Canadian singer-songwriter Alessia Cara has recorded songs for three studio albums, three extended plays (EP), one live album, and several guest features. She bought her first guitar at age 10 and taught herself how to play by ear. Three years later, Cara started a YouTube channel where she would post cover versions of popular music.[1] Aged 16, she hired EP Entertainment as her management team and signed with Def Jam Recordings. Cara began writing songs for her debut studio album, Know-It-All (2015), with Sebastian Kole and its producers Pop & Oak.[2] She released the four-track R&B and pop extended play (EP) Four Pink Walls in August 2015, followed by the album three months later.[3][4] The latter, an "album about youth and teenage life" according to Cara, included 10 songs co-written by her; Billboard's Clover Hope thought it displayed "a strong sense of adolescent idealism and a spoonful of smart cynicism".[5][6][7]
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Cara co-wrote all 15 songs featured on her second studio album, The Pains of Growing (2018), and was the sole credited songwriter on 5 of them.[8] Inspired by her solitude while conceiving the album, she penned songs about fighting her insecurities over writing music alone.[9] NME's Nick Levine described its sound as "salty pop-R&B, (Amy) Winehouse-esque retro-pop, and stripped-down acoustic tunes".[10] Cara created her second EP, This Summer (2019), with Jon Levine.[11] The Christmas EP Holiday Stuff was released the following year.[12] Her third studio album, In the Meantime (2021), included 18 songs co-written by her; Rolling Stone's Sarah Grant described it as "a mighty pop opera" that guides listeners through the five stages of grief.[13][14]
Cara has contributed songs to film soundtracks: "How Far I'll Go" (2016) to Moana, "The Other Side" (2017) to The Get Down Part II, and "Feel You Now" and "Last Goodbye" (both 2021) to Blade Runner: Black Lotus. She has been featured as a guest artist on songs by several other artists, including Logic's "1-800-273-8255" and Zedd's "Stay" in 2017. In 2021, Cara was among more than 40 artists who recorded "Himno a La Alegria" as "a voice of harmony and hope" to promote "a kinder and more humane world".[15]
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| 0–9 · A · B · C · D · E · F · G · H · I · J · L · M · N · O · Q · R · S · T · U · V · W · Y |
| ‡ | Indicates songs written solely by Alessia Caracciolo[a] |
| Song | Artist(s) | Writer(s) | Original release | Year | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "1-800-273-8255" | Logic featuring Alessia Cara and Khalid |
Sir Robert Bryson Hall II Dylan Wiggins Arjun Ivatury Alessia Caracciolo Khalid Robinson Andrew Taggart |
Everybody | 2017 | [16] |
| "7 Days" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo Andrew "Pop" Wansel Warren "Oak" Felder |
The Pains of Growing | 2018 | [8] |
| "All We Know" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo Andrew "Pop" Wansel Warren "Oak" Felder Trevor Brown William Simmons |
The Pains of Growing | 2018 | [8] |
| "Another Place" | Bastille and Alessia Cara |
Mark Crew Dan Smith Dan Priddy |
Doom Days | 2019 | [17] |
| "Apartment Song" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo Joel Little Kyle Harvey |
In the Meantime | 2021 | [13] |
| "Babies" | Kyle featuring Alessia Cara |
Kyle Harvey Alessia Caracciolo Axel Morgan Joshua Portillo Mark Landon Aaron Vigil |
Light of Mine | 2018 | [18] |
| "Best Days" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo Jon Levine |
In the Meantime | 2021 | [13] |
| "Bluebird" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo Albert A. Beach Cameron Breithaupt Charles Trenet |
In the Meantime | 2021 | [13] |
| "Box in the Ocean" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo Jon Levine |
