Games with original vocal tracks

Okay so here's the rules:
-Songs must have lyrics that were written and recorded specifically for the game (sampled vocals don't count, no straight covers of existing songs, no songs from other sources, etc)
-If the song is a remix of another song, that remix MUST have new lyrics
-Songs must be accessible or at least present within the game, preferably with the vocals in tact (some exceptions will be made)
-Made-up languages and gibberish is fine as long as it sounds like it's supposed to be words

And that's about it! The main purpose of this list is to introduce people to music and games they may not have heard of, so I highly recommend you look up some of the songs listed if any of them catch your eye!

Not in database:
Children's Musical Theater (phillips cd-i)
mambo a go go (arcade)
beatmania append gottamix2 ~going global~ (playstation)
pachislot akumajo dracula (arcade)

Re:Vanishment
Chant for Sanctuary
Ignith of the Final Attack
ChRoNiClESeVeN
Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why'd you steal our garbage?!!
Chores and Other Scary Stuff
You Just Leveled Up MEGAMIXX
Boss Marceline Who's In Charge Here
It's So Cold
A Hero is Made
Finale: Refusing to Refuse
The Poet and the Muse
Balance Slays the Demon
The Happy Song
Ruthless
Over in a Flash
My Pride
Sound the Alarm
Mortified
Laughin At U
Soon Enough
I Know U Want Me
My Town, My City
Gotta Get The Cash
Kill Em All
MDK's
They Came From Underground
Play My Ass Off
Venom
Unlimited Resources
Jaw
Play For Keeps
We Play
The Hand of Science
Here We Go
Demise
Days of Old
It's All About Me
Fast Lane
Testin' Me
Rock On
We All Soldiers
Lights Out
Merciless
Find You
This Is Madness
Kimi ni Click
Yappari Saru Get You
Escape The Ape That's in You!
Happy Sensation
Banana Heartbreak

--NOTE--
These songs were recorded in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Japanese. The English lyrics in the PAL version differ from the North American version.
Pipo Monkeys' Theme
Theme Armikrog
The Hallowed Hall of Heralded Heroes
Let Me Try Again
To a Shining World
Savior
Dark Hero
The Answer
Hurray!!
Stronger
Together
WONDERWORLD
Here's to the Bard
Beer, Beer, Beer!
McGrath Castle
The Chosen One
The Tale of the Nuckelavee
Build That Wall (Zia's Theme)
Mother, I'm Here (Zulf's Theme)
Setting Sail, Coming Home (End Theme)
The Pantheon (Ain't Gonna Catch You)
Le Ali Del Principio
Look Who's Laughing Now
Secret Area
BUCKLE YOUR PANTS
Credits Song
Theme of Bayonetta - Mysterious Destiny
Tomorrow Is Mine (Bayonetta 2 Theme)
Theme of Bayonetta 3 - Al Fine
u gotta groove
jam jam reggae
LOVE SO GROOVY
20,november
Do you love me?
tokai
ska a go go
Find out
Believe again
s.d.z.
La Bossanova de Fabienne
Queen's Jamaica
LUV TO ME
Believe again
BRAND NEW WORLD
HUNTING FOR YOU
I LIVE JUST 4 U
TAKE A RIDE
TAKE CONTROL
COME AND GET IT
FREAKOUT
HIGHER
A break on the edge
BATTERY BOOM
HOW LONG?
Jack and Mark Get Busy!
SUPERSONIQ FLIGHT
Feel The Light
HYSTERIA 2001
SURGE LINE
7000 Questions
BE LOVIN
DISCO DOG
HEALEN
PANATIUM
S.F.M
STEEL CAGE
WHAT'S NEXT?
ホワイトレクチャー
CHAMPION
Monotone
Winter Fantasy ~Sample Battlers' House Mix~
Yellow,Black and Blues
Dancing Percussion
NaHaNaHa vs.Gattchoon Battle
Miracle Moon(お月さまが中継局)
more deep
DISCO DANCING
MOMENT
Nofia
Turning the motor over
WATCHINGOUT

