Soundtrack

I certainly didn’t intend to have music accompany nearly every page of New Kids in the World Cup. But once you begin digging for classic, hit songs, trust me — it’s hard to stop. In any case, here’s a suggested soundtrack.

Some of these songs were running through my head as I was writing. Others I imagined actually playing in the background of a scene. Still others seemed to fit the moment because of their mood, texture, tension, lyrics, or the artist themself. And then a few others might have something else going on — either a deep or trivial connection to the corresponding moment. 

All of the songs are chronologically accurate — and the vast majority of them were hits when the scene or passage takes place. Though all invoke the era and the zeitgeist of this story one way or another … which is the whole point, I suppose.

Links to playlists:
Youtube
Spotify (slightly incomplete)

 

 

Chapter 1

 

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Page 9

 

Page 9-10

 

Page 10-13

 

Page 14-19

 

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Chapter 2

 

Page 21-22

 

Page 23-24

 

Page 25-27

 

Chapter 3

 

Page 28-29

 

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Page 33-34

 

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Page 38-46 (fade in/out)

 

Chapter 4

 

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Page 48-49

 

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Page 54-57 (reprise)

 

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Page 59-60

 

Page 60-64

 

Page 65 (silence)

 

Chapter 5

 

Page 66

 

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Page 74-83 (fade in/out)

 

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Chapter 6

 

Page 93-96

 

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Page 105-106 (reprise)

 

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Page 108-109 (reprise)

 

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Page 111-112 (reprise)

 

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Chapter 7

 

Page 131-137

 

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Page 145-147 (reprise)

 

Page 148-153 (fade in/out)

 

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Page 159-165 (reprise)

 

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Page 173-174

 

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Chapter 8

 

Page 175-177

 

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Page 187 (reprise)

 

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Page 189-191

 

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Page 193-194 (reprise)

 

Page 194-195

 

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Chapter 9

 

Page 197

 

Page 198-199

 

Page 199-202 (fade in/out)

 

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Page 205-207 (reprise)

 

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Page 208-209

 

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Page 211-212

 

Page 212-213 (reprise)

 

Page 213-214 (reprise)

 

Chapter 10

 

Page 215-216

 

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Chapter 11

 

Page 222-227

 

Page 228-236

 

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Chapter 12

 

Page 242-245

 

Page 245-249

 

Page 249-253 (fade in/out)

 

Page 253-254

 

Chapter 13

 

Page 255-256

 

Page 256-260

 

Page 260-264

 

Page 265-271

 

Page 271-272

 

Page 273-274

 

Page 275-277

 

Page 277-280 (silence)

 

Page 280-282 (reprise)

 

Page 282-284

 

Page 285-288

 

Chapter 14

 

Page 289-291

 

Page 292-296

 

Page 296-299

 

Page 300-306 (reprise)

 

Page 306-307

 

Page 307-309

 

Page 309-310 (silence)

 

Afterward

 

Page 311-315