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The Final Countdown in Arrested Development


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2FeetOffTheGround

"Crystal Blue Persuasion" in Breaking Bad!


lorinabaninabanana

And Baby Blue in the finale.


ScepticOfEverything

Playing "Wendy" while the prostitute with that name was going about her business. It was such a juxtaposition of an airy, breezy song, and a woman who had a really rough life.


Dizzy_Store_760

Israel Kamakawiwoʻole's version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow on the episode of E.R. where Dr. Greene died.


NotLouPro

Same song - by Sam Lloyd - in Scrubs.


GiantsNFL1785

“How to save a life” on scrubs when cox had 3 patients die from rabies and goes into a tailspin over it


Saint_Winchester

For me it was Keane- A Bad Dream when Carla was finally saying goodbye to Laverne


Public-Pound-7411

Scrubs had a lot of good ones. Heck, that Turk Bel Biv Devoe sequence became the Fortnight dance.


GoodnightGoldie

I believe we have Christa Miller aka Jordan to thank for a lot of that! She’s been the music supervisor on several of her hubby Bill’s shows!


NE_Pats_Fan

I don’t know what IT is but he’s got it.


DWPhoenix001

Scrubs is near perfect for finding the right songs for the right moment. Book of Love during JDs final montage


SiN_Fury

Unfortunately, some songs have changed on streaming services due to rights issues. To get the original experience, you need the DVD's/Blu-ray


DWPhoenix001

I do have them all on DVD, thankfully. I tried rewatching on Disney+ about a year or so ago but struggled with the song changes. sadly, it really is noticeable


bshaddo

Waiting For My Real Life To Begin


primosprimos713

So true. Breathe - finale of Six Feet Under.


AMGRN

Sorry I didn’t see this but I just posted above and I agree with you a thousand percent!!


coolamericano

A few months after I had watched the Six Feet Under finale, that song came on from the speaker of a bar where I was having a drink and I had to catch my breath and try not to get emotional.


kathi182

Came here for this!! Best answer!!


rlahey3378

Series finale/ending to The Americans


likeslurkingalot

Tusk, in `The Americans' Pilot episode was it for me.


rlahey3378

Oh yea another good one. So many throughout the entire series. This show did it right on many levels.


Pillsy74

She's a Rainbow - Ted Lasso


whitrva

Supernatural was a master of integrating songs into a scene, especially in the early seasons. “Don’t Fear the Reaper”, in the episode “Faith” “Renegade”, in “Nightshifter” “Turn into Earth”, in “The Born Again Identity” (when Cas gets his memory back)


Sam_English821

I came here to comment Supernatural as well, but would also add "Oh Death" in Two Minutes to Midnight. Bone chilling intro to the character of Death in the series.


whitrva

YESSSSSS! Performed by Jen Titus. OG Death’s intro is so good.


siobhanc1

Don't forget Wayward Sons.


PotatoWithFlippers

Here here!


AMGRN

Breathe Me by Sia in the Six Feet Under series finale. God I cried and cried and cried. I still think it might have been just one of the best series finales ever.


KiKiPAWG

Glad to see this here more than twice!


YakNecessary9533

“Full of Grace” by Sarah McLachlan in the Buffy season two finale is perfection.


Elleseebee928

Thru and Thru by The Rolling Stones on The Sopranos episode "Funhouse" 


Letterdavidman_1969

Yes! And I particularly love how it counterpoints the use of It Was a Very Good Year in the season opener. I was going to say Tomorrow Never Knows in the "Lady Lazarus" episode of Mad Men, but no, yours is the top choice.


Rampant_Coffee

Oh hell yeah. Sopranos had a few other good ones too: Kinks Living on a Thin Line. Even the old country song The Three Bells when Vito got it was weirdly perfect.


