Every Song in Every Haruki Murakami Novel

A list of songs mentioned in Murakami's 14 novels.

Below is a list of all the songs mentioned in each of Murakami’s fourteen novels. (These are the ones published in English as of July 2023. It does not include the recently published novel, The City and its Uncertain Walls, which is only available in Japanese.)

These are songs, not albums. For example, in his first novel, Murakami mentions Bob Dylan’s Nashville Skyline. This is not included below and I will not list all the songs from that album. These are only songs explicitly mentioned, not just alluded to.

They are all listed in the order that they appear. Songs mentioned several times in a book will be listed once but may be repeated in another book.

Hear the Wind Sing

·        Brook Benton – Rainy Night in Georgia

·        Creedence Clearwater Revival – Who’ll Stop the Rain

·        The Beach Boys – California Girls

·        Elvis Presley – Return to Sender

·        Sly and the Family Stone – Everyday People

·        Joni Mitchell – Woodstock

·        Norman Greenbaum – Spirit in the Sky

·        Eddie Holman – Hey There Lonely Girl

·        Mickey Mouse Club Song

·        Peter, Paul, and Mary – Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright

·        Elvis Presley – Good Luck Charm

Pinball, 1973

·        Vivaldi – Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione

·        Haydn – Piano Sonata in G Minor

·        Ricky Nelson – Hello Mary Lou

·        Bobby Vee – Rubber Ball

·        The Beatles – Penny Lane

·        Mildred Bailey – It’s So Peaceful in the Country

·        Stan Getz – Jumpin’ With Symphony Sid

·        Charlie Parker – Just Friends

·        Hans-Martin Linde – Sonata in F Minor

·        Stephen C. Foster – Old Black Joe

·        Richard Harris – MacArthur Park

A Wild Sheep Chase

·        Johnny Rivers – Midnight Special

·        Johnny Rivers – Roll Over Beethoven

·        Johnny Rivers – Secret Agent Man

·        Johnny Rivers – Johnny B. Goode

·        Maynard Ferguson – Star Wars

·        Nat King Cole – South of the Border*

·        Percy Faith & His Orchestra – Perfida

·        Bing Crosby – White Christmas

·        Benny Goodman – Air Mail Special

Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

·        Johnny Mathis – Teach My Tonight

·        Steppenwolf – Born to be Wild

·        I Heard It Through The Grapevine – Creedence Clearwater Revival

·        MJQ – Vendome

·        Peter and Gordon – I Go To Pieces

·        Ravel – Bolero

·        Bob Dylan – Like a Rolling Stone

·        Bob Dylan – Watching the River Flow

·        Bob Dylan – Positively 4^th Street

·        Bob Dylan – Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again

·        Miles Davis – The Surrey With The Fringe On Top

·        Miles Davis – Bags' Groove

·        Pat Boone – I’ll Be Home

·        Ray Charles – Georgia on my Mind

·        Bing Crosby – Danny Boy

·        Frank Chacksfield Orchestra – Autumn in New York

·        Woody Herman – Early Autumn

·        Lawrence Brown – Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me

·        Johnny Hodges – Sophisticated Lady

·        Bob Dylan – Blowin’ in the Wind

·        Bob Dylan – A Hard Rain’s Gonna’ Fall

Norwegian Wood

·        The Beatles – Norwegian Wood

·        Henry Mancini – Dear Heart

·        Peter, Paul, and Mary – Lemon Tree

·        Peter, Paul, and Mary – Puff (the Magic Dragon)

·        Peter, Paul, and Mary – Five Hundred Miles

·        Pete Seeger – Where Have All The Flowers Gone?

·        Pete Seeger – Michael, Row Your Boat Ashore

·        The Beatles – Michelle

·        The Beatles – Nowhere Man

·        The Beatles – Julia

·        Creedence Clearwater Revival – Proud Mary

·        Blood, Sweat, and Tears – Spinning Wheel

·        Cream – White Room

·        Simon and Garfunkel – Scarborough Fair

·        The Beatles – Here Comes The Sun

·        Antônio Carlos Jobim – Desafinado

·        Antônio Carlos Jobim – The Girl From Ipanema

·        The Rolling Stones – Jumpin’ Jack Flash

·        Thelonius Monk – Honeysuckle Rose

·        The Drifters – Up on the Roof

·        The Beatles – Yesterday

·        The Beatles – Something

·        The Beatles – The Fool On The Hill

·        The Beatles – Penny Lane

·        The Beatles – Blackbird

·        The Beatles – Julia

·        The Beatles – When I’m 64

·        The Beatles – Nowhere Man

·        The Beatles – And I Love Her

·        The Beatles – Hey Jude

·        Ravel – Pavane For A Dying Queen

·        Debussy – Clare de Lune

·        Burt Bacharach – Close to You

·        Burt Bacharach – Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head

