"The Wire" on HBO: Play Or Get Played Music From "The Wire"

Blind Boys of Alabama: Spirit of the Century - 'The Wire' Season 1 Theme

Tom Waits: Frank's Wild Years - 'The Wire' Season 2 Theme

'The Wire' Soundtrack: All The Pieces Matter

Themes

"Way Down in the Hole" Written by Tom Waits Performed by The Blind Boys of Alabama (season 1)
"Way Down in the Hole" Written and Performed by Tom Waits (season 2)
"Way Down in the Hole" Written by Tom Waits Performed by The Neville Brothers (season 3)
"Way Down in the Hole" Written by Tom Waits Performed by DoMaJe
(Ivan Ashford, Markel Steele, Cameron Brown, Tariq Al-Sabir and Avery Bargasse) (season 4)
"Way Down in the Hole" Written by Tom Waits Performed by Steve Earle (season 5)
"The Fall" Composed by Blake Leyh (closing theme)

Jesse Winchester: Let The Rough Side Drag

Season One

"Use Me" Performed by Bill Withers Episode: {"The Target" (2002) (Episode #1.1[01])}
"Izzo (H.O.V.A.)" Performed by Jay-Z Episode: {"The Target" (2002) (Episode #1.1[01])}
"Pull Up To The Bumper" Performed by Grace Jones Episode: {"The Target" (2002) (Episode #1.1[01])}
"Streets Of Baltimore" Performed by Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris
Episode: {"The Target" (2003) (Episode #1.1[01])}
"Got To Give It Up" Performed by Aaliyah Episode: {"The Detail" (2002) (Episode #1.2[02])}
"Good Times" Performed by Chic Episode: {"The Detail" (2002) (Episode #1.2[02])}
"American Woman" Performed by Guess Who Episode: {"The Detail" (2002) (Episode #1.2[02])}
"Love Is Strange" Performed by Mickey & Sylvia Episode: {"The Detail" (2002) (Episode #1.2[02])}
"The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game" Performed by The Marvelettes
Episode: {"The Buys" (2002) (Episode #1.3[03])}
"Down Ass Bitch" Performed by Ja Rule Episode: {"The Buys" (2002) (Episode #1.3[03])}
"Tell Me Something Good" Performed by Rufus & Chaka Khan Episode: {"The Buys" (2002) (Episode #1.3[03])}
"2-Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten" Composed and Performed by Lucinda Williams
Episode: {"The Buys" (2002) (Episode #1.3[03])}
"Dirty Old Town" Composed and Performed by The Pogues Episode: {"The Buys" (2002) (Episode #1.3[03])}
"Sugar In My Bowl" Performed by Nina Simone Episode: {"Old Cases" (2002) (Episode #1.4[04])}
"Hey Pretty" Composed and Performed by Poe Episode: {"The Pager" (2002) (Episode #1.5[05])}
"Fleurette Africaine" Performed by Duke Ellington Episode: {"The Wire" (2002) (Episode #1.6[06])}
"Wax Music Box" Performed by Cytoplastik Episode: {"The Wire" (2002) (Episode #1.6[06])}
"You're The Reason Our Kids Are Ugly" Performed by Loretta Lynn with Conway Twitty
Episode: {"One Arrest" (2002) (Episode #1.7[07])}
"The Lion Sleeps Tonight" Performed by The Tokens Episode: {"Lessons" (2002) (Episode #1.8[08])}
"Rock The Nation" Performed by Michael Franti & Spearhead Episode: {"Game Day" (2002) (Episode #1.9[9])}
""Hater Players" Performed by Talib Kwelli & Mos Def Episode: {"The Cost" (2002) (Episode #1.10[10])}
"Unfriendly Game" Performed by Masta Ace featuring Stick Episode: {"The Hunt" (2002) (Episode #1.11[11])}
"Sugar In My Bowl" Performed by Nina Simone Episode: {"The Hunt" (2002) (Episode #1.11[11])}
"Put Your Head On My Shoulder" Performed by Paul Anka Episode: {"Cleaning Up" (2002) (Episode #1.12[12])}
"Step By Step" Composed and Performed by Jesse Winchester
Episode: {"Sentencing" (2002) (Episode #1.13[13])}