In the Meantime | 2021 | [13] |
| "Canada" | Lauv featuring Alessia Cara |
Ari Leff Alessia Caracciolo Marshall Kenneth Vore Phoebe Bridgers Jonathan Simpson |
How I'm Feeling | 2020 | [19] |
| "The Christmas Song" (cover) | Alessia Cara | Mel Tormé Robert Wells |
Holiday Stuff | 2019 | [12] |
| "Clockwork" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo Greg Kurstin |
In the Meantime | 2021 | [13] |
| "Comfortable" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo Ernest Wilson Steve Wyreman Nathaniel Mercureau |
The Pains of Growing | 2018 | [8] |
| "Cuore nerd" | J-Ax and Fedez featuring Alessia Cara |
Alessandro Merli Federico Lucia Alessandro Aleotti Fabio Clemente Federica Abbate Daniele Lazzarin |
Comunisti col Rolex | 2017 | [20] |
| "Dead Man" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo Mike Elizondo |
Love & Hyperbole | 2024 | |
| "Drama Queen" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo Alyssa Reid Nathan Ferraro Jamie Appleby Soran Dussaigne |
In the Meantime | 2021 | [13] |
| "Easier Said" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo Andrew "Pop" Wansel Warren "Oak" Felder Trevor Brown William Simmons |
The Pains of Growing | 2018 | [8] |
| "Enter Sandman" (cover) | Alessia Cara and The Warning |
James Hetfield Lars Ulrich Kirk Hammett |
The Metallica Blacklist | 2021 | [21] |
| "Fav Boy" | Ricky Reed, John-Robert and Alessia Cara |
Eric Frederic Columbus Smith III Alessia Caracciolo Jensen Paige McRae John-Robert Rimel Scott Harper Zachary Sekoff |
The Room | 2020 | [22] |
| "Feel You Now" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo Gerald Trottman Ghian Wright Kayla Morrison Michael Hodges |
Blade Runner: Black Lotus (Original Television Soundtrack) | 2021 | [23] |
| "Find My Boy" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo Michael Joseph Wise |
In the Meantime | 2021 | [13] |
| "Fishbowl" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo Michael Joseph Wise |
In the Meantime | 2021 | [13] |
| "Four Pink Walls" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo ‡ | Know-It-All | 2015 | [5] |
| "Frosty the Snowman" (cover) | Pentatonix featuring Alessia Cara |
Steve Nelson Walter Rollins |
Evergreen | 2021 | [24] |
| "Girl Next Door" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo Kaleb Rollins Marc Soto |
The Pains of Growing | 2018 | [8] |
| "Growing Pains" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo Andrew "Pop" Wansel Warren "Oak" Felder |
The Pains of Growing | 2018 | [8] |
| "Hell and High Water" | Major Lazer featuring Alessia Cara |
Thomas Wesley Pentz Philip Meckseper Jasper Helderman Bas van Daalen Mickey Karbrl Alessia Caracciolo |
Music Is the Weapon | 2020 | [25] |
| "Here" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo Andrew "Pop" Wansel Warren "Oak" Felder Coleridge Tillman Samuel Gerongco Robert Gerongco Terence Lam Isaac Hayes |
Know-It-All | 2015 | [5] |
| "Himno a La Alegria" | Various artists | Amado Regueiro Rodríguez Ludwig van Beethoven Osvaldo Nicolás Ferraro Gutierrez |
Non-album single | 2021 | [15] |
| "How Far I'll Go" | Alessia Cara | Lin-Manuel Miranda | Moana (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | 2016 | [26] |
| "I Can Only" | JoJo featuring Alessia Cara |
Joanna Levesque Jussi "Jussifer" Karvinen Justin Tranter Hayley Warner Alessia Caracciolo |
Mad Love | 2016 | [27] |
| "I Choose" (From the Netflix Original Film The Willoughbys) | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo Brayden Deskins Colton Fisher Diana Studenberg Jason Rabinowitz Jon Levine Jordyn Kane Kris Pearn Mark Mothersbaugh |
Non-album single | 2020 | [28] |
| "I Don't Want To" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo ‡ | The Pains of Growing | 2018 | [8] |
