List of songs in The O.C.

This list of songs in The O.C. is a near comprehensive account of songs on the soundtrack of the television series, The O.C. The series was widely acclaimed for its enterprising use of independent music and its soundtrack deemed to be a key part of its success. Alexandra Patsavas is credited for having supervised the music selection.

Incomplete listing of songs used in The O.C.
*The 88 - "Hard to Be You"
*The 88 - "Hide Another Mistake"
*The 88 - "How Good Can It Be"
*A.C. Newman - "On the Table"
*Air - "La Femme D'argent"
*The Album Leaf - "Another Day"
*The Album Leaf - "Eastern Glow"
*The Album Leaf - "On Your Way"
*The Album Leaf - "Outer Banks"
*The Album Leaf - "TwentyTwoFourteen"
*Alexi Murdoch - "All My Days"
*Alexi Murdoch - "Orange Sky"
*Alkaline Trio - "We've Had Enough"
*All a Big Surprise-"Together In This Lonely World"
*The All-American Rejects - "Dirty Little Secret"
*The All-American Rejects - "Swing, Swing"
*Ambulance LTD - "Primitive (The Way I Treat You)"
*The Androids - "Do It with Madonna"
*Aqualung - "Gentle"
*Aqualung - "Strange and Beautiful"
*Aqualung - "Take Me Home"
*Aqueduct - "Hardcore Days & Softcore Nights"
*Army Navy - "Snakes of Hawaii"
*Arthur Yoria - "Call Me"
*Ash - "Burn Baby Burn"
*Ashtar Command - "Into Dust" (Mazzy Star cover)
*Athlete - "Tourist"
*Azure Ray - "New Resolution"
*Badfinger - "Baby Blue"
*Band of Horses - "The End's Not Near"
*Bang Gang - "Follow"
*Basko - "Ain't No Game"
*Beastie Boys - "Ch-Check It Out"
*Beat Phreaks - "Mi Casa"
*Beck - "E-Pro"
*Beck - "Girl"
*Beck - "Missing"
*Beck - "Que Onda Guero"
*Beck - "Scarecrow"
*Beck - "True Love Will Find You in the End" (Daniel Johnston cover)
*Belle & Sebastian - "If She Wants Me"
*Belle & Sebastian - "Song for Sunshine"
*Bell X1 - "Eve, the Apple of My Eye"
*Bell X1 - "In Every Sunflower"
*Ben Harper - "Waiting For You"
*Ben Kweller - "Rock of Ages"
*The Beta Band - "Assessment"
*Bettie Serveert - "Lover I Don't Have to Love (Bright Eyes cover)"
*Beulah - "Popular Mechanics for Lovers"
*Billy Squier - "The Stroke"
*Black Eyed Peas - "Hands Up"
*Black Eyed Peas - "Let's Get Retarded"
*Black Flag - "Wasted"
*The Black Keys - "10 a.m. Automatic"
*Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - "Open Invitation"
*Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - "Salvation"
*Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - "Weight of the Word"
*Blind Melon - "No Rain"
*Blue Foundation - "Save this Town"
*Bloc Party - "Banquet"
*Bloc Party - "Blue Light (Engineers "Anti-Gravity Mix)"
*Bloc Party - "I Still Remember"
*Bloc Party - "Kreuzberg"
*Bloc Party - "Positive Tension"
*Bloc Party - "Pioneers"
*Bob Mould - "Circles"
*Bob Seger - "Night Moves"
*Boyz II Men - "End of the Road"
*Brandtson - "Earthquakes & Sharks"
*Brassy - "Play Some D"
*The Bravery - "An Honest Mistake"
*Brendan Benson - "What I'm Looking For"
*The Briefs - "Getting Hit On At The Bank"
*Bright Eyes - "Blue Christmas"
*Brooke - "I Wanna Be Happy"
*Brookeville - "Walking on Moonlight"
*Butch Walker-"Hot Girls In Good Moods"
*Buva - "Should I Know"
*Calla - "Swagger"
*Camera Obscura - "Keep It Clean"
*Catherine Feeny - "Mr. Blue"
*Cham Pain - "Show Me"
*Chemical Brothers - "Marvo Ging"
*Chemical Brothers - "Out of Control"
*Chris Holmes - "I Don't Care What My Friends Say"
*Chris Murray - "Heartache"
*Christina Lux - "All the Kings Horses"
*The Church - "Under the Milky Way"
*Citizens Here & Abroad - "Appearances"
