





In the new Netflix family drama Mixtape, middle schooler Beverly Moody embarks on an epic journey to hear all the songs on a mixtape left behind by her deceased parents. The journey brings her to Napster, Ask Jeeves and every other technological resource of her day. (Did we mention the movie is set in 1999?) Fortunately, it’s no longer the ’90s, and, unlike Beverly, you don’t have to rely on a dial-up modem to track down the many songs of Mixtape. From The Stooges to The Kinks, they’re all right here.
Where It Plays: This is the first song on Beverly’s parents’ mixtape, taped over an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting by Anti. Beverly pays for it with “five damp dollars and 63 cents,” and she listens to it on her headphones at school.
When It Was Released: 1981
Peak on the Billboard Hot 100: It didn’t chart, but it reached No. 9 on the UK Indie chart.
Where You’ve Heard It: Strike Back
Where It Plays: This is the second song on Beverly’s parents’ mixtape. She guilts Anti into giving it to her by bursting into tears at the mention of her parents and then listens to it while she cleans up her room. Beverly then asks her neighbor Ellen to translate it for her, only to find out that Ellen is Taiwanese, not Japanese.
When It Was Released: 1987
Peak on the Billboard Hot 100: Didn’t chart.
Where You’ve Heard It: You probably haven’t. This Japanese track is one of the most obscure on the film’s soundtrack.
Where It Plays: Bev and Ellen skip track three on the mixtape and find this proto-hardcore banger on Napster. The girls play it in Ellen’s room and listen to it at school (while chewing bubble gum in slow motion).
When It Was Released: 1981 (recorded 1973)
Peak on the Billboard Hot 100: Didn’t chart.
Where You’ve Heard It: In your cousins’ basement in 2009 while playing the hit Tony Hawk: Ride video game on their Wii.
Where It Plays: Bev, Nicky and Ellen (poorly) cover this song from the mixtape in Nicky’s garage after their makeover. It also plays later in the film as they make their Fighting Mullets buttons for the school mascot contest.
When It Was Released: Officially, in 2003. Even today it’s difficult to find information about its earlier bootleg release.
Peak on the Billboard Hot 100: Did not chart.
Where You’ve Heard It: You may not have — Bev’s parents truly marched to the beat of their own drum.
Where It Plays: Called “The Song from That Day on the Hill” on the mixtape label, the girls head to a cemetery on a hill to listen to this tune the way Bev’s parents did.
When It Was Released: 1982
Peak on the Billboard Hot 100: Did not chart but hit No. 58 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock charts.
Where You’ve Heard It: The Circle, Knives Out
Where It Plays: This song by a fictional punk band makes an appearance on the mixtape label, and the gang finally tracks it down by discovering the Wes Kelly Band performing live at the Voyeur club.
When It Was Released: Unclear, although based on the film’s timeline, probably sometime in the 1980s.
Peak on the Billboard Hot 100: As this is a fictional song (written by Joel P. West and performed for the film by Jackson Rathbone), we’re going to have to do some guesswork. Considering the pattern of Bev’s parents’ tastes and the state of the band’s career in the film, this one probably did not chart.
Where You’ve Heard It: Presumably nowhere, unless you are a character from the film Mixtape.
Where It Plays: This final song on the mixtape plays when Nicky, Ellen and Justin have their Say Anything moment under Bev’s window.
When It Was Released: 1981
Peak on the Billboard Hot 100: No. 92
Where You’ve Heard It: Grown Ups
Where It Plays: Beverly’s grandmother plays her this song, written for Beverly before she was born. Penned for the film by songwriter Amy Wadge, the song is performed by mxmtoon and Dylan Chenfield.
When It Was Released: 2007 or 2008, based on Beverly’s age.
Peak on the Billboard Hot 100: Not applicable.
Where You’ve Heard It: Once again, unless you’re Beverly, hopefully nowhere! (If you are Beverly, congratulations on the movie!)







































































