Every Olivia Rodrigo Song, Ranked

By Rob Sheffield

Rob Sheffield

Olivia Rodrigo has spent her career making pop history, dropping three of this century’s best albums. She made her mark with her 2021 instant-classic debut Sour, and the even-better 2023 follow-up Guts. But with her brilliant new album, You Seem Pretty Sad For a Girl So In Love, she proves what everybody already knew: Olivia’s an artist with her own voice, not just here to stay, but already hitting the level of the all-time greats. She’s a master of every move whether she’s serving pop-punk bangers or piano-ballad weepers. And she’s already sitting on top of a classic songbook at 23.

So let’s celebrate the music Olivia Rodrigo has made so far: a deep dive into every single song in her amazing catalog. Obviously, this list doesn’t cover High School Musical—that would be a whole other list. (“All I Want” is arguably a special case.) Also, no Bizaardvark, with all due respect to “Blobfish” and “Comeback Song.” It’s got the songs from all three of her albums, with her soundtrack tunes, bonus tracks, cover versions (but only the ones she’s officially released), loosies, and B-sides. 

Remember, every fan’s list would be different — that’s the point. The competition for the top is fierce, but this whole list is stacked with bangers from top to bottom. So raise a glass to Olivia, crank up the music, sense the undertones, and sing along loud. Hey, it really IS brutal out here.

• ‘Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl’

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  A sensitive account of the social anxiety that can get left over from the isolation of her home-schooling days—not to mention a clever salute to Bob Dylan, one of her songwriting idols, who inspired her with “Ballad of a Thin Man.” The glitch is the unfortunate chorus “social suicide,” a klutzy line that doesn’t work as a hook or a joke at all, and gets in the way of the song living up to the title’s promise. As for Olivia singing “every guy I like is gay”? Best-case scenario.

  Best line: “I’m on the outside of the greatest inside joke.”