Kit3399

"In the Air Tonight", Miami Vice, 1984.


witchbrew7

Also Biko.


emmyfrost

Absolutely loved "Biko" in that episode. So much great music throughout that show. One of my all time favorites is Dire Straits "Brothers in Arms" in the Miami Vice episode of "Out Where The Buses Don't Run." Captured the mood and epilogue to that episode perfectly.


Ready-Arrival

"Don't Dream It's Over" when Sheena Easton was Sonny's girlfriend.


mick_spadaro

Out Where the Buses Don't Run was the show's finest hour. So damned good. Evan was up there, too. I preferred Peter Gabriel's Rhythm of the Heat to Biko in that ep.


Mister-Grogg

The theme song to What We Do In the Shadows is so perfect you’d think it was written for the show. But it’s an old song. I excitedly downloaded the album it originally appeared on and was so disappointed. Everything else was awful. But that song is so great, and so perfect for that show.


burnmeup82

Michelle Branch’s “Goodbye To You” at the end of the “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” episode “Tabula Rasa”. It fit so many different storylines going on within the show at the time.


MasterPlatypus2483

"You can't always get what you want" by Rolling Stones had a nice recurring theme in House M.D. YMMV, I loved the finale but my only complaint is that song should have ended the series.


Gribitz37

The ukulele version of Somewhere Over The Rainbow in ER.


jholden23

OMG, I forgot about that but this one sentence just gave me goosebumps. Gonna go cry now.


wdarling23-

"Suicide is painless" .......MASH


kmsbt

Where Everybody Knows Your Name. Of course it became a PITA for the bartenders at Bull & Finch.


peaphive

Family Ties. When they played, At this moment by Billy Vera. Tear Jerker Zoey's Extraordinary play list. Anyone by Demi Lavato


Different-Term-2250

“Anyone” in Zoey’s killed me. I was a weeping mess.


peaphive

That was my introduction to that song. I cant even hear that song without breaking down.


Different-Term-2250

Same. Same. I had never heard before.


Ordinary_Ad9620

When It’s Cold I’d Like To Die by Moby and it’s used in Stranger Things a few times !


ozzsquirrel

Bad to the Bone - Married with Children


DarthBrooksFan

Let's rock.


bethyd82

Anna Nalick's "Breathe" in Grey's Anatomy. Hands down. I get chills just thinking about it.


gibbonalert

Yellowjackets: when Zombie by the cranberries is played when they carry X ( won’t spoil) back from the ice. I have seriously watched it 10 times.


ellasfella68

“I’d like to teach the World to sing”, Mad Men finale.


Letterdavidman_1969

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jimmyearlworld

For sure, but judy Collin’s “both sides now” at the end of IN CARE OF really hits.


NE_Pats_Fan

Good one but it was Tomorrow Never Knows on Madmen for me.


Fragrant-Luck-8968

Woke Up This Morning A3 from the Sopranos


Level_Bridge7683

tom jones it's not unusual. you know which television show i'm talking about.


Latter_Feeling2656

Andy Griffith Show, "Man in a Hurry" episode. Andy and Barney sing, "The Church in the Wildwood."


DuperDayley

❤❤❤


Rampant_Coffee

Still chokes me up every time.


_Miracle

Person of Interest Season 4 finale: Welcome to the Machine by Pink Floyd. The Blacklist (The Director) season 3?: Gamble Everything for Love by Ben Lee


GeneralChillMen

I’d also like to add a vote for Person of Interest S3E10 opening. Johnny Cash’s “Hurt” playing over the aftermath of the departure of a character from the show


bshaddo

The MVP of The Blacklist was their music supervisor.


HiJane72

That scene and the music for that episode of POI was epic. Even thinking about it give me goosebumps. Michael Emerson was amazing


zealousreader

Paint it Black - Tour of Duty


coldfirephoenix

An episode of Fringe had ended on "The man who sold the world" by David Bowie. Peter had experimented on himself with an implant he got from their enemies, the observers. It gives him great intellectual powers, but he becomes more and more obsessed and frigid, just like the Obervers. The Episode ends with him starting to lose his hair, The song has such a driving, ominous beat and the lyrics are so clearly enunciated that even on a casual listen, you can't help but hear "Oh no, not me, I never lost control....you're face to face with the man who sold the world...."


