Australian jazz/funk band the Cat Empire have recorded over 144 songs throughout their career. The group was founded in Melbourne, in 1999 by Felix Riebl (vocals, percussion), Ollie McGill (keyboards) and Ryan Monro (bass). The trio expanded in 2001 to include Harry James Angus (vocals, trumpet), Jamshid "Jumps" Khadiwala (turntables, percussion) and Will Hull-Brown (drums). Their musical style has been described as a fusion of jazz, ska, reggae and hip-hop, with heavy Latin influences.
Songs
+Key Indicates single release‡ Indicates song not written or co-written by the Cat Empire
+List of released songs, showing title, songwriters, original release and yearTitleWritersOriginal releaseYear"1001" Felix Riebl Two Shoes 2005 "Adelphia" Harry James Angus Stolen Diamonds 2019 "All Hell" Harry James AngusFelix Riebl Cinema 2010 "All Night Loud" Felix Riebl Steal the Light 2013 "All That Talking" Felix Riebl The Cat Empire 2003 "Alle Walle" Felix Riebl Live at the Paradiso 2017 "Am I Wrong" Harry James AngusJamshid KhadiwalaFelix Riebl Steal the Light 2013 "Anybody" Harry James AngusFelix Riebl Stolen Diamonds 2019 "Anymore" Felix Riebl Cities 2006 "Barricades" Harry James AngusOllie McGillJan Skubiszewski Stolen Diamonds 2018 "Bataclan" Felix Riebl Rising with the Sun 2016 "Be With You Again" Felix Riebl Where the Angels Fall 2023 "Beanni" Felix Riebl The Cat Empire 2003 "Beyond All" Harry James AngusWill Hull-BrownJamshid KhadiwalaOllie McGillRyan MonroFelix Riebl Cinema 2010 "Blasting Away" Felix Riebl Rising with the Sun 2016 "Blood on the Stage" Roscoe James IrwinLazaro NumaFelix Riebl Bird in Paradise 2024 "Boogaloo" Roscoe James IrwinFelix Riebl Cities 2006 "Boom Boom" Roscoe James IrwinOllie McGillFelix Riebl Where the Angels Fall 2023 "Bow Down to Love" Harry James Angus Stolen Diamonds 2019 "Brighter than Gold" Harry James AngusFelix Riebl Steal the Light 2013 "Bulls" Felix Riebl Rising with the Sun 2016 "Call Me Home" Roscoe James IrwinFelix Riebl Cinema 2010 "The Car Song" Harry James Angus Two Shoes 2005 "The Chariot" Felix Riebl The Sun 2002 "Cities" Harry James AngusFelix Riebl Cities 2006 "Coming Back Again" Felix Riebl Where the Angels Fall 2023 "Coming to Meet You" Harry James Angus<br/ >Felix Riebl 2021 "Confide in Me"<br/ >Steve AndersonOwain BartonDave Seaman ‡ 2015 "The Conspiracy" Felix Riebl Live @ Adelphia 2001 "Creature" Harry James Angus<br/ >Felix Riebl Rising with the Sun 2016 "The Crowd" Harry James Angus The Sun 2002 "Daggers Drawn" Harry James Angus Rising with the Sun 2016 "Dance the Night Away" Felix Riebl Where the Angels Fall 2023 "The Darkness" Harry James Angus So Many Nights 2007 "Days Like These" Harry James Angus<br/ >Ollie McGillFelix Riebl The Cat Empire 2003 "Days Loop" Felix Riebl B-side of "Days Like These" 2004 "Deeper" Ollie McGill<br/ >Felix Riebl Where the Angels Fall 2023 "Don't Throw Your Hands Up" Harry James Angus Steal the Light 2013 "Down at the 303" Harry James Angus Cities 2006 "Drift Away" Grace Barbé<br/ >Felix Riebl Where the Angels Fall 2023 "Dumb Things"<br/ >Paul Kelly ‡ Live on Earth 2009 "Eagle" Harry James AngusWill Hull-BrownJamshid Khadiwala<br/ >Ollie McGillRyan MonroFelix Riebl Rising with the Sun 2016 "East" Harry James Angus B-side of "Hello" 2003 "Echoes" Harry James Angus Stolen