The Naked And Famous

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The Naked and Famous are an electronic indie rock band formed in New Zealand in 2008 by singer and keyboard player Alisa Xayalith, guitarist Thom Powers, bassist Ben Knapp, keyboard player Aaron Short and drummer Jordan Clark. Knapp and Clark left in 2009 and Short left in 2018. Bassist David Beadle joined in 2009, drummer Jesse Wood was a member from 2009 to 2018 and pianist Luna Shadows joined the line-up in 2018.

Their 2011 debut album 'Passive Me, Aggressive You' went to number 12 on Billboard's Alternative Albums Chart and number 20 on the Top Rock Albums Chart, 'In Rolling Waves' (2013) reached number 14 on the Alternative Albums Chart and number 19 on the Top Rock Albums Chart and 'Simple Forms' (2016) hit number ten on the Alternative Albums Chart and number 17 on the Top Rock Albums Chart. An album titled 'A Still Heart' with acoustic versions of earlier tracks was released in 2018.

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07	Young Blood	The Naked And Famous	Passive Me, Aggressive You			04:06
	Composers: Thomas Powers, Alisa Xayalith - Aaron Short
01	Girls Like You	The Naked And Famous	Girls Like You			06:04
	Composers: Thomas Powers, Alisa Xayalith - Aaron Short - Alisa Xayalith
21	Punching In A Dream	The Naked And Famous	Coming Of Age Movie			04:00
	Writer: Aaron Short - Alisa Xayalith - Thomas Powers / Composers: Aaron Short - Alisa Xayalith - Thomas Powers
01	Higher	The Naked And Famous	Simple Forms			03:50
	Composers: Thomas Powers - Alisa Xayalith - Aaron Short - Jesse Wood - David Beadle
03	My Energy	The Naked And Famous	Simple Forms			04:00
	Composers: Thomas Powers - Alisa Xayalith - Aaron Short - Jesse Wood - David Beadle
02	Hearts Like Ours	The Naked And Famous	In Rolling Waves			04:32
	Writer: Thomas Powers - Aaron Short - Alisa Xayalith / Composers: Thomas Powers - Aaron Short - Alisa Xayalith
01	All Of This	The Naked And Famous	Passive Me, Aggressive You			03:55
	Composers: Thomas Powers, Alisa Xayalith - Aaron Short
01	Blinding Lights	The Naked And Famous	Blinding Lights			03:07
	Composers: Abel "The Weeknd" Tesfaye - Ahmad Balshe - Jason "DaHeala" Quenneville - Max Martin - Oscar Holter
08	The Runners	The Naked And Famous	Simple Forms			04:20
	Composers: Thomas Powers - Alisa Xayalith - Aaron Short - Jesse Wood - David Beadle
02	Sunseeker	The Naked And Famous	Recover			03:48
	Composers: Thomas Powers - Simon Oscroft - Alisa Xayalith - Luna Shadows
03	Frayed	The Naked And Famous	Passive Me, Aggressive You			03:46
	Composers: Thomas Powers, Alisa Xayalith - Aaron Short
06	Eyes	The Naked And Famous	Passive Me, Aggressive You			04:43
	Composers: Thomas Powers, Alisa Xayalith - Aaron Short
08	No Way (Stripped)	The Naked And Famous	A Still Heart			04:30
	Composers: Thom Powers - Alisa Xayalith - Aaron Short
01	Young Blood (Single Version)	The Naked And Famous	Young Blood			03:54
	Composers: Thomas Powers, Alisa Xayalith
07	Laid Low	The Naked And Famous	Simple Forms			03:55
	Composers: Kamtin Mohager - Alisa Xayalith - Aaron Short - Jesse Wood - David Beadle
06	Backslide	The Naked And Famous	Simple Forms			04:05
	Composers: Thomas Powers - Alisa Xayalith - Aaron Short - Jesse Wood - David Beadle
09	What We Want	The Naked And Famous	In Rolling Waves			04:19
