Introduction
If you’re a fan of Marion Ravn (and you should be – she’s great) and wanted a handy guide to the songs she’s recorded, well, here you go. Maybe you’re an M2M fan looking to dive into her solo work, or maybe you had her first album (one of them) and then lost track of her during that long gap between (released) albums.
That’s what happened to me and when, years later I looked into catching up, I found things were at first glance, confusing. For starters there was her first album and then her other first album, with some tracks shared between both. Then what is typically referred to as her second album, but is actually her fourth has two versions, again with some songs in common, but some differences as well. Oh, and on the second version, the new tracks are from her following albums.
Songs from a Blackbird, not to be confused with Songs from a Blackbird.
Alongside this (thanks to watching some music vids), the YouTube recommendation bot was giving me a bunch of other songs that had me wondering ‘wait, so where is that from?’. Ultimately I ended up going on a deeper dive than anticipated, even making a spreadsheet to keep track of it all, adding more as I found it. Having then put together a big list of songs, I figured people might find it useful and so have used it as the basis for this guide.
The Raven name is sometimes mentioned online as simply being a variation for international markets and whilst for a time that seems to have been the intention, for the most part it’s an either/or situation. You’re not going to find a Ravn Hear I Am for example, nor a Raven Mellom disse 4 vegger.
Part 1: Albums (and a few more songs)
Here I Am (2005) CD, Cassette, Download | 1. Get Me Out of Here 2. Break You 3. Crawl 4. Here I Am 5. Little by Little 6. End of Me 7. 13 Days 8. For You I'll Die 9. Let Me Introduce Myself 10. Heads Will Roll 11. At the End of the Day feat. Art Alexakis 12. Six Feet Under 13. Gotta Be Kidding 14. In Spite of Me x1. Surfing the Sun x2. There I Said It |
Notes:
- The various Japanese releases add Surfing the Sun (B-side on the Break You single), as does the iTunes release. It's also on some streaming versions of the album.
- The Japanese Limited Edition also adds a sixteenth track with There I Said It (B-side on the Here I Am single).
- The Japanese Limited Edition includes a DVD of the Here I Am and Break You music videos.
- The Taiwanese Limited Edition includes a DVD of the End of Me music video as well as a "making of", of said music video.
- In the months leading up to the album's release, fan sites featured news on tracks that might possibly feature on it. Of those mentioned, seven didn’t make the cut. Of those seven, two would make their way online:
u1. Get Over Me [studio recording]
u2. Forgot His Name [live recording from a gig in Tokyo]
For reference, the full track listing for Set Me Free is as follows:
2. Falling Away (new)
3. Crawl (from Here I Am album)
4. Here I Am (from Here I Am album)
5. Thank You for Loving Me (new)
6. 13 Days (from Here I Am album)
7. Break You (from Here I Am album)
8. Heads Will Roll [new version] (from Heads Will Roll EP)
9. For You I’ll Die (from Here I Am album)
10. At the End of the Day (from Here I Am album)
11. All I Wanna Do is You (from Heads Will Roll EP)
(hidden) Let Me Introduce My Self (Acoustic) (from Heads Will Roll EP)* edited
Let Me Introduce Myself is edited compared to the EP version (to remove an f-bomb), whilst two other tacks (Spit You Out and Good 4 Sex) were on the EP, but not on the album – something to keep in mind if you were looking to pick up physical copies of all this.
If you are keeping track of music video availability then the Set Me Free CD includes the Falling Away music video as enhanced content and the Heads Will Roll music video is enhanced content on the CD of the EP (both of these are in .mov format). No future releases would include music videos, however.
Tracks released in 2006 and 2007 that didn’t feature on Here I Am, ordered into a playlist that I think flows quite well.
If you wanted to follow this playlist, I recommended using the longer album version of It’s All Coming Back to Me Now.
Nevermore (2010*) *well, that was the intention | 1. Flesh and Bone 2. Heartless 3. Nevermore 4. Rosemarie 5. Found Someone 6. Blackbird 7. Backstabbing Bitch 8. Miss You Blind 9. Vital Signs 10. Up To No Good 11. After You 12. We Are Dead 13. Surrender 14. Drive |
Jumping ahead for a moment, Marion's next album (Songs from a Blackbird) would introduce a breezier, more folky sound that is great to listen to, but is very different to what came before. This album acts like a good bridge between the two styles, typically leaning towards the earlier rockier efforts, but with moments that wouldn't feel out of place with what would follow.
