The Wire All seasons and episodes

UPDATEd till the very last episode 2008 ----I'll try to wrap the seasons to a clicky, when I find out how.
I'm considering to find out if these kind of things work easier on wordpress... For now press: CTRL + F and search for 'sx.x'(insert season and episode..eg s4.05)

Added youtube links to a LOT of stuff . Just comment in this post if a link failes or is removed from youtube or added!, I'll search again :)

Drake over at http://drakelelane.blogspot.com links to a bunch of tracks on rhapsody, but as non-american I can't listen to it :(

Tracklisting:

S1 Theme: Blind boys of Alabama – Way down in the hole
S2 Theme: Tom Waits – Way down in the hole (original version)
S3 Theme: The Neville Brothers – Way down in the hole
S4 Theme: DoMaJe– Way down in the hole
S5 Theme: Steve Earl - Way down in the hole

Closing theme, there are 3 slightly different versions!: Blake Leyh - The Fall


SEASON 1
s1.01
D'Angelo in the car
Jay-Z's - IZZO (H.O.V.A.)

1st scene @ Orlando's
Bill Wither - Use Me

McNulty whines to Bunk about his ex-wife
Gram Parsons & Emmylou - The Streets Of Baltimore

Hooker tries to get D'Angelo to buy her a drink
Grace Jones - Pull Up To The Bumper


s1.02
D'Angelo and Avon in the community centre
Aaliyah - Got to Give it Up

D'Angelo and Avon on the stairs at the community center
Chic - Good Times

Prez, Herc & Carver drinking beer and arguing about the case
Guess Who - American woman

McNulty is drinking in his car
Mickey & Silvia - Love is strange


s1.03
D'Angelo goes to drop off the cash at the club
Ja Rule - Down ass bitch(the link is the censored version)

Back in the club talking to the stripper
Rufus & Chaka Khan - Tell Me Something Good

McNulty disturbs Pearlman to ask her about the pagers
Lucinda Williams - 2 kool 2 be 4 gotten

McNulty in the police station listening to the radio
The Pogues - Dirty Old Town (also check out the version of the dubliners!)


s1.04
In the bar before McNulty goes to Kima's place
Nina Simone's - Sugar in My Bowl


s1.05
Avon's Radio alarm clock thingy while he gets dressed
Michael Franti & Spearhead - Oh My God (links to accoustic version)

Drunk McNulty warbling to himself with his Ikea beds
Star of the County Down (links to a version by the Orthodox Celts)

D'Angelo talking to Orlando and asking the stripper out
Poe - Hey Pretty

s1.06
Avon visits the pit in slomo
Cytoplastik - Wax Music Box

Lester asking if it cost Daniels at the end
Duke Ellington - Fleurette Africaine

s1.07
Bunk & McNulty in the bar
Loretta Lyne & Conway Twitty - You're the reason our kids are ugly (cover version)


s1.08
McNulty's kids following Stringer
The Tokens - The lion sleeps tonight

s1.09
Avon and Stringer being followed after the game
Michael Franti and Spearhead - Rock the Nation

s1.10
Kima approaches her doom
Talib Kwelli & Mos Def (they form Blackstar) - Hater Players

s1.11
Weebey and D'Angelo go and meet the fishies
Masta Ace ft Strick - Unfriendly game

Kima's gf crying
Nina Simone's - Sugar in My Bowl

s1.12
Wallace's last meal in the diner
Paul Anka - Put Your Head on my Shoulder

s1.13
Ending montagey thing
Jesse Winchester - Step by Step


SEASON 2
s2.01
Looking Glass - Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)

The Nighthawks - Sixteen Tons

The Stooges & Iggy Pop- search and destroy --> album: Raw power (also on The Life Aquatic ost)

Meryl Streep & Lily Tomlin - A Prairie Home Companion - not sure if this is the right version

s2.02
Aretha Franklin - The House That Jack Built

Lyle Lovett - Goodbye to Carolina -->album:I Love Everybody

s2.03
War - Cisco kid

s2.04
Velvelettes - He Was Really Saying Something

Frankie Lymon - I Promise To Remember

Irma Thomas - Ruler Of My Heart

Gram Parsons & Emmylou Harris - Streets of Baltimore

Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride

Tammy Wynette - Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad

s2.05
Akrobatik – The hand that rocks the cradle

Maria Muldaur - Midnight at the Oasis

s2.06
..anyone?

