Madrugada Song Guide: This started out as a simple guide to the cover songs Madrugada have performed and the songs that were left unreleased in one form or another. Since then, the scope has been widened, and it now aims at including every single song Madrugada, Sivert Høyem & The Opposition / Volunteers or My Midnight Creeps have ever performed, be it original or a cover, with alternate titles, notes about the songs, links to lyrics whenever available and links to the discography for the releases the songs are available on.
| Song title - | 3 AM Letter | | Performer - | Cinnamoon | | Notes - | Oslo-band Cinnamoon, who were once labelled "Madrugada's country cousin," recorded a demo at Kåre & The Cavemen's studio in Oslo during four days in May 1999. The sessions were produced by Frode Jacobsen and co-produced and engineered by Anders Møller.
Sivert Høyem sings backing vocals while Robert S. Burås plays guitar on this song. | | Availability - | Unreleased | |
| Song title - | Ballad Of The Silvery Seas | | Performer - | Madrugada, Sivert Høyem & The Opposition | | Notes - | Unreleased song only known to have performed once by Madrugada, during an acoustic performance featuring Sivert and Robert with Karim Sayed on drums at Blå in Oslo, Norway on September 17th 2001.
Sivert Høyem & The Opposition have also performed this song live, the only known performance being at Blå Rock in Tromsø, Norway on July 31st 2003. | | Availability - | Unreleased | |
| Song title - | Calexico | | Performer - | Cinnamoon | | Notes - | Oslo-band Cinnamoon, who were once labelled "Madrugada's country cousin," recorded a demo at Kåre & The Cavemen's studio in Oslo during four days in May 1999. The sessions were produced by Frode Jacobsen and co-produced and engineered by Anders Møller.
Robert S. Burås plays guitar on this song. | | Availability - | Unreleased | |
| Song title - | City Blues | | Performer - | Madrugada | | Notes - | Rather experimental song that was recorded in New York Autumn 2000 during "The Nightly Disease" sessions, but was left off the album and not used as a b-side. Shows certain signs of how the band would end up sounding on their following album, "Grit." | | Availability - | Unreleased | |
| Song title - | Departure #1 | | Performer - | Madrugada | | Notes - | Unreleased song. Played to open the concerts at the Pukkelpop Festival in Belgium and the Lowlands Festival in Holland on August 24th and 25th 2001. Sivert played the acoustic guitar on this one, a very good song that sounds a bit like a country version of "Nightly Disease Part I." Very good song, odd that it has never been released. | | Availability - | Unreleased | |
| Song title - | Departure #1 - #11 | | Performer - | Madrugada | | Notes - | Sivert wrote "Departure #1" to "Departure #11" after breaking up with his girlfriend on a Christmas day. All songs are about love, or lack of it. Only three of these are known to have been worked on with the band, "Departure #1" kept the name, #7 turned into "Majesty," while an unknown number turned into the unreleased "You Turned Me Away." | | Availability - | See Departure #1 (unreleased)
Early title, see Majesty (released)
Early title, see You Turned Me Away (unreleased) | |
| Song title - | Desperado | | Performer - | Madrugada | | Notes - | Unreleased song known to have been performed at least four times in June and July 2004, possibly more. Debuted on June 24th 2004 at Garage Oslo under the title "Desperado Nightmare," then used to open some of the following concerts in July, only listed as "Desperado" on the tracklists used by the band. | | Availability - | Unreleased
Also known as Desperado Nightmare (unreleased) | |
| Song title - | Distant Thunder Rolling | | Performer - | Cinnamoon | | Notes - | Oslo-band Cinnamoon, who were once labelled "Madrugada's country cousin," recorded a demo at Kåre & The Cavemen's studio in Oslo during four days in May 1999. The sessions were produced by Frode Jacobsen and co-produced and engineered by Anders Møller.
Frode Jacobsen plays percussion on this song. | | Availability - | Demo version unreleased | |
| Song title - | Dust | | Performer - | Cinnamoon | | Notes - | Oslo-band Cinnamoon, who were once labelled "Madrugada's country cousin," recorded a demo at Kåre & The Cavemen's studio in Oslo during four days in May 1999. The sessions were produced by Frode Jacobsen and co-produced and engineered by Anders Møller.
Frode Jacobsen plays guitar on this song. | | Availability - | Unreleased | |
| Song title - | Gloria | | Performer - | Madrugada | | Notes - | Title used for a song recorded for "The Deep End" but not released. Could be an early title for another song. | | Availability - | Unreleased | |
| Song title - | Hush Sleep Tonight | | Performer - | Madrugada | | Notes - | Very beautiful and quiet unreleased song from the band s demo recordings for "Industrial Silence." | | Availability - | Unreleased | |
| Song title - | I Love Music | | Performer - | Madrugada | | Notes - | Title used for a song recorded for "Grit" but not released. Could be an early title for another song. | | Availability - | Unreleased | |
| Song title - | I'll Let The Light Shine On You | | Performer - | My Midnight Creeps, Madrugada | | Notes - | Robert explains that when he writes songs he does not think about which band he is writing for. Therefore some songs are clearly Madrugada-songs, while others fit better for My Midnight Creeps. And some can work for both, for example this song, which was written for Madrugada's 2002 "Grit" album. According to Robert they could not get it to work back then, so it was left to gather dust until My Midnight Creeps put it back into life, got it to work and released it on "Histamin." (Adressa, 2007) | | Availability - | Histamin (CD, 2007) | |
| Song title - | If I Only Had My Guitar | | Performer - | Madrugada | | Notes - | Unreleased song that was recorded at the "A Deadend Mind EP" sessions at Athletic Studio in Halden, Norway with Kai Andersen as producer in May 2001. Lyrics written by Sivert and Robert. | | Availability - | Unreleased | |
| Song title - | Inferno Angel | | Performer - | Madrugada | | Notes - | Unreleased song from the demos for "Industrial Silence." | | Availability - | Unreleased | |
| Song title - | It Ain t Over | | Performer - | Madrugada | | Notes - | Unreleased song from the demos for "Industrial Silence." | | Availability - | Unreleased | |
| Song title - | Ivory Town | | Performer - | Madrugada | | Notes - | Unreleased song from "The Nightly Disease" sessions, as the band members were still not happy with the way it sounded. Performed live a couple of times on the Norwegian tours in Autumn 1999 and Spring 2000, and then used as the opening song of the setlist for the Norwegian tour featuring more rarieties than usual in Autumn 2003. Was a working title for "Industrial Silence," and the working title for a forthcoming concept album, originally thought to be recorded and released in 2006, but which will probably be delayed further.