Diamonds 2019 "Falling" Harry James AngusRoss IrwinOllie McGillFelix Riebl Cinema 2010 "Feeling's Gone" Harry James Angus<br/ >Ollie McGillRyan Monro<br/ >Felix RieblSteve Schram Cinema 2010 "Feline" Felix Riebl Asylum 2011 "Fishies" Harry James Angus<br/ >Felix Riebl So Many Nights 2007 "Flags" Felix Riebl Pre-order bonus track for Rising with the Sun 2016 "Get Some"<br/ >Lykke Li<br/ >Björn Yttling ‡ Triple J: Like a Version 12 2016 "Go" Harry James Angus<br/ >Jan Skubiszewski Steal the Light 2013 "Going to Live" Cristina Recio Lafuente<br/ >Felix Riebl 2021 "Great Beauty" Harry James Angus<br/ >Felix Riebl 2021 "The Heart is a Cannibal" Harry James Angus<br/ >Ollie McGill Cinema 2010 "Hello" Harry James Angus<br/ >Felix Riebl Live @ Adelphia 2001 "L'Hotel de Californie"Don Felder<br/ >Glenn Frey<br/ >Don Henley ‡ On the Attack 2004 "How to Explain" Felix Riebl The Cat Empire 2003 "In My Pocket" Harry James Angus Two Shoes 2005 "Into the Night" Felix Riebl 2021 "Intro" Harry James Angus<br/ >Felix Riebl On the Attack 2004 "Jungle" Harry James Angus Cities 2006 "Kila" Felix Riebl Stolen Diamonds 2018 "Know Your Name" Felix Riebl Cities 2006 "La Gracia" Grace BarbéLazaro Numa<br/ >Felix Riebl Bird in Paradise 2024 "La Sirène" Ollie McGill<br/ >Eloise Mignon<br/ >Felix Riebl Stolen Diamonds 2018 "Like a Drum" Ryan MonroJamshid Khadiwala<br/ >Felix Riebl Steal the Light 2013 "Lonely Moon" Harry James Angus So Many Nights 2007 "The Lost Song" Felix Riebl Live @ Adelphia 2001 "Lover Lover Lover"<br/ >Leonard Cohen ‡ Pre-order bonus track for Rising with the Sun 2016 "Luck Song" Ollie McGill<br/ >Felix Riebl Cities 2006 "Lullaby" Felix Riebl Two Shoes 2005 "Manifesto" Harry James Angus The Cat Empire 2003 "Manifesto/Rhythm Interlude" Harry James Angus<br/ >Ollie McGill<br/ >Felix Riebl B-side of "Days Like These" 2004 "Midnight" Harry James Angus Rising with the Sun 2016 "Miserere" Felix Riebl Two Shoes 2005 "Miss Soul" Felix Riebl iTunes bonus track for Cities 2006 "Money Coming My Way" Andy BaldwinRoscoe James IrwinOllie McGill<br/ >Felix Riebl Where the Angels Fall 2023 "The Mother Place" Felix Riebl The Sun 2002 "Motion" Felix Riebl Cities 2006 "The Night That Never End" Ollie McGill<br/ >Felix Riebl The Sun 2002 "No Longer There" Felix Riebl So Many Nights 2007 "No Mountain" Felix Riebl So Many Nights 2007 "No Sense" Felix Riebl Live @ Adelphia 2001 "Nothing" Felix Riebl The Cat Empire 2003 "Oh Mercy" Harry James Angus<br/ >Neda RahmaniFelix Riebl Where the Angels Fall 2023 "Old Dog, New Trick" Roscoe James Irwin<br/ >Ollie McGill<br/ >Felix Riebl Where the Angels Fall 2023 "On My Way" Harry James Angus<br/ >Will Hull-Brown<br/ >Ollie McGill<br/ >Ryan Monro<br/ >Felix Riebl Cinema 2010 "One, Four, Five" Felix Riebl Where the Angels Fall 2003 "Only Light" Harry James Angus<br/ >Roscoe James Irwin<br/ >Ollie McGill<br/ >Ryan Monro Cinema 2010 "Open Up Your Face" Harry James Angus Steal the Light 2013 "Oscar Wilde" Harry James Angus<br/ >Felix Riebl Stolen Diamonds 2018 "Owl" Roscoe James Irwin<br/ >Ollie McGill<br/ >Felix Riebl<br/ >Richard Tedesco Where the Angels Fall 2023 "Panama" Felix Riebl So Many Nights 2007 "Party Started" Harry James Angus<br/ >Ollie McGill<br/ >Felix Riebl Two Shoes 2005 "Prophets in the Sky" Harry James Angus<br/ >Will