s2.07
Diana Ross & The Supremes - Love Child

s2.08

Pogues - Transmetropolitan --> Album: Red roses for me

s2.09
Mary Wells - You Beat Me To the Punch

s2.10
Johnny Cash - I Walk the Line

Joan Jett - Roadrunner

s2.11
Stelios Kazantzidis - To Psomi tis Xanthias (Bread in a Foreign Land)

Stelios Kazantzidis - Efige Efige--> album possibly: Palia Laika

s2.12
Steve Earle - I Feel Alright

s2.13
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - Have You Ever Seen the Rain -->album: The Hit List (s2e13)


SEASON 3
s3.01
An updated Shaft Theme

s3.02
Ludacris - Stand Up

s3.03
George Clinton - Atomic Dog

The Pogues - Body of an American

Shane McGowan - Sally MacLennane(Might be it..(version by the pogues

DJ Technics - My Life

s3.04
Biggie Smalls - My Downfall -->Album: Life After Death

Ludacris - Splash waterfalls


s3.05
War- Me and Baby Brother

s3.06

s3.07
Sheryl Crow - Are You Strong Enough to Be My Man?

LL Cool J - Head Sprung

s3.08
Bob Marley - Buffalo Soldiers

Hank Williams - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (not sure)

J-Kwon - Everybody in the Club Gettin Tipsy?

some Outkast according to a poster on the HBO BB

s3.09

s3.10
Dem Franchise Boyz - In my White Tees

Music Explosion - Little Bit of Soul

s3.11

s3.12
Snoop Dogg - Drop It Like It's Hot

Solomon Burke – Fast train --> album: Don't give up on me


SEASON 4 (info from the HBO site)
4.01:
Bodie's corner
Dead Meadow - At Her Open Door

Slim Charles in SUV
Bone Thugz-n-Harmony - Handle The Vibe

Outside club with Fruit
Kid Kurrupt - Something Wrong

Fruit gets shot
Elephant Man - Krazy Don't know if this is it..


Carcetti comes home
The Chi-Lites -(For God's Sake) Give More Power To The People

Carcetti's political ad
Blake Leyh - The Patriot Act

Carcetti tours the neighborhood alleys
Black Toast Music - Back Home

On the corner with Kevin & Randy
Mobb Deep - Survival of The Fittest

Craps in the alley
Parliament - Tear The Roof Off The Sucker (Give Up The Funk) (very short piece)

End Titles
Blake Leyh - The Fall (for link see themes)


4.02:
Prez cleans the classroom
Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire

Bodie's corner
Chingy - Ur Uh Freak

Carcetti in police bar
George Jones - White Lightning

Marlo hands out cash on corner
Black Toast Music - Spread The Word (Black toast music site)

Marlo hands out cash on corner
Black Toast Music - Spanish Fly

Donut steals an SUV
Ying Yang Twins - Salt Shaker

Namond comes home
Ohio Players - Love Roller coaster


4.03:
Omar in deli
Sm Town - 2nd Winter (I warn you..this is just ..weird)

Chris & Snoop in SUV
Black Toast Music - Drop From Below

Michael handles junkies
The Diplomats - Crunk Muzik

Omar & Ronaldo in van
Paco - Brinquen Mi Raza

Greggs in store
Alfonso Christian Lover - Can't You See

McNulty at home
The Iguanas - 9 Volt Heart

McNulty at home
The Iguanas - Arrimate

Colvin in hotel room
Max Harris - Cool Stepper

Omar robs store
Macy Gray - Why Didn't You Call Me

Ext funeral home car by
Black Toast Music - Bullet To The Brain

Funeral home organ
Billy Sherwood - Organic


4.04:
Card game
The Wild Magnolias - Smoke My Peace Pipe

Marlo in drugstore
Super Junior - Oh Nuel Man Eun

Chris pulls up in SUV
Black Toast Music - Git A Move On

Rim shop
Chamillionaire - Ridin'dirty

Donut drives by
Damian Champ - Jumpin' Like Rope

Re-up car drops drugs
DJ Technics - Pumpkin

Royce's poker game
Jerome Sedeyn - La Marelle

Bunk * Freamon in bar
The Isley Brothers - This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak For You)

