Moby

Moby, Richard Melville Hall, from a Connecticut squat to selling twenty million records. The whole forty-year arc: the hardcore-punk kid, the early-90s rave hero of "Go", the ambitious "Everything Is Wrong", the guitar detour of "Animal Rights", and then Play, the 1999 album that licensed every track and sold twelve million, through 18, Hotel, the David-Lynch-directed "Wait for Me", the Void Pacific Choir, the orchestral Reprise, and his latest work. The music, the videos, the live shows, the story behind the songs, and the lifelong vegan-and-animal-rights activism.

A chronological documentary of 572 moments spanning 1991–2026 on Loreline.

Curated by Olivier · last updated 2026-08-22

1. 1991-03-01 - Moby - Go (Official Video). ), Moby's 1991 breakthrough single, whose hit 'Woodtick Mix' was built around a string sample of Angelo Badalamenti's 'Laura Palmer's Theme' from Twin Peaks laid over a rave beat with the shouted 'Go!' hook; it reached UK No. 10 and made him, per Rolling Stone, techno's 'first real DJ superstar.'
2. 1993-08-01 - Moby - Move (You Make Me Feel So Good) (Official Video). ), Moby, from the early-90s rave era.
3. 1995-02-06 - Moby - 'Feeling So Real' (Official Video). ), A euphoric rave anthem from Everything Is Wrong (1995) with vocalist Myim Rose; it hit UK No. 30 and No. 1 in Finland, and Spin named the single the best of 1995.
4. 1995-03-14 - God Moving Over the Face of the Waters. (1995).
5. 1996-09-01 - Moby - That's When I Reach For My Revolver (Official Video). ), Moby's cover of the 1981 post-punk song by Mission of Burma (written and sung by Clint Conley), the centerpiece of the abrasive hardcore/punk turn on Animal Rights (1996) that alienated much of his electronica fanbase; the title is NOT pro-gun, riffing on a line about reaching for a revolver at the word 'culture' as a jab at philistinism.
6. 1998-08-31 - Moby - Honey (Official Video). ), Built around a looped vocal sample of Bessie Jones singing 'Sometimes,' a Georgia Sea Islands song recorded by folklorist Alan Lomax on St. Simons Island in 1959; it was the lead single from Play and among the earliest of Moby's Lomax-sampled tracks.
7. 1999-05-17 - Moby - Everloving (Official Audio). ), Moby, from Innocents (2013).
8. 1999-05-17 - Moby - Inside (Official Audio). ), Moby, from Innocents (2013).
9. 1999-05-17 - Moby - Rushing (Official Audio). ), Moby, from Innocents (2013).
10. 1999-05-17 - Moby - 7 (Official Audio). ), Moby, from Innocents (2013).
11. 1999-05-17 - Moby - My Weakness (Official Audio). ), Moby, from Innocents (2013).
12. 1999-05-17 - Moby - If Things Were Perfect (Official Audio). ), Moby, from Innocents (2013).
13. 1999-05-17 - Moby - The Sky Is Broken (Official Audio). ), Moby, from Innocents (2013).
14. 1999-08-01 - Moby - Run On (Official Video). ), Uses a gospel sample from 'Run On for a Long Time' by Bill Landford & the Landfordaires, a version of the traditional spiritual in the 'God's Gonna Cut You Down' family.
15. 1999-08-09 - Moby 'Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?' (Official video) #WhyDoesMyHeart. 'He'll Roll Your Burdens Away' by The Banks Brothers & The Greater Harvest Back Home Choir (1963), with Moby flipping the lyric from 'glad' to 'bad'; the Play liner notes deliberately credit a fictional 'Shining Light Gospel Choir,' and the 1999 video is animated around Moby's alter-ego character Little Idiot.
16. 1999-08-30 - Moby - Bodyrock (The Official Video). ), Samples the refrain of 'Love Rap' by Spoonie Gee & the Treacherous Three, released 1980 on Bobby Robinson's Enjoy Records; Moby has said he lifted it from a mixtape he'd made around 1981 off Mr. Magic's radio show on WBLS.