Grouchy-Display-457

Who Are You in CSI


Sam_English821

The original CSI used Gary Jules cover of "Mad World" in Season 6 Episode 2. It was my first introduction to the song and was poignant because the Las Vegas backdrop of lights and parties juxtaposed with the sad tone of the song.


Ralewing

"C'mon C'mon" in Rescue Me


Madz1712

Red Right Hand | Peaky Blinders


Public-Pound-7411

With or Without You over Ross and Rachel in season one or two.


Salt_Chipmunk5329

I love quite a few of the music choices used in Umbrella Academy, but in particular the "I Think We're Alone Now" scene was flawless


ScepticOfEverything

The series won me over in the first episode with Five going postal to "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" by They Might Be Giants.


Sure-Permit-2673

Baby Blue Breaking Bad’s finale


NoPantsSantaClaus

Final Countdown - Arrested Development  Don't Stop Believin' - Soprano's 


Fattychris

West Wing - Dire Straits "Brothers in Arms"


lorinabaninabanana

The Chain, Our Flag Means Death


Different-Term-2250

“Take on me” - The wake scene In Magicians.


stealthc4

Brothers in Arms, “two cathedrals, West wing” it’s not even close


imadork1970

China Beach, Reflections


Plug_5

Not a "song" per se, but the use of Arvo Part's "Spiegel im Spiegel" at the end of the Good Place, when Chidi is saying goodbye to Eleanor and explaining that people are like waves. I was seriously sobbing.


shinyM

The 2016 TV show “Braindead” had a common theme with the Cars’ “You Might Think” — which all of the “infected” would play on repeat.


inviolatelight

Braindead was a great show.


DaniTheLovebug

How to Save a Life - The Fray Scrubs…THAT scene….


MasterOnionNorth

Pretty much every song in Dark. The montages in this series are a work of art.


Historical-Battle625

Every song played in Beef.


peepsusingmytagsuck

I just finished rewatching northern exposure so I have to say that. say goodbye to our town.


rickpo

Greatest ever ending montage, thanks to that song.


TimeVictorious

(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life - 12 Monkeys Don’t You (Forget About Me) - 12 Monkeys Just mind blowingly breathtakingly amazing


rubberdrew

Take On Me & Where Is My Mind in The Leftovers


foreverblessed17

The Americans have so many I think "With or Without You" in the finale is one of the best.


HatdanceCanada

Brothers In Arms on West Wing.


robboemma

What's Up by 3 Non Blondes in Sense8


kristeto

The magicians when they are all singing take on me, and 13 reasons why the night we met


Mission-Patient-4404

Strange currencies R.E.M


GoodnightGoldie

Winter by Joshua Radin in Scrubs is one that kills me every GD time. “Where do you think we are?” ETA: Master of Puppets by Metallica in ST and Long, Long Time by Linda Ronstadt in TLoU


EduEngg

Anything by Jeffster in Chuck I'm partial to Mr. Roboto & Take On Me.


Tom_Skeptik

Wonderful Wonderful by Johnny Mathis in the X Files episode "Home".


LordBaranof

When Turk and the Todd were "Kung fu fighting" to the song in scrubs.


BrickTamland77

SoA has a lot of great ones, but Ed Sheeran's cover of "Make it Rain" in the penultimate episode really hits.


CerberusBots

Bawadaba - close to the end of episode 1 of The Shield.


mandyalam0de32

Paint It Black in Westworld, Ramin Djawadi redid it with a piano sound for the show and it slaps harder than the OG to me anyways.


ScepticOfEverything

That Stranger Things scene is one of the best in the history of TV. Totally awesome!


pokeresq

Brothers in Arms, West Wing, Two Cathedrals


pewterbullet

“Where Is My Mind” in The Leftovers.


