POPULAR WORKS ADDRESSING AIDS
(encompassing rock, folk, rap, cabaret, jazz, disco, etc.)
This list has been compiled by Dan Martin with assistance from JD Doyle, Clarion Hesse, Ed Mannix, and the members of Outmusic and Outvoice.
SONGS
RECORDED COLLECTIONS
* denotes artist whose death was AIDS-related (refer to composer catalogue entries for further source information)
** denotes artist living with HIV/AIDS
SONGS:
SUSAN ABOD: Soliliquy, from In the Moment. www.susanabod.com
TRAVIS JOHN ALFORD*: Weep Below The Waist, from Lucky PierreWorld Domination (1996)
PETER ALLEN*, MICHAEL CALLEN*, MARSHA MALAMET: Love Don't Need A Reason (1987)
from Peter Allen: Making Every Moment CountRCA (1980)
from Michael Callen: Purple HeartSignificant Other SO 881 (1989)
members.aol.com/sigothinc/
from Marsha Malamet on A Love Worth Fighting ForStreeter Music CD 1001
(1995)
from The Boy From Oz: original cast recording and Broadway cast recording
from Christine Andreas: Love Is Good (1997)
from Brenda Cochrane: Native New Yorker
from Barbara Cook: Live from Lincoln CenterDRG (1994)
from Loretta Holloway: Quietly (1996)
from Robert Leuze: Songs of Our LivesCP CD 9801 (1998)
from Lynn Manuell: Return to Love
from Bill McKinley: Everything Possible
from Holly Near: Edge (2000)
from Tom Postilio: What Matters Most (1993)
from Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, DC: Singing Free (1997)
from Minnesota Gay Men's Chorus: Singing Out
from New York City Gay Men's Chorus: Love Lives On (1991)
from Seattle Gay Men's Chorus: The Pink Album (1996)
from Turtle Creek Chorale: Family (1995)
PETER ALSOP: Gotta Lotta Living To Do, from Feeding the Flame: Songs by Gay Men to End AIDSFlying Fish CD 70541 (1990) www.peteralsop.com
AMERICAN MUSIC CLUB: All Your Jeans Were Too Tight, from No AlternativeArista (1993)
www.redhot.org
JAMIE ANDERSON, SUE FINK:
A Family Of Friends, from Listen (2001) www.jamieanderson.com
Safe Sex Slut, from Wayne Barker: Don't Mess With MaryAboveground
Records CD 107 (1994)
TOM ANDERSON, DAVID CAMPBELL: Yard Sale, from Taking the WheelPhilips CD 537936 (1997)
CHRISTIAN ANDREASON: Everybody Else, from The Storybook Collection www.AllAboutChristian.com
MEIRA ASHER: SIDA from DissectedCrammed Discs (1995)
DAVID BAERWALD: AIDS and Armageddon, from TriageA&M (1992)
HEYWOOD BANKS: A Song For Warren, from If Pigs Could Fly (1990)
NEIL BARTLETT: Can You Hear Me
DAN BERN: Cure For AIDS, from Fifty Eggs Work CD 67870 (1998) www.danbern.com
RUBEN BLADES: The Letter
from Ruben Blades: Nothing But The TruthElektra (1988)
from Heather Bishop: Live www.heatherbishop.com
BOOGIE DOWN PRODUCTIONS, KRS-ONE (KRIS PARKER): Jimmy, from By All Means Necessary - Jive (1988)
BILLY BRAGG: Trust, from Don't Try This at Home - Electra (1999)
JOHN WOLF BRENNAN, CORINA CURSCHELLAS: AIDS from EntupadasCreative Works (1985)
KELLY BRENNAN: Unknown Soldiers, from A Thousand Times Yes (1995)
BRONSKI BEAT: Dr. John, from Truthdare DoubledareMCA (1986)
TOM BROWN*: Jonathan Wesley Oliver, Jr. (1988)
from Capitol City Men's Chorus: SilentCCMC (1998)
from A Love Worth Fighting For performed by Lee LessackStreeter Music
CD 1001 (1995) www.streetermusic.com
from Lee LessackLML Music CD 101 (1995) www.lmlmusic.com
JOHN BUCCHINO:
Do Not Turn Away, from Flirtations: Three (1996)
from Michael Callen:
LegacySignificant Other SO 951 (1996) members.aol.com/sigothinc/
