Season One -

Theme Song

• The Solids - “Hey Beautiful”
  Original song written and performed by show creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas’s band

Episode 1: Pilot

• Otis Redding - “Cigarettes and Coffee”*
  Playing on Robin’s stereo
• The Pretenders - “Back On The Chain Gang”
  Ending

Episode 4: Return of the Shirt

• Belle and Sebastian - “We Rule The School”
  Natalie’s favorite song

Episode 5: Okay Awesome

• Lovefreekz - “Shine (Lovefreekz Club Mix)”
  Marshall’s dance solo
• Dj Sammy - “Heaven”
  Ending

Episode 6: Slutty Pumpkin

• Nada Surf - “Inside Of Love”*
  Ted and Robin snuggle on the roof, ending
• Kenny Loggins - “Highway To The Danger Zone”
  Barney’s entrance dressed as Top Gun pilot
• Acapella group (the Shag-a-rats) sing:
  Freddy Quinn - “My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean”
  “Peanuts Theme (Charlie Brown)”
  Big Sugar - “Is She Really Going Out With Him?”

Episode 7: Matchmaker

• Seals and Crofts - “Summer Breeze”
  Ted and Dr. O’Brien sing their guilty pleasure song together in the exam room
• Ted Leo And The Pharmacists - “Parallel or Together”*
  Ted steals info about his 86% match

Episode 8: The Duel

• Chumbawamba - “Tubthumping”*
  Ending

Episode 9: Belly Full of Turkey

• We Are Scientists - “Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt”
  Ted distributes mushrooms to the homeless
• Styx - “Mr Roboto”*
  The strip club
• The 88 - “You Belong To Me”
  Ending

Episode 10: The Pineapple Incident

• Cheap Trick - “Voices”
  Ted sings along to the jukebox
• Jon Brion - “Voices”*
  Cover plays over the ending

Episode 11: The Limo

• Pavement - “Major Leagues”*
  Ted calls for a toast

Episode 12: The Wedding

• Fuck - “Laundry Shop”
  near-ending wrapup
• Death Cab For Cutie - “Soul Meets Body”*
  Ted sees Victoria for the first time

Episode 13: Drumroll, Please

• Micheal Buble - “You Don’t Know Me”*
  Ted and Victoria dance
• Scott Joplin & George Gershwin - “The Entertainer”
  Ted plays this on the piano
• Pavement - “Spit on a Stranger”*
  Ted rushing into the Buttercup Bakery

Episode 15: Game Night

• My Morning Jacket - “Off the Record”*
  Ending

Episode 16: Cupcake

• The Pixies - “Where is My Mind?”
  Ending

Episode 17: Life Amoung the Gorillas

• AC/DC - “Dirty Deeds”
  Barney’s karaoke song
• Elton John and Kiki Dee - “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart”
  Marshall and Lily’s karaoke song

Episode 18: Nothing Good Happens After 2am

• Supergrass - “Alright”*
  Robin’s day begins
• Rachael Yamagata - “Quiet”*
  Robin ends the day with a glass of wine
• Korean Elvis sings:
  Maureen McGovern - “The Morning After”
  Elvis Presley - “Love Me Tender”
• Robin Hackett - “Hard Left”
  Ending

Episode 20: Best Prom Ever

• Violent Femmes - “Good Feeling”
  Plays on Lily’s stereo in college flashback
• Verve Pipe - “The Freshmen”*
  Lily’s Prom
• HIMYM favorite band The 88 perform the following songs at the prom:
  The 88 - “Hide Another Mistake”
  The 88 - “Head Cut Off”
  The 88 - “Jesus is Good”
  The 88 - “Good Feeling” (Cover)

Episode 21: Milk

• Roxy Music - “Mother of Pearl”
  Ted gets dropped off and has his epiphany

Episode 22: Come On

• Johann Sebastian Bach - “Air from Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major”
  The hungry string quartet play this piece in Robin’s apartment
• Bloc Party - “This Modern Love”
  Ending sequence

* Replaced with other music on the DVD

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