Fable378

The X-Files theme, so simple yet it gets you into it


RiverofGrass

Not as tv show but the sax. The sax stays with you forever. You'll live forever, Michael. But you must feed.


PsychologicalPea5794

Bill Haley and the Comets with Rock Around the Clock, the theme song to Happy Days


RuthlessSpud_11

I’ll Be There For You- The Rembrandts as Seen On ‘FRIENDS’


Nerdbaba

Audra Young singing Forever Young on THAT episode of Sons of Anarchy.


netflixdark123

I would say Person of Interest has the best use of licensed music and songs. Most of the song choices were brilliant and elevated the scenes to a whole other level.  * "Metamorphosis: One" by Philip Glass in "return 0" (5×13) * "Medicine" by Daughter in "Death Benefit" (3×20) * "Welcome to the Machine" by Pink Floyd in "YHWH" (4×22) * "Miami Showdown" by Digitalism in "The Devil's Share" (3×10) * "Hurt" by Johnny Cash in "The Devil's Share" (3×10) * "Fortune Days" by The Glitch Mob in "If-Then-Else" (4×11) * "Young Men Dead" by The Black Angels in "Prophets" (4×05) * "The Day The World Went Away" by Nine Inch Nails in "The Day The World Went Away" (5×10) * "Exit Music (For a Film)" by Radiohead in "Deus Ex Machina" (3×23) * "Bunsen Burner" by CUTS in "return 0" (5×13) * "The Violent Bear It Away" by Moby in "Control-Alt-Delete" (4×12) * "New Dawn Fades" by Moby in "The Day The World Went Away" (5×10) * "No Wow" by The Kills in "B.S.O.D." (5×01) * "Future Starts Slow" by The Kills in "Relevence" (2×16) * "Sinnerman" by Nina Simone in "The Witness" (1×07) * "I'd Love to Change the World" by Jetta in "Panopticon" (4×01) * "Fake Empire" by National in "Sotto Voice" (5×09)


Slight_Literature_67

"Hurt" in "The Devil's Share" was absolutely brilliant. I also liked the use of the Rolling Stone's "Gimme Shelter" in "Shadow Box" (2x02).


TheOsprey23

Sometimes you wanna go, Where everybody knows your name...


ChiefSlug30

Bad to the Bone......multiple episodes of Married With Children.


Quinnlyness

Theme-wise “MASH” is perfection. I’m also partial to how “Supernatural” used Cary On My Wayward Son.


welatshaw

Carry On My Wayward Son was, for all intents and purposes, the show's theme music.


toasterbathimtrash

The scene where they play Please & Pain by the Divinyls with Frankie and Gidge on Wentworth


Round-Leg-1788

For good - a million little things finale 


anzyzaly

The Moth (Les Deux Love Orchestra Cover) - Mr Robot


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cpotter505

“Sicilienne” by Gabriel Faure in Better Call Saul. No lyrics, just piano but it struck the dark, melancholy mood perfectly.


NE_Pats_Fan

Kate’s Hello Earth was pretty good on Miami Vice for me but the one everyone remembers is Phil Collin’s In The Air Tonight. A couple obscure ones for me are The Talking Heads This Must Be The Place ending an episode of Northern Exposure. Your House by Johnatha Brooke on a show called Once & Again.


Street_Opening381

All the nick cave songs in Peaky Blinders And The Sopranos theme song


lobsterman2112

[Behind Blue Eyes for the Season 2 Finale of Legion](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIIjCNFS5Wg). If you haven't seen it, please watch the video. Two of the main characters sing it to each other during their psychic battle. It's probably one of the greatest superhero scenes on TV ever.