Until The Balance Tips, from Solitude LessonsArt Food Music CD 117 (2001)
from Feeding the Flame: Songs by Gay Men to End AIDS
Flying Fish Records FF 70541 (1990)
www.johnbucchino.com
CHARLES HOSS BURNS: It Won't Be Long, from The Daniel Murphy ProjectPositive Action Label (1998)
SUSAN BUSH: Fly With Me, from Susan BushSEB CD 001 (1998)
MICHAEL CALLEN*:
How To Have Sex, from Purple HeartSignificant Other SO 881 (1989)
Living In Wartime, from Purple HeartSignificant Other SO 881 (1989)
from The Flirtations Live-Out On The RoadFlirt CD1002 (1992)
We've Had Enough, from LegacySignificant Other SO 951 (1996)
members.aol.com/sigothinc/
MICHAEL CALLEN*, MARSHA MALAMET: The Healing Power Of Love
from Michael Callen: LegacySignificant Other SO 951 (1996) members.aol.com/sigothinc/
JOHN CALVI: For The Ones Who Aren't Here, from Suede: Easily Suede (1988) www.suedewave.com
TOM CARLISLE: Goodnight Sweet Prince, from Follow Your StarDestination Records www.destinationrecords.net
MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER: Willy Short, from Red Hot + CountryMercury Nashville (1994) www.redhot.org
ALEX CHILTON: No Sex, from Nineteen Years - A CollectionRhino (1991)
KEITH CHRISTOPHER*: Heal Me; Pieces Of Lives; Someday Soon, from Naked TruthSignificant Other CD 981 (1998) members.aol.com/sigothinc/
DAVID CLEMENT:
Eat It, from Be More Like MeWild Monk Records (1995)
Geriatriphilia, from Your Free GiftShow Dog Tunes CD 03 (2002)
God, from Hard CandyBeauty/Mercury
www.davidclement.com
LEONARD COHEN: Song Of Bernadette
from Famous Blue Raincoat (duet with Jennifer Warnes)Cypress (1986)
from Bette Midler: Bathhouse BettyWarner Bros (1998)
BENJAMIN CONE, JR: AIDS, from The House Is OpenMalaco (2000)
CONEHEAD BUDDHA: The Trilogy, from I Wanna Be Like...YouBig Fish Records (1996)
DAVID "RIVER" CONLEY: Surf AIDS, from Tree: Plant a Tree or DieCherrydisc Records (1994)
JULIAN COPE: Safe Surfer, from Peggy SuicideVirgin (1991
ALIX COREY, DAVID FRIEDMAN: You're There, from Phillip Officer: Winter MoonStreeter Music CD www.streetermusic.com
CATHAL COUGHLAN, SEAN O'HAGAN: The Rack
from Microdisney: Crooked MileVirgin (1986)
from Microdisney: The Sleeping HouseVirgin (1995)
RODNEY CROWELL: Wandering Boy, from The Houston KidSugarhill CD 1065 (2001)
CRUISE CONTROL: No Condom, No Sex (single)Sire (1988)
DIANNE DAVIDSON: Killer Without a Heart, from Breaking All the Rules
DEEP DICKOLLECTIVE: Vaxicran (MedicineGoDown), from BourgieBohoPostPomoAfroHomo Sugartruck (2001)
ED DIAMOND: AIDS, from God is GayGig Music (1998)
JOAQUIM DIMANDE: AIDS (But Hope), from Mabulu: Soul MarrabentaRiverboat (2001)
DUTCHBOY: Do What You Wanna Do (featuring Steve Langley, Tim'm T. West), from DLStop AIDS Project (2002) www.stopaids.org
EXUDE, FRANK ROGALA: Safe With You, from Safe With YouIntegrated Entertainment (1987) www.nc17music.com
FALLOUT: AIDS Charade, from Various Artists: We Won't Take No MoreGo Kart (2001)
JIM FERRAND: Cover Me, from January SunMiles to Go (2000)
SALLY FINGERETT: Home Is Where the Heart Is
from Unraveled (1991) www.sallyfingerett.com/
from Four Bitchin' Babes: Buy Me, Bring Me, Take Me, Don't Mess Up
My HairPhilo (1991)
www.fourbitchinbabes.com/
CATHY FINK: Names, from Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer
TORI FIXX: Take Care Of U, from ReFIXXAdyssi Records CD (2002) www.torifixx.com
