The cult television show Freaks and Geeks used music from the show's time period, 1980–1981 for its soundtrack.
Because this called for using popular, established artists, purchasing the rights to use songs required much of the show's budget and became an obstacle in releasing the show on DVD; in fact, reruns seen on Fox Family replaced some of the songs with generic production music. However, Shout! Factory eventually brought Freaks and Geeks to DVD in 2004, with all of its music intact.[1]
The following is a complete list of the songs featured in Freaks and Geeks as they appear in the DVD booklet. Listed along with the titles of each song are the artist who performs the versions that appear in the series as well as the original album the track appeared on and that albums original year of release.
The opening credits of each episode are accompanied by the song "Bad Reputation", performed by Joan Jett from her 1980 Bad Reputation album.
Song title | Artist | Album | Year |
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"Runnin' with the Devil" | Van Halen | Van Halen | 1978 |
"I'm Alright" | Kenny Loggins | Kenny Loggins Alive | 1980 |
"Renegade" | Styx | Pieces of Eight | 1978 |
"Come Sail Away" | Styx | The Grand Illusion | 1977 |
Song title | Artist | Album | Year |
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"Hush" | Deep Purple | Shades of Deep Purple | 1968 |
"Jesus Is Just Alright" | Sarah Hagan and Jason Segel (performed in character as a cover) | ||
The Byrds The Doobie Brothers |
Ballad of Easy Rider Toulouse Street |
1969 1972 | |
"Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo" | Rick Derringer | All American Boy | 1973 |
"No One to Depend On" | Santana | 3 | 1971 |
"Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love" | Van Halen | Van Halen | 1978 |
"Maybe" | Janis Joplin | I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! | 1969 |
"Do You Love Me" | KISS | Destroyer | 1976 |
Song title | Artist | Album | Year |
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"The Monster Mash" | Becky Ann Baker and John Francis Daley (performed in character as a cover) | ||
Originally by Bobby "Boris" Pickett | The Original Monster Mash | 1962 | |
"Gonna Raise Hell" | Cheap Trick | Dream Police | 1979 |
"Roller" | April Wine | First Glance | 1978 |
"Free-for-All" | Ted Nugent | Free-For-All | 1977 |
Song title | Artist | Album | Year |
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"Jamie's Cryin'" | Van Halen | Van Halen | 1978 |
"Ice Cream Man" | Van Halen | Van Halen | 1978 |
"King Tut" | Steve Martin | A Wild and Crazy Guy | 1978 |
"Reminiscing" | The Little River Band | Sleeper Catcher | 1978 |
Song title | Artist | Album | Year |
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"Takin' Care of Business" | Bachman–Turner Overdrive | Bachman–Turner Overdrive II | 1973 |
"Superfly" | Curtis Mayfield | Super Fly | 1972 |
"Love's Theme" | Love Unlimited Orchestra | Rhapsody in White | 1974 |
"Little Dreamer" | Van Halen | Van Halen | 1978 |
"Debris" | Faces | A Nod Is as Good as a Wink...To a Blind Horse | 1971 |
Song title | Artist | Album | Year |
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"The Spirit of Radio" | Rush | Permanent Waves | 1980 |
"Sunshine of Your Love" | Seth Rogen and Creation (performed in character as a cover) | ||
Originally by Cream | Disraeli Gears | 1967 | |
"Crossroads" | Jason Segel and Dimension (performed in character as a cover) | ||
Originally by Cream based on Robert Johnson's Cross Road Blues | Wheels of Fire | 1968 | |
"White Room" | Cream | Wheels of Fire | 1968 |
"One Step Beyond" | Madness | One Step Beyond... | 1979 |
Song title | Artist | Album | Year |
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"C'était Toi (You Were the One)" | Billy Joel | Glass Houses | 1980 |
"Rosalinda's Eyes" | Billy Joel | 52nd Street | 1978 |
"Don't Ask Me Why" | Billy Joel | Glass Houses | 1980 |
"Stomp!" | The Brothers Johnson | Light Up the Night | 1980 |
"I'm Eighteen" | Dave (Gruber) Allen and Feedback (performed in character as a cover) | ||
Originally by Alice Cooper | Love It to Death | 1971 | |
"We're an American Band" | Dave (Gruber) Allen and Feedback (performed in character as a cover) | ||
Originally by Grand Funk Railroad | We're an American Band | 1973 |
Song title | Artist | Album | Year |
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"Whipping Post" | The Allman Brothers Band | The Allman Brothers Band | 1969 |
"Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'" | Journey | Evolution | 1979 |
"Nights in White Satin" | The Moody Blues | Days of Future Passed | 1967 |
"Lady" | Styx | Styx II | 1973 |
Song title | Artist | Album | Year |
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"Dust in the Wind" | Kansas | Point of Know Return | 1977 |
"How Funky Is Your Chicken?" | McKinley High Cheerleaders | ||
"Keep Yourself Alive" | Queen | Queen | 1973 |
"Everybody Wants Some!!" | Van Halen | Women and Children First | 1980 |
"Stranglehold" | Ted Nugent | Ted Nugent | 1975 |
"Do Ya Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)" | Joan Jett | Bad Reputation | 1979 |
"Hava Nagila" | Samm Levine | ||
"The Song Is Over" | The Who | Who's Next | 1971 |
Song title | Artist | Album | Year |
