Original SD Songs
‘Round The World (ca. 1997, unfinished/unreleased, never performed live)
About A Train / ’bout A Train [1991-01-10]
After Dawn Blues 1995-04-04
Airport Song (TIUD sessions, 1994, unfinished. Parts of it later became “If Wishes Were Horses”)
At This Hour [1989-04-15]
Back And Forth 1994-11-05
Bad Man Blues 1993-02-28
Bags of Dirt [1990-07-20]
Beasts In The Woods 1994-02-26
Because The World 1995-04-04
Ben’s Looking Out The Window Blues [1989-04-15]
Big Fat Funky Booty [1989-04-15]
Biscuit Head 1994-02-26
Blue Eyed Dilemma 1994-10-27
Boombox 2022-02-25
Breakfast In Bed 1992-02-16
The Buddha On The Lawn 2022-05-13
Cannonball Jive [1989-04-15]
Can’t Say No [1989-11-24]
Can’t Kick The Habit [2005-03-xx]
Checking Up On My Baby [1994-08-27]
Cheeseburger Deluxe [1989-11-24]
Chicken Piss^ 1994-11-03
Chip of Blue 1994-10-16
Cleopatra’s Cat [1989-08-23]
Circumlocution [1989-04-15]
Cop That The Robber [1989-11-25]
Creation [1991-08-10]
Dart Tossin’ Blues [1991-01-16]*
Diamond [1997-06-20]
The Doctors Are Def [1990-09-02]
Dodging Assassins [1999, never played live]
Dogs On A Doe [1995-04-25]
Double Parked 2022-04-02
Down To New Orleans# 1995-04-04
The Drop [1989-11-24]
Feels Like The Real Deal [1995-09-05]
Fire Escape Mothers [1989-04-15]
Fisherman’s Delight [1999-04-25]
Fly In My Glue [1997-11-04]
Flying Behind Myself (ca. 2003, recorded, never performed live)
Forever Collapses [1990-07-02]
Forty or Fifty [1989-05-26]
Four Years (ca. 2003, unfinished)
Freeway Of The Plains [1989-11-24]
Funk Me^ 1994-10-27
Gestalt’s Blues [1989-11-24]
Genuine [2003-05 Spin Doctors debut, originally performed by Cork]
Girl Down South# [1994-11-01]
Girl In The Garden [1995-09-05]
Gone Mad [1997-06-09]
Gorilla Boy [1989-04-15]
Got Me A Girl^ [1994-10-24]
Gunsmith’s Waltz [1991-04-21]
Hambone [1990-06-23]
Hand Bag Boogie [1988? – the band itself mentioned the song title, probably an early days blues original]
Happily Ever After [2003-05, reworked during the 2004 NTTM recording sessions]
Hard To Exist [1989-04-15]
Heart Of The Highway 2022-04-02
Hello Cruel World (ca. 1997, unfinished/unreleased, never performed live)
Here Comes The Bride [1999-04-25]
Hey Dick [1990-06-25]
High and Dry (ca. 1997, unfinished/unreleased, never performed live)
Homebelly Groove [1989-04-15]
House [1989-11-24]
Hungry Hamed’s [1989-11-25]
Hurricane [1997-06-09]
How Could You Want Him (When You Know You Could Have Me)? [1989-11-25]
I Can’t Believe You’re Still With Her [1995-07-20]
I Liked You Better When Your Butt Was Big 2022-02-25
I Must Be The King (ca. 2003/04, recorded during the NTTM sessions, never released or played live)
I Never Thought It Would Be You [1995-04-11]
I’d Like To Love You (But I Think You Might Be Crazy) [2004]
I’m The Man You Got 2022-02-26
If I Was The One (Who Made You Sigh) (ca. 1997, unfinished/unreleased, never performed live)
If The River Was Whiskey [2013-07-18]
If Wishes Were Horses [1995-02-18]
If You Ever Need A Friend [1994-10-24]
Indifference [1991-04-21]
In The House [1994-10-10, more a jam than a song, but performed regularly]
Ivan’s Tired Ass Blues 1997-08-29
Jimmy Olsen’s Blues [1989-04-15]
Keep Your Head High (ca. 1997, unfinished/unreleased, never performed live)
Keep Your Man 1994-11-05
Key To The Kingdom [1997]
Kick My Ass (ca. 1997, unfinished/unreleased, never performed live)
Kissing (ca. 1997, unfinished/unreleased, never performed live)
Lady Kerosene [1989-11-24]
Laraby’s Gang 1993-06-20
Let’s Try Again [1997-11-04]
Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong [1990-05-26]
The Love of Love (ca. 2003, recorded, never performed live with Spin Doctors)
The Man [1997-11-04]
Margarita [2003-05]
Marcy of the Air [1995-04-18]
Mary Jane [1994-02-26]
Mean Mama Blue [1988? – the band itself mentioned the song title, probably an early days blues original]
Miss America [1996-05-29 ??]