Butchie's bar
Deacon John - Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out

Omar robs card game
The Meters - Cissy Strut

Cutty drops off the boys
Black Toast Music - This Is War


4.05:
Carcetti at flea market
Clint Eastwood - Another One Bites The Dust

Prez in classroom at lunch time
Chris Brown - Yo (Excuse Me Miss)

Car by outside Andre's store
Black Toast Music - Walkin' The Wild

Chris robs store
Alicia Keys - A Woman's Worth

Freamon & Bunk search sewers
The O'Jays - Backstabbers

Chris & Marlo in SUV
Vybz Kartel Feat. Wayne Marshall - New Millenium


4.06:

Church
Church choir - Lead Me Guide Me

Church
Opus1 - Psalm

Carcetti & Clay Davis
Black Toast Jazz - One More Once

Cutty jogs
Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up (Extended Version)

Boys in Donut's SUV
Black Toast - Attention

Omar in store
Rick James - Give it To Me Baby

Namond at home
Angela Johnson - Got To Let It Go

Namond's video game
Blake Leyh - Robots In The Hood

Carcetti victory rally
Opus1 - Three Deuces

Carcetti victory rally
Sister Sledge - We Are Family

4.07:
Namond's corner
Dierks Bentley - Lot of Leavin' Left to Do

Namond's corner
Diablo & Darkroom Productions - Jail Flick (it's in the list)

Sherrod & runner in car
Lil' Flip - You'z a Trick

Greggs searches alley
Ray Cash - Bumpin' My Music

Bubbles & Sherrod on street
Rod Lee - Dance My Pain Away


4.08:
Herc pulls over SUV
Black Toast Music - Get It Done

Foerster's wake
The Pogues - Body of An American

Prop Joe's store
Funkadelic - Thumparella

Carcetti watches cops work
Outkast - B.O.B.

Bunk in Andre's store
Paula Campbell - Won't Love You Back

Namond's walkman
Black Toast Music - Hard Time

Marlo's courtyard
Tyree Colion & Darkroom Productions - Soldierz Story

Bunk in Andre's Store
Angela Johnson - Where's The Love

Daniels & Carcetti meet
Black Toast Jazz - Another Moon



4.09:
Prop Joe & Marlo talk
Chamillionaire - Picture Perfect

Chris & Marlo Talk
Mullyman & Darkroom Productions - Get Ready (Bodymore Soldiers)

Omar & Renaldo in van
Alexis & Fido - Eso Ehh

Prop Joe's Store
Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes - Don't Leave Me This Way

Michael at Store
Pump Audio - Water

Colvin's car
Billie Holiday - I Cover The Waterfront

Colvin in restaurant
Black Toast Music - Highway 14

Daniels & Pearlman
Alison Krauss & Union Station - Goodbye Is All We Have

Namond plays the car radio
Three 6 Maffia - Poppin' My Collar

Andre & Slim Charles
DMX - Lord Give Me A Sign

4.10:

Donut steals an SUV
Dirty Hartz - That's Da Sound (it's in the list)

Walker looks for Donut
Tyree Colion & Darkroom Productions - Projects

Omar watches Marlo
Black Toast Music - Before I Die

Kevin talks to Marlo
Ray Cash - Dope Game (imeem..login to hear full version)

Bubbles in car
William De Vaughn - Be Thankful For What You've Got

Herc's ringtone
Three 6 Mafia - Stay Fly

Dinner at Colvin's house
Solomon Burke - Got to Get You Off My Mind

Omar & Renaldo on stake out
Khriz & Angel - Ven Bailalo

Bunk & McNulty at restaurant
Joe Cocker - Feelin' Alright? (apparently also featured on the 'House' ost)

Bug's dad in convenience store
Clarence Carter - Slip Away


4.11:
Chinese restaurant
The Chaozhou Ensemble - Gong Yan Shi Chun

Walker and boys on street
Black Toast Music - What You Lookin' At

Omar & Renaldo on stakeout
K'Luba - Carta Del Hijo Preso

Walker comes out of bar
Martha Reeves and The Vandellas - Come and Get These Memories