Title taken from Leonard Cohen's "Dress Rehersal Rag." | | Availability - | Unreleased | |
| Song title - | Kika | | Performer - | Cinnamoon | | Notes - | Oslo-band Cinnamoon, who were once labelled "Madrugada's country cousin," recorded a demo at Kåre & The Cavemen's studio in Oslo during four days in May 1999. The sessions were produced by Frode Jacobsen and co-produced and engineered by Anders Møller.
Frode Jacobsen plays organ on this song. | | Availability - | Unreleased | |
| Song title - | Little Devil | | Performer - | Cinnamoon | | Notes - | Oslo-band Cinnamoon, who were once labelled "Madrugada's country cousin," recorded a demo at Kåre & The Cavemen's studio in Oslo during four days in May 1999. The sessions were produced by Frode Jacobsen and co-produced and engineered by Anders Møller.
Sivert Høyem sings backing vocals on this song. | | Availability - | Unreleased | |
| Song title - | Local Norma Jean | | Performer - | Madrugada | | Notes - | Recorded during the demo sessions for "The Nightly Disease" in Stockholm spring 2000. Played live during the festival tour Summer 2001, even though the band had certain problems making it sound good live. Fantastic song. One of the songs considered for the forthcoming concept album "Ivory Town." | | Availability - | Unreleased | |
| Song title - | Lord, Why Have You Left Me? | | Performer - | Madrugada | | Notes - | Unreleased song written by Jon. Acoustic-based song debuted on the European tour Autumn 2001. Live versions used to feature Jon playing the piano at the beginning of the song, then going back behind the drum kit. Recorded at demo sessions for the band s third album that was scrapped when Jon left. | | Availability - | Unreleased | |
| Song title - | New Depression | | Performer - | Madrugada | | Notes - | Deliberately mislabeled by the band as the title track for the "New Depression EP," only it did not appear on the actual EP, and it was not recorded at the sessions for the EP either. Recorded during both the "Industrial Silence" sessions and "The Nightly Disease" sessions, but left off both albums. A really great song. | | Availability - | Unreleased | |
| Song title - | Now He Has To Change His Mind | | Performer - | Madrugada | | Notes - | Unreleased song. Debuted at Cactus Club in Brugge, Belgium on November 9th 2001. Played solo on acoustic guitar by Sivert as the band had not gotten to rehearse it. | | Availability - | Unreleased | |
| Song title - | Passenger 39 Not Present | | Performer - | Madrugada | | Notes - | Sivert has said that the song will probably be left unreleased, as the band is unhappy with the way it sounds. Semi-acoustic song, recorded at a studio session for Dutch 2 Metre Sessies radio show in Spring 2000. | | Availability - | Unreleased | |
| Song title - | Right Now | | Performer - | Madrugada | | Notes - | Title used for a song recorded for "Grit" but not released. Could be an early title for another song. Also one of many suggested titles for "Grit." | | Availability - | Unreleased.
Suggested title for "Grit" | |
| Song title - | Set It off Back | | Performer - | Madrugada | | Notes - | Title used for a song recorded for "Grit" but not released. Could be an early title for another song. | | Availability - | Unreleased | |
| Song title - | Union Rock | | Performer - | Madrugada | | Notes - | Believed to be one of the early working titles for the follow-up album for "Industrial Silence," which is incorrect. "An old title for a song," according to Sivert. | | Availability - | Unreleased | |
| Song title - | Unknown Title #1 | | Performer - | Madrugada | | Notes - | Debuted on the European Tour in Autumn 2001, features Sivert playing an acoustic guitar with Robert on lead guitar along with a rhytmn machine, no bass or drums. The title starts with "Last Train To [...]", but where the train goes to is still uncertain. | | Availability - | Unreleased | |
| Song title - | Where Has Your Heart Been | | Performer - | Madrugada | | Notes - | Title used for a song recorded for "The Deep End" but not released. Could be an early title for another song. | | Availability - | Unreleased | |
| Song title - | You Turned Me Away | | Performer - | Madrugada | | Notes - | Acoustic song debuted on the European tour in Autumn 2001, and also known as "Turn Oh Turn," which is what Robert and Frode referred to the song as. One of the seven "Departure" songs, though the number is unknown. | | Availability - | Unreleased | |
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