	Writer: Thomas Powers - Alisa Xayalith - Max McElligott / Composers: Thomas Powers - Alisa Xayalith - Max McElligott
03	Higher (FKYA Remix)	The Naked And Famous	Higher (Remixes)			03:50
	Composers: Thomas Powers (90%) - Alisa Xayalith (10%)
06	Everybody Knows	The Naked And Famous	Recover			03:44
	Composers: Thomas Powers - Simon Oscroft - Alisa Xayalith - Danielle Poppitt
29	Young Blood (Tiësto & Hardwell Remix)	The Naked And Famous	Summerween 2025			06:37
	Writer: Aaron Short - Alisa Xayalith - Thomas Powers / Composers: Aaron Short - Alisa Xayalith - Thomas Powers
10	Death	The Naked And Famous	Recover			04:00
	Composers: Thomas Powers - Simon Oscroft - Alisa Xayalith - Luna Shadows
08	No Way	The Naked And Famous	Passive Me, Aggressive You			05:29
	Composers: Thomas Powers, Alisa Xayalith - Aaron Short
03	Bury Us	The Naked And Famous	Recover			03:09
	Composers: Thomas Powers - Luna Shadows - Alisa Xayalith - Simon Oscroft
05	The Mess	The Naked And Famous	In Rolling Waves			04:06
	Writer: Thomas Powers - Alisa Xayalith / Composers: Thomas Powers - Alisa Xayalith
04	Rolling Waves	The Naked And Famous	In Rolling Waves			03:38
	Writer: Thomas Powers - Alisa Xayalith / Composers: Thomas Powers - Alisa Xayalith
08	I Kill Giants	The Naked And Famous	In Rolling Waves			04:12
	Writer: Thomas Powers - Alisa Xayalith / Composers: Thomas Powers - Alisa Xayalith
05	The Sun	The Naked And Famous	Passive Me, Aggressive You			03:56
	Composers: Thomas Powers, Alisa Xayalith - Aaron Short
09	Falling	The Naked And Famous	Simple Forms			03:51
	Composers: Thomas Powers - Alisa Xayalith - Aaron Short - Jesse Wood - David Beadle
01	Higher (RAC Mix)	The Naked And Famous	Higher (Remixes)			04:30
	Composers: Thomas Brading Powers - Alisa Xayalith - Aaron Philip Short - Jesse Wood - David William Henry Beadle - Andrew Anjos
14	Following Morning	The Naked And Famous	In Rolling Waves			05:04
	Composers: Thomas Powers - Alisa Xayalith
02	Punching in a Dream (Stripped)	The Naked And Famous	A Still Heart			03:28
	Composers: Alisa Xayalith - Thomas Powers - Aaron Philip Short
03	Waltz	The Naked And Famous	In Rolling Waves			05:12
	Writer: Thomas Powers / Composers: Thomas Powers
04	The Source	The Naked And Famous	Passive Me, Aggressive You			00:48
	Composers: Thomas Powers
01	A Stillness	The Naked And Famous	In Rolling Waves			05:21
	Writer: Thomas Powers - Aaron Short - Alisa Xayalith / Composers: Thomas Powers - Aaron Short - Alisa Xayalith
04	Last Forever	The Naked And Famous	Simple Forms			04:13
	Composers: Thomas Powers - Alisa Xayalith - Aaron Short - Jesse Wood - David Beadle
01	Material Boy (The Naked And Famous Remix)	Sir Sly	Material Boy (The Naked And Famous Remix)			03:50
	Composers: Alisa Xayalith - Thomas Powers - Hayden Coplen - Jason Suwito - Landon Jacobs
05	Losing Our Control	The Naked And Famous	Simple Forms			03:56
	Composers: Thomas Powers - Alisa Xayalith - Aaron Short - Jesse Wood - David Beadle
02	Bright Lights	The Naked And Famous	Girls Like You			02:36
	Composers: Thomas Powers - Aaron Short
01	Punching In A Dream (Single Version)	The Naked And Famous	Punching In A Dream (Single Version)			03:34
	Composers: Thomas Powers, Alisa Xayalith - Alisa Xayalith
11	To Move With Purpose	The Naked And Famous	In Rolling Waves			05:02
	Composers: Thomas Powers - Aaron Short - Alisa Xayalith
14	(An)aesthetic	The Naked And Famous	Recover			03:45
