List of songs recorded by Selena

American recording artist Selena had recorded songs for her five studio albums and one live album and has collaborated with other recording artists for vocal duets and featured songs on their respective albums. Her six independently released LP records— Mis Primeras Grabaciones (1984), Alpha (1986), Munequito de Trapo (1987), And the Winner Is... (1987), Preciosa (1988), and Dulce Amor (1988) contained recordings which were written by Selena's father and manager Abraham Quintanilla, Jr. and by several Mexican songwriters from Freddie Records and Manny Guerra Productions. After signing a contract in 1989 with EMI Latin, a division of then Capitol EMI (now Universal Music Group), 18-year-old Selena released the double A-side single "Contigo Quiero Estar" / "Quiero Ser" and began to record tracks for her debut studio album, Selena (1989). Her brother A.B. Quintanilla III, became her principal record producer and songwriter beginning with Selena.

Selena released her second studio album, Ven Conmigo, in 1990. The tracks "Aunque No Salga el Sol" and "La Tracalera" were re-recorded for the album, they were originally recorded in 1985 under Cara Records. In 1991, Salvadoran singer-songwriter Álvaro Torres wrote "Buenos Amigos" and asked Selena to be his love interest in the song. Following Entre a Mi Mundo (1992), all songs were written by Selena y Los Dinos band members, including A.B., who wrote "Como la Flor", which became Selena's most popular signature song. In Selena Live!, three out of the 11 tracks were studio recordings; "No Debes Jugar", "La Llamada" and "Tú Robaste Mi Corazón" (a duet with American singer Emilio Navaira) were all written by A.B. and co-written by Pete Astudillo and Ricky Vela. On Amor Prohibido (1994), the three number one US singles, "No Me Queda Más", "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" and the title track became Selena's most popular recordings and were all written and co-written by A.B., Astudillo, Vela and Selena. While the rest, excluding "Cobarde", were all written and co-written by Selena y Los Dinos band members. "Fotos y Recuerdos", which sampled American rock band the Pretenders 1982 song, "Back on the Chain Gang", was written by their lead vocalist Chrissie Hynde with translation in Spanish by Vela. Selena was featured on the Barrio Boyzz' 1994 single "Donde Quiera Que Estés", which was written by K. C. Porter, Miguel Flores and Desmond Child.

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