41 Songs You'll Know If You're a True Peaky Blinders Fan

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If you're obsessed with all things Peaky Blinders, you're likely to be obsessed with the Peaky Blinders soundtrack. From the very first episode of season one to now, the music selection has had fans Shazaming and googling their way through every single season in an attempt to download each song.

It all started with the show's iconic theme song, "Red Right Hand" by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds. "Nick Cave's music has been there since the beginning and has defined the show sonically and atmospherically," Cillian Murphy, who plays lead Tommy Shelby, told NME. From Nick Cave to Arctic Monkeys, Johnny Cash, David Bowie, Tom Waits, PJ Harvey, Laura Marling, and Foals, the songs and artists have been meticulously selected to reflect the violence, grit, and glamour of the cult BBC period drama, which was inspired by a real group of gangsters. "You just know when a song is 'Peaky'. The artists are outsiders. They have resisted the tyranny of the mainstream," Murphy said.

The most recent season of Peaky Blinders sees musician Anna Calvi take the reins to create an original score with the aim of getting inside of Tommy's mind as his mental state continues to decline. You'll recognize Calvi's "Strange Weather," which features David Byrne, from the season five trailer. Keep reading to see all the other songs you should know by the order of the Peaky Blinders.

01

"Red Right Hand" by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

02

"Strange Weather" by Anna Calvi and David Byrne

03

"Rocking Horse" by The Dead Weather

04

"I'm a Man" by Black Strobe

05

"Hardest Button to Button" by The White Stripes

06

"Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing" by Queen Kwong

07

"Clap Hands" by Tom Waits

08

"The Prowl" by Dan Auerbach

09

"Danny Boy" by Johnny Cash

10

"Saved These Words" by Laura Marling

11

"Snake Oil" by Foals

12

"R U Mine?" by Arctic Monkeys

13

"Arabella" by Arctic Monkeys

14

"Fried My Little Brains" by The Kills

15

"Heart of a Dog" by The Kills

16

"Devil Inside Me" by Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes

17

"Stagger Lee" by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

18

"Adore" by Savages

19

"You Want It Darker" by Leonard Cohen

20

"Lazarus" by David Bowie

21

"River Styx" by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

22

"Cherry Lips" by Archie Bronson Outfit

23

"What He Wrote" by Laura Marling

24

"Gonna Make My Own Money" by Deap Vally

25

"Pyramid Song" by Radiohead

26

"This Is Love" by PJ Harvey

27

"Burn the Witch" by Queens of the Stone Age

28

"Bad Habits" by The Last Shadow Puppets

29

"Monkey 23" by The Kills

30

"I Wish, I Wish" by Rachel Unthank & The Winterset

31

"Further On Up the Road" by Johnny Cash

32

"Lost" by TOMMYANDMARY

33

"The Mercy Seat" by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

34

"Uber Capitalist Death Trade" by Cabbage

35

"Rider to the Sea" by Anna Calvi

36

"Love U 2 Death" by The Darts

37

"Black Blood" by The Pearl Hearts

38

"The Last Hangman" by Hotel Lux

39

"Atmosphere" by Joy Division

40

"A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall" by Laura Marling

41

"Red Right Hand" by Arctic Monkeys

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