	Composers: Thomas Powers - Simon Oscroft - Alisa Xayalith
06	Higher (Stripped)	The Naked And Famous	A Still Heart			04:02
	Composers: Thom Powers - Alisa Xayalith - Aaron Short - Jesse Wood - David William Henry Beadle
02	The Water Beneath You	The Naked And Famous	Simple Forms			03:52
	Composers: Thomas Powers - Alisa Xayalith - Aaron Short - Jesse Wood - David Beadle
03	Last Forever (Stripped)	The Naked And Famous	A Still Heart			03:50
	Composers: Alisa Xayalith - Aaron Short - Jesse Wood - Thomas Powers - David William Henry Beadle
04	Easy	The Naked And Famous	Recover			03:53
	Composers: Alisa Xayalith - Simon Oscroft - Thomas Powers
02	Higher (Not Your Dope Remix)	The Naked And Famous	Higher (Remixes)			03:17
	Composers: Thomas Powers - Alisa Xayalith - Aaron Short - Jesse Wood - David Beadle
04	All of This (Stripped)	The Naked And Famous	A Still Heart			04:01
	Composers: Thom Powers - Alisa Xayalith - Aaron Short
05	Girls Like You (Stripped)	The Naked And Famous	A Still Heart			04:14
	Composers: Alisa Xayalith - Aaron Short - Thomas Powers
10	Rotten	The Naked And Famous	Simple Forms			04:21
	Composers: Thomas Powers - Alisa Xayalith - Aaron Short - Jesse Wood - David Beadle
10	Young Blood (Stripped)	The Naked And Famous	A Still Heart			03:49
	Composers: Thom Powers - Alisa Xayalith - Aaron Short
02	I Kill Giants (Big Black Delta Remix)	The Naked And Famous	In Rolling Waves			04:09
	Composers: Thomas Powers - Alisa Xayalith
08	Well-Rehearsed	The Naked And Famous	Recover			03:32
	Composers: Thomas Powers - Alisa Xayalith - Luna Shadows
11	A Wolf In Geek's Clothing	The Naked And Famous	Passive Me, Aggressive You			03:14
	Composers: Thomas Powers, Alisa Xayalith - Aaron Short
09	Spank	The Naked And Famous	Passive Me, Aggressive You			04:10
	Composers: Thomas Powers, Alisa Xayalith - Aaron Short
05	Come As You Are	The Naked And Famous	Recover			03:39
	Composers: Thomas Powers - Simon Oscroft - Alisa Xayalith
09	Teardrop	The Naked And Famous	A Still Heart			03:26
	Composers: Robert Del Naja - Grantley Marshall - Andrew Lee Isaac Vowles - Elizabeth Fraser
15	Coming Back To Me	The Naked And Famous	Recover			03:35
	Composers: Thomas Powers - Simon Oscroft - Alisa Xayalith
01	A Still Heart	The Naked And Famous	A Still Heart			03:49
	Composers: Alisa Xayalith - Aaron Short - Thomas Powers
13	The Sound of My Voice	The Naked And Famous	Recover			03:42
	Composers: Thomas Powers - Sam McCarthy - Alisa Xayalith - Scott Hutchison
12	A Small Reunion	The Naked And Famous	In Rolling Waves			05:44
	Composers: Thomas Powers - Alisa Xayalith
01	Recover	The Naked And Famous	Recover			03:04
	Composers: Thomas Powers - Simon Oscroft - Alisa Xayalith
11	Count on You	The Naked And Famous	Recover			03:33
	Composers: Thomas Powers - Simon Oscroft - Alisa Xayalith
07	I Kill Giants (Stripped)	The Naked And Famous	A Still Heart			04:05
	Composers: Thom Powers - Alisa Xayalith
07	Echoes in the Dark	The Naked And Famous	Recover			01:24
	Composers: Thomas Powers - Alisa Xayalith - Bram Inscore
09	Monument	The Naked And Famous	Recover			03:36
	Composers: Thomas Powers - Alisa Xayalith - Luna Shadows - Bradley Hale
04	Rotten (Space Above Remix)	The Naked And Famous	Higher (Remixes)			06:26
	Composers: Thomas Brading Powers - Alisa Xayalith - Aaron Philip Short - Jesse Wood - David William Henry Beadle