ACROSS THE BOARDERS
ANALYZE
rock the beatz
birdman
calling for destiny
Fellows
HIT'N'SLAP
LOVE D RIVE
NURUHACHI
one seek
perfect sunrise
SAVIOR
蝶の羽
Katamari Dancing
Danketsu
BOYFRIEND A GOGO
Bless My Stars
Sayonara Rolling Star
Harvest of Love
INTO THE SKY
Katamarity
Guru Guru Gravity
Colorful Heart
Akuda House Propaganda
Blaze Out!
Big City Life ft OV
Condensed Milk
Owaranai Mono ~FOREVERMORE~
Love is the Gift
Buck Bumble

--NOTES--
right about now it's time to rock with the biggity buck bumble
It's Bugsnax!
Ode to Gramble
The Queen of Bugsnax
Do the Wiggle
Megamaki Serenade
Angels with Burning Hearts
We Are Burning Rangers

--NOTES--
These songs both have English and Japanese versions.
2 BAD
Transform
I Luv Hamburgers
Power
Dreams of the Sky, Sea, and Rainbow
Bust a Groove
The Blue Sky Knife
The Natural Playboy
Shorty and the EZ Mouse
I Know
The Rumoring Capoeira
Waratte Pon

--NOTES--
Most of these songs were recorded in Japanese and English but some are only in English
The Heat Is On
Here Comes Trouble
Happy Heart in the Sunshine
Let the Music Take Control (Hiro's Groove)
Got to be Happy
Magic Tower
Moonlight Party ~ Clap Your Hands
Hello! Kitty-N

--NOTES--
Most of these songs were recorded in Japanese and English but some are only in English.
Captain Quazar Rap
Captain Rainbow Theme
Tomorrow's Passion
Big Bunyan Ride!
Cross Your Heart
Wherever We Are Now
Same Old Story
Shot in the Dark
Face Down
Like Chimeras
Arrow of Time
Your Inception
Casey Duck: Butter Duck Title Theme
Mnemonic Atomic
When I Save the World
I Vote 4 Chaos
For Yr Pain
Faces That I Understand
Charlie Murderin'
Go! Space Hunter Drake Redcrest
Teriyaki Blues

--NOTES--
Both of these songs have English and Japanese versions, even if it can be a little hard to tell with the latter
Fly!
Maker
Flow
Agonizing Jizo Ridge
Widower's Serenade
Gentleman's Tea Break
Urth Middle School Song
Goldfish's Carp Story
ClayFighter Title Theme
ClayFighter Theme Song
Clockwork Knight
My Lullaby
Salsa de Pepperouchau -Fiesta de los Amigos-
Pretty Please Boogie
As For Dreams
It's Dangerous to Go Alone
Apocalypse View
A La Idavay!
Mufuchofo Gufustofo!
Chakalaka
YELLOW DOG?
Irony ~If There Is Warmth~
Marionette
Lovely Panda Epron
TEST.MID
Shine Bright
Welcome! Dance World
CRASH banji-kyuusu

--NOTE--
This song is exclusive to the Japanese version of the game
Kura Kura Baban

--NOTE--
This song is exclusive to Japanese versions of the game.
Cavern Catastrophe
River Rollerbrawl
Tikimon
Ice Climb (Unused)
Uka Uka Ice Creature
High Seas Hi-Jinks
N. Gin
N. Brio & N. Tropy
Academy of Evil
Dingodile
Classroom Chaos (Unused)
Madame Amberly