*Client - "Come On"
*Clinic - "Come Into Our Room"
*Clinic - "The New Seeker"
*Cobra Verde - "Get the Party Started"
*Cobra Verde - "Waiting For a Girl Like You"
*Coldplay - "Fix You"
*Cooler Kids - "All Around the World"
*The Crystal Method - "Born Too Slow"
*Daft Punk - "Technologic"
*Damien Jurado - "What Were the Chances"
*Damien Rice - "Cannonball"
*The Dandy Warhols - "Holding Me Up"
*The Dandy Warhols - "We Used to Be Friends"
*The Dandy Warhols - "(You Come In) Burned"
*Death Cab for Cutie - "A Lack of Color"
*Death Cab for Cutie - "A Movie Script Ending"
*Death Cab for Cutie - "Soul Meets Body"
*Death Cab for Cutie - "Sound of Settling"
*Death Cab for Cutie - "Title and Registration"
*The Delgados - "Everybody Come Down"
*Dido - "White Flag"
*Digby Jones - "Under the Sea"
*Dionne Warwick - "That's What Friends are For"
*Dios Malos - "Everyday"
*Dios Malos - "Keep it Clean"
*Dios Malos - "You Got Me All Wrong"
*Dirty Pretty Things - "Deadwood"
*Dirty Vegas - "Closer"
*Doves - "Caught by the River"
*Dropkick Murphys - "Walk Away"
*Eagles of Death Metal - "I Only Want You"
*Earlimart - "We Drink on the Job"
*Eartha Kitt - "Santa Baby"
*Editors - "Orange Crush" (R.E.M. cover)
*Eberg - "Inside Your Head"
*Eels - "Christmas is Going to the Dogs"
*Eels - "Love of the Loveless"
*Eels - "Saturday Morning"
*Electrelane - "On Parade"
*Electric President - "Insomnia"
*Elefant - "Ester"
*Elliott Smith - "Pretty (Ugly Before)"
*Elliott Smith - "Twilight"
*Elvis Perkins - "While You Were Sleeping"
*Enrique Iglesias - "Addicted"
*The Faders - "Disco Church"
*The Faint - "Desperate Guys"
*Feeder - "Frequency"
*Feist - "Let It Die"
*Fine China - "My Worst Nightmare"
*Finley Quaye & William Orbit - "Dice"
*The Fire Theft - "Summer Time"
*Firstcom - "Silent Night"
*Firstcom - "We Wish You a Merry Christmas"
*The Flaming Sideburns - "Flowers"
*Flunk - "Play"
*Fountains of Wayne - "All Kinds of Time"
*Franz Ferdinand - "Do You Want To"
*Franz Ferdinand - "Jacqueline"
*Frausdotts - "Soft Light"
*The Futureheads - "Decent Days and Nights"
*The Futureheads - "Meantime"
*The Go Find - "Summer Guest"
*George Jones - "Picture of me Without You"
*Goldspot - Float On
*Gomez - "Silence"
*Gorillaz-"El Manana"
*Gorillaz - "Kids With Guns"
*Grade 8 - "Brick by Brick"
*The Grand Skeem - "Eya Eya Oy"
*The Grand Skeem - "Rock Like This"
*The Grand Skeem - "Sucka MCs"
*Guster - "Carol of the Meows"
*Guster - "Keep it Together"
*Gwen Stefani - "Cool"
*Halloween, Alaska - "All the Arms Around You"
*Halloween, Alaska - "Des Moines"
*Har Mar Superstar - "As (Seasons)"
*Havergal - "New Innocent Tyro Allegory"
*Henry Mancini - "Loose Caboose"
*Highwater Rising - "Pillows and Records"
*Hot Hot Heat - "Christmas Day in the Sun"
*I am Kloot - "Three Feet Tall"
*Ian Broudie - "Song for No One"
*Imogen Heap - "Goodnight & Go"
*Imogen Heap - "Hide and Seek"
*Imogen Heap - "Hallelujah" (Leonard Cohen cover)
*Imogen Heap - "Speeding Cars"
*Infusion - "Girls Can Be Cruel"
*Infusion - "Natural (Radio Edit)"
*Interpol - "Evil"
*Interpol - "Specialist"
*The Invisible Men - "Make It Bounce"
*Iron & Wine - "The Sea and the Rhythm"
*James Blunt - "Fall At Your Feet" (Acoustic, live Crowded House cover)
*James Horner - "Sing Sing Sing (With a Swing)"
*James William Hindle - "Leaving Trains"
*Jason Mraz - "You and I Both"
*Jason Schwartzman - "The West Coast"
*The Jayhawks - "Save It for a Rainy Day"
*Jazzelicious - "Cali4nia"
*Jazzelicious - "Sambossa"
*J. Belle - "No Idea"
