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How I Met Your Mother Music

Welcome to the most complete How I Met Your Mother Music list there is!

Songs will be updated shortly after the episode. The main song link goes to Amazon but I try to leave an iTunes link as well. They are also listed on the How I Met Your Mother Episode Recap each week so check there and join the episode discussions! If you’ve found this page useful, then help us out by taking a second to bookmark it on Del.icio.us

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Series Theme: Hey Beautiful by the Solids The Solids - Hey Beautiful (Theme from "How I Met Your Mother") - Single - Hey Beautiful (Theme from "How I Met Your Mother")

himym_s1Season 1:

(Season 1 note, the songs from the air version and the DVD are different, I’m trying to find the original air versions, thanks for your patience)

Episode 1.01: Pilot

Episode 1.02: Purple Giraffe

  • Haven’t We Met instrumental version by Stephen Lang (Ted imagines Robin at his party) DVD replaces with John Swihart jazz piece
  • Music cue for the show by Swihart (plays during Ted’s keep playing the game scenes)
  • Everybody Have Fun Tonight by Wang Chung Wang Chung - Everybody Wang Chung Tonight - Wang Chung's Greatest Hits - Everybody Have Fun Tonight (while not played Marshall references it in Legendary fashion)

Episode 1.03: Sweet Taste of Liberty

  • music all by show composer John Swihart (I have the notice here because I get the question a lot)

Episode 1.04: Return of the Shirt

Episode 1.05: Okay Awesome

  • Shine by the Lovefreekz  The Love Freekz - Shine - Shine (Radio Edit) (Marshall’s dance solo) AIR
  • Freek U by Garcon  (Ted dances with Robin’s friend..until he screams “I’m wetting my pants”)Bon Garçon - Ultra iDance 04 (Mixed by Elliott Walker) - Freek U
  • Cinders by Wild Whirled Music (David Hiker, John Costello and Jeffrey Freundlich). (Marshall’s dance solo) DVD
  • Heaven by DJ Sammy & Yanou ft. Do  The Original Hit Makers - Sing It Like an Idol: Pure Dance, Vol. 3 - Heaven (As Made Famous By DJ Sammy & Yanou Ft. Do) (last song at the club and closing)
  • other club mixes were scored by show composer.

Episode 1.06: Slutty Pumpkin

Episode 1.07: Matchmaker

Episode 1.08: The Duel

Episode 1.09: Belly Full of Turkey

Episode 1.10: The Pineapple Incident

Episode 1.11: The Limo

Episode 1.12: The Wedding

Episode 1.13: Drumroll, Please

Episode 1.15: Game Night

Episode 1.16: Cupcake

Episode 1.17: Life Among the Gorillas

Episode 1.18: Nothing Good Happens After 2 A.M.

Episode 1.20: Best Prom Ever

Episode 1.21: Milk

Episode: 1.22: Come On

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himym_s2Season 2:

Episode 2.01: Where Were We?

Episode 2.02: The Scorpion and the Toad

Episode 2.04: Ted Mosby: Architect

Episode 2.05: World’s Greatest Couple

Episode 2.06: Aldrin Justice

Episode 2.07: Swarley

Episode 2.08: Atlantic City

Episode 2.09: Slap Bet

  • Let’s Go to the Mall by Robin Sparkles (Robin’s secret and on the music video…Robin even raps!)Robin Sparkles - Let's Go to the Mall (From How I Met Your Mother) - Single - Let's Go to the Mall (From How I Met Your Mother)

Episode 2.10: Single Stamina

Episode 2.11: How Lily Stole Christmas

Episode 2.12: First time in New York

Episode 2.13: Columns

Episode 2.14: Monday Night Football

Episode 2.15: Lucky Penny

Episode 2.16: Stuff

Episode 2.17: Arrivederci, Fiero

Episode 2.18: Moving Day

Episode 2.19: Bachelor Party

  • When I Get Up by The Wiggins (Barney’s bachelor party recipe)
  • Pinched by Chop Chop (Old Ted explains bachelor party characters) Chop Chop - S/T - Pinched
  • Here I Go Again by Whitesnake (referenced in show by Barney)Whitesnake - Whitesnake - Here I Go Again

Episode 2.21: Something Borrowed

Episode 2.22: Something Blue (personal note, music from this ep is awesome)