--NOTE--
This game's soundtrack is a cappella, meaning it's technically ALL vocal tracks, but for simplicity's sake I'm only including songs in which the singers say words
大都会交響楽 I hear a symphony
Red Fire
Don't Deal With The Devil
Die House
A Quick Break
Closing Credits
The Delicious Last Course
Recipe For Ms. Chalice
King of Games’ Castle
A Chef's Coda
Custom Move
カスタムーブ
赤い星
ゲームな世界
俺は貴方に近づいているだろうか
CHERRY BOMB!
私の名前はシスター“ゲット”
Ichijiku
Funkの神様
狂言メッセージ
You're Gonna Have 2 Jump
Hub-Bump 2 Tha Front
Jingle - Coches Twist
Jingle - St. Pod Craunch
Jingle - Lobasho Slash
Jingle - Balustenich Fizzle
The Darkstone Will Shine
Let's Go Away
The King of Speed
Sky High
G, A, M, E, O, V, E, R
BATTLE ON THE EDGE
SLING SHOT
I CAN DO IT
SKYSCRAPER SEQUENCE
Are You Waiting?
Death Stranding
BB's Theme
Don't Forget
NOW'S YOUR CHANCE TO BE A
BIG SHOT
J.A.M. Densha de Densha de Go!Go!Go!
I Am Machine
All The Screen's a Stage
Fertilizer
Foetus
Asked to Be Born
School
Love
War Crimes Are Easy
Justice
Old Age
Replay

--NOTE--
For the record, this game came out 7 months after Psycho Soldier's Japanese release, so it's not the first instance of vocals in a video game. Just clearing that up because when you sort this list by release date it puts this game before Psycho Soldier
Prelude
Fertilizer
Birth
Infancy
School
Adolescence
Love
Betrayal
Soldier
Pain
War Crimes
Dance
Guilt
Power
Decline
Danger
Old Age
Wonder
Death
Transfiguration
Replay

--NOTE--
Many of these songs reuse lyrics from the first game's soundtrack, some of them samples taken directly from it, but, like, nobody's ever heard of this game so who cares
Dante & Trish ~ Seeds of Love
Taste The Blood
Suffer
Divine Hate
M-8 Start
Devils Never Cry
Out of Darkness
The Man in Red
The Hell Gate
Sworn Through Swords
Blackened Angel
Forza Del Destino
Nero And Kyrie
Lock and Load -Blackened Angel mix-
The Time Has Come
Standard Daytime
Shall Never Surrender
Legacy
Devil Trigger
Crimson Cloud
Subhuman
Silver Bullet
Age of Mutation
Zombie Fistfight
Feed the Fire
Gimme Deathrace
Clouds of War
Buried Alive
Empty
I Know What I Am Doing (Planet Treason)
No Redemption
Falling Apart
Gotta Go
How Old is Your Soul?
Pull the Pin
What The Fuck Is Wrong With You
Get Your Body Beat
Never Surrender
Deathbed
Follow the Trail of Blood
Sent to Destroy
Throat Full of Glass
Electrohead
All Pain is Gone
Sequential One
Media Riot
City Streets 2 (Mango Tango - Neon Jungle)
Space Dojo 2 (Billy and the Breakers - Fire Bird)
Countryside 2 (Lee Brothers - Glad I Am)
Lab 2 (Pick Yourself Up and Dance)
End Credits (Dared to Dream)
Mixtape - Alternating Dash (Bro Dozer)
Mixtape - Bomb Toss
Mixtape - Desperation
Mixtape - Healing Touch
Mixtape - Knee Drop
Mixtape - Magic Gambit
Mixtape - One Inch Punch
Mixtape - Sine Knife Swarm (Dragon Swarm)
Mixtape - Spin Kick
Mixtape - Training Wheels
Mixtape - Weapons Up
Mirai
Yuuki

21 Comments


1 year ago

Final Fantasy VII Remake "Hollow" as well as literally everything from Nier and Nier: Automata

1 year ago

Final Fantasy XI Chains of Promathia - Distant Worlds
Xanadu Next - White Lie in Black

1 year ago

From FFX i think Otherworld is another vocal track.