17. 2000-03-13 - Moby - Natural Blues (Official Video). ), Built entirely around an a cappella sample of Vera Hall singing 'Trouble So Hard,' a Library of Congress field recording made in 1937 in Livingston, Alabama by John A. Lomax; David LaChapelle's video stars Christina Ricci as an angelic figure who carries an elderly, wheelchair-bound Moby (in old-age makeup) away from a retirement home, a meditation on aging and mortality.
18. 2000-06-12 - Moby - Porcelain (Official Video). ), Moby wrote it about a woman he loved but felt he 'had no business being romantically involved with,' and he nearly cut it from Play entirely, finding his own production 'mushy' and his vocals 'really weak'; Danny Boyle's 2000 film The Beach used it, a placement Moby credited with turning it into a hit, and he later named his 2016 memoir Porcelain after the song.
19. 2000-06-12 - Moby - 'Porcelain' (Official Video). ), Moby wrote it about a woman he loved but felt he 'had no business being romantically involved with,' and he nearly cut it from Play entirely, finding his own production 'mushy' and his vocals 'really weak'; Danny Boyle's 2000 film The Beach used it, a placement Moby credited with turning it into a hit, and he later named his 2016 memoir Porcelain after the song.
20. 2000-10-01 - Moby - South Side (Official Audio). ), Gwen Stefani recorded vocals, but production problems forced Moby to leave her off the Play album version (a solo cut); her vocals were restored for the 2000 hit single, which became Moby's first US Billboard Hot 100 entry, peaking at No. 14.
21. 2001 - Moby (2001). Moby, Moby, Area One (2001).
22. 2002-04-08 - Moby - We Are All Made Of Stars (Official Video). ), The lead single from 18, Moby wrote it in New York after the September 11 attacks as an intentionally hopeful song rooted in the literal idea that we're made of stardust; Joseph Kahn's video puts Moby in a spacesuit amid satirical celebrity cameos including Verne Troyer, Corey Feldman, Todd Bridges, Gary Coleman, Dave Navarro, Tommy Lee, Sean Bean, Ron Jeremy and Thora Birch.
23. 2002-05-14 - Moby - Sleep Alone (Official Audio). ), Moby, from Innocents (2013).
24. 2002-05-14 - Moby - The Rafters (Official Audio). ), Moby, from Destroyed (2011).
25. 2002-05-14 - Moby - 18 (Official Audio). ), Moby, from 18 (2002).
26. 2002-05-14 - Moby 'Sunday (The Day Before My Birthday)' - Official video. (2011).
27. 2002-05-14 - Moby - Signs of Love (Official Audio). ), Moby, from Innocents (2013).
28. 2002-05-14 - Moby - Sunday (Official Audio). ), Moby, from 18 (2002).
29. 2002-05-14 - Moby - Another Woman (Official Audio). ), Moby, from Innocents (2013).
30. 2002-05-14 - Moby - One of These Mornings (Official Audio). ), Moby, from Innocents (2013).
31. 2002-05-14 - Moby - Look Back In (Official Audio). ), Moby, from Innocents (2013).
32. 2002-05-14 - Moby - Great Escape (Official Audio). ), Moby, from Innocents (2013).
33. 2002-05-14 - Moby - At Least We Tried (Official Audio). ), Moby, from Innocents (2013).
34. 2002-05-14 - Moby - I'm Not Worried At All (Official Audio). ), Moby, from Innocents (2013).
35. 2002-05-14 - Moby - Fireworks (Official Audio). ), Moby, from Innocents (2013).
36. 2002-05-14 - Moby - Harbour (Official Audio). ), Moby, from Innocents (2013).
37. 2002-07-29 - Moby - 'Extreme Ways' (Official Video). ), Released in 2002 as the second single from 18, it became the closing-credits theme for every Bourne film, first chosen by director Doug Liman for The Bourne Identity (2002); Moby re-recorded distinct versions for the sequels ('Bourne's Ultimatum' 2007, 'Bourne's Legacy' 2012, 'Jason Bourne' 2016), the run cementing it as his signature track.
38. 2002-09-30 - Moby - 'In This World' (Official Video). ), Built on a gospel sample of The Davis Sisters' 'Lord Don't Leave Me' (lead vocal by Jackie Verdell, singing 'Lordy, don't leave me, all by myself'), which Moby paired with swooping synths.
