Check Out the Terrifyingly-Good Soundtrack of Lovecraft Country's First Season
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What's an HBO show without its expertly put together soundtrack? Misha Green's book to TV adaptation of Lovecraft Country may be a sci-fi horror series with all sorts of ghoulish monsters lurking in every scene, but that doesn't mean it can't also have some of our favorite tunes bumping in the background! The show takes place in 1950s Jim Crow America, which heavily influences the mix of old-school and modern music that makes up the soundtrack.
Few shows can feature songs from both Tierra Whack and Etta James in the same episode and have it make perfect sense, but Lovecraft Country makes it work. While we await news on whether the show will be bringing us a second season full of old-school jams and modern hits, check out the music featured on the show ahead!
Music From Lovecraft Country Season 1, Episode 1: "Sundown"
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"Sh-Boom" by The Crew Cuts
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"I Just Want To Make Love To You" by Etta James
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"Clones" by Tierra Whack
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"Alley Corn" by Earl Hooker
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"I Want a Tall Skinny Papa" by Sister Rosetta Tharpe
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"Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" by Jerry Lee Lewis
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"Ride Pretty Baby" by Big John Greer & The Du Droppers
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"September Song" by Sarah Vaughan
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"You Upset Me Baby" by B.B. King
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"Cobb's Corner" by Arnett Cobb
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"Sinnerman" by Nina Simone
(Performed in the show by Alice Smith)
Music From Lovecraft Country Season 1, Episode 2: "Whitey's on the Moon"
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"Movin' on Up" by Ja'Net DuBois
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"Whitey On the Moon" by Gil Scott-Heron
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"River" by Leon Bridges
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"Killing Strangers" by Marilyn Manson
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"The End" by Earl Grant
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"Blackbird" by Nina Simone
Music From Lovecraft Country Season 1, Episode 3: "Holy Ghost"
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"Window" by The Album Leaf
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Excerpt From Leiomy Maldonado For "Nike NYC Be True" Campaign
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"Ain't That a Shame" by Fats Domino
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"Good Rockin' Daddy" by Etta James
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"Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby" by Louis Jordan
(Performed in the show by Wunmi Mosaku)
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"I Don't Hurt Anymore" by Dinah Washington
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"Take It Back" by Dorinda Clark-Cole
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"Satan, We're Gonna Tear Your Kingdom Down" by Shirley Caesar
Music From Lovecraft Country Season 1, Episode 4: "A History of Violence"
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"Bitch Better Have My Money" by Rihanna
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"Get Em" by Jade Josephine
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"Cops and Robbers" by Bo Diddley
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"Devil or Angel" by The Clovers
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"Money" by Leikeli47
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"Chain Gang Blues" by Gertrude 'Ma' Rainey
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"I Put a Spell on You" by Marilyn Manson
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"Sinnerman" by Alice Smith
Music From Lovecraft Country Season 1, Episode 5: "Strange Case"
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"Tonight, You Belong To Me" by Patience & Prudence
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"Dark Phrases" From For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf (1976)
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"Return to Love" by Black Atlass
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"Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" by George Harrison
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"Money" by Cardi B
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"Bad Religion" by Frank Ocean
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"Please Give Your Love to Me" by Robin Robinson
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"Tutti Frutti" by Pat Boone
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"My Baby Dearest Darling" by The Charms
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"Sweetly Sad" by Alain Bernard Denis
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"Tutti Frutti" by Little Richard
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"Lovin’ Machine" by Wyonie Harris
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"Lonely World" by Moses Sumney
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"Bodak Yellow" by Cardi B
Music From Lovecraft Country Season 1, Episode 6: "Meet Me In Daegu"
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"The Trolley Song" - Judy Garland From Meet Me In St. Louis
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"Main Title Medley/Summer Stock/Hoe Down" by Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney
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"Neujeun jajinmori" by Kim Hae-Sook and Yoon Ho-Se
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"Main Title" From Easter Parade by Johnny Gree, The MGM Studio Orchestra, & The MGM Studio Chorus
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"Oppaneun Punggakjaengiya" by Park Hyang-rim
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"Overture" From Summer Stock by MGM Orchestra
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"You Wonderful You" by Judy Garland and Gene Kelly
Music From Lovecraft Country Season 1, Episode 7: "I Am"
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"A Message From The Man In The Moon" by Josephine Baker
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"Baby Let's Make Some Love" by The Penguins
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"Besame Mucho" by Josephine Alexander
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"Piel Canela" by Josephine Baker
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"Charleston" by Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
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"Better To Miss You" by Jesse O'Mahoney and Thomas Ellis
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"Bam-A-Lam" by Mickey Champion and Roy Milton Orchestra
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"Lady Marmalade" by LaBelle
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"Fire" by Mother's Finest
Music From Lovecraft Country Season 1, Episode 8: "Jig-a-Bobo"
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"Cruel Summer" by Bananarama
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"Stop Dat Knocking" by Peter DiSante, Brian Mark, David Van Veersblick, and Roger Smith
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"I Put A Spell On You" by Alice Smith
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Naomi Wadler's March For Our Lives Speech, 2018
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"Stormy Weather" by Billie Holiday
Music From Lovecraft Country Season 1, Episode 9: "Rewind 1921"
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"Avalon" by Al Jolson
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"Don't Kill Dub" by Rob feat. Sonia Sanchez
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"Catch the Fire" by Sonia Sanchez (Sung version, original for Lovecraft Country)
Music From Lovecraft Country Season 1, Episode 10: "Full Circle"
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"Easy Living" by Billie Holliday
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"Ready or Not" by Highland Park Collective
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"Weary" by Solange
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"I Am Blessed" (Wax Taylor Remix) by Nina Simone
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"Sh-Boom" by The Chords
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