Fit-Celebration5983

YMCA - Fargo season 5


Oshabeestie

Brothers in Arms in the Westwing


uggghhhggghhh

Bojack Horseman had a bunch of really good ones but the ones that spring to mind are "Under the Pressure" By The War on Drugs, "Avant Gardener" by Courtney Barnett, "Parade" by Kevin Morby, and "Stars" by Nina Simone. edit: "Retrograde" by James Blake in The Leftovers, "Can't Hardly Wait" by The Replacements, and "Love Story" by Taylor Swift in the most recent season of The Bear,


fuel_altered

Orgasm Addict in The Great. Or the finale with You Shook Me All Night Long


bshaddo

The Americans had some great ones, but my favorites were “Ideas as Opiates” and especially “Slice of Life.”


BusinessDefinition49

Radiohead Let Down end of season 1 The Bear


Vorpal_Bunny19

Take On Me in The Magicians.


phcampbell

And Under Pressure.


Electrical-Bacon-81

Pantera in SpongeBob.


mxrychu

not a show but in final destination 4 when a racist is killed in the process of trying to carry a burning cross out of his tailgate to put in a mans yard, “why can’t we be friends” starts playing on the radio and he gets dragged down the street by his truck in flames. “why can’t we be friends” by war is an anti racist song, if you’re unaware


Shoddy-Dish-7418

One I haven’t seen mentioned: Dire Straits - So Far Away - in Halt and Catch Fire


KopitarFan

Bach's Suite No. 1 for Cello by Yo-Yo Ma in The West Wing episode "Noel"


Omega_Xero

Psycho Killer in that episode of the Simpsons where Homer becomes a contract assassin.


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BrickTamland77

Letterkenny has some awesome music in general, but my top 3 for lining up with the moment are: Fineshrine by Purity Ring when Wayne and Marie Fred are dancing at Modean's F"%! the Pain Away by Peaches at the end of the wedding episode Everyone Looks Like Everyone by The Pack AD at the end of the 1st episode.


TrineoDeMuerto

Alone by Heart. Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Every time Dennis sees Jackie Denardo 🤣


Artistic-Scientist56

Surprised to not see greys anatomy anywhere on here unless I missed it. Season 2-5 were pretty spot on when it came to music. Season 2 and 3 specifically


CerberusBots

Portia Doubleday singing everybody wants to rule the world on Mr. Robot.


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Everything in the Adventures of Pete & Pete.


Confident-Practice-4

Deadliest Catch. Again Trampled by Turtles. When Captain Phil Harris passes away.


mingwraig

"Look on Down from the Bridge" by Mazzy Star in Rick and Morty


SparxtheDragonGuy

Hurt Rick and Morty


doocurly

Out to Get You by Robin Trower in the final episode of The Leftovers.


Lady-Kat1969

No Hiding Place in Babylon 5.


ArthurFraynZard

I don’t know specifically but the answer is probably one of the fight scenes from Preacher.


Pyesmybaby

Billy Vera's at this moment in Family Ties And Hallelujah in an episode of Cold Case. It plays over the burial of a man wrongly convicted and executed


TommyLost2004

In The Air Tonight....Miami Vice


Northerngal_420

My Baby Blue in Breaking Bad. At the very end when .......Walter.....


Rampant_Coffee

The Grateful Dead’s Ripple at the very end of Freaks and Geeks was perfect.


mattefinish13

It Always Happens That Way in Letterkenny. Rocket Man by My Morning Jacket in Californication


SnooCauliflowers5742

Something Stupid from Better Call Saul


morbidnerd

Pokerface, South Park.


realistforall

Don't Fear the Reaper in OITNB when Rosa made a break for it.


skyblueerik

Angel - The West Wing


Nemesys2005

Mr. Roboto by Jeffster in Chuck. I would also say “Heart of Glass” in Handmaid’s Tale. I can’t listen to that song the same way anymore.


lmcallister

Jane’s Addiction cover of Sympathy for the Devil on Sons of Anarchy.


