The Get Down is one of the biggest Netflix Original releases of the year and has a massive soundtrack that’s comprised of music produced especially for the show and a collective mix of 70’s, 80’s and 90’s disco, pop and latino music.
Given the series itself is technically a musically driven show, its soundtrack is rooted deep into the foundations of the show. Each episode holds a different collection of hits depending on who we’re with. Suffice to say, Baz Luhrmann, the director and showrunner, has knocked it out of the page with this soundtrack and kept me very busy digging out all of the songs played throughout the six and a half hour long first part of season 1.
As we mentioned above, an exclusive album featuring mainly original songs for the show has been released exclusively on Apple Music, but that does not include the tens of fantastic songs from other artists which other news outlets don’t seem to be covering.
We’ve gone ahead and broke the soundtrack down episode by episode for you and combined all the songs we have in a Spotify playlist for your enjoyment.
Update: Part 2 has released with a boat load of new music! Here’s our soundtrack list for part 2 of The Get Down.
Trailers and Promotional Material
- Apache (Jump On It) – The Sugarhill Gang
Episode Soundtrack Guide
Episode 1
- Rule The World (I Came From The City) – Michael Kiwanuka Feat. Nasir Jone as Mr Books
- Be That As It May – Herizen Guardiola as Mylene Cruz
- The Rubberband Man – Spinners
- Shining Star – Earth, Wind & Fire
- Bad Girls – Donna Summer
- Vitamin C – Can
- Concrete Jungle – Little Beaver
- Wild in the Streets – Garland Jeffreys
- Magic Bird of Fire – The Salsoul Orchestra
- Disco Inferno – The Trammps
- Play That Funky Music – Wild Cherry
- Ponta De Areia/Be Ever Wonderful – Earth & Wind & Fire
- Daddy Cool – Boney M
- (Are You Ready) Do The Bus Stop – Fatback Band
- Devil’s Gum – C.J. & Co.
- Apache (Jump On It) – The Sugarhill Gang
- Rule the World – Micheal Kiwanuka Feat Nasir Jones as Mr. Books
Episode 2
- El Carbonero – La Lupe
- Pink Panther Theme – Henry Mancini
- Think (About It) – Lyn Collins
- The Assembly Line – Commodores
- Turn The Beat Around – Vicki Sue Robinson
- Superfly – Curtis Mayfield
Episode 3
- KC & The Sunshine Band – That’s The Way
- Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone – The Temptations
- Heaven Is In The Back Seat of my Cadillac – Hot Chocolate
- Hot Stuff – The Rolling Stones
- Funky Music Is The Thing (Mr Fantastic Edit) – The Dynamic Corvettes
- Let’s Dance – Pleasure
- Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah) – Chic
- Money Runner – Quincy Jone
- I Gotcha – Joe Tex
- Action Speaks Louder Than Words – Chocolate Milk
- Hollywood Swinging – Kool & The Gang
- Que Lio – Willie Colon
Episode 4
- Ball of Confusion – Leon Bridges
- Susie-Q – Jose Feliciano
- Living for the City – Stevie Wonder
- In The Bush – Musique
- You Can’t Hide / You Can’t Hide From Yourself (Touch of Class GMF Remix) – ZAYN, Teddy Pendergrass & Grandmaster Flash
- Hum Along and Dance – Jackson 5
- Get Down (Club Mix) – Funk Re-edit
- The Mexican – Babe Ruth
Episode 5
- Set Me Free (feat. Nile Rodgers) – Herizen Guardiola as Mylene Cruz
- Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose – James Brown
- Black Man in a White World – Michael Kiwanuka
- Vitamin C – Can
- Listen To Me – Baby Huey & The Baby Sitters
- The Love You Save – The Jackson 5
- Slippin’ Into Darkness – War
Episode 6
- Played Multiple Times (Set Me Free (feat. Nile Rodgers) – Herizen Guardiola as Mylene Cruz)
- In Hollywood (Everybody Is A Star) – Village People
- Rien A Dire – Marie & Les Garcons
- The Emotions – Best Of My Love
- Dr. Love – First Choice
- Telepathy – Christina Aguilera Feat Nile Rodgers
- A Fifth of Beethoven – Walter Murphy
- Star Wars Theme Song
- Rule The World – Micheal Kiwanuka
Official The Get Down Soundtrack (Only available on Apple Music and iTunes)
- Welcome to the Get Down – Jaden Smith
- Rule the World (I Came From The City) [feat Nasir Jones as Mr Books] – Michael Kiwanuka
- Cadillac – Miguel
- Losing Your Mind – Raury and Jade Smith
- You Can’t Hide / You Can’t Hide From Yourself (Touch of Class GMF Remix) – ZAYN, Teddy Pendergrass & Grandmaster Flash
- Black Man in a White World – Michael Kiwanuka
- Shaolin’s Theme / Pray – Malay & 6LACK
- Ball of Confusion – Leon Bridges
- Think (About It) – Lyn Collins
- (Are You Ready) Do The Bus Stop / Suga [feat. Sarah Ruba] – The Fatback Bank & With You
- Telepathy (feat. Nile Rodgers) – Christina Aguilera
- Bad Girls – Donna Summer
- Hum Along and Dance (Gotta Get Down) – Janelle Monae
- Devil’s Gum – C.J. & Co.
- Wild in the Streets – Garland Jeffreys
- Que Lio – Hector Lavoe
- Just You, Not Now (Love Theme) – Grace
- This Ain’t No Fairy Tale – Justice Smith as Ezekiel Figueroa
- Be That As It May – Herizen Guardiola as Mylene Cruze
- Get Down Brothers vs. Notorious 3 – Jaden Smith, Justice Smith, Shameik Moore
- Kipling Theme – Kamasi Washington
- Set Me Free (feat. Nile Rodgers) – Herizen Guardiola as Mylene Cruz
- Up the Ladder – Herizen Guardiola as Mylene Cruz & Justice Smith as Ezekiel Figueroa
- Zeke’s Poem (I Am The One) – Justice Smith as Ezekiel Figueroa
We’ll, of course, update as soon as the second half of the season gets released which by our calculations we won’t have a ridiculously long wait for.
Note: The episode by episode guide is not yet complete.
