| Pop Song | Live | Recd | Maps and Legends |
| Paint It, Black: (Mick Jagger / Keith Richards) | 1984 | ||
| Pale Blue Eyes: (Lou Reed) | 1983 | 1983 | Live 1983: Community Trolls Also live 1983: It Crawled From the South |
| Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers: (Peter Tchaikovsky) | 1988 | Original title is March of the Wooden Soldiers | |
| Parakeet: | 1998 | 1998 | |
| Parisville: (Peter Blackstock) | 1996 | Recd 1996: Peter Buck / Gary Heffern | |
| Particulary Zeke: (Trad. arr. William B.Carr / Raoul Duplott) | 1989 | Recd 1989: Vibrating Egg incl. Mike Mills (William B.Carr) / Jefferson Holt (Raoul Duplott) a.o. | |
| Party Girl: | 1980 | 1983 | Known as All the Right Friends |
| Party, The: (Nick Laird-Clowes) | 1985 | Recd 1985: Peter Buck / The Dream Academy | |
| Passenger, The: (Iggy Pop) | 1997 | Live 1997: Peter Buck / Mike Mills / Michael Stipe / Barrett Martin / Justin Harwood / Skerik | |
| Passion (Try Not To Breathe): | 1995 | 1992 | Known as Try Not To Breathe |
| Passing Through: (Peter Buck / Kevn Kinney) | 1997 | Recd 1997: Track on DnC-album: Drivin' 'n' Cryin' - Peter Buck is not playing | |
| Pattern Shirt | 1995 | 1996 | Live 1995: During Soundcheck only Known as Bittersweet Me |
| P.C.H.: (Peter Buck / Barrett Martin / Justin Harwood) | 1998 | Recd 1998: Peter Buck / Tuatara | |
| Peace Train: (Cat Stevens) | 1987 | Snippet during Midnight Blue | |
| Peacemaker: (Kevn Kinney) | 1989 | Live 1989: Peter Buck / Drivin' 'n' Cryin' Also live 1990: Peter Buck / Kevn Kinney | |
| Pedal Steel: | 2001 | 2001 | Known as I'll Take The Rain |
| People Have The Power: (Patti Smith / Fred Sonic Smith) | 1997 | Live 1997: Michael Stipe / Patti Smith / Natalie Merchant / Billy Corgan | |
| Percy's Song: (Bob Dylan) | 1999 | Live 1999: Peter Buck / The Minstrel in the Galleries | |
| Perfect Circle: | 1982 | 1983 | Also live 1991: Bingo Hand Job |
| Permanent Vacation: | 1980 | Also live 1984: Hindu Love Gods w/ Bryan Cook on vocals | |
| Personal Universe: (Neil Finn) | 1999 | Live 1999: Peter Buck / Shawn Colvin | |
| Personality Crisis: (Johnny Thunders / David JoHansen) | 1984 | Live 1984: Hindu Love Gods w/ Bryan Cook on vocals | |
| Peter Pan: (William Lee Self) | 1981 | Live 1981: Michael Stipe / Tanzplagen Also demo recorded in 1981: M. Stipe / Tanzplagen | |
| Photograph: (Berry / Buck / Natalie Merchant / Mills / Stipe) | 1992 | Recd 1992: w/ Natalie Merchant | |
| Picture Book: (Scott McCaughey) | 2001 | Live 2001: Peter Buck / Scott McCaughey / Ray Davies | |
| Picture This: (Deborah Harry / Chris Stein / Jimmi Destri) | 1999 | Prelude to Wake-Up Bomb | |
| Pilgrimage: | 1982 | 1983 | |
| Pills: (Elias McDaniel) | 1983 | Also live 1983: It Crawled From the South | |
| Pimpin' For The Muse: (Martin / Harwood / Buck / Skerik) | 2001 | Recd 2001: Peter Buck / Tuatara | |
| Pink Moon: (Nick Drake) | 1992 | Recd 1992: Peter Buck / Richard Butler | |
| Pipeline: (Chantays) | 1984 | Live 1984: Hindu Love Gods w/ Bryan Cook on vocals | |
| Please Mr. Postman: (Holland / Bateman / Gorman / Garret) | 1993 | Recd 1993: Mike Mills / Backbeat Band (ost) | |
| Pop Song '89: | 1987 | 1988 | Also live 1991: Bingo Hand Job Early version also known as Eat the Fucking Rich |
| Pop Song '89 (Acoustic): | 1988 | ||
| Popsycle Shoppe: (Peter Buck / Scott McCaughey) | 1997 | Recd 1997: Peter Buck / The Minus 5 | |
| Potato Spy: (P. Buck / B. Martin / J. Harwood / Skerik / S. McCaughey) | 1997 | 1998 | Live 1997 Recd 1998: Peter Buck / Tuatara Known as I Spy Aka L'Espionnage Pomme De Terre |
| Power To The People: (John Lennon) | 1994 | Recd 1994: Peter Buck / The Minus 5 | |
| Pretty Girl: | 1981 | Known as Hey! Hey! Nadine | |
| Pretty Persuasion: | 1981 | 1983 | |
| Prince Of Darkness: (Amy Ray / Emily Saliers) | 1988 | Live 1988: Michael Stipe / Indigo Girls | |
| Privelege (Set Me Free): (Patti Smith) | 1985 | 1986 | A couple of lines at the end of Just A Touch taken from this song |
| P.S.A. (Bad Day): | 1985 | 1986 | |
| Psycho: (Gerry Roslie) | 1999 | Live 1999: Mike Mills / The Minus 5 / The Possibilities | |
| Punk Club: (Jez Willis / Michael Stipe) | 2000 | Recd 2000: Michael Stipe / Utah Saints | |
| Pushing Too Hard: (Sky Saxon) | 1991 | Live 1991: Peter Buck / Drivin' 'n' Cryin' | |
| Put Your Arms Around A Memory: (Johnny Thunders) | 1990 | Live 1990: Peter Buck / Nikki Sudden |