| "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" (cover) | Alessia Cara | Bernie Taupin Davey Johnstone Elton John |
Revamp: The Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin | 2018 | [29] |
| "I Miss You, Don't Call Me" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo Jon Levine |
In the Meantime | 2021 | [13] |
| "I'm Like a Bird" (cover) | Alessia Cara | Nelly Furtado | Spotify Singles | 2019 | [30] |
| "I'm Yours" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo Andrew "Pop" Wansel Warren "Oak" Felder Coleridge Tillman |
Know-It-All | 2015 | [5] |
| "(Isn't It) Obvious" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo Jakob Rabitsch |
Love & Hyperbole | 2024 | |
| "Jingle Bell Rock" (cover) | Alessia Cara | Jim Boothe Joe Beal |
Non-album single | 2021 | [31] |
| "Last Goodbye" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo Gerald Trottman Kayla Morrison Michael Hodges |
Blade Runner: Black Lotus (Original Television Soundtrack) | 2021 | [23] |
| "Let Me Down Slowly" | Alec Benjamin featuring Alessia Cara |
Alec Benjamin Nolan Lambroza Michael Pollack |
Narrated for You | 2018 | [32] |
| "Lie to Me" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo Matthew Samuels Miloš Angelov Johann Deterville Clément Langlois-Légaré Zacharie Raymond Yannick Rastogi |
In the Meantime | 2021 | [13] |
| "Like You" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo ‡ | This Summer | 2019 | [11] |
| "A Little More" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo ‡ | The Pains of Growing | 2018 | [8] |
| "Make It to Christmas" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo Jon Levine |
Holiday Stuff | 2019 | [12] |
| "Middle Ground" | Alessia Cara featuring Chika |
Alessia Caracciolo Michael Joseph Wise Jane Chika Oranika |
In the Meantime | 2021 | [13] |
| "Moody's Mood for Love" (cover) | Alessia Cara | Dorothy Fields Eddie Jefferson James Moody Jimmy McHugh |
Holiday Stuff | 2019 | [12] |
| "My Kind" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo Nathaniel Mercureau |
The Pains of Growing | 2018 | [8] |
| "My Song" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo Coleridge Tillman Fredrik "Fredro" Ödesjö Per Eklund Björn Hallberg |
Know-It-All | 2015 | [5] |
| "Nintendo Game" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo Kaleb Rollins Marc Soto |
The Pains of Growing | 2018 | [8] |
| "Not Today" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo ‡ | The Pains of Growing | 2018 | [8] |
| "October" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo Jon Levine |
This Summer | 2019 | [11] |
| "Okay Okay" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo Jon Levine |
This Summer | 2019 | [11] |
| "The Only Thing Missing" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo Jon Levine |
Holiday Stuff | 2019 | [12] |
| "Only You" | Eddie Benjamin and Alessia Cara |
Alessia Caracciolo Daniel Hackett Eddie Benjamin |
Weatherman | 2023 | [33] |
| "The Other Side" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo Warren "Oak" Felder Emily Warren Scott Harris |
The Get Down Part II: Original Soundtrack From the Netflix Original Series | 2017 | [34] |
| "Out of Love" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo Richard Nowels Jr. |
The Pains of Growing | 2018 | [8] |
| "Outlaws" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo Andrew "Pop" Wansel Warren "Oak" Felder Coleridge Tillman Samuel Gerongco Robert Gerongco |
Know-It-All | 2015 | [5] |
| "Overdose" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo Andrew "Pop" Wansel Warren "Oak" Felder Coleridge Tillman Samuel Gerongco Robert Gerongco |
Know-It-All | 2015 | [5] |
| "Querer Mejor" | Juanes featuring Alessia Cara |
Juan Esteban Aristizábal Alessia Caracciolo Marco Masís Rafael Arcaute Ricardo Montaner Mauricio Montaner Camilo Echeverry |
