The complete soundtrack
Every song referenced in the novel, in story order.
Spotify playlist coming soon
The soundtrack
The Music
Songs carried from a terrace above the Ionian through thirty years of life. Two playlists are on the way: the complete soundtrack, and the author's top fifteen.
The author’s top fifteen
Fifteen songs that carry the book from Corfu to New Orleans.
Spotify playlist coming soon
Chapter by chapter
The Songs of The Question
Every song and album that plays somewhere in the novel, in the order the chapters arrive. Songs credited to Marvin Hill are written inside the story.
ChapterSong or albumArtist / band
1Dark Side of the MoonPink Floyd
2Pulling Muscles from a ShellSqueeze
3Once in a LifetimeTalking Heads
3More Than ThisRoxy Music
3Keep on Loving YouREO Speedwagon
4Should I Stay or Should I GoThe Clash
4Rock LobsterThe B-52s
4Blister in the SunViolent Femmes
4Wake Me Up Before You Go-GoWham!
4Dancing QueenABBA
5Live Is LifeOpus
5, 6, 8, 9, 14, 18The LovecatsThe Cure
5, 9Walk on the Wild SideLou Reed
5I Touch RosesBook of Love
6Middle of the RoadThe Pretenders
6Japanese WhispersThe Cure
7, 8Take on Mea-ha
7Remain in LightTalking Heads
8HallelujahLeonard Cohen
8Famous Blue RaincoatLeonard Cohen
9So WhatMiles Davis
9Kind of BlueMiles Davis
9Ease on Down the RoadDiana Ross & Michael Jackson
9You Can’t Always Get What You WantThe Rolling Stones
9Born to RunBruce Springsteen
9Age of ConsentNew Order
9The Winner Takes It AllABBA
9Don’t GoYazoo
9Time After TimeCyndi Lauper
9, 10Girls Just Want to Have FunCyndi Lauper
9AvalonRoxy Music
9Love My WayThe Psychedelic Furs
9I Go CrazyFlesh for Lulu
9One Way or AnotherBlondie
9Take a Chance on MeABBA
10Rebel YellBilly Idol
10Girlfriend in a ComaThe Smiths
10Love Will Tear Us ApartJoy Division
10Tainted LoveSoft Cell
10, 31Sex DwarfSoft Cell
13Khe SanhCold Chisel
13Only YouYazoo
15A Change Is Gonna ComeSam Cooke
15Time Is on My SideThe Rolling Stones
17, 31I’ll Be Seeing YouBillie Holiday
17Ain’t No SunshineBill Withers
18JealousyBlind Melon
18Friday I’m in LoveThe Cure
18Just Like HeavenThe Cure
18Pictures of YouThe Cure
19, 22DistanceMarvin Hill
19Moon RiverAndy Williams
19The Wild RoverDropkick Murphys
19Valencia StreetMarvin Hill
20WonderwallOasis
21The Killing MoonEcho & the Bunnymen
221999Prince
22The Quiet PresenceMarvin Hill
24Night GeometryMarvin Hill
24, 27, 30, 31Rats on the Midnight TrainMarvin Hill
24GoodBetter Than Ezra
25She Moves in Her Own WayThe Kooks
25What’s My Age Again?Blink-182
26BohemiaMarvin Hill
26ClocksColdplay
26Wake Me Up When September EndsGreen Day
26After the Last SetMarvin Hill
27The Late HourMarvin Hill
30Sweet CarolineNeil Diamond
32I Will SurviveGloria Gaynor
32Bittersweet SymphonyThe Verve
32Brown Eyed GirlVan Morrison
32Rocket ManElton John
32Cake by the OceanDNCE
33, 34The Saga of a Jazz SingerMarvin Hill
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