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List of songs recorded by Dido

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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

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Key
Indicates single release
List of songs recorded by Dido
Song Artist(s) Writer(s) Original release Year Ref.
"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]

References

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General
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Specific
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  34. ^ "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason – Original Soundtrack". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
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