Snoop Dog: R & G (Rhythm &Gangsta: The Masterpiece

Season Two

"Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)" Performed by Looking Glass Episode: {"Ebb Tide" (2003) (Episode #2.1[14])}
"Sixteen Tons" Composed by Merle Travis Performed by The Nighthawks
Episode: {"Ebb Tide" (2003) (Episode #2.1[14])}
"Seed (2.0)" Composed by Cody ChestnuTT and Tariq Trotter Performed by The Roots featuring Cody ChestnuTT Episode: {"Ebb Tide" (2003) (Episode #2.1[14])}
"Search and Destroy" Composed by Iggy Pop & James Williamson Perfomed by Iggy Pop & The Stooges
Episode: {"Ebb Tide" (2003) (Episode #2.1[14])}
"Goodbye to Carolina" Composed and Performed by Lyle Lovett
Episode: {"Collateral Damage" (2003) (Episode #2.2[15])}
"The House That Jack Built" Performed by Aretha Franklin
Episode: {"Collateral Damage" (2003) (Episode #2.2[15])}
"Cisco Kid" Composed by Harold R. Brown, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard E. Scott Performed by War
Episode: {"Hot Shots" (2003) (Episode #2.3[16])}
"Ruler Of My Heart" Composed by Naomi Neville Performed by Irma Thomas
Episode: {"Hard Cases" (2003) (Episode #2.4[17])}
"I Promise To Remember" Composed by Jimmy Castor Performed by Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
Episode: {"Hard Cases" (2003) (Episode #2.4[17])}
"Streets Of Baltimore" Performed by Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris
Episode: {"Collateral Damage" (2003) (Episode #2.4[17])}
"Magic Carpet Ride" Composed by John Kay and Rushton Moreve Performed by Steppenwolf
Episode: {"Hard Cases" (2003) (Episode #2.4[17])}
"He Was Really Sayin' Somethin'" Composed by Eddie Holland, William Stevenson, Norman Whitfield
Performed by The Velvelettes Episode: {"Hard Cases" (2003) (Episode #2.4[17])}
"Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad" Composed by Billy Sherrill and Glenn Sutton Performed by Tammy Wynette
Episode: {"Hard Cases" (2003) (Episode #2.4[17])}
"Midnight At The Oasis" Composed by David Nichtern Performed by Maria Muldaur
Episode: {"Undertow" (2003) (Episode #2.5[18])}
"The Hand that Rocks the Cradle" Composed and Performed by Akrobatik
Episode: {"Undertow" (2003) (Episode #2.5[18])}
"Love Child" Performed by Diana Ross & The Supremes Episode: {"Backwash" (2003) (Episode #2.7[20])}
"Transmetropolitan" Performed by The Pogues Episode: {"Duck and Cover" (2003) (Episode #2.8[20])}
"You Beat Me To The Punch" Composed by Smokey Robinson Performed by Mary Wells
Episode: {"Stray Rounds" (2003) (Episode #2.9[22])}
"Roadrunner" Composed by Jonathan Richman Performed by Joan Jett
Episode: {"Storm Warnings" (2003) (Episode #2.10[23])}
"I Walk the Line" Written and Performed by Johnny Cash
Episode: {"Storm Warnings" (2003) (Episode #2.10[23])}
"The Bread of Exile" Performed by Stelios Kazantzidis Episode: {"Bad Dreams" (2003) (Episode #2.11[24])}
"To Psomi tis Xanthias" Performed by Stelios Kazantzidis Episode: {"Bad Dreams" (2003) (Episode #2.11[24])}
"Efige Efige" Performed by Stelios Kazantzidis Episode: {"Bad Dreams" (2003) (Episode #2.11[24])}
"Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" Composed by John Fogerty Performed by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Episode: {"Port in a Storm" (2003) (Episode #2.12[25])}
"Feel Alright" Composed and Performed by Steve Earle Episode: {"Port in a Storm" (2003) (Episode #2.12[24])}

