Summary
Warning! Contains spoilers for The Boys season 4.
The Boysseason 4 perfectly complements some of its best moments with catchy songs, making it hard not to be curious about the names of the tracks and the artists behind them. Developed by Eric Kripke,The Boysis one of Amazon Prime Video’s most valuable IPs as it has not only garnered high critical acclaim with each season but has also been commercially profitable for the streamer. Like its predecessors,The Boysseason 4 also maintains a “Fresh” Rotten Tomatoes score, solidifying its reputation as one of the best satirical representations of the superhero genre.
In its opening episodes itself,The Boysseason 4 features some of the most shocking and sexually explicit scenes that have appeared in the entire franchise. Even from a narrative standpoint, the series effectively raises the stakes for its characters by getting them embroiled in the murky waters of supe politics and action. What makes its darkly comical superhero drama even more immersive and compelling is its use of perfectly placed original and familiar musical scores.
All 11 New Supes In The Boys Season 4 & Their Powers Explained
The Boys season 4 raises the tensions between non-Supes and Supes, and it introduces several of the latter in its new episodes. Who are they?
The Boys Season 4 Episode 1 Songs
“Department of Dirty Tricks”
“Goԁ Save The Queen” by Sex Pistols:The Boysseason 4 episode 1 opens with Sex Pistols' “God Save The Queen” as Victoria Neuman steps up to a stage to give a speech.
“Walkin’ On The Sun” by Smash Mouth:This track can be heard inThe Boysseason 4’s opening episode when Kimiko and Frenchie sneak into Victoria Neuman’s room to replace her drops. To their dismay, their visit is cut short when Neuman’s daughter, Zoe, who is a supe after taking Compound in season 3, enters the room and attacks them.
The Boys Season 4 Episode 2 Songs
“Life Among the Species”
“Hypnotize” by The Notorious B.I.G.:InThe Boysseason 4 episode 2’s opening moments, Adam Bourke films a movie that stars A-Train and seems hilariously similar to the 2009 sports dramaThe Blind Side. As the show features a series of scenes that walk through the neighborhood where the movie is being filmed, this popular track plays in the background.
“Burning Down the House” by Talking Heads:This starts playing in season 4’s episode 2 when Billy Butcher and the Boys enter the Truthcon, where people who believe in the wildest conspiracies come together.
“Love America” by Fortress II:Fortress II’s “Love America” plays inThe Boysseason 4’s episode 2, when Splinter’s multiple variants set up the stage at Truthcon right before Firecracker shows up to discuss some bizarre conspiracies.
“Hava Nagila” by The Barry Sisters:A showdown ensues between Splinter’s variants and the Boys in the episode’s final moments. In an attempt to escape Splinter’s many variants, Frenchie and MM break into a room, where they find some people celebrating a bat mitzvah. This is when The Barry Sisters' “Hava Nagila” plays in the background.
16 Best The Boys Season 4 Easter Eggs & References
The Boys season 4 kicked off with a massive three-episode premiere, and here is every Easter egg and reference that can be found in the episodes.
The Boys Season 4 Episode 3 Songs
“We’ll Keep the Red Flag Flying Here”
“America the Beautiful” by Katharine Lee Bates, Samuel A. Ward:As Homelander anxiously watches a crowd supporting Starlight in his own rally, a choir on stage sings this song before he gives a speech and introduces the new members of the Seven to the world.
“I Wanna Rock” by Twisted Sister:When The Deep, A-Train, and Black Noir show up on the stage to accompany Homelander, this track loudly blares through the speakers. While Homelander’s supporters cheer them on, Starlight’s followers boo them.
“Takin’ Care Of Business” by Bachman-Turner Overdrive:Moments later, as this Bachman-Turner Overdrive song plays in the background, Homelander summons Firecracker and Sister Sage on the stage, introducing them as the new members of the Seven.
“Sunshine, Lollipops anԁ Rainbows” by Lesley Gore:After convincing Ryan to visit him, Butcher brings home some supplies and prepares him a batch of cookies Rebecca used to make. The Lesley Gore song can be heard in the background as Butcher bakes the cookies.
“La Nuit Le Jour” by Les Terribles:Much later inThe Boysseason 4’s episode 3, Frenchie gets intoxicated before he and Kimiko duke it out with a group of armed men in a warehouse. To Kimiko’s dismay, she has to face the men all by herself because Frenchie becomes too impaired to help her. While Frenchie enjoys his high and Kimiko single-handedly takes down the men, this Les Terribles track plays in the background.
“Let’s Put The Christ Back in Christmas” by Shoshana Bean, Andrew Rannells, James Monroe Iglhart & Christopher Lennertz:The Boysseason 4 puts this awful songin a viewer’s head during the scenes where a bunch of supe body doubles practice an ice-skating musical.
The Boys Season 4 Episode 4 Songs
“Wisdom of the Ages”
“Crying Time” by Ray Charles:Colin plays this track at his home inThe Boysseason 4’s episode 4 before he recalls what happened to his family and how they were murdered.
“Stomp My Flag I’ll Stomp Your Ass” by Creed Fisher:This Creed Fisher track can briefly be heard inThe Boysseason 4’s episode 4 in the opening moments of Firecracker’s show, Truthbomb.