*Jeff Buckley - "Hallelujah" (Leonard Cohen cover)
*Jem - "Flying High"
*Jem - "Just a Ride"
*Jem - "Maybe I'm Amazed" (Paul McCartney cover)
*Jet - "Get What You Need"
*Jet - "Move On"
*Jet - "Shine On"
*Jet - "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is"
*Jimmy Eat World - "Last Christmas"
*John Paul White - "Can't Get it Out of My Head"
*Johnathan Rice - "So Sweet"
*José González - "Stay In The Shade"
*José González - "Crosses"
*Joseph Arthur - "Honey and the Moon"
*Joseph Arthur - "A Smile That Explodes"
*The Josh Buzon Trio - "Caravan"
*Journey - "Open Arms"
*Journey - ""
*Joy Zipper - "Baby, You Should Know"
*Jude - "Out of L.A."
*Jude - "Save Me"
*Justin Catalino - "Beat Up Blue (Lucid Version)"
*Kaiser Chiefs - "Saturday Night"
*Kaiser Chiefs - "Na Na Na Na Naa"
*Kasabian - "Reason is Treason"
*K-Dub - "Get Krunk"
*Keane - "Walnut Tree"
*Keane - "A Bad Dream"
*Kelis - "Bossy"
*The K.G.B. - "I'm a Player"
*Kid Gloves - "Espionage"
*The Killers - "Everything Will Be Alright"
*The Killers - "Mr. Brightside"
*The Killers - "Smile Like You Mean It"
*Kingdom Flying Club - "Artists are Boring"
*Kings of Convenience - "Misread"
*Lady Sovereign - "Pretty vacant"
*Lady Sovereign - "Love Me or Hate Me"
*Ladytron - "Sugar"
*Lali Puna - "Faking the Books"
*Laptop - "Ratso Rizzo"
*Laptop - "Want In"
*LCD Soundsystem - "Daft Punk is Playing at My House"
*LCD Soundsystem - "Too Much Love"
*Leaves - "Breathe"
*Leonna Naess - "Christmas"
*Leonna Naess - "Lazy Days"
*Less Than Jake - "The Science of Selling Yourself Short"
*Le Tigre - "T.K.O."
*Liz Phair - "Why Can't I"
*Lockdown Project - "Can You Feel It?"
*The Long Winters - "Christmas With You Is Best"
*Los Cubaztecas - "La Conga De Santiago"
*Los Cubaztecas - "Ritmo De Oro"
*Lou Barlow - "Legendary"
*Louis XIV - "God Killed the Queen"
* Low - "Just Like Christmas"
*Luce - "Good Day"
*The M's - "Come Into Our Room"
*Magnet feat. Gemma Hayes - "Lay Lady Lay"
*Magnet - "Dancing in the Moonlight"
*Manishevitz - "Beretta"
*The Mark Lanegan Band - "Strange Religion"
*Martina Topley Bird - "Soulfood (Charles Webster's Banging House Dub)"
*Martin Denny - "Love Dance"
*Martin Denny - "Quiet Village"
*Mascott - "Turn Off/Turn On"
*Mastersource - "Dreamtime"
*Mastersource - "Watching the Game at Joes"
*Mastersource - "Something For You"
*Mastersource - "Walkin' the walk"
*Mates of State - "California"
*Matt Pond PA - "Champagne Supernova" (Oasis cover)
*Matt Pond PA - "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea" (Neutral Milk Hotel cover)
*Matt Pond PA - "New Hampshire"
*Maximum Roach - "Let it Roll"
*Mazzy Star - "Into Dust"
*M. Craft - "Sweets"
*Mellowman Ace - "Latinos Mundial"
*M.I.A. - "Fire Fire"
*The Midway State - "Unaware"
*Minibar - "Breathe Easy"
*Mocean Worker - "Right Now"
*Modest Mouse - "Float On"
*Modest Mouse - "Paper Thin Walls"
*Modest Mouse - "The View"
*Modest Mouse - "The World at Large"
*Mojave 3 - "Billodity"
*Mojave 3 - "Bluebird of Happiness"
*Mojave 3 - "Breaking the Ice"
*The Mosquitos - "Boom Box"
*The Mosquitos - "Domesticada"
*The Murmurs - "Big Talker"
*Nada Surf - "If You Leave (Orchestral Manoeuvers in the Dark cover)"
*The New Amsterdams - "The Spoils of the Spoiled"
*The New Year - "The End's Not Near"
*Nikka Costa - "On and On"
*Nine Black Alps - "Unsatisfied"
*Oasis- "Champagne Supernova"
*Oasis- "Wonderwall (acoustic)"
*The Obscurities - "Stop Dragging Me Down"
*Oceansize - "Meredith"
*Of Montreal - "Requiem for O.M.M."