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Discography

Albums

Recover

(P) 2020 Somewhat Damaged Limited under exclusive license to AWAL Recordings America, Inc.: 24-07-2020

Recover

01	Recover	The Naked And Famous	Recover			03:04
	Composers: Thomas Powers - Simon Oscroft - Alisa Xayalith
02	Sunseeker	The Naked And Famous	Recover			03:48
	Composers: Thomas Powers - Simon Oscroft - Alisa Xayalith - Luna Shadows
03	Bury Us	The Naked And Famous	Recover			03:09
	Composers: Thomas Powers - Luna Shadows - Alisa Xayalith - Simon Oscroft
04	Easy	The Naked And Famous	Recover			03:53
	Composers: Alisa Xayalith - Simon Oscroft - Thomas Powers
05	Come As You Are	The Naked And Famous	Recover			03:39
	Composers: Thomas Powers - Simon Oscroft - Alisa Xayalith
06	Everybody Knows	The Naked And Famous	Recover			03:44
	Composers: Thomas Powers - Simon Oscroft - Alisa Xayalith - Danielle Poppitt
07	Echoes in the Dark	The Naked And Famous	Recover			01:24
	Composers: Thomas Powers - Alisa Xayalith - Bram Inscore

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A Still Heart

(P) 2018 Somewhat Damaged Limited: 02-03-2018

A Still Heart

01	A Still Heart	The Naked And Famous	A Still Heart			03:49
	Composers: Alisa Xayalith - Aaron Short - Thomas Powers
02	Punching in a Dream (Stripped)	The Naked And Famous	A Still Heart			03:28
	Composers: Alisa Xayalith - Thomas Powers - Aaron Philip Short
03	Last Forever (Stripped)	The Naked And Famous	A Still Heart			03:50
	Composers: Alisa Xayalith - Aaron Short - Jesse Wood - Thomas Powers - David William Henry Beadle
04	All of This (Stripped)	The Naked And Famous	A Still Heart			04:01
	Composers: Thom Powers - Alisa Xayalith - Aaron Short
05	Girls Like You (Stripped)	The Naked And Famous	A Still Heart			04:14
	Composers: Alisa Xayalith - Aaron Short - Thomas Powers
06	Higher (Stripped)	The Naked And Famous	A Still Heart			04:02
	Composers: Thom Powers - Alisa Xayalith - Aaron Short - Jesse Wood - David William Henry Beadle
07	I Kill Giants (Stripped)	The Naked And Famous	A Still Heart			04:05
	Composers: Thom Powers - Alisa Xayalith

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Simple Forms

(P) 2016 Somewhat Damaged Limited: 14-10-2016

Simple Forms

01	Higher	The Naked And Famous	Simple Forms			03:50
	Composers: Thomas Powers - Alisa Xayalith - Aaron Short - Jesse Wood - David Beadle
02	The Water Beneath You	The Naked And Famous	Simple Forms			03:52
	Composers: Thomas Powers - Alisa Xayalith - Aaron Short - Jesse Wood - David Beadle
03	My Energy	The Naked And Famous	Simple Forms			04:00
	Composers: Thomas Powers - Alisa Xayalith - Aaron Short - Jesse Wood - David Beadle
04	Last Forever	The Naked And Famous	Simple Forms			04:13
	Composers: Thomas Powers - Alisa Xayalith - Aaron Short - Jesse Wood - David Beadle
05	Losing Our Control	The Naked And Famous	Simple Forms			03:56
	Composers: Thomas Powers - Alisa Xayalith - Aaron Short - Jesse Wood - David Beadle
06	Backslide	The Naked And Famous	Simple Forms			04:05
	Composers: Thomas Powers - Alisa Xayalith - Aaron Short - Jesse Wood - David Beadle
07	Laid Low	The Naked And Famous	Simple Forms			03:55
	Composers: Kamtin Mohager - Alisa Xayalith - Aaron Short - Jesse Wood - David Beadle