·        Burt Bacharach – Walk on By

·        Kyu Sakamoto – Sukiyaki Song

·        Bobby Vinton – Blue Velvet

·        The Brothers Four – Green Fields

·        The Beatles – Eleanor Rigby

Dance Dance Dance

·        Ray Charles – Born to Love

·        Jacques Rouchet – Play Bach

·        Paul Mauriat – Love Is Blue

·        Percy Faith – A Summer Place

·        Elvis Presley – Rock-A-Hula Baby

·        Michael Jackson – Billie Jean

·        Audrey Hepburn – Moon River

·        Ray Charles – Hit The Road Jack

·        Ricky Nelson – Travelin’ Man

·        Brenda Lee – All Alone Am I

·        The Rolling Stones – Goin’ to a Go-Go

·        Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson – Say Say Say

·        Sam Cooke – Wonderful World

·        Buddy Holly – Oh Boy

·        Bobby Darin – Beyond The Sea

·        Elvis Presley – Hound Dog

·        Chuck Berry – Sweet Little Sixteen

·        The Del-Vikings – Come Go With Me

·        Jimmy Gilmer – Sugar Shack

·        The Beach Boys – Surfin’ USA

·        Shaft Theme Song

·        Bob Dylan – All Over Now Baby Blue

·        Bob Dylan – A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall

·        Henry Purcell – Baroque For You

·        Bob Marley – Exodus

·        Styx – Mister Roboto

·        Freddie Hubbard – Red Clay

·        Ben E King – Spanish Harlem

·        Elvis Presley – Blue Hawaii

·        Artie Shaw – Frenesi

·        Benny Goodman – Moonglow

·        [Unknown] – Stardust

·        [Unknown] – But Not For Me

·        [Unknown] – Moonlight in Vermont

·        Stern-Rose-Istomin Trio – Schubert’s Opus 100

·        [Unknown] – The Tiger Rag

·        Louis Armstrong – Holly Dolly

·        Mantovani and His Orchestra – Strangers in the Night

South of the Border, West of the Sun

·        Beethoven – Pastorale

·        Nat King Cole – South of the Border*

·        Schubert – Wintereise

·        Schubert – Corcovado

·        Duke Ellington – Star-Crossed Lovers

·        Nat King Cole – Embraceable You

·        Talking Heads – Burning Down the House

·        [Unknown] – The Doggy Policeman

·        [Unknown] – Tulip

·        [Unknown] – As Time Goes By

The Wind-up Bird Chronicle

·        Herb Alpert – The Sands of Malta

·        Percy Faith Orchestra – Tara’s Theme

·        Theme Tune to A Summer Place

·        Andy Williams – Hawaiian Wedding Song

·        Andy Williams – Canadian Sunset

·        Michael Jackson – Billie Jean

·        Shelley Fabares – Johnny Angel

·        Robert Maxwell – Ebb Tide

·        The Beatles – Eight Days a Week

·        Schuman – Bird as Prophet

Sputnik Sweetheart

·        Astrid Gilberto – Take Me To Aruadna

·        Bobby Darin – Mack The Knife

·        [Unknown] – The Blue Danube Waltz

·        [Unknown] – Auld Lang Syne

Kafka On The Shore

·        Giacomo Puccini – Mi Chiamano Mimi

·        Cream – Crossroads

·        Prince – Little Red Corvette

·        Horace Heidt and his Brigadiers – Heigh-Ho

·        [Unknown] – As Time Goes By

·        Rubinstein, Heifetz, and Feurmann – Archduke Trio

·        Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Posthorn Serenade

·        Beethoven – The Ghost

·        John Coltrane – My Favorite Things

·        Rodgers and Hammerstein – Edelweiss

After Dark

·        Percy Faith Orchestra – Go Away Little Girl

·        Curtis Fuller – Spot After Dark

·        Burt Bacharach – The April Fools

·        Martin Denny’s – More

·        Ben Webster – My Ideal

·        Duke Ellington – Sophisticated Lady

·        Pet Shop Boys – Jealousy

·        Hall and Oates – I Can’t Go For That

·        Sonny Rollins – Sonnymoon for Two

·        Shikao Suga – Bomb Juice

1Q84

·        Michael Jackson – Billie Jean

·        Nat King Cole – Sweet Lorraine

·        Ella Fitzgerald and The Delta Rhythm Boys – It’s Only a Paper Moon

·        Julie Andrews – My Favorite Things

·        Louis Armstrong – Atlanta Blues

·        [Unknown] – The Last Rose of Summer

·        Louis Armstrong – Chantez Les Bas

·        The Rolling Stones – Mother’s Little Helper

·        The Rolling Stones – Lady Jane

·        The Rolling Stones – Little Red Rooster

·        [Unknown] – Home On The Range

·        Kyu Sakamoto – Look Up At The Stars In The Night

Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and his Years of Pilgrimage

·        Lazar Berman – Le Mal du Pays

·        Thelonius Monk – Round Midnight

·        Elvis Presley – Viva Las Vegas

·        Schumann – Träumerei

·        Liszt – Petrarch’s Sonnet 47

·        Elvis Presley – Don’t Be Cruel

·        Liszt – Petrarch’s Sonnet 104

Killing Commendatore

·        Sheryl Crow – Run Baby Run

·        Sheryl Crow – Leaving Las Vegas

·        Sheryl Crow – Strong Enough

·        The Rolling Stones – Time Is On Your Side

·        [Unknown] – Annie Laurie

·        The Beatles – Fool On The Hill

·        Schubert – Rosamunde

·        The Doors – Alabama Song

·        Donny Hathaway and Roberta Flack – For All We Know

·        ABC – The Look of Love

·        Bertie Higgins – Key Largo

·        Debbie Harry – French Kissin- in the USA

·        Bruce Springsteen – Independence Day

·        Bruce Springsteen – Hungry Heart

·        Bruce Springsteen – Cadillac Ranch

*Nat King Cole never actually recorded “South of the Border.” Murakami inserted into two of his novels. It was possibly a means of undermining the apparent reality of the surface text, much in the way that his use of magical realism has done.