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"Journey to the Center of the Mind" | The Amboy Dukes | Journey to the Center of the Mind | 1968 |
"No Language in Our Lungs" | XTC | Black Sea | 1980 |
"Theme from Diff'rent Strokes" | Al Burton and Gloria Loring | 1978 | |
"Theme from What's Happening!!" | Henry Mancini | 1976 | |
"Overture" | Bill Conti | Rocky II soundtrack | 1979 |
Song title | Artist | Album | Year |
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"I'm the Man" | Joe Jackson | I'm the Man | 1979 |
"Look Sharp!" | Joe Jackson | Look Sharp! | 1979 |
"Slip Kid" | The Who | The Who by Numbers | 1975 |
"Stomp!" | Brothers Johnson | Light Up the Night | 1980 |
"Flamethrower" | The J. Geils Band | Freeze Frame | 1981 |
"Take the Long Way Home" | Supertramp | Breakfast in America | 1979 |
Song title | Artist | Album | Year |
---|---|---|---|
"25 or 6 to 4" | McKinley High Marching Band | ||
Originally by Chicago | Chicago | 1970 | |
"When the Saints Go Marching In" | McKinley High Marching Band | ||
"Go, Fight, Win" | McKinley High Marching Band | ||
"Beautiful Loser" | Bob Seger | Beautiful Loser | 1975 |
"Good Times Roll" | The Cars | The Cars | 1978 |
"Karn Evil 9" | Emerson, Lake & Palmer | Brain Salad Surgery | 1973 |
"The Devil Went Down to Georgia" | The Charlie Daniels Band | Million Mile Reflections | 1979 |
"Amie" | Pure Prairie League | Bustin' Out | 1972 |
"Free Bird" | Lynyrd Skynyrd | Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd | 1973 |
"Classical Gas" | Mason Williams | The Mason Williams Phonograph Record | 1968 |
Song title | Artist | Album | Year |
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"Charlie's Angels Theme" | |||
"Smokin'" | Boston | Boston | 1976 |
"Fat Bottomed Girls" | Queen | Jazz | 1978 |
"Hi-De-Ho" | Blood, Sweat & Tears | Blood, Sweat & Tears 3 | 1970 |
"Aqualung" | Jethro Tull | Aqualung | 1971 |
"Little Green Bag" | George Baker Selection | Little Green Bag | 1970 |
"Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me" | Mac Davis | Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me | 1972 |
Song title | Artist | Album | Year |
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"I'm Free" | The Who | Tommy | 1969 |
"I'm One" | The Who | Quadrophenia | 1973 |
"Boris the Spider" | The Who | A Quick One | 1966 |
"Love, Reign o'er Me" | The Who | Quadrophenia | 1973 |
"Squeeze Box" | The Who | The Who by Numbers | 1975 |
"Going Mobile" | The Who | Who's Next | 1971 |
"Drowned" | The Who | Quadrophenia | 1973 |
"Michael Row the Boat Ashore" | Jason Segel, James Franco, and Seth Rogen | ||
"Lady L" | written and performed by Jason Segel | ||
"Summer Breeze" | Seals & Crofts | Summer Breeze | 1972 |
Song title | Artist | Album | Year |
---|---|---|---|
"Spacefunk" | written and recorded by Paul Feig | ||
"Rise Above" | Black Flag | Damaged | 1981 |
"Your Phone's Off the Hook, But You're Not" | X | Los Angeles | 1980 |
"You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You" | Dean Martin | This Time I'm Swingin'! | 1960 |
"Lime Green" | Diesel Boy | Cock Rock | 1996 |
"Happy Street" | Diesel Boy | Cock Rock | 1996 |
"Punk Rock 101" (no relation to Bowling for Soup's song "Punk Rock 101") |
Diesel Boy | Cock Rock | 1996 |
Song title | Artist | Album | Year |
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"Tom Sawyer" | Rush | Moving Pictures | 1981 |
"The Monster" | Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich | Krupa and Rich | 1956 |
"Katmandu" | Bob Seger | Beautiful Loser | 1975 |
"You'll Accomp'ny Me" | Bob Seger | Against the Wind | 1980 |
"Poor Poor Pitiful Me" | Warren Zevon | Warren Zevon | 1976 |
Song title | Artist | Album | Year |
---|---|---|---|
"When the Saints Go Marching In" | McKinley High Marching Band | ||
"If My Friends Could See Me Now" | Linda Clifford | If My Friends Could See Me Now | 1978 |
"Hail to the Chief" | McKinley High Marching Band | ||
"Fashion" | David Bowie | Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) | 1980 |
"The Road" | Jackson Browne | Running on Empty | 1977 |
Song title | Artist | Album | Year |
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"Hot Number" | Foxy | Hot Numbers | 1979 |
"Box of Rain" | Grateful Dead | American Beauty | 1970 |
"Ripple" | Grateful Dead | American Beauty | 1970 |
"I Don't Want to Be a Freak" | Dynasty | Your Piece of the Rock | 1979 |
"I Will Survive" | Gloria Gaynor | Love Tracks | 1978 |
"The Groove Line" | Heatwave | Central Heating | 1977 |
"Spacefunk" | Paul Feig |
Freaks and Geeks | |
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Soundtrack album | |
Released | September 14, 2004 |
Genre | Soundtrack |
Length | 64:29 |
Label | Shout! Factory |
Producer | Judd Apatow, Andrew Jay Cohen, Paul Feig |
A CD soundtrack for the series was released in 2004 from Shout! Factory. The CD soundtrack release contained nine songs featured in the series, eleven original Freaks and Geeks score tracks by Michael Andrews, three alternate cast recordings of songs performed on the show ("Lady L" being a fan favorite), an extra performance by "Feedback" and a bonus track by The Leaving Trains. The accompanying booklet features 15 pages of liner notes written by David Wild and Jake Kasdan as well as written track by track commentary by the Freaks and Geeks character, guidance counsellor Jeffery Theodore Rosso.
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