*Of Montreal - "This Party's Crashing Us"
*The Ohio Players - "Fire"
*OK Go - "You're So Damn Hot"
*Olympic Hopefuls - "Let's Go"
*Orange - "No Rest for the Weekend"
*Orenda Fink - "Blind Asylum"
*Orquestra del Playa - "Montserrat"
*Palm Street - "Break"
*Paloalto - "Breathe In"
*Pansy Division - "At the Mall"
*Paris, Texas - "Like You Like an Arsonist"
*Patrick Park - "Life's a Song"
*Patrick Park - "Something Pretty"
*The Pattern - "Selling Submarines"
*Paul Westerberg - "Let the Bad Times Roll"
*Pennywise - "Knocked Down"
* - "Trouble Sleeping"
* - "Weekends"
*Pet - "No Yes No"
*Petra Haden & Bill Frisell - "Yellow (Coldplay cover)"
*Phantom Planet - "California"
*Phantom Planet - "California 2005"
*Phoenix - "Run Run Run"
*Pinback - "Afk"
*Pinback - "Fortress"
*Pinback - "Non-Photo Blue"
*Pinback - "Wasted"
*Pixies - "Debaser"
*Placebo- "Running Up That Hill" (Kate Bush cover)
*The Plus Ones - "All the Boy"
*Poison - "Every Rose Has Its Thorn"
*Poster Children - "Western Springs"
*Preston School of Industry - "Caught in the Rain"
*Psapp - "Rear Moth"
*Puddle of Mudd - "Away from Me"
*R.E.M. - "Talk About the Passion"
*Rachel Yamagata - "Reason Why"
*Rachel Yamagata - "Worn Me Down"
*Radio 4 - "Start a Fire"
*Radiohead - "Fog (Again)"
*Radiohead - "Like Spinning Plates"
*The Raveonettes - "The Christmas Song"
*The Reindeer Section - "Cartwheels"
*Richard Hayman & His Orchestra - "Autumn Leaves"
*Rilo Kiley - "Portions for Foxes"
*Ringside - "Strangerman"
*Rithma - "Opium Dreams"
*Rock Kills Kid - I Turn My Camera On (Spoon Cover)
*Rockers Hi Fi - "Going Under"
*Rogue Wave - "California"
*Rogue Wave - "Debaser" (Pixies cover)
*Rogue Wave - "Publish My Love"
*Ron Sexsmith - "Maybe this Christmas"
*Rooney - "Blue Side"
*Rooney - "I'm a Terrible Person"
*Rooney - "I'm Shakin'"
*Rooney - " Merry Xmas Everyone"
*Rooney - "Popstars"
*Rooney - "Sorry Sorry"
*The Roots - "Rolling with Heat"
*Röyksopp - "Triumphant"
*Rufus Wainwright - "California"
*The Runaways - "Cherrybomb"
*The Runaways - "Wait for Me"
*Ryan Adams - "Wonderwall" (Oasis cover)
*Ryan Adams - "Nightbirds"
*Sam Prekop - "C + F"
*Sam Roberts - "No Sleep"
*Scorpions - "Rock You Like a Hurricane"
*Shady Lady - "We're Going Out Tonight"
*Sia - "Paranoid Android" (Radiohead cover)
*Sia - "The Bully"
*Secret Machines - "Road Leads Where It's Led"
*Shout Out Louds - "Wish I Was Dead Pt. 2"
*Silversun Pickups - "Lazy Eye"
*Silversun Pickups - "Rusted Wheel"
*Singapore Sling - "Over Driver"
*Slightly Stoopid - "Sweet Honey"
*Smashing Pumpkins - "To Sheila"
*Solomon Burke - "Don't Give Up On Me"
*Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - "Oregon Girl"
*Something Corporate - "Space"
* - "More Bounce"
