The only The Boroughs soundtrack guide you need: Bruce Springsteen, Bowie and more

No one aseembles a good soundtrack like Netflix does, and so is the case for The Duffer Brothers' latest project The Boroughs. The new supernatural drama premiering today is making its own play for your ears as well as your eyes, and it's a list of some major titles. The show follows a group of retirees in a New Mexico community who band together to confront a sinister, otherworldly force. It's Stranger Things with silver hair and its music, curated by the same person who gave that show its iconic needle drops, hits just as hard.

Before a single line of dialogue lands in the opening episode, the show announces itself with David Bowie's Golden Years. Alfred Molina's character Sam Cooper, a grieving ex-engineer arriving at the sun-drenched titular community, steps out to that disco-funk groove. The soundtrack is rich, relevant and makes the show hit even harder. Here is every song you get to hear on The Boroughs, and who performed them.

The soundtrack of The Boroughs

The soundtrack is led by Nora Felder, an Emmy-winning music supervisor who previously helmed the music for all five seasons of Stranger Things before reuniting with the Duffer Brothers, who serve as executive producers on The Boroughs. Here are all the songs that play on the show:

Episode 101 – “Welcome to the Boroughs”

• “Golden Years” by David Bowie
• “Oye Como Va” by Santana
• “Thunder Road” by Bruce Springsteen
• “All These Things I’ve Done” (Netflix Recording / The Killers cover)
• “Straight Sound” by Head Cut
• “Shining Star” by Earth, Wind & Fire
• “Spread Some Love” by Mike Jemison
• “Easy Life” by Jacob Bright
• “Night Moves” by Bob Seger

Episode 102 – “The Mourning After”

• “Sex Beat” by Sexbeat
• “Love Is All” by Madeline Bell
• “Visions of Your Reality” by Ultimate Spinach
• “Champaigne Nights” by The Melophonics
• “Stormy Weather” by Etta James
• “The Ex-Factor” by Lauryn Hill
• “Steal Away” (Karaoke – Robbie Dupree cover)

Episode 103 – “A Pyramid”

• “Back on You” by Djo
• “You’ve Got a Killer Scene There, Man” by Queens of the Stone Age
• Tina Turner’s “I Can’t Stand the Rain” performed by Clarke Peters
• “Lose Your Soul” by Dead Man’s Bones

Episode 104 – “Forbidden Fruit”

• “Bluebird” by Alan Hawkshaw
• “Lovely Day” by Bill Withers
• “Alone” by David Lawrence, Velma Valentina
• “Upon The Earth” by Illustration
• “I Can’t Stand the Rain” by Tina Turner
• “Black Night” by Cheryl Thompson
• “The Passenger” by Siouxsie & the Banshees

Episode 105 – “Another Beautiful Day”

• “Goodbye Little Girl Goodbye” by Morrie Morrison
• “Belshazar” by Johnny Cash
• “Words Come Easy” by The Glasser Brothers

Episode 106 – “The Grey Rebellion”

• “Rock The Boat” by The Hues Corporation
• Bruce Springsteen’s “Thunder Road” performed by Alfred Molina
• “Up Up and Away” by Engelbert Humperdinck
• “Love Train” by The O’Jays
• “Comin’ Back To You” by Jim Wolfe
• “Smiling Faces Sometimes” by The Undisputed Truth

Episode 107 – “Time To Go”

• “Cheek to Cheek” by Fred Astaire
• Andy Williams’ “Promise Me, Love” performed by Cast
• “Cabaret” by Cast
• Bruce Springsteen’s “Thunder Road” by Cast/Karaoke
• “Cheek To Cheek” by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, performed by Cast
• “Barracuda” by Heart

Episode 108 – “Tripe Audible”

• “More Than Yesterday” by The Spiral Starecase
• “Oye Como Va” by Santana
• “Thunder Road” by Bruce Springsteen
• “Do You Believe in Magic” by The Lovin’ Spoonful
• “Born To Run” by Bruce Springsteen

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The Boroughs is streaming on Netflix.

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