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himym_s3 Season 3:

Episode 3.01: Wait For It

Episode 3.02: We’re Not From Here

Episode 3.03: Third Wheel

Episode 3.04: Little Boys

Episode 3.05: How I Met Everyone Else

Episode 3.08: Spoiler Alert

Episode 3.09: Slapsgiving

  • Still Alright by Adam Merrin of The 88 (Marshall’s toast) Adam Merrin - Have One - Still Alright
  • You Just Got Slapped by Marshall Eriksen (Marshall’s musical composition after slapping Barney)

Episode 3.11: The Platinum Rule

Episode 3.12: No Tomorrow

Episode 3.13: Ten Sessions

  • Intro Blues song is by show composer (Ted talks about meeting Stella)
  • Thirteen by Big Star (Ted & Stella’s 2 minute date)Big Star - #1 Record/Radio City - Thirteen

Episode 3.14: The Bracket

  • One Shining Moment by David Barrett (Barney’s redemption & Lily’s scrapbook) David Barrett - One Shining Moment (NCAA Basketball Anthem) - EP - One Shining Moment
  • Doogie Howser M.D. Theme Song (As Barney writes in his journal) The TV Theme Players - As Heard On TV - Doogie Howser M.D. (Theme)

Episode 3.16: Sandcastles in the Sand

  • Let’s Go to the Mall by Robin Sparkles (intro of episode) Robin Sparkles - Let's Go to the Mall (From How I Met Your Mother) - Single - Let's Go to the Mall (From How I Met Your Mother)
  • Murder Train by The Foreskins (Simon’s band, played on the News by Robin)
  • Dazzey Duks by Duice (Lily play’s her friend Michelle’s jam at the bar) Duice - Bootyz In Motion (DJ Magic Mike Presents) - Dazzey Dukes
  • Sandcastles in the Sand by Robin Sparkles (Robin takes Barney back to her place) How I Met Your Mother - How I Met Your Mother, Season 3 - Sandcastles In the Sand

Episode 3.17: The Goat

  • Sounds like Dark Island, but it’s all composed by the show guy John Swihart (Ted tells Barney he belongs in the box)

Episode 3.18: Rebound Bro

  • Love Saves the Day by Dimitri Ehrlich (plays as Ted and Stella talk) … can’t find the song for sale anywhere though =(

Episode 3.19: Everything Must Go

Episode 3.20: Miracles

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himym_s4 Season 4:

BluRay/DVD Menus:

Episode 4.02: Best Burger In New York

Episode 4.03: I Heart New Jersey

Episode 4.04: Intervention

Episode 4.05: Shelter Island

Episode 4.06: Happily Ever After

Episode 4.07: Not a Father’s Day

Episode 4.08: Wooo!

Episode 4.09: The Naked Man

Episode 4.10: The Fight

  • This Man He Weeps Tonight by Dave Davies After the first fight when Barney and Ted re-enter the bar and also when Ted and Doug fight.
  • Murder Train by The Foreskins, unreleased (where Marshall learned to fight.)

Episode 4.11: Little Minnesota

Episode 4.12: Benefits

Episode 4.13: Three Days of Snow

Episode 4.14: The Possimpible

Episode 4.15: The Stinsons

Episode 4.17: The Front Porch

Episode 4.18: Old King Clancy

  • instrumental song by show composer (Headquarters taskforce team “Snatch” introduction)
  • instrumental song by show composer (Latin groove plays during security footage)

Episode 4.19: Murtaugh

  • knock off of Way to Go by Mark Vieha from the Teen Wolf Soundtrack by the show composer (plays during the basketball game)

Episode 4.22: Right Place Right Time

Episode 4.23: As Fast As She Can

Episode 4.24: The Leap

  • Murder Train by the Foreskins (played and Ted and the Goat fight…it’s the go to violence song for the show now, bravo)
  • Prophets by AC Newman (closing, as they all make “the leap”) A.C. Newman - Get Guilty (Bonus Track Version) - Prophets

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HIMYM_S5 Season 5:

Episode 5.01: Definitions

Episode 5.02: Double Date

Episode 5.04: The Sexless Innkeeper

  • a mock tribute to Eric Carmen’s All By Myself, All by Ourselves, cover produced for the show by Hayley Taylor and Keith Slettedahl of the 88-  plays as Robin and Barney long for a couple to hang with.
  • The Best Night Ever – by Marshall featuring Nuno Bettencourt Marshall - Best Night Ever - Single - Best Night Ever

Episode 5.05: Duel Citizenship

Episode 5.06: Bagpipes

Episode 5.07: The Rough Patch

  • Murder Train by the Foreskins (it was composed for the show but I’m begging them to release it!) – plays during Lily’s planned fight of Barney & Robin
  • the Peter Gun Theme  by Henry Mancini – Barney walks into the bar as all the women eye him and proclaims, “Daddy’s home”
  • I also noticed a short instrumental while the plotter watch B&R from the station wagon. Getting more info!

Episode 5.08: The Playbook

Episode 5.10: The Window

Episode 5.11: Last Cigarette Ever

Episode 5.12 (Episode 100): Girls vs Suits

  • Cherry Pie by Warrant (Robin tends bar to prove her circumstantial hotness theory)Warrant - Cherry Pie - Cherry Pie
  • Nothing Suits Me Like a Suit by the HIMYM Cast Neil Patrick Harris, Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders & Alyson Hannigan - Nothing Suits Me Like a Suit (from "How I Met Your Mother") - Single - Nothing Suits Me Like a Suit (from "How I Met Your Mother")

Episode 5.13: Jenkins

  • sounds like Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber but it’s actually a composition by John Swihart (plays when Ted’s student tell him they have to drink because it’s the gameand the re-return)New Zealand Symphony Orchestra & Andrew Schenck - The 50 Most Essential Pieces of Classical Music - Adagio for Strings
  • Kaboom by Ursula 1000 (Marshall puttin’ nothing but wood in the 50 hole at skeeball, or just another night for big fudge)Ursula 1000 - Here Comes Tomorrow - Kaboom

Episode 5.14: The Perfect Week

Episode 5.15: Rabbit or Duck

Episode 5.16: Hooked

Episode 5.17: Of Course

  • The Bang Bang Song by Marshall (reprised at the end by Robin)
  • Super Date by Ted Evelyn Mosby (the heart touching ballad sung to sell the “Super Date”) get the mp3

Episode 5.18: Say Cheese

  • Briques by Les Cautionneurs Les Cautionneurs (French rap song that plays during the plane fight and France Trip)

Episode 5.19: Zoo or False

Episode 5.20: Home Wreckers

Episode 5.21: Twin Beds

Episode 5.22: Robots vs. Wrestlers

  • Tell Me Why by From From - Tell Me Why - Tell Me Why (first bar scene)
  • One Spring Away by From From - One Spring Away - One Spring Away (plays during Ted’s picture of Marissa Heller)
  • Constance Fry (or Aura Lee) preformed by the Ted Mosby Quartet
  • We All Belong by Dr. Dog Dr. Dog - We All Belong - We All Belong (closing Bar Scene)

Episode 5.23: The Wedding Bride

  • Play by Chop Chop Play by Chop Chop(plays for show intro and closing)
  • Portuguese Love Theme by Craig Armstrong (as many have noted, from the Movie Love Actually. Play during moments from the Wedding Bride)
  • PM’s Love Theme by Craig Armstrong (again, from the Movie Love Actually. Plays when Ted goes after Royce and in the Wedding Bride Ending)

Episode 5.24: Doppelgangers

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Season 6

Episode 6.01: Big Days

Episode 6.02: Cleaning House

Episode 6.03: Unfinished

Episode 6.04: Subway Wars

  • Marshall Versus the Machine

Episode 6.08: Natural History

Episode 6.12: False Positive

Episode 6.14: Last Words

Episode 6.16: Desperation Day

  • Good to Sea by Pinback (Amazon link) – plays at closing of the episode as Barney had his first day on Valentines DayGood to Sea - Autumn of the Seraphs (Bonus Track Version)

Episode 6.18: A Change of Heart

  • Stones by Barbarossa – closing piano song as Barney imagines what he should be saying through the window. Stones - Sea Like Blood

Episode 6.19: Legendaddy

Eposode 6.20: The Exploding Meatball Sub

Episode 6.22: the Perfect Cocktail

Episode 6.24: Challenge Accepted

 

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