Most people won't have heard it.
Two digital singles (Flesh and Bone and Found Someone) saw a Scandinavian release, but record label issues meant the full album never materialised.
A promo copy did however, leak online at some point, so it is out there available to listen to should you wish. You can even listen via YouTube Music (albeit tucked away in a community playlist).
Although fourteen tracks are listed above, the promo CD includes a fifteenth track; a radio edit of Found Someone. This wouldn’t have necessarily been included on the retail release.
Songs from a Blackbird (2013) CD, Vinyl, Download | 1. Start Over 2. Driving 3. The Minute 4. Home feat. Lisa Miskovsky 5. On Fire 6. Never Leave Me 7. You and I 8. Don't You 9. Prove Me Wrong 10. Rest Your Head feat. Thom Hell 11. Safe and Sound x1. All Lies x2. Comfort You x3. Hush x4. Colors Turn to Grey |
The track listing is for the original Norwegian release (more on the 2014 edition in a moment). The four extra songs listed are bonus tracks on the iTunes version, although it should be noted that All Lies appears as a bonus on other digital stores too (and later on, streaming) and Colors Turn To Grey was originally released as a digital single in 2012.
The following year, a second version of the album was released (CD and Download) for other markets. This edition brought back the Raven name, removed some songs, re-ordered others and added in Colors Turn To Grey and tracks recorded for the Scandal albums. In fact due to an earlier release date, the Scandal tracks actually show up here first.
For reference, the track listing for the 2014 edition of Songs from a Blackbird is as follows:
2. Driving (from 2013 release)
3. Scandal (from Scandal – Vol. I)
4. Better Than This (from Scandal – Vol. II)
5. Home (from 2013 release)
6. Colors Turn to Grey (previously a digital single/iTunes bonus)
7. In Dreams (from Scandal – Vol. I)
8. Never Gonna get It (from Scandal – Vol. I)
9. Running (from Scandal – Vol. II)
10. On Fire (from 2013 release)
11. Never Leave Me (from 2013 release)
12. When You Come Around (from Scandal – Vol. II)
iTunes Bonus Tracks
x1. Start Over (from 2013 release)
x2. You and I (from 2013 release)
x3. Don’t You (from 2013 release)
Although the 2014 version is typically referred to as a “worldwide edition”, if you are streaming or buying a digital copy then the 2013 “Norwegian” version is what you are most likely to encounter.
Why? Well at some point digital copies were updated to the original release, giving everywhere the same version of the album, but making some people loose some of their favourite tracks (unless they had picked up the CD).
Another casualty of this Ravn reset was the removal of the 2015 Better Than This digital single. That wouldn’t be particularly notable, but it also included an acoustic version of the song that now appears to be unavailable from anywhere else.
Scandal - Vol. I (2014)Scandal - Vol. II (2015)  CD, Download (volumes) Vinyl (combined release) | Vol. I 1. Scandal 2. You'll Get Up Again 3. In Dreams 4. The Beginning of the End 5. Never Gonna Get It 6. Scoundrels Like You 7. Never Ask Why 8. We're Heading Off Course Vol. II 1. Kicks In 2. The Flame 3. Better Than This 4. Clown 5. Like a Moth 6. Running 7. When You Come Around 8. Goodbye My Love |
Side note: these albums are less available than other albums. Physical copies you can import, but Downloads and streaming are geo-locked.
Following the two Scandal albums, Marion released two Norwegian language albums (and a digital single). Although the physical albums are exclusive to Norway, downloads and streaming copies are readily available.
The releases are also straightforward (no alternate versions or extra download tracks), so they are simply listed below:
Mellom disse 4 vegger (2019) Vinyl, Download | 1. 4 vegger 2. Fritt fall 3. Tyv 4. Svømmer 5. Høsten som kommer 6. Ikke deg (Marion Ravn & Magnus Grønneberg) 7. 12-trikken 8. Tidsfordriv 9. En skygge av deg |
Englene på Grand (2020)(Digital Single) |
Ti ville hester (2023) Vinyl, Download | 1. Danse 2. Slik du vil 3. En vanlig dag 4. Ti ville hester 5. Nesten 6. Bitre dråper 7. Han du ikke var 8. Hold meg i hånda 9. Vinden i ryggen 10. Virvelvind |
Marion first appeared as one of the participants in Season 2 and a CD containing a large chunk (but not all) of the tracks performed was released. There was also a series of eight digital EPs (one for each artist episode and a duet episode as well) released that covered all of the tracks.