1 year ago

Great list. Very comprehensive. A few I can think of:
Klonoa 2 has a song in their fake language sung by him, Crash Nitro Kart's Japanese version has one in the title screen, Flower Sun and Rain has F.S.R.; No More Heroes 2, 3 and Travis Strikes Again have at least three each, TSA has the most of these.

1 year ago

Oh yeah, Bayonetta 3 just came out. It has at least two original vocal songs.
I'm pretty sure Re: Your Brains wasn't made for Left 4 Dead 2

1 year ago

"Ideal for Violence" from Yakuza Kiwami also has vocal bits in it

1 year ago

great list! I always love when games throw in original vocals. a few Im familiar with:

-Limbus Company is still releasing, but so far has "In Hell We Live, Lament", "Between Two Worlds", and "Pass On".
-Library of Ruina has "String Theocracy", "From a Place of Love", "And Then is Heard No More", "Iron Lotus", "Children of the City", "Gone Angels", and "Poems of a Machine". I probably missed a few even with all those
-Sayonara Wild Hearts has "Sayonara Wild Heart", "Begin Again", "Dead of Night", "Mine", "The World We Knew", "Inside", "Wild Hearts Never Die", and "A Place I Don't Know"
-Paradise Killer has "Paradise (Stay Forever)"
-Slime Rancher has "1,000 Light Years Away"
-I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1NIT!!!!1 has the game's theme (and only song), generally referred to with the same name
-Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3!? has "It's Dangerous to Go Alone", "Apocalypse View", and a few written in pig-latin-spanish ("A La Idavay!", "Mufuchofo Gufustofo!", "Chakalaka")

1 year ago

If I'm not mistaken, the parts where they say "good eatin'" in the Golf theme in Pizza Tower were uniquely made for that song and could partially count also. Unless they're existing samples in which case, just ignore me.

10 months ago

Sludge Life has Bubble Up and Sludge Life
Sludge Life 2 has No Sequel, Git Dum, Sky Scrape, Eat The Rich, and Double Bubble

9 months ago

popslinger. i dont know which tracks beyond the one used in the trailer

also, industrial rage from wild woody is another track from that game with lyrics. there may be others that i dont remember but i know that one has some vocal parts

i'd also hesitate to include destati from kh - that opens an enormous avenue for songs with epic latin chanting and the like. if you're including that you'd probably want to include shit like "guardiano nel buio" too

9 months ago

I included Destati because it has an official lyrics sheet readily available. The main sources I use treat Guardando Nel Buio as an instrumental track

2 months ago

For Persona 3 FES Heartful Cry doesn't have any lyrics btw. (Also you don't have regular Persona 3 there either)
Also amazing job lots of effort put into this list and it's super impressive

1 month ago

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1 month ago

Higurashi When They Cry Kai, Umineko When They Cry, Umineko When They Cry Chiru, Ciconia When They Cry, Hanachirasu, Fullmetal Daemon Muramasa and all Science Adventure Series have several original songs

Also, Yakuza 5 have one more original song called "Dream"

1 month ago

And the most recents Like a Dragon games's releases

1 month ago

@TheFred kinda irrelvent but I swear ever since I've started playing Higurashi it's everywhere, I can't escape

1 month ago

Oh and since I commented a irrelvent thing I'll make it up by saying:
FF7 Remake also has: Stamp (both in EN & JP), Scarlets theme, The Midgar Blues (JP & English), RUN RUN RUN (and maybe more I think but it's a big OST)
& Also Persona 3's Iwatodai Dorm only features stock lyrics, so I don't think it counts
Also Death Stranding has BB's Theme

1 month ago

@Ollchops The peak its inevitable, hope you like since its my favorite work (principally Higurashi Kai)

1 month ago

@TheFred I'm really enjoying, and as my first real VN experiance it's so good. It is indeed peak (And I'm only on like chapter 3)

1 month ago

Tatarigoshi its the first Kino arc, and its even better With Kai's Arc. Enjoy one of my favs generes/medias with THE goat!


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