREE YR RADIO 2007
2007
The World Looks Red (live 07/21/07)
?
20 YEARS OF RAGE
2007
Kool Thing
Warner
GUITAR HERO III
2007
Kool Thing
Activision/Interscope
I'M NOT THERE
2007
I'm Not There
Columbia/Sony Music
JUNO
2008
Superstar
Rhino
DJ SPOOKY: SOUND UNBOUND
2008
Audience (remix)
Sub Rosa
ROCKUMENTARIES
2008
Dirty Boots
BlackBook
IT'S COOL TO BE HOT
2008
Superstar
Music Sales Group
INDIE
2008
Rats
Ukrainian Records
BE TRUE
2008
Death Valley '69
Universal Music
ASIA ARGENTO
2008
Kool Thing / Little Trouble Girl
Antibemusic S.R.L.
WFMU PRESENTS: THE FREE MUSIC ARCHIVE SAMPLER VOL. 2
2008
Silver Rocket (live 07/04/08)
WFMU
ELEGY SAMPLER 60
2009
Sacred Trickster
Elegy
UN PRINTEMPS 2009 - VOL. 2
2009
Sacred Trickster
Les Inrockuptibles
CD SIDE 53
2009
Sacred Trickster
D-Side
BRAND NEU!
2009
Two Cool Rock Chicks Listening to Neu!
Feraltone
GIVE.LISTEN.HELP VOL 6
2009
Brave Men Run (live 08/11/85)
?
TEN YEARS OF ROCK
2009
Reena
Naïve
NYT FRA PLAYGROUND MUSIC
2009
Sacred Trickster
Playground Music Scandinavia
BORN INTO THE 90S
2009
100%
Universal Music Australia
ÅRSBESTE 2009
2009
Walkin Blue
No Label
DOES YOUR CAT KNOW MY DOG?
2010
No Way (power cut version) (live 05/31/09)
Three:Four Records
GENIUS OF...US ROCK & BRIT POP
2010
Incinerate
Naïve
MATADOR AT 21
2010
Sacred Trickster
Matador
25 YEARS PUKKELPOP
2010
Kool Thing
Universal Music Belgium
TOTAL DRIVETIME
2010
Bull in the Heather
Universal
COLLECTORAMA #5 - PUNK
2010
Star Power
Les Inrockuptibles
NOT THE SPACES YOU KNOW, BUT BETWEEN THEM
2011
In & Out / Out & In
Three Lobed Recordings
THE BRIDGE SCHOOL CONCERTS: 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
2011
Rain On Tin (live 10/04)
Reprise
SINNER'S DAY 11
2011
Bull in the Heather
EMI
HANG ON
2011
Chez Yves (Alice Et Clara)
Artrocker
L'ANTHOLOGIE DES INROCKS - 25 ANS DE MUSIQUE
2011
Schizophrenia
Les Inrockuptibles
THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER
2012
Teen Age Riot
Atlantic
BIG LOVE
2012
Bull in the Heather
Atlantic
SONAR 1000 VOLUME 2
2012
Tunic (Song For Karen)
Universal Music Belgium
L'INROCKUPTIBLE 2
2013
Sugar Kane
Parlophone
HAUTE MUSIQUE NOVA
2013
Bull in the Heather
Wagram Music
NR. 250 - DIE BESTEN COVERSONGS AUS 25 JAHREN
2013
Ca Plane Pour Moi
Visions
SUMMER OF THE 90S
2014
100%
Universal Music France
INDIE ANTHEMS
2014
Bull in the Heather
Union Square Music Ltd
ROCK WERCHTER 40 1975-2014
2014
Kool Thing
Universal Music Belgium
DEATH DISCO
2014
Shaking Hell
Universal Music France
MUSIC FOR PLANTS VOL 2
2014
Creepers & Climbers
soundcloud
ANTOLOGIA DE LA MUSICA ELECTRONICA Y DEL ARTE DEL RUIDO
2015
Audience
Independent Recordings
LATEST & GREATEST INDIE ANTHEMS
2015
Kool Thing
Union Square Music Ltd.