39. 2003-01-01 - Moby - In My Heart (Official Audio). ), Samples the traditional spiritual 'Lord, I Want to Be a Christian' and features gospel choir vocals; no notable standalone anecdote beyond the sample.
40. 2005-03-14 - Moby - Forever (official audio). ), Moby, from the All Visible Objects era.
41. 2005-07-01 - Moby - Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? (Moby: Live The Hotel Tour 2005). ), The plaintive vocal is a pitch-shifted sample of 'He'll Roll Your Burdens Away' by The Banks Brothers & The Greater Harvest Back Home Choir (1963), with Moby flipping the lyric from 'glad' to 'bad'; the Play liner notes deliberately credit a fictional 'Shining Light Gospel Choir,' and the 1999 video is animated around Moby's alter-ego character Little Idiot.
42. 2005-08-08 - Slipping Away. (2005), its big European success came via the 2006 duet re-recording 'Slipping Away (Crier la vie)' with French superstar Mylene Farmer, which debuted at No. 1 in France - Moby's first French No. 1.
43. 2006-07-14 - Moby (2006). Moby, Moby by night (2006).
44. 2008-02-05 - Moby 'Alice' - Official video. (2008).
45. 2008-03-05 - Moby (2008) (2 of 8). Moby, Mobylive (2008).
46. 2008-03-10 - Moby - Disco Lies. (2008), whose video (directed by Evan Bernard, 2008) follows an anthropomorphic chicken that escapes a poultry farm and takes revenge on a KFC-parody chain whose owner - played by Moby himself - it beheads, an expression of Moby's veganism and animal-rights activism.
47. 2008-03-23 - Moby (2008) (8 of 8). Moby, Moby - Virgin Megastore (Union Square, NYC 6.2.99) (2008).
48. 2008-03-23 - Moby (2008) (7 of 8). Moby, Moby - Virgin Megastore (Union Square, NYC 6.2.99) (cropped) (2008).
49. 2008-03-23 - Moby (2008) (5 of 8). Moby, Moby - Virgin Megastore (Union Square, NYC 6.2.99) 03 (2008).
50. 2008-03-23 - Moby (2008) (4 of 8). Moby, Moby - Virgin Megastore (Union Square, NYC 6.2.99) 02 (2008).
51. 2008-03-23 - Moby (2008) (6 of 8). Moby, Moby - Virgin Megastore (Union Square, NYC 6.2.99) 04 (2008).
52. 2008-04-27 - Moby (2008) (3 of 8). Moby, Moby performing at the David Lynch Weekend, Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa, Saturday evening, April 26, 08 (2008).
53. 2008-05-07 - Moby (2008) (1 of 8). Moby, Moby Café Belga 2008-05-07 (2008).
54. 2009-04-14 - Moby 'Shot In The Back Of The Head' by David Lynch. (2009).
55. 2009-05-08 - Moby (2009) (2 of 8). Moby, Moby 2 (2009).
56. 2009-05-08 - Moby (2009) (1 of 8). Moby, Moby 1 (2009).
57. 2009-05-08 - Moby (2009) (3 of 8). Moby, Moby 3 (2009).
58. 2009-05-28 - Moby 'Pale Horses' - Official video. (2009).
59. 2009-06-22 - Moby 'Ghost Return' Blip. (2009).
60. 2009-06-22 - Moby 'Division' Blip. (2009).
61. 2009-08-03 - Moby (2009) (4 of 8). Moby, MOBY RUST 2009 (cropped) (2009).
62. 2009-08-03 - Moby (2009) (5 of 8). Moby, MOBY RUST 2009 (2009).
63. 2009-08-18 - Moby 'Mistake' (Animated Version) - Official Audio. (2009).
64. 2009-09-22 - Moby 'Mistake' Lemon Video. (2009).
65. 2009-09-23 - Moby 'Wait For Me'' TV Spot. (2009).
66. 2009-09-30 - Moby (2009) (6 of 8). Moby, Moby @ the Vic, Chicago 9 30 09 (2009).
67. 2009-09-30 - Moby (2009) (7 of 8). Moby, Moby @ the Vic, Chicago 9 30 09 (2009).