The Long Road Home: The Ultimate John Fogerty/Creedence Collection

Season Three

"In the Club" Written by Mike Elizondo, 50 Cent and Dr. Dre Performed by 50 Cent
Episode: {"Time After Time" (2004) (Episode #3.1[26])}
"Theme from Shaft" Written and Performed by Isaac Hayes
Episode: {"Time After Time" (2004) (Episode #3.1[26])}
"Stand Up" Composed by Ludacris and Kanye West Performed by Ludacris featuring Shawnna
Episode: {"All Due Respect" (2004) (Episode #3.2[27])}
"Atomic Dog" Composed and Performed George Clinton Episode: {"All Due Respect" (2004) (Episode #3.3[28])}
"Body of an American" Composed by Shane MacGowan Performed by The Pogues
Episode: {"Dead Soldiers" (2004) (Episode #3.3[28])}
"Splash Waterfalls" Written and Performed by Ludacris Episode: {"Hamsterdam" (2004) (Episode #3.4[29])}
"My Downfall" Composed by Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs, The Notorious B.I.G., Darryl McDaniels
Performed by The Notorious B.I.G. featuring DMC Episode: {"Hamsterdam" (2004) (Episode #3.4[29])}
"On Fire" Composed by Eminem, 50 Cent, Luis Resto, Lloyd Banks, Kwame Performed by Lloyd Banks
Episode: {"Straight and True" (2004) (Episode #3.5[30])}
"Me and Baby Brother" Composed by Harold R. Brown, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard E. Scott
Performed by War Episode: {"Straight and True" (2004) (Episode #3.5[30])}
"Dirt Off Your Shoulder" Composed by Jay-Z and Tim Mosley Performed by Jay-Z
Episode: {"Homecoming" (2004) (Episode #3.6[31])}
"Headsprung" Composed by LL Cool J and Tim Mosley Performed by LL Cool J
Episode: {"Back Burners" (2004) (Episode #3.7[32])}
"Strong Enough" Composed by David Baerwald, Bill Bottrell, Sheryl Crow, Kevin Gilbert, David Rickets
Performed by Sheryl Crow Episode: {"Back Burners" (2004) (Episode #3.7[32])}
"Tipsy" Written and Performed by J-Kwon Episode: {"Moral Midgetry" (2004) (Episode #3.8[33])}
"Buffalo Soldier" Composed and Performed by Bob Marley Episode: {"Moral Midgetry" (2004) (Episode #3.8[33])}
"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" Written and Performed by Hank Williams
Episode: {"Moral Midgetry" (2004) (Episode #3.8[33])}
"The Way You Move" Performed by Outkast Written by Big Boi Episode: {"Slapstick" (2004) (Episode #3.9[34])}
"Who's Sorry Now" Performed by Connie Francis Episode: {"Reformation" (2002) (Episode #3.10[35])}
"White Tee" Written and Performed by Dem Franchize Boyz
Episode: {"Middle Ground" (2004) (Episode #3.11[36])}
"Little Bit O' Soul" Performed by Music Explosion Episode: {"Middle Ground" (2004) (Episode #3.11[36])}
"A Place Nobody Can Find" Written and Performed by Sam & Dave
Episode: {"Middle Ground" (2004) (Episode #3.11[36])}
"Ride of the Valkyries" Composed by Richard Wagner
Episode: {"Mission Accomplished" (2004) (Episode #3.12[37])}
"Drop It Like It's Hot" Composed by Snoop Dogg, Chad Hugo & Pharrell Williams
Performed by Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell Episode: {"Mission Accomplished" (2004) (Episode #3.12[37])}
"Fast Train" Written by Van Morrison Performed by Solomon Burke
Episode: {"Mission Accomplished" (2004) (Episode #3.12[37])}

Season Four

Fit To Be Tied: Greatest Hits By Joan Jett &The Blackhearts

Season Five

The Very Best of Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers

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