American singer-songwriter Fiona Apple has recorded songs for her four studio albums and collaborated with other artists for duets and featured songs on their respective albums. After signing a contract in 1995 with the Work Group, a division of Sony Music, eighteen-year-old Apple moved from New York to Los Angeles to record her debut album, Tidal. She wrote all of its songs, and would continue to do so for her later albums. "Shadowboxer" was Tidals lead single, later followed by "Criminal", which received the Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance and a nomination for Best Rock Song at the 40th Grammy Awards. In 1998, Apple also recorded two cover versions for the film soundtrack'Pleasantville': "Across the Universe" and "Please Send Me Someone to Love". Sony released Apple's second album, When the Pawn..., in 1999, which was less commercially successful than her debut. The album's lead single, "Fast as You Can", garnered positive reviews, while "Paper Bag", the album's third single, received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. After a six-year hiatus, Extraordinary Machine was released by Sony. Its singles included "Parting Gift", "O' Sailor", "Not About Love", and "Get Him Back". A year later, Apple recorded "Sally's Song", a song written by composer Danny Elfman, for the special editionsoundtrack to The Nightmare Before Christmas. In 2012, Sony released "Every Single Night", the lead single of Apple's fourth album, The Idler Wheel..., which was released soon after. This single was followed by "Werewolf" and "Anything We Want". That year also saw Apple record "Dull Tool", her first original song for a film soundtrack, for the film This Is 40. In addition, Apple has recorded five songs for compilation albums, including "Frosty the Snowman" for the holiday album Christmas Calling, "I Walk a Little Faster" and "Why Try to Change Me Now" for ', "So Sleepy" for Chickens in Love, "Everyday" for Rave OnBuddy Holly, and "I'm in the Middle of a Riddle" for Sweetheart 2014. Collaborations appearing on other artists' albums include "Bridge over Troubled Water" and "Father and Son" for Johnny Cash's albums ' and Unearthed, "Loveless" for Davíd Garza's Dream Delay, and "You're the One I Love" for Sara WatkinsSun Midnight Sun. Other collaborations released as singles include "Come On and Get It " with Zach Galifianakis and "I Want You" with Elvis Costello. Apple also performed the jazz standard "Angel Eyes" for the film Largo, though no official soundtrack was released.