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In Rolling Waves

℗ 2014 Fiction Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited.: 13-09-2013

In Rolling Waves

01	A Stillness	The Naked And Famous	In Rolling Waves			05:21
	Composers: Thomas Powers - Aaron Short - Alisa Xayalith
02	Hearts Like Ours	The Naked And Famous	In Rolling Waves			04:32
	Composers: Thomas Powers - Aaron Short - Alisa Xayalith
03	Waltz	The Naked And Famous	In Rolling Waves			05:12
	Composers: Thomas Powers
04	Rolling Waves	The Naked And Famous	In Rolling Waves			03:38
	Composers: Thomas Powers - Alisa Xayalith
05	The Mess	The Naked And Famous	In Rolling Waves			04:06
	Composers: Thomas Powers - Alisa Xayalith
06	Grow Old	The Naked And Famous	In Rolling Waves			06:35
	Composers: Thomas Powers
07	Golden Girl	The Naked And Famous	In Rolling Waves			02:11
	Composers: Thomas Powers - Alisa Xayalith

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In Rolling Waves

℗ 2013 Somewhat Damaged, under exclusive licence to Polydor Ltd. (UK): 01-01-2013

In Rolling Waves

01	A Stillness	The Naked And Famous	In Rolling Waves			05:21
	Writer: Thomas Powers - Aaron Short - Alisa Xayalith / Composers: Thomas Powers - Aaron Short - Alisa Xayalith
02	Hearts Like Ours	The Naked And Famous	In Rolling Waves			04:32
	Writer: Thomas Powers - Aaron Short - Alisa Xayalith / Composers: Thomas Powers - Aaron Short - Alisa Xayalith
03	Waltz	The Naked And Famous	In Rolling Waves			05:12
	Writer: Thomas Powers / Composers: Thomas Powers
04	Rolling Waves	The Naked And Famous	In Rolling Waves			03:38
	Writer: Thomas Powers - Alisa Xayalith / Composers: Thomas Powers - Alisa Xayalith
05	The Mess	The Naked And Famous	In Rolling Waves			04:06
	Writer: Thomas Powers - Alisa Xayalith / Composers: Thomas Powers - Alisa Xayalith
06	Grow Old	The Naked And Famous	In Rolling Waves			06:35
	Writer: Thomas Powers / Composers: Thomas Powers
07	Golden Girl	The Naked And Famous	In Rolling Waves			02:11
	Writer: Thomas Powers - Alisa Xayalith / Composers: Thomas Powers - Alisa Xayalith

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Passive Me, Aggressive You

(P) 2011 Somewhat Damaged: 01-01-2010

Passive Me, Aggressive You

01	All Of This	The Naked And Famous	Passive Me, Aggressive You			03:55
	Composers: Thomas Powers, Alisa Xayalith - Aaron Short
02	Punching In A Dream	The Naked And Famous	Passive Me, Aggressive You			03:58
	Composers: Thomas Powers, Alisa Xayalith - Aaron Short
03	Frayed	The Naked And Famous	Passive Me, Aggressive You			03:46
	Composers: Thomas Powers, Alisa Xayalith - Aaron Short
04	The Source	The Naked And Famous	Passive Me, Aggressive You			00:48
	Composers: Thomas Powers
05	The Sun	The Naked And Famous	Passive Me, Aggressive You			03:56
	Composers: Thomas Powers, Alisa Xayalith - Aaron Short
06	Eyes	The Naked And Famous	Passive Me, Aggressive You			04:43
	Composers: Thomas Powers, Alisa Xayalith - Aaron Short
07	Young Blood	The Naked And Famous	Passive Me, Aggressive You			04:06
	Composers: Thomas Powers, Alisa Xayalith - Aaron Short