Well that’s what I thought.
After compiling my list, YouTube recommended me this video where Marion joins Kurt Nilsen to perform M2M song Everything. There’s a Kurt solo performance of the song that appears on both the CD and “Marion Ravn's Day” EP, but there’s been no commercial release of the duet.
Moving back to tracks that were released, Marion was amongst those who returned for the Season 10 “Jubilee” to add another four tracks (available across a few digital EPs) to the list. Finally there’s one more track from when Marion returned again in Season 16 to make Marit cry (available as a digital single).
Here's the the list of songs Marion has performed, with mention of where you can listen to them:
Ta meg med! (2014) Film | 1. Heksedans (Kjersti Elvik, Marion Ravn, Haddy N`jie, Magnus Grønneberg) 2. Ryktet forteller 3. Venner / Hver gang vi møtes - not on digital soundtrack album 4. Tre er en for mye 5. Ta meg med 6. Sangen om i morra (Marion Ravn, Haddy N'Jie) 7. Ta meg med (reprise) - not on digital soundtrack album 8. Mang slags kjærlighet (Kjersti Elvik, Magnus Grønneberg, Haddy N`jie, Marion Ravn, Frank Kjosås) |
There’s also a (geo-locked) digital soundtrack album that is missing some tracks. Anything Marion-wise that is excluded from the album is noted on the list.
Ser du (2022)Humle & Marion Ravn (Digital Single)  Download |
Chess På Norsk (2022) Download | 1. Kirken I Moskva 2. Dere Tror at Jeg Er Blind (Ni Dömer Mig) (André Søfteland & Marion Ravn) 3. Hvem Er Jeg? (Han Är En Man, Han Är Ett Barn) 4. Nå Ser Jeg Det Klart (Jag Vet Vad Han Vill) (Marion Ravn & Karoline Krüger) 5. Capablanca (Capablanca) (André Søfteland, Espen Grjotheim, Karoline Krüger, Marion Ravn, Elisabeth Andreassen & Øystein Røger) |
Digital soundtrack to the stage musical. Songs featuring Marion are included on the above list.
Det va du (2023)Staut feat. Marion Ravn (Digital Single)  Download |
Alternate name: The part of the guide I'm most likely to have missed something on.
As previously mentioned Marion sang the opening theme to W.I.T.C.H (US version). This was from episode 14 onwards (2005) and was later included on the soundtrack album.
Music from and Inspired ByW.I.T.C.H (2007) CD, Download | 1. We Are W.I.T.C.H. |
To på rømmen (2011?) Download? | 1. Blomst med glans og glød (Hilde Lyrån, Selma Isaksen, Marion Ravn)2. Når skal jeg få et liv 3. Når skal jeg få et liv (reprise) 4. Når skal jeg få et liv (reprise 2) 5. Jeg har en drøm (Marion Ravn, Christian Ingebrigtsen, Dennis Storhøi, Hans Marius Hoff Mittet, Cheezy Keys) 6. Nå ser jeg lys (Marion Ravn, Christian Ingebrigtsen) |
To på rømmen - serien (2018) Download | 1. Mye å se 2. Lykkelig alle dager(Marion Ravn, Christian Ingebrigtsen and Aslag Guttormsgaard) 3. Mye å se (reprise) (Marion Ravn, Christian Ingebrigtsen) 4. Jeg er klar |
Encanto (2021) Download | 1. Snakker ikke om Bruno (Emilie Christensen, Numa Norderhaug, Akuvi Kumoji, Markus Magne Rosså, Marion Ravn & Ulrikke Brandstorp) 2. Hva mer får jeg til(Marion Ravn & Ulrikke Brandstorp) |
This year it didn't rain, prompting people to claim it was the first sunny Glastonbury in ages - despite the fact that (aside from a few brief showers) the previous two festivals have been sunny as well. 
Of course there's not just music for you to see at Glastonbury: there's a circus, a theatre, a healing field and much more. This year I finally visited the Sacred Space/Stone Circle. Loads of people there but it was very peaceful. Some interesting things nearby too. 
