# List of songs recorded by Melvin Van Peebles

List of songs by Melvin Van Peebles, by album, song title, year.
| Song | First Recording/Performance | Brer Soul | Ain't Supposed To Die A Natural Death | Watermelon Man | Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song | Ain't Supposed To Die A Natural Death | As Serious As A Heart-Attack | What the....You Mean I Can't Sing?! | Ghetto Gothic | Waltz of the Stork |
| Lilly Done The Zampoughi Every Time I Pulled Her Coattail | 1969 | Yes | | | | Yes | | | Yes | |
| Mirror Mirror | 1969 | Yes | | | | Yes | | | | |
| The Coolest Place In Town | 1969 | Yes | | | | Yes | | | | |
| You Can Get Up Before Noon Without Being A Square | 1969 | Yes | | | | Yes | | | | |
| The Dozens | 1969 | Yes | | | | Yes | | | | |
| Tenth And Greenwich (Women's House of Detention) | 1969 | Yes | | | | Yes | | | | |
| Come Raise Your Leg On Me | 1969 | Yes | | | | Yes | | | | |
| Sera Sera Jim | 1969 | Yes | | | | Yes | | | | |
| Catch That On The Corner | 1969 | Yes | | | | Yes | | | | |
| Three Boxes Of Longs Please | 1971 | | Yes | | | Yes | | | | |
| You Aint No Astronaut | 1971 | | Yes | | | Yes | | | | |
| Come On Feet Do Your Thing | 1971 | | Yes | | Yes | Yes | | | | |
| Funky Girl On Motherless Broadway | 1971 | | Yes | | | Yes | | | | |
| Put A Curse On You | 1971 | | Yes | | | Yes | | | | |
| I Got The Blood | 1971 | | Yes | | | Yes | | | | |
| You Gotta Be Holdin Out Five Dollars On Me | 1971 | | Yes | | | Yes | | | | |
| Heh Heh (Chuckle) Good Morning Sunshine | 1971 | | Yes | | | Yes | | | | |
| Salamaggi's Birthday | 1971 | | Yes | | | Yes | | | | |
| Rufus & Ruby | 1971 | | | | | | Yes | | | |
| Mothers Prayer | 1971 | | | | | | Yes | | | |
| The Country Brother & The City Sister | 1971 | | | | | | Yes | | | |
| Chippin | 1971 | | | | | | Yes | | | |
| Just Don't Make No Sense | 1971 | | | | | Yes | Yes | | Yes | |
| Dear Mistuh P | 1971 | | | | | | Yes | | | |
| Love, That's America | 1970 | | | Yes | | | Yes | | | |
| I Remember | 1971 | | | | | | Yes | | | |
| My Pal Johnny | 1971 | | | | | | Yes | | | |
| A Birth Certificate Ain't Nothing But A Death Warrant Anyway | 1974 | | | | | | | Yes | | |
| So Many Bars | 1974 | | | | | | | Yes | | |
| Save The Watergate 500 | 1974 | | | | | | | Yes | | |
| Superstition | 1974 | | | | | | | Yes | | |
| There | 1974 | | | | | | | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Come On Write Me | 1974 | | | | | | | Yes | | |
| Eyes On The Rabbit | 1974 | | | | | | | Yes | | |
| My Love Belongs To You | 1974 | | | | | | | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Blinded By Your Stuff | 1995 | | | | | | | | Yes | |
| On 115 | 1995 | | | | | | | | Yes | Yes |
| Greasy Lightin' | 1995 | | | | | | | | Yes | |
| Same Ole Raggedy Song | 1995 | | | | | | | | Yes | |
| The Apple Stretching | 1983 | | | | | | | | Yes | Yes |
| Quittin Time | 1995 | | | | | | | | Yes | |
| Soul’d On You | 1970 | | | Yes | | | | | | |
| Sweetback's Theme | 1971 | | | | Yes | | | | | |
| Won't Bleed Me | 1971 | | | | Yes | | | | | |
| And I Love You | 1982 | | | | | | | | | Yes |
| Tender Understanding | 1982 | | | | | | | | | Yes |
| Weddings And Funerals | 1982 | | | | | | | | | Yes |
| Play It As It Lays | 1982 | | | | | | | | | Yes |
| Shoulders To Lean On | 1982 | | | | | | | | | Yes |