RICHARD FOLTZ: The Heart of the Holiday, from Steve Cohen: A Songwriter's ChristmasSweet William Music (1996)
FORGOTTEN REBELS: AIDS, from Surfin' on HeroinRestless (1988)
MICHAEL FRANTI: Positive, from Spearhead: Home (1994)
SCOTT FREE**:
AIDS Dementia; Bad Dream; Placebo; Walker; When I Was Alive, from
Getting OffLeather/Western (1997)
Leather Ghosts; Pride; The Living Dead, from The Living Dead
Leather/Western (1999)
www.scottfree.net
SCOTT FREEDMAN: Dominoes, from Anything Worth Mentioning (2001) www.scottfreedman.com
RACHELLE GAMIEZ: Little Fish, from When Love is RightDS
BOY GEORGE: Il Adore, from Cheapness and BeautyVirgin (1995) www.veryboygeorge.com
JON GINOLI, TREBOR HEALEY: Denny, from Pansy Division: DefloweredLookout Records CD 87 www.pansydivision.com
RICKY IAN GORDON: A Positive Song About Being GayTom Bogdan, tenor, from A Love Worth Fighting ForStreeter Music CD 1001 (1995)
GREGORY GRAY: Three Minute Requiem, from Euroflake in SiverlakeEMI CD 34358 (1995
BRIAN GRILLO**: Goddamn Beautiful World; Seven Years Ago, from Extra Fancy: SinnermanAtlantic 82897-2 (1996)
FRANK GRIMALDI: Here We Go Again, from Walking BackwardEmphatic Records CD 001 (1996) www.emphaticrecords.com
STEVEN GROSSMAN*: Step; Something In The Moonlight, from Steven Grossman 1991 recordingSignificant Other (2004) members.aol.com/sigothinc/
GWEN GUTHRIE: Can't Love You Tonight (1987)
DEBORAH HARRY: Forced To Live, from Def Dumb and BlondeSire (1989)
THE HIGH: P.W.A. from Somewhere SoonPolydor (1990)
BRUCE ROBERT HOWARD ("Doctor Robert"): Digging Your Scene, from Blow Monkeys: Animal Magic RCA (1986)
MITCHELL HOWARD: Black Balloons, from SomedayCling Peaches Music CD (2002) www.MitchellHoward.com
JANIS IAN: When Angels Cry, from A Love Worth Fighting ForStreeter Music CD 1001 (1995) www.streetermusic.com
APACHE INDIAN: AIDS Warning from No ReservationIsland (1992) www.karmasound.com/artists/apache/
GREGORY ISAACS: AIDS
from No SurrenderRass (1992)
from DreamingHeartbeat (1995)
MARK ISLAM:
Dancing With Angels, from The Calloused Heart Collectioncassette
Slip Away, from The Fine PrintCD www.markislam.com
ELTON JOHN:
Ballad Of The Boy In The Red Shoes, from Songs from the West Coast
Rocket/Universal (2001)
The Last Song, from The OneUniversal
RICHARD JULIAN: Charlie Lewis, from Richard JulianBlackbird CD 62014 (1997)
THOMAS KEENE: Name On The Quilt, from The Old Vienna Tapes, Vol. 1Old Vienna CD 92-1 (1992)
JOHN KELLY**: Wigstock (adaptation of "Woodstock" by Joni Mitchell), adapted and performed by John Kelly** in the film Wigstock (not included on the soundtrack release)
KIRT KEMPTER:
Common Threads, from Family ValuesFamily Values (1996)
Safe Sex, from Wrinkle in TimeRDP CD 93 (1993)
STEVEN KERRY: Exodus, from Stain'd Glass: Family ValuesLML Music CD 119 (2000) www.lmlmusic.com/
GRANT KING:
Each Other's All; I Feel Nothing, from Bodies of WaterKnow More Secrets
005 (2000)
Common Ground; Dreaming of Iolo; Michael (in memory of Michael Callen); On
The Dream Side Of The River, from Let Love Out KnowKnow More Secrets
003 (1994) www.knowmoresecrets.com
SANDY KNOX, STEFVEN ROSEN: She Thinks His Name Is John, from Reba McEntire: Read My MindMCA (1994)
LISA KOCH: Light Of A Memory, from Colorblind Blues www.heylisa.com
FEMI KUTI: Stop AIDS, from Fight To WinMCA (2001)
PATTI LaBELLE: I Can Fly, from Be YourselfMCA (1989)