Hull-Brown<br/ >Jamshid Khadiwala<br/ >Ollie McGill<br/ >Ryan Monro<br/ >Felix Riebl Steal the Light 2013 "Protons, Neutrons, Electrons" Harry James Angus Two Shoes 2005 "Qué Será Ahora" Harry James Angus<br/ >Felix Riebl Rising with the Sun 2015 "Radio Song" Felix Riebl So Many Nights 2007 "Ready Now" Felix Riebl Stolen Diamonds 2018 "Reasonably Fine" Felix Riebl Cinema 2010 "The Return" Felix Riebl B-side of "The Car Song" 2005 "Rhyme and Reason" Felix Riebl The Sun 2002 "The Rhythm" Harry James Angus<br/ >Felix Riebl The Sun 2002 "Rising with the Sun" Felix Riebl Rising with the Sun 2016 "Rock 'n' Roll" Felix Riebl<br/ >Richard Tedesco Where the Angels Fall 2023 "Saltwater" Harry James Angus Two Shoes 2005 "Saturday Night" Roscoe James Irwin<br/ >Ollie McGillFelix Riebl Stolen Diamonds 2019 "The Scream" Felix Riebl 2021 "Shoulders" Harry James Angus<br/ >Will Hull-Brown<br/ >Ollie McGill<br/ >Ryan Monro<br/ >Felix Riebl Cinema 2010 "Side to Side" Felix Riebl Cities 2006 "Siente" Ollie McGill<br/ >Felix Riebl Cities 2006 "Sleep Won't Sleep" Harry James Angus<br/ >Felix Riebl Steal the Light 2013 "Sly" Felix Riebl Two Shoes 2005 "So Long" Felix Riebl So Many Nights 2007 "Sol y Sombra" Harry James Angus<br/ >Ollie McGill<br/ >Ryan Monro<br/ >Felix Riebl Two Shoes 2005 "Sola" <br/ > Felix Riebl<br/ >Jairo Zavala Stolen Diamonds 2018 "So Many Nights" Felix Riebl So Many Nights 2007 "Som Foc"Jordi Barnola<br/ >Joaquim Canals<br/ >Sergi CarbonellPau CastellviIvan LopezAlguer MiquelJoan PalàPau PuigÀlex Pujols ‡ El Cor de la Terra 2017 "Song for Elias" Felix Riebl Cities 2006 "Song for the Day" Ollie McGill<br/ >Felix Riebl The Sun 2002 "Sparrow" Felix Riebl 2021 "Steal the Light" Harry James Angus<br/ >Felix Riebl Steal the Light 2013 "Still Young" Felix Riebl Steal the Light 2013 "Stolen Diamonds" Harry James Angus Stolen Diamonds 2018 "Strong Coffee" Felix Riebl So Many Nights 2007 "The Sun" Felix Riebl Live @ Adelphia 2001 "Sunny Afternoon"Ray Davies ‡ Triple J: Like a Version 5 2009 "Sunny Moon" Felix Riebl So Many Nights 2007 "Thunder Rumbles" Neda Rahmani<br/ >Felix Riebl Where the Angels Fall 2023 "Til The Ocean Takes Us All" Harry James Angus<br/ >Felix Riebl So Many Nights 2007 "Two Shoes" Felix Riebl The Sun 2002 "Voodoo Cowboy" Harry James Angus So Many Nights 2007 "Waiting" Harry James Angus<br/ >Roscoe James Irwin<br/ >Felix Riebl Cinema 2010 "Walls" Felix Riebl Where the Angels Fall 2023 "Waltz" Felix Riebl Cities 2006 "Wandering" Felix Riebl Live @ Adelphia 2001 "Wanted to Write a Love Song" Felix Riebl The Sun 2002 "West Sun" Felix Riebl Where the Angels Fall 2023 "Who's That" Felix Riebl Stolen Diamonds 2019 "Wild Animals" Harry James Angus Steal the Light 2013 "The Wine Song" Harry James Angus The Cat Empire 2003 "Wolves" Harry James Angus<br/ >Will Hull-Brown<br/ >Jamshid Khadiwala<br/ >Ollie McGill<br/ > Ryan Monro<br/ > Felix Riebl Rising with the Sun 2015 "Won't Be Afraid" Harry James Angus<br/ >Will Hull-Brown<br/ >Ollie McGill<br/ > Ryan Monro<br/ > Felix Riebl So Many Nights 2007 "You Are My Song" Harry James Angus<br/ >Will Hull-Brown<br/ >Jamshid Khadiwala<br/ >Ollie McGill<br/ > Ryan Monro<br/ > Felix Riebl Rising with the Sun 2016 "Zero"Anbessa Gebrehiwot ‡ The Key of Sea 2010
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