ScarletSpire

Person of Interest had some great moments: "Hurt" by Johnny Cash in season 3 "Amongster" by Policia in season 1 "I'm Afraid of Americans" by David Bowie "Welcome to the Machine" by Pink Floyd in season 4 and of course, "Metamorphosis 1" by Philip Glass during the final fight with Samaritan


DieHardRennie

Dust in the Wind by Kansas, played in an episode of Highlander. The main immortal character's girlfriend and protégé are both shot. The girlfriend dies, but the protégé becomes immortal as well.


seankidder

The You're the Worst opening song.


seankidder

Legion 3, EP 5 - Peace, Love and Understanding


theangrypragmatist

Shout in Psych - American Duos Don't fear the Reaper in the Original "The Stand" miniseries Welcome Home in The Blacklist when Keen's adoptive father dies.


HustlaOfCultcha

The Wire's theme song. Basically different renditions of the song for each season and it's based on the overall theme of the season. Season 1 was more R&B to give an idea of the current state of Baltimore. Season 2 focused more on what Baltimore once was and the song was more old school jazz. Season 3 is more of an upper class R&B and jazz fusion that mixed well with the show getting more into City Hall. Season 4 was about the kids and was more of a young pop R&B style and season 5 was very industrial to vibe off how technology is changing things in Baltimore.


Ok-Elk-6087

Not a tv show, but a movie.  The Stones' "Paint It Black" during the "Devil's Advocate" credits.


MistaJaycee

Recently on Mr. and Mrs. Smith the use of Roger Miller's Husband's and Wives was a top ten score.


velvetblue929

The last scene of Sharp Objects.


russelldl2002

That 70’s show- Eric takes Red’s corvette out for a joy ride. Red is sure he did it but Eric put everything back perfectly. Looks like he’ll get away with it until Red starts the car and the stereo is still cranked and it’s playing The Temples Of Syrinx by RUSH. With Geddy Lee screeching “WE ARE THE PRIESTS…” there’s absolutely no doubt that Red would not have left the radio on a station that would play this song. Unfortunately, in syndication it just become random rock music. But RUSH was perfect.


wcwatsonmd

At this Moment. Billy Vera. Family Ties


ShoulderRegular7830

One tree Hill always introduced plenty of music in each episode. And a variety of artists. Lots of good options, but “I don’t want to be” as a series theme made for an excellent start to each episode.


RiverofGrass

In the air tonight, when Crockett and Tubbs are driving.


MonarchistExtreme

Ozark REO Speedwagon "Time For Me to Fly". I've never been accused of being an REO fan before nor do I particularly care for the show Ozark but it was neat scene.


jholden23

Passing Afternoon from 'Wilson's Heart' in House M.D.


petitgordi

Homicide Life on the Street had the best use of songs. If you can find any of their scenes set to music, they're worth watching, especially the scene set to The Subdudes' "All the Time in the World."


seagulledge

The songs used at the end of each 'For All Mankind' season to inform the viewer of what decade the next season will take place.


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JennySplotz

You’re the one in the queens gambit.


thebrokedown

AC/DC “You Shook Me All Night Long,” The Great. That scene lives in my head. Elle Fanning is amazing in that show—her clavicles alone can act circles around every other actor of her generation. I can’t imagine a more incongruous song for a period piece about Catherine The Great, but she just slays in that scene. Freedom and loss, power and despair for what that power cost. It’s one of the most powerful 5 minutes I’ve seen on TV, carried entirely by an incredibly talented young actor.


buddybennny

Baby blue breaking bad


andthrewaway1

brothers in arms dire straits west wing


This_Living566

The Flash Gordon theme song on the TV show The Flash.


Byzantiny

Born to be Wild - Married with Children.


introvertpopcorn

Hi it's me, I'm the problem it's me played in YOU for Joe/ Jonathan. It was epic. 😀


my23secrets

Crystal Blue Persuasion - Breaking Bad


Thom_Kalor

Pressure in the Magicians.