MICHELLE LANCHESTER: Patchwork Quilt
from Sweet Honey in the Rock: In This LandEarthbeat! (1992)
www.sweethoney.com
from Bev Grant: Fabric of Life, Volume OneMAH CD 096 (1996)
from Keali'i Reichel: E O MaiAtlantic (1997)
PATTY LARKIN, LIVINGSTON TAYLOR: The Thread Of Life, from Circles in the StreamUMB (1988) www.pattylarkin.com
JOHN LATOUR: People Are Still Having Sex, from LaTourSmash (1991)
CYNDI LAUPER:
Boy Blue, from True ColorsEpic (1986)
Say A Prayer, from Sisters of AvalonEpic (1997)
LYNN LAVNER: Such Fine Young Men, from I'd Rather Be CuteBent cassette 81369 (1986)
PAUL LOCKWOOD: Positive, from PositiveEndurance Records CD (2000) enzowalker@aol.com
MADONNA: In This Life, from EroticaSire (1992)
BEENIE MAN: AIDS Veteran, from Y2KArtists Only (1999)
MARK & DAN: Is It Over Yet, from Man of My DreamsHalogen CD 677897 (2000)
DAN MARTIN, MICHAEL BIELLO:
The Dance; Into The Light; from Homo Love Songcassette (1990)
Lay Your Burden Down, from A Love Worth Fighting ForStreeter Music
CD 1001 (1995)
www.streetermusic.com
So Many/Lay Your Burden Down, from Human Beingcassette (1992)
www.BielloMartin.com
McCARTHY: God Made The Virus, from I Am A WalletSeptember Records (1987)
TOM McCORMACK: Time Of Our Times, from MissingSpotted Dog CD (1995)
www.tommccormack.com
ANDY MONROE:
Days of Hope and Circumstance (song cycle) (1996) www.andymonroe.com
Slivers Of Ice, from OutloudColourfinder CD (1999)
www.colourfinderrecords.com
GEOF MORGAN: High Risk, from Talk it OverFlying Fish LP 436 (1987)
MORRISSEY, JOHNNY MARR: Death Of A Disco Dancer, from The Smiths: Strangeways, Here We ComeSire (1987)
GUSTAVO MOTTA*: The Green Monkey (1986)
BOB MOULD: Can't Fight It, from No AlternativeArista (1993)
MUSICBEAR: Flowers for Mary, from BuddySki Hill Records CD 62302 (2003) http://home.attbi.com/~musicbear
JOHN OUTLAW*: Down At The Drugstore (1990). Recorded (release information unknown).
DREW PARALIC: Too Little, Too Late, from Too Little, Too Late (2001)
PET SHOP BOYS:
Dreaming of the Queen, from VeryCapital (1993)
Your Funny Uncle, from AlternativeCapital (1995)
JOHN RAYMOND POLLARD Flesh And Spirit, from Sand Surf Sea & Sky (2000) www.johnpollard.com
PRINCE: Sign O' The Times, from Sign o' the TimesWarner Bros (1987)
SPARKY T. RABBIT: Lament For The Queer Dead, from Lunacy: Hand of Desire (1991)
RAINBOW FLAVA: Undercover Freak, from Rainbow Flava SoundsystemPhat Family Records (1998) www.rainbowflava.com
TOSHI REAGON: Foolish Attitudes
from JusticeFlying Fish Records (1990) www.toshireagon.com
from Castlebrry-Dupree: Hot Corn in the FireLadyslipper (1994)
LOU REED: Halloween Parade, from New YorkSire (1989)
JALLEN RIX: Disease Forshadow, from The Sacred and the QueerTriam Music (1995) www.rixartz.com
TOM ROBINSON: Blood Brother, from We Never Had It So Good(1990). www.tomrobinson.com
ROMANOVSKY & PHILLIPS:
Living with AIDS; On The Safe Side, from Emotional RollercoasterFresh Fruit
(1988)
No False Hope, from Be Political, Not PoliteFresh Fruit (1991)
BILL RUSSELL, JANET WOOD: (also see THEATRE WORKS ADDRESSING AIDS)
My Brother Lived In San Francisco
from Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens (1993)
from Joan RyanLML Music CD 107 (1999) www.lmlmusic.com
from Karen Akers: LiveDRG Records (1997) www.drgrecords.com
from Voices for Life (fundraising disc with various artists), sung by Deborah
Boily (2003)VFL, Goshen College.