Missing In Action (ca. 1997, unfinished/unreleased, never performed live)
More Than She Knows [1989-08-24]
More Than Meets the Ear [1994-02-26]
My Heroine (ca. 1997, unfinished/unreleased, never performed live, also known as “Heroine”)
My Problem Now [2003-05]
New Love (ca. 1997, unfinished/unreleased, never performed live)
Nice Talking To Me [1994-02-16, completely reworked in ca. 2004]
Off My Line [1989-04-15]
Out Of The Wool [1995-05-09]
Pandora’s Box [1989-06-15]
Piece of Glass [1989-11-24]
Pillow Fight (ca. 1997, unfinished/unreleased, never performed live)
Prey To Bears [1990-05-26]
Prince of Doom^ [1991-11-15]
Prisoner of Time [1989-04-15]
Refrigerator Car [1989-11-25]
Revolving Blue Yonder [1995-04-11]
Rhinestone [1997-11]
Rock’n’Roll Heaven 2022-02-25
Rosetta Stone [1989-11-24]
Safety Pin [2005-03-xx]
Same Old World (ca. 1997, unfinished/unreleased, never performed live)
Say Goodnight [1995-04-04]
Scotch and Water Blues [1990-07-24]
She’s Not You [1995-07-25]
She Don’t Love Me Anymore (Anymore) 2021-07-04
She Stands Alone
She Used To Be Mine 1994-10-19
Shinbone Alley [1989-11-25]
Shuffle in C 1996-05-25
Siren Dress [1997-11-04]
Sister Sisyphus [1990-06-23]
So Bad [1991-07-27]
Some Other Man Instead [2013-07-18]
Someday All This Will Be Road [1990-07-20]
Spin Doctor (1995, unfinished/unreleased, never performed in concert)
Stepped On A Crack [1989-04-15]
Still a Gorilla 2022-02-25
Sugar [2004, including a guitar riff from a Chrysalids tune from 1997]
Surprise 1994-10-27
Sweet Widow [1989-04-15]
Sweetest Portion [1989/2012]
The Bigger I Laugh, The Harder I Cry 1997-06-09
To Make Me Blue 1995-01-27
Tomorrow Can Pay The Rent [1999, never played live]
Tonight You Could Steal Me Away [2005-03-xx]
To See Them Burn 1994-11-02
Traction Blues [1990-10-29]
Turn It Upside Down [1989-08-23]
Two Princes [1989-11-24]
Underdog 1997-06-09 (only performance ever)
Up For Grabs [1989-11-24]
Uranium Century [1990-10-11]
Vampires In The Sun [1999, never played live]
Waiting For The Blow [1997-06-09]
What My Love [1990-10-29]
What Time Is It? [1989-08-23]
When You Got Turmoil In Your Mind
Where Angels Fear To Tread [1995-07-20]
While You’re Holding The Moon (Over Me) 2024-02-17
Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing (ca. 1997, unfinished/unreleased, never performed live)
Wow [1997-11-04]
Yo Baby [1989-04-15]
Yo Mama’s A Pajama [1989-11-24]
You Let Your Heart Go Too Fast [1994-02-26. debut of new version]
You’ve Got To Believe In Something [1995-04-04]
- [date in brackets] indicate the first known version of the song (= the first version on tape, the first found in the setlist file, etc.) In some cases (especially in the early days) the song may have been played before this date.
- ^ indicates that the song may not be a Spin Doctors original, although it is believed to be.
- # indicates that this song was played only once and was most likely a song just made up on the spot.
- Bold song names indicate that the song was released officially on a studio or live album or an early demo / independently released tape.
- Italic song titles indicate that it is known that the song exists (e.g. as a demo or unreleased studio recording) but was never finished or performed live.
- Hyperlinked song names lead to the song’s lyrics. Lyrics from offcially released songs used by permission from the band’s mgmt, lyrics from unreleased songs transcribed from live recordings by fans.