The Perfect Couple Soundtrack Guide: Every Song & When They Play
Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Perfect Couple
Netflix’s The Perfect Couple perfectly contrasts its tense score with a fun soundtrack that shapes the bougie, fun murder mystery. After a body is found the morning of a wedding, the characters in The Perfect Couple get caught up in an investigation where everyone is a suspect. The crime also gains an abundance of attention due to the family being ridiculously wealthy.
In addition to The Perfect Couple‘s A-list cast, the Netflix miniseries makes good use of the setting, score, and music in order to create the tone and pacing for the murder mystery. Though the number of songs in each episode is small, each selection feels purposeful to the scene and characters. These elements help create a binge-able story that will appeal to fans of beachy settings and pulpy mysteries.
Title | Artist | Episode |
|---|---|---|
“Nantucket Island” | Willie Wright | 1 |
“Young Hearts” | Candi Staton | 1 |
“Criminals” | Meghan Trainor | 1 |
“Do You Feel It?” | NRBQ | 1 |
“Sunshine” | Tensnake & Panama | 1 |
“You Sexy Thing” | Hot Chocolate | 1 |
“Criminals” | Meghan Trainor | 2 |
“CoCo Bongo” | Diemonsterdiie | 2 |
“Offering – A Color Show” | Gabriels | 3 |
“Criminals” | Meghan Trainor | 3 |
“Cry to Me” | Solomon Burke | 3 |
“Float (feat. Seun Kuti & Egypt 80)” | Janelle Monáe | 3 |
“What More Can I Say” | Teddy Swims | 3 |
“Celebrate” | Anderson .Paak | 3 |
“Brazil” | Django Reinhardt | 3 |
“Criminals” | Meghan Trainor | 4 |
“Live My Life” | Robert W. Lamond | 4 |
“Sir Duke” | Stevie Wonder | 4 |
“Big Mouth USA” | Jim Ford | 4 |
“All By Myself” | Eric Carmen | 5 |
“Criminals” | Meghan Trainor | 5 |
“Sir Duke” | Stevie Wonder | 5 |
“Beyond the Sea | Bobby Darin | 5 |
“I’ll Take You There” | The Staple Singers | 5 |
“Sweet Happy Life (Samba de Orfeu)” | Peggy Lee | 5 |
“I Found Sunshine” | Chi-Lites | 5 |
“Never Gonna Give You Up” | Rick Astley | 5 |
“Stars And Stripes Forever” | John Philip Sousa | 5 |
“Never Gonna Give You Up” | Rick Astley | 6 |
“Stars And Stripes Forever” | John Philip Sousa | 6 |
“Criminals” | Meghan Trainor | 6 |
The Perfect Couple Episode 1
“Happy Wedding Eve”
“Nantucket Island” by Willie Wright: This song plays as The Perfect Couple shows establishing shots of the island.
“Young Hearts” by Candi Staton: While the videographer takes video of the rehearsal dinner, “Young Hearts” plays in the background.
“Criminals” by Meghan Trainor: The entire cast of the Netflix show does a dance and celebrates as the title appears onscreen to the theme song “Criminals.”
“Do You Feel It?” by NRBQ: This NRBQ song plays softly in the background when Tag and Thomas get the kayak ready to sail and argue about money.
“Sunshine” by Tensnake & Panama: “Sunshine” plays when Merritt and Amelia talk by the poolside about Greer wanting Amelia to back out of the wedding.
“You Sexy Thing” by Hot Chocolate: Everyone dances at the rehearsal dinner party to the song “You Sexy Thing.”
The Perfect Couple Episode 2
“She Would Never Do That”
“Criminals” by Meghan Trainor: The entire cast does a dance and celebrates as the title appears onscreen to the theme song “Criminals.”
“CoCo Bongo” by Diemonsterdie: While the detectives talk about the case at a bar, the song “CoCo Bongo” plays as diegetic music.
The Perfect Couple Episode 3
“The Perfect Couple”
“Offering – A Color Show” by Gabriels: The song by Gabriels plays as everyone dances at the party. It continues as Merritt goes down to the beach arguing on the phone. She meets Tag for the first time.
“Criminals” by Meghan Trainor: The entire cast does a dance and celebrates as the title appears onscreen to the theme song “Criminals.”
“Cry to Me” by Solomon Burke: “Cry to Me” plays in the background as the family has breakfast and talks about the plans for the day.
“Float (feat. Sean Kuti & Egypt 80)” by Janelle Monáe: “Float” plays in Chloe’s headphones when Will sneaks through her window to talk.
“What More Can I Say” by Teddy Swims: This Teddy Swims song plays while Amelia and Abby are out by the pool.
“Celebrate” by Anderson .Paak: The song “Celebrate” plays softly in the background as Nikki Henry and Dan Carter talk about the Winbury family and the case.
“Brazil” by Django Reinhardt: While the Winbury family has dinner, the instrumental song “Brazil” plays in the background.
The Perfect Couple Episode 4
“Someone Could Get Hurt”
“Criminals” by Meghan Trainor: The entire cast does a dance and celebrates as the title appears onscreen to the theme song “Criminals.”
“Live My Life” by Robert W. Lamond: “Live My Life” plays at the party when Will and Merritt are talking about Tag.
“Sir Duke” by Stevie Wonder: Greer confronts Merritt about her affair with Tag at the party when the Stevie Wonder song plays.
“Big Mouth USA” by Jim Ford: Greer goes to the bar to talk with Dan Carter and gives him the receipt for the bracelet Tag gave Merritt, where “Big Mouth USA” plays.
The Perfect Couple Episode 5
“Never Gonna Give You Up”
“All By Myself” by Eric Carmen: Tag sings this famous Eric Carmen ballad while sitting in an interview room at the police station. He also sings it in the flashback with Merritt.
“Criminals” by Meghan Trainor: The entire cast does a dance and celebrates as the title appears onscreen to the theme song “Criminals.”
“Sir Duke” by Stevie Wonder: Greer is at the book party and takes a photo while “Sir Duke” plays in the background.
“Beyond the Sea” by Bobby Darin: Will asks Chloe to hang out as “Beyond the Sea” plays in the background.
“I’ll Take You There” by The Staple Singers: The party music continues with “I’ll Take You There,” and Benji talks with Isabel.
“Sweet Happy Life (Samba de Orfeu)” by Peggy Lee: Amelia and Isabel talk about Merritt at Greer’s book party.
“I Found Sunshine” by The Chi-Lites: As this song by The Chi-Lites plays, Shooter shows up to the party and apologizes to Benji.
“Never Gonna Give You Up” by Rick Astley: Tag sings this Rick Astley song into the mic while at Greer’s book party.
“Stars and Stripes Forever” by John Phillip Sousa: Tag falls off the stage, and then balloons drop from the ceiling to “Stars and Stripes Forever”
The Perfect Couple Episode 6
“That Feels Better”
“Never Gonna Give You Up” by Rick Astley: Greer watches a video of Tag singing the night before
“Stars and Stripes Forever” by John Philip Souza: Tag falls off the stage, and balloons fall from the ceiling in the YouTube video
“Criminals” by Meghan Trainor: The entire cast does a dance and celebrates to the song “Criminals” as the title appears onscreen. They do the dance again at the very end of The Perfect Couple.