www.goshen.edu/senate/voicesforlife/
Angels, Punks And Raging Queens, from Flirtations: A Love Worth Fighting
ForStreeter Music CD 1001 (1995) www.streetermusic.com
SALT N PEPA:
Let's Talk About AIDS (adaptation of Let's Talk About Sex)
I've Got AIDS, from Very NecessaryLondon (1993)
BEN SCHATZ: AZT, Begoña's Song, from The Kinsey Sicks: Dragapella!Kinsey Sicks (2001)
ROBERT SCHROCK, STEPHEN BATES: Kris, Look What You've Missed, from Naked Boys Singing (original cast)Café Pacific CD 1210 (1998)
ERICK SERMON: Safe Sex (1994) from No PressureDef Jam
SIBEBA: SIDA, from Hijas Del SolIntuition (1996)
JOSEPH VICTOR SIEGER: The Boys in the Backroom, from Self-Portrait (1993)
GARY SIMMONS: In Our Lifetime, from Potomac Fever: In Our LifetimePF CD (1998)
JUDY SMALL: A Man Among Men, from Let the Rainbow Shine, and from Second Wind www.judysmall.net
SMASHING PUMPKINS: Glynnis, from No AlternativeArista (1993)
PATTI SMITH: Memorial Tribute, from No AlternativeArista (1993)
WILLIE SORDILLO: Feeding The Flame, from Feeding the FlameFlying Fish CD 70541 (1990)
SOUNDGRADEN: H.I.V. Baby, from Born To ChooseRykodisc (1993)
JAY SPEARS: Positive, from Boy Howdy (2002) www.jayspears.com
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: Streets Of Philadelphia
from Philadelphia (soundtrack)Epic 57624 (1993)
from Bruce Springsteen: Greatest HitsColumbia (1995)
from Richie Havens: The Envelope PleaseRhino CD 71868 (1995)
DOUG STEVENS**:
ACT UP; HIV Blues, from Outband: Out in the CountryDS (1993)
On This Bed, from Doug Stevens and Outband: When Love Is RightDS CD
www.DougStevens.net
MARTIN SWINGER: Something Like Goodbye, from Singin' OUT!cassette (1994) www.martin.swinger.net
ROBERT URBAN:
Tragedy, from ElegiesUrban Productions CD (1999)
We Are The Haunted, from Godlessprivate CD (1996)
www.roberturban.com
from James Mike: Finding Red Siren www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/sidekick/29/
LUC VAN ACKER: AIDS, from Taking Snapshots, Vol. 2FCR (1996)
SUZANNE VEGA: Blood Makes Noise/Bad Wisdom, from 99.9 FA&M (1992)
VELVET MAFIA: Her Infinite Vanity (HIV), from We Know Where You LiveTrip Records (1998)
www.tripnet.com
BILL VON HONE, DAVID BRUNET: Names (1989) BillPlay@aol.com
MARK WALDROP, DICK GALLAGHER: Laughing Matters, from Bette Midler: Bathhouse BettyWarner (1998)
WARPATH: Silence = Death
MARK WEIGLE:
I Remember, from Out of the LoopPet-A-Luma CD 656836 (2002)
If It Wasn't Love; Two Cowboy Waltz, from The Truth Isprivate CD 656836
(1998)
TOM WILSON WEINBERG: Experts, from Feeding the Flame (comp)Flying Fish CD 70541 (1990)
TIM'M T. WEST Positive, from DLStop AIDS Project (2002) www.stopaids.org
ROBB WILLIAMS: What More Can I Say? (1998)