*Soulwax - "E Talking"
*South - "Nine Lives"
*South - "Paint the Silence"
*Spoon - "Sister Jack"
*Spoon - "I Turn My Camera On"
*Spoon - "The Way We Get By"
*Squirrel Nut Zippers - "Anything But Love"
*Stacy Kent - "A Fine Romance"
*Stars - "The Big Fight"
*Stars - "The Vanishing"
*Stars - "Your Ex-Lover is Dead"
*The Subways - "I Want to Hear What You Have Got to Say"
*The Subways - "Rock & Roll Queen"
*Sufjan Stevens - "To Be Alone With You"
*Sufjan Stevens - "For the Widows in Paradise, for the Fatherless in Ypsilanti"
*Sufjan Stevens - "The Incarnation"
*Suicide Machines - "Did You Ever Get a Feeling of Dread"
*Sunday Runners - "Faking the Books"
*Sunday Runners - "Memories Left at Sea"
*Super Furry Animals - "Hello Sunshine"
*Survivor - "Eye of the Tiger"
*Syd Matters - "Hello Sunshine"
*Syd Matters - "To All Of You"
*Syntax - "Pride"
*Tally Hall - "Good Day"
*Tally Hall - "Smile Like You Mean It (The Killers cover)"
*The Talk - "N.Y.L.A."
*Tangerine Dream - "Love on a Real Train"
*Thicke - "Brand New Jones"
*Thom Yorke - "Black Swan"
*The Thrills - "Big Sur"
*The Thrills - "The Curse of Comfort"
*The Thrills - "Faded Beauty Queens"
*The Thrills - "Not For All the Love in the World"
*The Thrills - "Saturday Night"
*T.I. - "Bring 'Em Out"
*Tiger Lou - "Warmth"
*Timo Maas - "To Get Down"
*Tom Jones - "It's Not Unusual"
*Tom Petty - "Christmas All Over Again"
*Tom Quick - "Honey Dew"
*Tom Vek - "I Ain't Sayin' My Goodbyes"
*The Transplants - "Gangsters and Thugs"
*Trent Dabbs - "True Love Goes"
*Trespassers William - "Alone"
*Trespassers William - "Different Stars"
*Tricky - "Hollow"
*Tricky - "How High"
*Tunng - "Pioneers (Bloc Party cover)"
*Turin Brakes - "Rain City"
*Turin Brakes - "Self-Help"
*Two Hours Traffic - "Leave Me Alone"
*Two Hours Traffic - "Limelight"
*U2 - "Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own"
*Underøath - "A Boy Brushed Red.... Living In Black And White"
*User - Do You"
*The Vacation - "Make Up Your Mind"
*The Ventures - "Santa Claus is Coming to Town"
*Victor Malloy - "A Night in Vegas"
*Village People - "Y.M.C.A."
*The Vines - "Anysound"
*The Vines - "Ride"
*The Vines - "Spaceship"
*Viva Voce - "Lesson No. 1"
*Walking Concert - "Hands Up!"
*The Walkmen - "Little House of Savages"
*The Walkmen - "What's In It For Me"
*Way Out West - "Melt"
*We Are Scientists - "Inaction"
*Whitesnake - "Here I Go Again"
*The Willowz - "Meet Your Demise"
*Wolfmother - "Woman"
*Yellowcard - "Way Away"
*Youth Group - "Daisychains"
*Youth Group - "Forever Young (Alphaville cover)"
*Zack Hexum - "Met a Girl Like You Once"
*Zero 7 - "Destiny"
*Zero 7 - "Passing By"
*Zero 7 - "Waiting to Die"

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