List of music featured on Desperate Housewives
The following is a list of songs and incidental music that have been featured on the TV show Desperate Housewives.
Songs
Season 1
# |
Song Title |
Artist |
Episode Title |
Scene Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
"Let's Get It On" |
Marvin Gaye |
"Pilot" |
Susan pretends to borrow sugar from Edie to see if she is sleeping with Mike |
2 |
"FADE Into You" |
Mazzy Star |
"Pilot" |
|
3 |
"Do It (Let Me See You Shake)" |
Bar-Kays |
"Who's That Woman?" |
|
4 |
"Rough and Ready" |
Trace Adkins |
"Anything You Can Do" |
|
5 |
"All Night Long" |
Billy Burnette |
"Anything You Can Do" |
|
6 |
"Fireball" |
Shawn Camp |
"Anything You Can Do" |
|
7 |
"Feelin' Groovy" |
Harper's Bizarre |
Guilty |
Lynette dreams of [...] with the help of Mary Alice |
8 |
"Isn't She Lovely" |
Stevie Wonder |
Suspicious Minds |
|
9 |
"Here I Am" |
Al Green |
Come Back To Me |
|
10 |
"I've Never Been to Me" |
Charlene |
Move On |
Edie sings at Julie's piano bar birthday party |
12 |
"New York, New York" |
Frank Sinatra |
Move On |
Susan sings (and insults Karl) at Julie's piano bar birthday party |
13 |
"Water Lady" |
Ali Akbar Khan |
Every Day a Little Death |
|
14 |
"Me Against The World" |
Simple Plan |
Your Fault |
|
15 |
"D.T.D.T." |
Rupee |
Your Fault |
|
15 |
"Dust in the Wind" |
Kansas (band) |
Your Fault |
|
16 |
"Reason Is Treason" |
Kasabian |
Impossible |
|
17 |
"Radio Song" |
The Surge |
Impossible |
|
18 |
"Bittersweet" |
Charlie Rouse |
Love is in the Air |
|
19 |
"Caribbean Queen" |
Billy Ocean |
The Ladies Who Lunch |
|
20 |
"Ain't Nobody Like You" |
Dionzia Sutton |
There Won't Be Trumpets |
|
21 |
"Set It Off" |
Young Gunz |
There Won't Be Trumpets |
|
Season 2
# |
Song Title |
Artist |
Episode Title |
Scene Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
"This Little Light of Mine" |
Andrea Bowen produced by Steve Jablonsky |
You'll Never Get Away from Me |
Susan and Edie vie for who will accompany Julie at her church performance |
2 |
"Boom Boom" |
Macy Gray |
They Asked Me Why I Believe In You |
Lynette goes out partying with her boss |
3 |
"Band of Gold" |
Anna Nalick |
They Asked Me Why I Believe In You |
Lynette goes out partying with her boss |
4 |
"Boogie Shoes" |
KC & The Sunshine Band |
They Asked Me Why I Believe In You |
Lynette dances and sings on top of a bar while out with her boss |
5 |
"Don't Give Up On Us" |
David Soul |
That's Good, That's Bad |
Geroge tries to win Bree's love by singing karaoke on her front lawn, which mortifies Bree so that she blasts the loudspeaker with her shotgun |
6 |
"Per me ora fatale" |
Giuseppe Verdi produced by David Sibley |
Thank You So Much |
Bree arrives at her favorite Italian restaurant to spend her anniversary alone as the house tenor belts out operatic arias |
7 |
"Ah, sì ben mio" |
Giuseppe Verdi produced by David Sibley |
Thank You So Much |
Bree settles in for a long night at her favorite Italian restaurant as the house tenor continues to belts out operatic arias |
8 |
"My Funny Valentine" |
Rodgers and Hart |
Thank You So Much |
Thanks to Susan, Edie thinks Karl is going to propose to her at dinner on Valentines Day |
9 |
"Rhinestone Cowboy" |
Glen Campbell |
One More Kiss |
Edie sees Detective Monroe in her neighborhood who tells her he is a real estate agent appraising the Applewhite's house |
10 |
"Peter Gunn Theme" |
Henry Mancini |
One More Kiss |
Detective Monroe accidentally kills himself in the Applewhite's basement |
11 |
"What's Love Got To Do With It" |
Tina Turner |
Silly People |
Susan is about to marry a gay man for health insurance, but is left standing at the alter |
12 |
"Don't Cha" |
Pussycat Dolls |
Everybody Says Don't |
Gaby confronts the mother of her future adopted baby at the strip club where she works |
13 |
"Stone Free" |
Jimi Hendrix |
Everybody Says Don't |
Bree goes to a local pub and proceeds to get "stinking drunk" |
14 |
"Give A Little Bit" |
Supertramp |
Everybody Says Don't |
Bree is rescued from her drunk by her new boyfriend |
15 |
"You Are So Beautiful" |
Ken Weiler, produced by David Sibley |
Don't Look at Me |
Susan is invited by her ex-husband to audition a wedding band for his and Edie's impending nuptials |
Season 3
# |
Song Title |
Artist |
Episode Title |
Scene Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
"Our Love Is Here To Stay" |
George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin |
It Takes Two |
Bree and Orson share the first dance at their wedding reception |
2 |
"Soul Eyes" |
Stan Getz |
A Weekend in the Country |
Susan gets romantic with Ian during a long weekend at his cabin in the woods |
3 |
"My Buddy" |
Walter Donaldson & Gus Kahn, produced by David Sibley |
A Weekend in the Country |
Susan makes Ian happy enough to play the piano again |
4 |
"Proud Mary" |
Creedence Clearwater Revival |
A Weekend in the Country |
Lynette is in a good mood until she sees Nora |
5 |
"Non, je ne regrette rien" |
Edith Piaf |
Like It Was |
Susan and Ian make love for the first time and Ian tells her to have no regrets |
6 |
"Carwash" |
Rose Royce |
Nice She Ain't |
Susan tries to jog Mike's memory by singing along with "their" song |
7 |
"Sleigh Ride" |
Leroy Anderson |
Children and Art |
Bree fights with Orsen upon finding out his mother is still alive during preparations for the holidays |
8 |
"Let's Misbehave" |
Cole Porter |
Come Play Wiz Me |
Alma drugs Orson to carry out her plan |
9 |
"That's Amore" |
Dean Martin |
The Little Things You Do Together |
Tom & Lynette celebrate the grand opening of their pizzaria |
10 |
"Good Lovin'" |
The Grateful Dead |
Liaisons |
Gaby rethinks her feelings for Victor and jumps him in the back of his limo |
11 |
"Someone To Watch Over Me" |
George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin, produced by Steve Jablonsky |
Into The Woods |
Gaby shares a victory dance with Victor as he becomes the new Mayor of Fairview |
Season 4
# |
Song Title |
Artist |
Episode Title |
Scene Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
"Forty and Above" |
[Ladykillers] |
Smiles of a Summer Night |
Susan shows up looking for Julie at a wild teen party and is mistaken for a stripper |
2 |
"Another Night" |
[Ladykillers] |
Smiles of a Summer Night |
Susan tries to convince Julie to leave the wild teen party |
3 |
"Suite No. 1 In G Major, Prelude" |
J.S. Bach, produced by David Sibley |
If There's Anything I Can't Stand |
Dylan Mayfair practices the cello for an upcoming recital while her great aunt Lilian dies upstairs before she can share the family secret |
4 |
"Dead Man's Party" |
Oingo Boingo |
Now I Know, Don't Be Scared |
Bob & Lee throw a wild Halloween party on Wisteria Lane |
Soundtracks
Music from and Inspired by Desperate Housewives