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Singles

Material Boy (The Naked And Famous Remix)

℗ 2020 Interscope Records: 13-11-2020

Material Boy (The Naked And Famous Remix)

01	Material Boy (The Naked And Famous Remix)	Sir Sly	Material Boy (The Naked And Famous Remix)			03:50
	Composers: Alisa Xayalith - Thomas Powers - Hayden Coplen - Jason Suwito - Landon Jacobs

Death

(P) 2020 Somewhat Damaged Limited under exclusive license to AWAL Recordings America, Inc.: 22-05-2020

Death

01	Death	The Naked And Famous	Death			04:00
	Composers: Thomas Powers - Simon Oscroft - Alisa Xayalith - Luna Shadows

Blinding Lights

(P) 2020 Somewhat Damaged Limited under exclusive license to AWAL Recordings America, Inc.: 22-04-2020

Blinding Lights

01	Blinding Lights	The Naked And Famous	Blinding Lights			03:07
	Composers: Abel "The Weeknd" Tesfaye - Ahmad Balshe - Jason "DaHeala" Quenneville - Max Martin - Oscar Holter

Come As You Are

(P) 2020 Somewhat Damaged Limited under exclusive license to AWAL Recordings America, Inc.: 26-02-2020

Come As You Are

01	Come As You Are	The Naked And Famous	Come As You Are			03:39
	Composers: Thomas Powers - Simon Oscroft - Alisa Xayalith

Bury Us / Sunseeker

(P) 2020 Somewhat Damaged Limited under exclusive license to AWAL Recordings America, Inc.: 16-01-2020

Bury Us / Sunseeker

01	Bury Us	The Naked And Famous	Bury Us / Sunseeker			03:09
	Composers: Thomas Powers - Luna Shadows - Alisa Xayalith - Simon Oscroft
02	Sunseeker	The Naked And Famous	Bury Us / Sunseeker			03:48
	Composers: Thomas Powers - Simon Oscroft - Alisa Xayalith - Luna Shadows

Sunseeker

(P) 2019 Somewhat Damaged Limited under exclusive license to AWAL Recordings America, Inc.: 08-11-2019

Sunseeker

01	Sunseeker	The Naked And Famous	Sunseeker			03:48
	Composers: Thomas Powers - Simon Oscroft - Alisa Xayalith - Luna Shadows

Higher (Remixes)

(P) 2017 Somewhat Damaged Limited: 30-03-2018

Higher (Remixes)

01	Higher (RAC Mix)	The Naked And Famous	Higher (Remixes)			04:30
	Composers: Thomas Brading Powers - Alisa Xayalith - Aaron Philip Short - Jesse Wood - David William Henry Beadle - Andrew Anjos
02	Higher (Not Your Dope Remix)	The Naked And Famous	Higher (Remixes)			03:17
	Composers: Thomas Powers - Alisa Xayalith - Aaron Short - Jesse Wood - David Beadle
03	Higher (FKYA Remix)	The Naked And Famous	Higher (Remixes)			03:50
	Composers: Thomas Powers (90%) - Alisa Xayalith (10%)
04	Rotten (Space Above Remix)	The Naked And Famous	Higher (Remixes)			06:26
	Composers: Thomas Brading Powers - Alisa Xayalith - Aaron Philip Short - Jesse Wood - David William Henry Beadle

Young Blood (Stripped)

(P) 2018 Somewhat Damaged Limited: 23-02-2018

Young Blood (Stripped)

01	Young Blood (Stripped)	The Naked And Famous	Young Blood (Stripped)			03:49
	Composers: Thom Powers - Alisa Xayalith - Aaron Short

Girls Like You (Stripped)

(P) 2018 Somewhat Damaged Limited: 12-01-2018

Girls Like You (Stripped)

01	Girls Like You (Stripped)	The Naked And Famous	Girls Like You (Stripped)			04:14
	Composers: Alisa Xayalith - Aaron Short - Thomas Powers