Carcetti visits office
Men At Work - Land Down under

McNulty & Bodie in restaurant
Anthony Hamilton - Comin' From Where I'm From

Carcetti fundraiser
Opus1 - Music Maker

Omar at Prop Joe's
The Meters - Pocky Way

Chris talks to Marlo
Dem Franchize Boys - Lean Wit It, Rock Wit It


4.12:
Omar & Renaldo watch Cheese
Pitbull ft Lil' John - Toma

Kenard & Namond on corner
Diablo & Darkroom Productions - Round My Hood

Michael & Namond on street
Black Toast Music - This Is a Raid

Omar in Butchie's Bar
The Wild Magnolias - New Suit

Carcetti Waits
Opus1 - Silent Night (plenty of other versions out there)

Carcetti Waits
Opus1 - Joy To The World (plenty of other versions out there)

Carcetti Waits
Opus1 - We Wish You A Merry Christmas (plenty of other versions out there)

Bunk & McNulty in bar
Raymond Winnfield - Things Could Be Better

Prop Joe gets a call
Funkadelic - In The Cabin of My Uncle Jam

Kimmy sings to guard
Salt-n-Pepa - Get Up Everybody


4.13:
Landsman in homicide office
Jingle Bell Rock (The HBO site didn't mention who sings/which version they used)

Omar's gang wraps up
Dueto Bertin Y Lalo - Corrido a Santa Adelaida

Dukie sees Michael in bed
Tha Plague & Darkroom Productions - When You See Us (it's in the list)

Dukie outside high school
Sqad Up & Darkroom Productions - I'm a Baller

Carcetti waits
Opus1 - We Three Kings

Wilson & Parker talk in bar
Al Green - Love and Happiness (apparently also featured on the Menace 2 society ost)

Season finale montage
Paul Weller - I Walk on Guilded Splinters

Namond sees Donut in SUV
Mullyman - The Life, The Hood, The Streetz (it's in the list)


SEASON 5
5.01:
Marlo's Lair, McNulty Watches
Eric B & Rakim - Eric B Is President

Chris & Michael talk on street
Chamillionaire - Not A Criminal

Guy In Blue Car Buys Drugs On Corner
The Nighthawks - Blind Love

Michael, Dukie, And Bug At Home
Ne-Yo - Because Of You

Mcnulty And Detectives In Bar
Slim Harpo - I'm a King Bee

Herc And Detectives In Bar
Blondie - The Tide Is High

Mcnulty Drinks In A Bar
Ernie K-Doe - Mother-In-Law

Newspaper Staff In Bar
Davis - Do Me That Way

5.02:
Mcnulty In Car, Has A Flat
Boston - More Than a Feeling

Freamon Waits For Marlo
Sarah Vaughan - Black Coffee

Freamon Sings In Car
Erma Franklin - Piece Of My Heart

Freamon Listens To The Radio
Etta James - Don't Cry Baby

Bunk, Freamon, Mcnulty Drink In Bar
Donald Harrison - All My Love

Sc58 Bubbles And Waylon Talk On The Street
Solomon Burke - Cry To Me

5.03
McNulty buys red ribbon
The Fifth Dimension - Up Up And Away

Greek Diner
Lyra - To Tragoudi Xenitias

McNulty with woman in bar
? & The Mysterians - 96 Tears (? = a band/artist)

Wilson & Haynes meet in bar
Eddie Houston - Away From Home

Greek Diner
Markos Vamvakaris - Mi Me Pismatonis

Scene 44 Marlo Meets with Prop Joe
Sterling Silver Starship - Booty Body Ready

Scene 52 McNulty and Gutierrez in coffee shop
Salim Nourallah - Don't Be Afraid

Scene 55 Michael and the boys dropped off
Hugh Mundell - Red Gold & Green

Haynes & Twigg in bar
Kermit Ruffins - When I Die (You Better Second Line) (click the album 'Big easy' and listen :) )

Butchie's Bar
Little Junior Parker - Mystery Train

Butchie's back room
Junior Wells (& Mike Bloomfield) - Messin With The Kid


s5.04
Altercation On Michael's Corner
Ogun Feat. Phathead - What You Know About Baltimore

Prop Joe Visits A Florist
Barbara Lewis - Baby I'm Yours

Omar And Slim Charles
Trouble Funk - Drop The Bomb

McNulty In The Bar
The Clash - Train In Vain

Omar And Donnie
Shortie - Street Legendz

s5.05
Cutty and Dukie talk at the gym
Sly & The Family Stone - In Time

Mcnulty Meets Journos In Bar
Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World (I personally also like the version that Nas did on Stillmatic!)

