The following Spotify playlist (subscribe here!) first ran around the season four finale of Breaking Bad as a way to celebrate the show’s stellar music supervision. Now that the end is nigh, we thought we’d revisit our initial set, plus a stack of ‘bonus tracks’ that we’ll be adding to throughout the day as fans weigh in with what we may have missed…
Season One:
1. Gnarls Barkley, “Who’s Gonna Save My Soul”
2. Mick Harvey, “Out of Time Man”
3. Ticklah, “Nine Years”
4. In-Crowd, “Mango Walk”
5. Koop, “Koop Island Blues”
6. Clyde McPhatter, “You’re Moving Me”
7. Working For a Nuclear Free City, “Dead Fingers Talking”
8. Darondo, “Didn’t I”
9. The Motels, “Suddenly Last Summer”
10. The Silver Seas, “Catch Yer Own Train”
Season Two:
11. The Walkmen, “Red Moon”
12. The Be Good Tanyas, “Waiting Around To Die”
13. Nancy Sinatra, “It’s Such a Pretty World Today”
14. Alvin Red Tyler, “Peter Vendor”
15. Calexico, “Banderilla”
16. TV on the Radio, “DLZ”
17. Blue Mink, “Good Morning Freedom”
18. The Platters, “Enchanted”
19. Wang Chung, “Dance Hall Days”
20. The Outlaws, “Green Grass & High Tides”
Season Three:
21. America, “A Horse With No Name”
22. ZZ Top, “Tush”
23. Amboy Dukes, “Loaded For Bear”
24. Buddy Stuart, “In the Valley of the Sun”
25. Prince Fatty, “Shimmy Shimmy Ya”
26. The Association, “Windy”
27. Buddy Stuart, “Sun Shine On Me”
28. Stan Getz, “Lee”
29. Son of Dave, “Shake a Bone”
30. Beastie Boys, “Shambala”
Season Four:
31. Fever Ray, “If I Had a Heart”
32. El-P, “Flyentology (Cassettes Won’t Listen Remix)”
33. 2 Live Crew, “Hoochie Mama”
34. Melani L. Skybell, “Days Like This”
35. Ana Tijoux, “1977”
36. Pretty Poison, “Catch Me I’m Falling”
37. Thomas Dolby, “Hyperactive!”
38. Pretenders, “Boots of Chinese Plastic”
39. Walter Wanderley, “Crickets Sing For Ana Maria”
40. Thee Oh Sees, “Tidal Wave”
Season Five:
41. The Doors, “The Crystal Ship”
42. Mack Owen, “Somebody Just Like You”
43. The Peddlers, “On a Clear Day You Can See Forever”
44. Knife Party, “Bonfire”
45. Queen, “Lily of the Valley”
46. The Monkees, “Goin’ Down”
47. Alan Parker + Alan Hawkshaw, “Clear Waters”
48. Duke Ellington, “Overture (Nutcracker Suite)”
49. Tommy James & The Shondells, “Crystal Blue Persuasion”
50. Nat King Cole, “Pick Yourself Up”
Bonus Tracks:
51. Alexander, “Truth”
52. Honey Claws, “Digital Animal”
53. Say Anything, “Baby Girl, I’m a Blur”
54. Danger Mose + Daniel Luppi (feat. Norah Jones), “Black”
55. Apparat, “Goodbye”
56. Fujiya & Miyagi, “UH”
57. Quartetto Cetra, “Crapa Pelada”
58. Timber Timbre, “Magic Arrow”
59. Los Zafiros, “He Venido”
60. Los Cuates de Sinaloa, “Negro y Azul”
