This is a list of songs that Nick Cave or The Bad Seeds have covered. The left column lists the writer and/or original, first, or most notable performer of the song. For more details on who else played a particular song, or when Nick Cave performed it, try clicking the song title. To obtain some of these original recordings, don't forget to order the Original Seeds album!
| All The Pretty Little Horses | Trad. |
| All Tomorrow's Parties | The Velvet Underground |
| Andy Warhol | David Bowie |
| Avalanche | Leonard Cohen |
| Bedazzled | Peter Cook and Dudley Moore |
| Big Hurt, The | Toni Fisher, Scott Walker |
| Black Betty | Leadbelly |
| Blitzkrieg Bop | The Ramones |
| Blue Suede Shoes | Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley |
| Body Unknown | Marc Almond |
| Bootylicious | Destiny's Child |
| Bottle Up And Go | John Lee Hooker, Leadbelly, Bob Dylan |
| Bull Rider | Johnny Cash |
| By The Time I Get To Phoenix | J. Webb |
| Carnival Is Over, The | The Seekers |
| Caroline Says II | Lou Reed |
| Catman | Gene Vincent |
| China Girl | Iggy Pop |
| Cindy | Trad./Elvis Presley |
| Commando | The Ramones |
| Crimson And Clover | Tommy James and the Shondells |
| Death Is Not The End | Bob Dylan |
| Diamonds In The Mine | Leonard Cohen |
| Did You Hear About Jerry? | Harry Belafonte |
| Disco 2000 | Pulp |
| Don't Go Home With Your Hard-On | Leonard Cohen |
| Don't Split It | The Subway Sect |
| Downtown Swinging Town | ? |
| Dress Rehearsal Rag | Leonard Cohen |
| Enemy Of The State | Ian `Ollie' Olson |
| Fire Down Below | Trad. |
| 500 Miles | The Seekers; Peter, Paul & Mary |
| Fever | Little Willie John; Peggy Lee; Elvis Presley |
| Funhouse | The Stooges |
| Gloria | Them |
| Goodbye Marylou | Michel Polnareff |
| Green, Green Grass Of Home | Claude Putman Jnr., Johnny Cash |
| Hammer Song, The | The Sensational Alex Harvey Band |
| Helpless | Neil Young |
| Henry Lee | Trad. |
| Here Comes The Sun | The Beatles |
| Hey Joe | Tim Rose |
| I Don't Care, Yeah | ? |
| I Feel So Good | J.B. Lenoir |
| I Just Dropped In (To See ...) | Mickey Newbury |
| I Love You... Nor Do I | Serge Gainsbourg |
| I'm 18 | Alice Cooper |
| I'm Gonna Kill That Woman | John Lee Hooker |
| I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry | Hank Williams |
| I’m Your Man | Leonard Cohen |
| I Need A Million | The Laughing Dogs |
| In The Ghetto | Mac Davis, Elvis Presley |
| I Put A Spell On You | Screaming Jay Hawkins |
| I Threw It All Away | Bob Dylan |
| I Wanna Be Your Dog | The Stooges |
| Jackson | Johnny Cash, Nancy S. and Lee H. |
| Jesse James | Trad. |
| Jesus Met The Woman At The Well | Trad., The Alabama Singers |
| John The Revelator | Trad., Blind Willie Johnson |
| Just Like a King | Leonard Cohen |
| Keep-A-Knocking | Little Richard |
| King Kong Kitchee Kitchee Ki-Mi-O | Trad. |
| Kiss Of Love | Sam Brown |
| Knocking On Heaven's Door | Bob Dylan |
| Knoxville Girl | Trad., Louvin Brothers |
| Let It Be | The Beatles |
| Let It Be Me | Tom Jones, Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley |
| Little Doll | The Stooges |
| Long Black Veil | Johnny Cash, Lefty Frizzel |
| Long Time Man | Tim Rose |
| Loose | The Stooges |
| Lost In Music | Sister Sledge |
| Lost Highway | Hank Williams |
| Louie Louie | Richard Berry, The Stooges |
| Love Is In The Air | John Paul Young |
| Love's Been Good To Me | Frank Sinatra |
| Mack The Knife | Kurt Weill, Bertold Brecht |
| Massachusetts | The Bee Gees |
| Mean, Mean Woman | John Lee Hooker |
| Memories | Leonard Cohen |
| Miniskirts | John Lee Hooker |
| Mourning Song | Trad. |
| Muddy Water | Johnny Cash |
| My Generation | The Who |
| Next | Jacques Brel |
| 99 Ways | Charlie Gracy |
| Oh Happy Day | Trad. |
| Orphan Boy | Gillian Welch |
| Personality Crisis | The New York Dolls |
| Pinery Boy | Trad. |
| Plain Gold Ring | Nina Simone |
| Rainy Night In Soho | The Pogues |
| Ring Of Fire | Johnny Cash |
| Running Scared | Roy Orbison |
| Rye Whiskey | Trad. |
| Sad Dark Eyes | The Loved Ones |
| Sand | Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood |
| Serves You Right To Suffer | John Lee Hooker |
| Shake, Rattle And Roll | Big Joe Turner |
| Shine On Me | Trad. |
| Singer, The | Johnny Cash |
| Sleeping Annaleah | Mickey Newbury, Tom Jones |
| Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart | Gene Pitney |
| Stagger Lee | Trad. |
| Streets Of Laredo | Trad. |
| Sunday Morning | The Velvet Underground |
| Sunny | Bobby Hebb |
| Suzanne | Leonard Cohen |
| Sweet Rosyanne | The Brothers Four |
| The Big Hurt | Toni Fisher, Scott Walker |
| The Carnival Is Over | The Seekers |
| The Dolphins | Fred Neil |
| The Hammer Song | The Sensational Alax Harvey Band |
| The Crane Wife | The Decemberists |
| There's No Night Out In The Jail | John Harold Ashe |
| There Is A War | Leonard Cohen |
| These Boots Are Made For Walking | Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood |
| The Singer | Johnny Cash |
| The Willow Garden | Trad. |
| This Guy's In Love With You | Burt Bacharach, The Reels |
| To Sir, With Love | Lu Lu |
| Tower Of Song | Leonard Cohen |
| T.S.O.P. | Mother Father Sister Brother |
| Wade In The Water | Trad. |
| Wanted Man | Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash |
| What A Wonderful World | Louis Armstrong |
| X-Files Theme | Mark Snow |