Omar And Donnie Wait In Car
Joe Tex - Just Out Of Reach

Marlo's Crew Talk At The Rim Shop
Shop Boyz - Party Like A Rock Star

Omar And Donnie Wait In Car
The Temptations - Just My Imagination

The Mcnulty Boys At Home
Dead Meadow - Beyond The Fields We Know

Omar And Donnie Wait In Car
Smokey Robinson & Miracles - My Girl Has Gone

Omar And Donnie Wait In Car
Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions - Gypsy Woman (this is a version with Bobby Womack & Curtis Mayfield..instead of The Impressions)

S5.06
Bunk Talks To Randy
Don Ferquan (aka Quan) - Amerikkka's Pie (I can link to his myspace)

Landsman In His Office
Patsy Cline - Walkin' After Midnight

Omar Steals Stash
Mullyman - I'm Good There (according to his myspace it can be found on allhiphop.com but I'm not a member there.)

McNulty Goes For A Drive
The Pogues - Turkish Song Of The Damned

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s5.07
McNulty, Pearlman & Phelan In Diner
Sam Cooke - Shake

Carver Picks Up Michael On His Corner
G.E.M. - The Ooh Ahh Song (it's in the list of playable songs)

Fletcher Meets Bubbles At Soup Kitchen
Zapp & Roger - Dance Floor

Greggs Assembles Ikea
Maya Azucena - Down, Down -> Part 1 Part 2

Haynes In Cop Bar
Little Walter - My Babe (not performed by Little Walter, but this guy makes a good alternative)

Omar And Savino In Alley Behind Club
Ground Loop Music - Eurotrash

Haynes And Mello Talk In Bar
The Nighthawks - I Told You So (You Should'a Known Better) (their website)

Greggs Assembles Ikea Again
Erykah Badu - On & On

Michael's Corner Gets An Unexpected Visitor
Bossman - Ayo (his myspace)

s5.08
Poot and Dukie In Shoe Store
Lady D - Stay

Dozerman and Truck Check Out Rental Car
Parliament - Every Booty (Get On Down) (US only..so it sucks for me - rhapsody apparently got all tracks..but US only)

Kenard and Omar In Corner Store
Choi Suk Jun - Let This As Nothing Happened

Bunk's Ringtone In Crime Lab
Lou Rawls - You'll Never Find A Love Like Mine

Chris and Snoop In Suv
Hurricane Chris - A Bay Bay

Freamon And Davis, Scene 65
Coleman Hawkins - I'm Lookin' Over A Four Leaf Clover

s5.09
Haynes & Ruby Talk In Coffee Shop
Donald Harrison - Idris Song

Detectives Watch Monk & Cheese
Ghostface - Be Easy

Herc & Guys Drink Around Car
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Refugee

Freamon & Clay Davis In Club
Ramsey Lewis trio- The In Crowd

Haynes Meets Wiley At Veterans Hospital
Thin Lizzy - Jail Break

Michael In Cab
Bossman - So Fresh

Michael & Snoop In Suv
T Pain ft Akon - Bartender


s5.10
Freamon & McNulty In Empty Bar
Liz Carroll - The Green Mountain

McNulty Plays a Game With The Kids at Home
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Rich Woman

Bubbles Brings Crabs Up For Rae
Lafayette Gilchrist - Assume The Position

Wake In Bar
Joe Shannon & John McGreevy - The Bucks Of Oranmore

Wake In Bar
The Pogues - The Body Of An American

Exit Bar, Greggs Talks To McNulty & Freamon
The Pogues - The Broad Majestic Shannon

Michael Sticks Up Rim Shop
David Banner - K.O.

Montage
The Blind Boys Of Alabama - Way Down In The Hole (see themes, way up)