“Up Where We Belong” by Joe Cocker & Jennifer:Firecracker and The Deep sing this one live on Vought News Network’s Truthbomb show inThe Boysseason 4, episode 4. This track plays again in the Amazon show during its end credits.
“Face Down Ass Up” by 2 Live Crew:In a shocking scene, Sister Sage asks The Deep to perform a lobotomy on her before they get intimate. After The Deep performs the lobotomy, 2 Live Crew’s “Face Down Ass Up” starts playing inThe Boysseason 4, episode 4.
The Boys Season 4 Episode 5 Songs
“Beware of the Jabberwock, My Son”
“I will Remember You” by Sarah McLachlan:After Billy Butcher brutally murders Ezekiel inThe Boysseason 4’s episode 4, The Deep and Ezekiel’s followers pay him their tribute in episode 5. As his followers mourn his death at the service, this Sarah McLachlan track plays in the background.
“Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” by Joseph William Morgan:This track plays inThe Boysseason 4’s episode 5 when A-Train addresses an audience at his movie’s premiere night.
“Old MacDonald Had a Farm” by Unknown Artist:This unknown version of the renowned nursery rhyme “Old MacDonald Had A Farm” plays during the end credits ofThe Boysepisode.
The Boys Season 4 Episode 6 Songs
“Dirty Business”
“Stomp My Flag I’ll Stomp Your Ass” by Creed Fisher:Serving as the intro song for Firecracker’s show on Vought New Network, this one plays around the 4 minutes 50 seconds mark. It is followed by Firecracker officially announcing Cameron Coleman’s sabbatical.
“Wild Thing” by Tone Loc:This track plays inThe Boys season 4’s episode 6when Mother’s Milk visits Webweaver, hoping he will help them.
“Baker Street” by Gerry Rafferty:After Hughie enters Tek-Knight’s Bat Dungeon inThe Boysseason 4’s episode 6, Tek-Knight asks him to sit on a German chocolate cake “for the texture against the bare cheeks.” This is when Gerry Raffety’s “Bake Street” faintly plays in the background.
“Sailing” by Christopher Cross:When Tek-Knight straps Hughie on a bench inThe Boysseason 4’s episode 6 to fulfill his bizarre fantasies, this one plays in the backdrop. It continues playing as Askely Barrett tickles his feet.
“you’re able to Do Magic” by America:This one plays when Ashley Barrett goes all out with the tickling and gets turned on. While Hughie suffers on the bench, Ashley and Tek-Knight kiss and celebrate. With the same track playing in the background, Tek-Knight soon figures out that it is Hughie under Webweaver’s suit and mask.
“The Things We Do For Love” by 10cc:After learning that Hughie has been posing as Webweaver, Tek-Knight takes out some surgical tools to make holes in his body. This is when 10cc’s “The Things We Do For Love” starts playing inThe Boysseason 4’s episode 6.
“Rosanna” by Toto:Before Tek-Knight can surgically make holes in Hughie’s body, Kimiko and Starlight rescue him. They then tie up Tek-Knight and try to torture him, but, to their dismay, he enjoys it, revealing his masochistic tendencies. This is when Toto’s “Rosanna” plays inThe Boysseason 4’s episode 6.
The Boys Season 4 Episode 7 Songs
“The Insider”
“See Something, Say Something” by Chris Lennertz:A-Train’s puppet moves his lips to this song for the V Kids channel’s Christmas commercial, while Ryan expresses his discomfort towards the song’s lyrics. The song plays again much later in the episode when the commercial is filmed again with Homelander and The Deep’s puppets. However, Ryan again opens up about his concerns surrounding the song’s lyrics. It plays for the third time duringThe Boysseason 4 episode 7’s end credits.
“Butterfly” by Crazy Town:Frenchie plays this song in his underground lab to encourage Sameer to help him create the supe virus with whatever resources they have.
“Steal My Sunshine” by Len:This track faintly plays in the background as Sameer attempts to create the virus while luring Frenchie closer to him. As soon as Kimiko comes close, he injects her with the virus before rushing out of the lab inThe Boysseason 4’s episode 7.
The Boys Season 4 Episode 8 Songs
“Assassination Run”
“See Something, Say Something” by Chris Lennertz:This is the song Ryan objected to inThe Boysseason 4, episode 7. In episode 8, an instrumental version of it plays in the background of a Vought PSA in which Firecracker, Black Noir, and The Deep claim to “take full responsibility for racism.”
“Stomp My Flag I’ll Stomp Your Ass” by Creed Fisher:As seen inThe Boysseason 4’s previous episodes, this one serves as the opening theme for Firecracker’s live Vought show, “The Truthbomb with Firecracker.”
“Heart Shaped Box” by Nirvana:This iconic Nirvana track serves as the closing track forThe Boysseason 4. While it plays in the background, the show walks through one twist after another, setting the stage forThe Boys' endgame.
The Boys
The Boys is a gritty and subversive take on the superhero genre, focusing on a group of vigilantes who confront powerful superheroes abusing their abilities, exploring themes of corruption and moral ambiguity in a world where heroes are not always what they seem.