68. 2009-09-30 - Moby (2009) (8 of 8). Moby, Moby @ the Vic, Chicago 9 30 09 (2009).
69. 2009-11-25 - Moby 'One Time We Lived' by Mark Pellington. (Wait for Me era).
70. 2010-04-19 - Wait For Me video competition Winner: Nimrod Shapira. (2009).
71. 2010-04-19 - Wait For Me video competition Runner-Up: Martin Winther. (2009).
72. 2010-04-19 - Wait For Me video competition Runner-Up: Maik Hempel. (2009).
73. 2010-04-19 - Wait For Me video competition finalist: Petr Tomaides. (2009).
74. 2010-04-19 - Wait For Me video competition finalist: Anthony Honn. (2009).
75. 2010-08-23 - Moby.com Video Blog entry #8 - metal guitar in a drop D. (2009).
76. 2010-08-25 - Moby.com Video Blog entry #9 - union square. (2009).
77. 2010-08-28 - moby.com video blog entry #12 - new york on the nicest day of the year. (2009).
78. 2010-08-31 - moby.com video blog entry #13 - mini kewpie dolls in tiny mini hats. (2009).
79. 2010-09-16 - red theatre, new york. (2009).
80. 2010-09-20 - san genarro festival. (2009).
81. 2010-09-27 - west side highway. (2009).
82. 2010-09-27 - Getting to know Diamondsnake!. ! Moby, from Wait for Me (2009).
83. 2010-10-12 - pugs gone wild. & early rave years.
84. 2010-10-14 - dusk over lower manhattan - 60 seconds of urban calm. (2009).
85. 2010-10-20 - lower east side trolls. (2009).
86. 2010-11-08 - 36 hour sao paolo. (2009).
87. 2010-11-19 - Diamondsnake 'Woman, Yeah'. ', Moby, from Wait for Me (2009).
88. 2010-12-07 - Moby - Don't Be Shy (Interview). ), Moby in conversation (Wait for Me era).
89. 2011 - Moby - Afterlife (Official Audio). ), Moby, from Destroyed (2011).
90. 2011 - Moby 'Lacrimae'. ', Moby, from Destroyed (2011).
91. 2011-03-18 - Moby (2011) (1 of 3). Moby, Moby at SXSW (2011).
92. 2011-05-12 - Moby (2011) (2 of 3). Moby, Moby at the Brooklyn Museum (2011).
93. 2011 - Moby - The Poison Tree (David Lynch Remix). ), a remix, Destroyed era.
94. 2011 - Moby - The Low Hum (System Divine Remix). ), a remix, Destroyed era.
95. 2011-07-24 - Moby (2011) (3 of 3). Moby, Moby in Rome 2011 (2011).
96. 2011 - Moby - Lie Down In Darkness (Photek Remix). ), From Destroyed (2011), it features vocalist Joy Malcolm and is named after William Styron's novel; Moby recounted seeing Styron read from that book at a Paris Review dinner shortly before his death, and Photek's remix earned a 2012 Grammy nomination.
97. 2011 - Moby 'The Right Thing' Destroyed Deluxe Edition Trailer. (2011).
98. 2012-03-31 - Moby (2012). Moby, Moby @ All in for the 99% (cropped) (2012).
99. 2012-03-31 - Moby (2012). Moby, Moby @ All in for the 99% (2012).
100. 2012-08-27 - Moby in his studio playing guitar. (1999), the album that sold 12 million and licensed every track.
101. 2012-09-03 - James Bond Theme (Moby's Re-Version) - Official video. (1996).
102. 2012-09-03 - Moby 'Come On Baby' - Official video. (1996).
103. 2012-09-03 - Moby 'Bodyrock' - UK Dance version. (1999), the album that sold 12 million and licensed every track.
104. 2012-09-03 - Moby 'Find My Baby' - Official video. (1999), the album that sold 12 million and licensed every track.
105. 2012-09-03 - Moby 'We Are All Made of Stars' - Official video. 18 (2002).
106. 2012-09-03 - Moby - 'Lift Me Up' (Evan Bernard Version) (Official Video). ), The lead single from Hotel (2005), written as Moby's frustrated response to George W. Bush's 2004 re-election, which he framed as about 'the rise of global intolerance and fundamentalism,' with the 'Ama' chorus meant to evoke a universal name for God; it went top 10 across much of Europe.