WILLIAMS BROTHERS: Don't Look Now, from Harmony HotelWarner Bros CD 45421 (1993)
CRIS WILLIAMSON:
In the Best Interests of the Children, from Postcards from Paradise
www.criswilliamson.com
Mother, Mother, from Country Blessed
from Michael Callen: LegacySignificant Other SO 951 (1996)
members.aol.com/sigothinc/
YELLOWMAN (Winston Foster): AIDS, from Yellowman Rides AgainRES (1988)
YOLANDA: Right To Surrender, from Yolanda and the Plastic Family: Welcome to Yolanda World www.yolanda.net
SARAH YOUNG: Dear Sarah (words by Jimmy Sindoni) (1992) from Sudden Sunsets: Highlights from the Benson SeriesLeonarda (2004)
RECORDED COLLECTIONS:
"FEEDING THE FLAME: SONGS BY MEN TO END AIDS"Flying Fish Records FF 70541 (1990)
PETER ALSOP: Gotta Lotta Living To Do
JOHN BUCCINO: Until The Balance Tips
MICHAEL CALLEN*: Crazy World
THE FLIRTATIONS: The Flirt Song
GEORGE FULGINITI-SHAKAR: Welcome Home
GARY LABPOW: Right Behind Your Eyes
GEOF MORGAN: What Part Of No
ROMANOVSKY & PHILIPS: One Of The Enemy
ABE RYEBECK: I Can Take A Hint
PETE SEEGER: Hills Of Glenshee; Suite Early Morning
FRED SMALL: All The Time In The World
WILLIE SORDILLO: Feeding The Flame
JOSH WHITE, JR: Say A Prayer For A Stranger
TOM WILSON WEINBERG: Experts
XOTIKA (ASSOTTO SAINT* & JAN URBAN, aka JAN HOLMGREN*): Glad To Be
Gay
"HEARTKEYS: THE AIDS MEMORIAL ALBUM"Rising Star Records (1995)
LORIE LINE: Threads Of Love
MARTIN WENBERG: In Memoriam
TOM BARABAS: Kaleidoscope
DAVE CATNEY*: Reality Road
STEVEN HALPERN: Celestial Prophecy
GERALD L. STACY**: One Day
JOHN SMATIA: Emmet's Theme
LIBERACE* (arr.): I'll Be Seeing You
LEE GANNON*: When My Head Spins
GEORGE SKAROULIS: I Think Of You
DI SCHERLING: Tears Get In The Way
PAUL SULLIVAN: Sky Full Of Stars
JIM DUCKWORTH: The Gift
STEVE SCHALCHLIN**: THE BONUS ROUND SESSIONS Bound Round Records (2000)
I Want To Make Music
Save Me A Seat
Somebody's Friend
The Group
Going It Alone
Friendly Fire
At Least I Know What's Killing Me
Connected
When You Care
Lazarus
Will It Always Be Like This? (Gabi's Song)
William's Song (Five Great Big Guys)
Where Is God
A Simple Faith
Christmastime
"SPIRIT OF AFRICA"Real World (2001)
PAPA WEMBA: Awa Y'okeyi (If You Go Away)
MARYAM MURSAL: Somali Udiida Ceb (Somalia, Don't Shame Yourself)
OMAR PENE: Saï Saï Sida (AIDS The Devil)
MZWAKHE MBULI: Kulusizi Emhlabeni (It's Sad In This World)
YOUSSOU N'DOUR: Xale (Our Young People)
ASSITAN KEITA: Sima
AYUB OGADA: 10% (Spirit Mix)
BERNARD KABANDA: Kasennyanku (The Firewood Collector)
REMMY ONGALA: Mambo Kwa Soksi (Things With Socks)
HAMID BAROUDI: Baraka
IMBIZO: Zulu Khayalami (Heaven Is My Home)
ZAWOSE & BROOK: Kuna Kunguni (The Bedbugs Bite)
DRUMMERS OF BURUNDI: Extract