Bad Sisters soundtrack: A definitive guide to all the songs in the series

Bad Sisters concluded its second season with the eighth and final episode airing on Tuesday, December 24, 2024, ahead of Christmas Day. The Irish dark comedy follows the five close-knit Garvey sisters, Eva, Grace, Ursula, Bibi, and Becka, who get into a series of murderous plots against Grace's abusive husband, John Paul.

The first season of the series was released in 2022, ending with JP dying out of the blue— or at least that's how it looked for Eva, Ursula, Bibi, and Becka. The sisters got in the crosshairs with the insurance agency hell-bent on proving that they committed the murder. Meanwhile, Grace knew what happened.

Bad Sisters was renewed for a second season, releasing in November 2024, to continue the Garveys' story long after JP's death. Grace has a new husband, but the sophomore season killed her off in the second episode, putting the mystery of her death at the forefront of the rest of the season's core plot lines.

With two seasons of blended family drama, dark comedy, and crime thriller, here is the list of the soundtracks that brought nerve-snapping tension and emotions throughout the two seasons of Bad Sisters.

Bad Sisters' theme song is Who By Water by PJ Harvey

Series creator and star Sharon Horgan worked with PJ Harvey to create the opening title theme song for the Apple TV+ dark comedy series Bad Sisters, which was a cover of Leonard Cohen's Who By Fire. Harvey teamed up with composer Tim Phillips for the track, which Horgan said was an "amazing version" for the series. She told NME on July 1, 2022:

"One of the things I'd been thinking of was to do a cover of 'Who by Fire' by Leonard Cohen and I thought Polly [PJ, aka Polly Jean Harvey] would do the most amazing version of that. It lists all these different deaths in the song, which people will understand when they finally see Bad Sisters."

As for working with Harvey for Bad Sister's theme song, Phillips mentioned creating a new instrument they called "The Pollytron." He said during Deadline's Sound & Screen: Television event, per Deadline on May 11, 2023:

"We came up with an ulterior plan which ended up becoming the sound of the show which was to build her into a huge series of sampler instruments which she then named the Pollytron."

Harvey uses a Bulgarian style of singing throughout the score of the episodes in Bad Sisters.

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Every song in Bad Sisters season 1

Here is the complete list of songs that mark several needle drops, funny, and suspenseful moments in Bad Sisters season 1.

Episode 1: The Prick

Death by Ralph Stanley
This Christmas by Donny Hathaway & Nadine McKinnor
Dreaming by Blondie
Bringin' Home the Train by The Builders and the Butchers

Episode 2: Explode A Man

Hot Knife by Fiona Apple
Always Happy by Grandmas House
Blade It on Your Love by Charli XCX feat. Lizzo
Sinner Man, Where You Gonna Hide by Stringbean
In My Eyes by Devin Hoffman, Holiday Rigers & Tommy King
Lightning's Girl by Nancy Sinatra
Way 2 Pretty by Dirty Epics
Juice by Lizzo
I'll Be Seeing You by Billie Holiday

Episode 3: Chopped Liver

Chaise Lounge by Wet Leg
Let's Wade in the Water by Marlena Shaw
Typical Music by Tim Burgess
Well, Well, Well by Bob Gibson
Sweet Jane by The Velvet Underground
Kill Kill Kill by Kim and The Cinders
Who Knows by Marion Black
Summer Wine by Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood

Episode 4: Baby Becka

Anti-Pleasure Dissertation by Bikini Kill
You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It) by Patsy Clune feat. The Jordanaires
Come on Over (Turn Me On) by Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan

Episode 5: Eye for an Eye

Knots by Lisa Hannigan
Waiting Around to Die by Townes Van Zandt
TBA by TBA
Ooh La La by Goldfrapp
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood by Nina Simone

The Garvey sisters (Image via Apple TV+)

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Episode 6: Splash

The Love Me or Die by CW Stoneking
The Snake by Al Wilson
Drinking Song by Loudon Wainwright III

Episode 7: Rest in Peace

Cracker Drool by Goat Girl
Born to Die by Kepa
Mother Sky by Can
Female of the Species by Space

Episode 8: The Cold Truth

Where Did You Sleep Last Night by Wanda Davis
Feels Like Lightning by Josh Ritter
The Dubliners by Traditional
And You Evade Him/Born in the Blood by Joshua Burnside
You're Dead by Norma Tanega

Episode 9: Going Rogue

Trouble Knows My Name by Katie Williams
Never Look Back by Imelda May
Come Back Alive by Delta Rae
Death Don't Have No Mercy by Delaney Davidson & Marlon Williams
Who's Sorry Now by Connie Francis feat. Joe Lipman and His Orchestra
God's Gonna Cut You Down by TBA
We All Make the Flowers Grow by Lee Hazlewood

Episode 10: Saving Grace

Any Guy by Melanie
Devil's Spoke by Laura Marling
Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand) by Irma Thomas
Sleeping on the Blacktop by Colter Wall
Tell Me True by Sarah Jarosz
My Silver Lining by First Aid Kis

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Every song in Bad Sisters season 2

With another murder muster in Bad Sisters season 2, here is the list of songs that heightened the tension and quickened the pulse in every episode of the series.