107. 2012-09-03 - Moby 'Raining Again' - Official video. (2005).
108. 2012-09-03 - Moby 'Hymn' - Official video. (1995).

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501. 2012-09-04 - Moby 'Jam For The Ladies' - Official video feat. Princess Superstar. 18 (2002).
502. 2013 - In The Studio with Moby - A Case For Shame. (2013).
503. 2013 - Moby - Whispering Wind (Official Audio). ), Moby, from Innocents (2013).
504. 2013 - Almost Home (Moby's Cabin Remix). ), a remix, Innocents era.
505. 2013 - Moby Answers Your Questions: Pet peaves. (2013).
506. 2013 - Moby - Piano & Strings (Official Audio). ), Moby, from Innocents (2013).
507. 2013 - In The Studio with Moby - The Perfect Life (Choir). ), Moby, from Innocents (2013).
508. 2013 - Moby - Almost Home (Moby's B minor Remix). ), a remix, Innocents era.
509. 2013 - Moby Answers Your Questions: Official Moby's?. (2013).
510. 2013 - Moby - Almost Home (Still Corners Remix). ), a remix, Innocents era.
511. 2013 - Moby Answers Your Questions: An album you wished you had made?. (2013).
512. 2013 - Moby - Running (Official Audio). ), Moby, from Innocents (2013).
513. 2013 - In The Studio with Moby - The Lonely NIght. (2013).
514. 2013 - Moby - Almost Home (Maps Remix). ), a remix, Innocents era.
515. 2013 - Chicken hat dog. (2013).
516. 2013-04-27 - Making of 'The Lonely Night' with Moby. (Innocents era).
517. 2013 - Moby - Saints (Official Music Video). ), Moby, from Innocents (2013).
518. 2013 - Moby Answers Your Questions: Future of New York. (2013).
519. 2013 - Moby Answers Your Questions: Talking animals. (2013).
520. 2013 - Moby Answers Your Questions: Madonna. (2013).
521. 2013 - Moby Answers Your Questions: Deal with solitude. (2013).
522. 2013 - Moby Answers Your Questions: If you could do it all over again.... (2013).
523. 2013 - In The Studio with Moby - Don't Love Me. (2013).
524. 2013 - Moby - Almost Home (Washed Out remix). ), a remix, Innocents era.
525. 2013 - Moby Answers Your Questions: Favorite movie of all time. (2013).
526. 2013 - Moby - Spirit (Official Audio). ), Moby, from Innocents (2013).
527. 2013 - Moby - Almost Home (LIARS remix). ), a remix, Innocents era.
528. 2013 - In The Studio with Moby - Almost Home. (2013).
529. 2013 - Moby Answers Your Questions: ONE album. (2013).
530. 2013 - Moby - The Dogs (from the album Innocents). ), Moby, from Innocents (2013).
531. 2013-10-01 - Moby - Almost Home (with Damien Jurado). ), Moby, from Innocents (2013).
532. 2013 - Moby 'A Case For Shame (Under the Manhattan Bridge Version)'. )', Moby, from Innocents (2013).
533. 2013 - Moby - Almost Home (Moby's House of Koi Remix). ), a remix, Innocents era.
534. 2013 - Moby Answers Your Questions: Music and Autism. (2013).
535. 2013 - Moby - The Only Thing (from The Third Person). ), Moby, from Innocents (2013).
536. 2013 - Moby - Almost Home (Moby's Doom Remix 2). ), a remix, Innocents era.
537. 2013 - Moby Answers Your Questions: Meaning of Art. (2013).
538. 2014 - Moby - Almost Home, Live in the Fonda, LA - DVD Out Now. (Innocents era).
539. 2014 - Moby - Saints (Live at The Fonda, L.A.). ), Moby live (Innocents era).
540. 2014-02-28 - Moby - Go (Live at The Fonda, L.A.). ), Moby's 1991 breakthrough single, whose hit 'Woodtick Mix' was built around a string sample of Angelo Badalamenti's 'Laura Palmer's Theme' from Twin Peaks laid over a rave beat with the shouted 'Go!' hook; it reached UK No. 10 and made him, per Rolling Stone, techno's 'first real DJ superstar.'