Más futuro que pasado | 2019 | [35] |
| "Ready" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo Jon Levine |
This Summer | 2019 | [11] |
| "Remember Home" | Sebastian Kole featuring Alessia Cara |
Coleridge Tillman | Soup | 2016 | [36] |
| "River of Tears" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo Coleridge Tillman |
Know-It-All | 2015 | [5] |
| "Rooting for You" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo Jon Levine |
This Summer | 2019 | [11] |
| "Scars to Your Beautiful" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo Andrew "Pop" Wansel Warren "Oak" Felder Coleridge Tillman Justin Franks |
Know-It-All | 2015 | [5] |
| "Seventeen" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo Andrew "Pop" Wansel Warren "Oak" Felder Coleridge Tillman Samuel Gerongco Robert Gerongco William Robinson Jr. Ronald White |
Know-It-All | 2015 | [5] |
| "Shapeshifter" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo Salaam Remi |
In the Meantime | 2021 | [13] |
| "Slow Lie" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo Jeff Halavacs Jake Torrey |
In the Meantime | 2021 | [13] |
| "Somebody Else" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo Martin McKinney Dylan Wiggins |
In the Meantime | 2021 | [13] |
| "Stars" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo Coleridge Tillman Samuel Gerongco Robert Gerongco Terence Lam |
Know-It-All | 2015 | [5] |
| "Stay" | Zedd and Alessia Cara |
Linus Wiklund Sarah Aarons Anders Frøen Alessia Caracciolo Anton Zaslavski Jonnali Parmenius |
Stay + | 2017 | [37] |
| "Stone" | Alessia Cara featuring Sebastian Kole |
Alessia Caracciolo James Ho Coleridge Tillman |
Know-It-All | 2015 | [5] |
| "Summertime" (cover) | Alessia Cara | Dorothy Kuhns DuBose Heyward George Gershwin Ira Gershwin |
This Summer: Live off the Floor | 2020 | [38] |
| "Sweet Dream" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo Jason Evigan Jon Levine Caroline Ailin Spencer Stewart |
In the Meantime | 2021 | [13] |
| "Trust My Lonely" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo Andrew "Pop" Wansel Warren "Oak" Felder |
The Pains of Growing | 2018 | [8] |
| "Unboxing Intro" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo Jon Levine |
In the Meantime | 2021 | [13] |
| "The Use in Trying" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo Jon Levine |
Non-album single | 2021 | [39] |
| "Vale per sempre" | Eros Ramazzotti featuring Alessia Cara |
Federica Abbate Cheope Dario Faini Eros Ramazzotti Ray Heffernan Tommaso Paradiso |
Vita ce n'è | 2018 | [40] |
| "Voice in My Head" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo Mathieu Jomphe Lépine |
In the Meantime | 2021 | [13] |
| "Welcome Back" | Ali Gatie featuring Alessia Cara |
Amy Allen Alessia Caracciolo Ali Gatie Blake Slatkin |
Non-album single | 2020 | [41] |
| "What I Wouldn't Do / North Star Calling" | Artists for Feel Out Loud | Jerrod Bettis Leela Gilday Serena Ryder |
Non-album single | 2023 | [42] |
| "What's on Your Mind?" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo Mike Sabath |
This Summer | 2019 | [11] |
| "Wherever I Live" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo ‡ | The Pains of Growing | 2018 | [8] |
| "Wild" | Troye Sivan featuring Alessia Cara |
Troye Sivan Alex Hope Alessia Caracciolo |
Blue Neighbourhood | 2016 | [43] |
| "Wild Things" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo James Ho Coleridge Tillman Thabiso "Tab" Nkhereanye |
Know-It-All | 2015 | [5] |
| "WTSGD" | Clay and Alessia Cara |
Alessia Caracciolo Gabrielle Walter-Clay |
Non-album single | 2022 | [44] |
| "You Let Me Down" | Alessia Cara | Alessia Caracciolo Michael Joseph Wise |
In the Meantime | 2021 | [13] |
Notes
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