541. 2014 - Moby - Almost Home feat Damien Jurado (Live at The Fonda, L.A.). ), Moby live (Innocents era).
542. 2014-03-03 - Moby - In This World Acoustic (Live at The Fonda, L.A.). ), Moby live (18 era).
543. 2014-06-28 - Moby 'Honey 2' Live at Glastonbury. (Play era).
544. 2014-06-28 - Moby 'In This World' Live at Glastonbury. (18 era).
545. 2014 - Moby - The Lonely Night (Live at The Fonda, L.A.). ), Moby live (Innocents era).
546. 2014-07-03 - Moby - In My Heart (Live at The Fonda, L.A.). ), Samples the traditional spiritual 'Lord, I Want to Be a Christian' and features gospel choir vocals; no notable standalone anecdote beyond the sample.
547. 2014 - Moby - The Perfect Life Acoustic Reprise (Live at The Fonda, L.A.). ), Moby live (Innocents era).
548. 2014-07-05 - Moby - Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? (Live at The Fonda, L.A.) #WhyDoesMyHeart. 'He'll Roll Your Burdens Away' by The Banks Brothers & The Greater Harvest Back Home Choir (1963), with Moby flipping the lyric from 'glad' to 'bad'; the Play liner notes deliberately credit a fictional 'Shining Light Gospel Choir,' and the 1999 video is animated around Moby's alter-ego character Little Idiot.
549. 2014-07-06 - Moby Answers Your Questions: Making of Play. (Play era).
550. 2014-07-06 - Moby Answers Your Questions: Are you happy?. (2013).
551. 2014-07-06 - Moby Answers Your Questions: Favorite Moby songs. (2013).
552. 2014-07-06 - Moby Answers Your Questions: Favorite writers. (2013).
553. 2014-07-06 - Moby Answers Your Questions: Happiness. (2013).
554. 2014-08-01 - Moby - Memory Gospel (Official Audio). ), Moby, his punk & early rave years.
555. 2014-08-01 - Moby - The Sun Never Stops Setting (Official Audio). ), Moby, from Innocents (2013).
556. 2014-08-01 - Moby - Guitar Flute and String (Official Audio). ), Moby, from Innocents (2013).
557. 2014-08-01 - Moby - Flying Over the Dateline (Official Audio). ), Moby, from Innocents (2013).
558. 2014-08-01 - Moby - Flying Foxes (Official Audio). ), Moby, from Innocents (2013).
559. 2014-08-01 - Moby - Sunspot (Official Audio). ), Moby, from Innocents (2013).
560. 2014-08-04 - Moby - Love of Strings (Official Audio). ), Moby, from Innocents (2013).
561. 2014-08-04 - Moby - Stay (Official Audio). ), Moby, from Innocents (2013).
562. 2014-08-04 - Moby - Bed (Official Audio). ), Moby, from Innocents (2013).
563. 2014-08-04 - Moby - Nearer (Official Audio). ), Moby, from Innocents (2013).
564. 2014-08-04 - Moby - Landing (Official Audio). ), Moby, from Innocents (2013).
565. 2014-08-04 - Moby - Life's So Sweet (Official Audio). ), Moby, from Innocents (2013).
566. 2014-08-04 - Moby - Downhill (Official Audio). ), Moby, from Innocents (2013).
567. 2014-08-04 - Moby - Soul of Love (Official Audio). ), Moby, from Innocents (2013).
568. 2014-08-04 - Moby - Horse & Carrot (Official Audio). ), Moby, from Innocents (2013).
569. 2014-08-04 - Moby - Iss (Official Audio). ), Moby, from Innocents (2013).
570. 2014-09-02 - Moby - 'The Last Day' ft. Skylar Grey (Official Video). ), Moby, from Innocents (2013).
571. 2014-09-22 - Moby - Almost Home (with Damien Jurado) (Sebastien Remix). ), a remix, Innocents era.
572. 2015-01-15 - Moby - Almost Home (with Damien Jurado) (Sebastian Remix) Burning Man Timelapse video

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