Name: Paper Towns
Released: 2015

This guide currently identifies 34 songs heard in Paper Towns (2015), with scene details and placement information where available.

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Paper Towns soundtrack songs

Smile
Mikky Ekko
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Song used in the official trailer
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Swingin Party
Kindness
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Intro of the movie: Q talks about the first time he saw Margo and the miracle she was in his life by falling in love with her
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Moments
De Lux
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Halloween. Q watches Margo through his window. He describes how he and Margo got away from each other and his hopes of being her friend again
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Must Be Santa
Bob Dylan
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Q talks about Radars' parents' "black santa" collection
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Taxi Cab
Vampire Weekend
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Crossing Jefferson Park and driving to Chuck Parson's house.
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Lost It to Trying (Paper Towns Mix)
Son Lux
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When Quentin and Margo are driving through the city to the Suntrust building.
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Lost It To Trying
Son Lux
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Q and Margo were driving and Q keeps looking over at Margo, while Margo is too busy looking out the window to notice.
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The Lady in Red
Disk Eyes
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When Quentin and Margo dance in the Sun Trust building/ but its Chris De Burg
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The Red Fiesta
Jeff Howlett
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When Margo and Q are dancing in the SunTrust building.
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Red River Valley
Woody Guthrie
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Q, Ben and Radar see the poster of Woody Guthrie in Margo's window. Radar plays the song on his phone through Omnictionary.
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Walt Whitman's Niece
Billy Bragg
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Q reads Margo's book of "Leaves Of Grass" by Walt Whitman.
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My Type
Saint Motel
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Song playing in the background when Radar calls Q from the party
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Radio
Santigold
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When Quentin enters the party.
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Runaway (U & I) [Svidden & Jarly Remix]
Galantis
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Music played when Quentin is in the bathtub with Lacey
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Search Party
Sam Bruno
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When Quentin is at the party and finds a clue.
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Pokemon Theme
Nat Wolff, Austin Abrams and Justice Smith
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When they went to the mini mall and they're too scared to enter the troll hole
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No Drama Queen
Grouplove
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1st Song Heard On The Road Trip
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Great Summer
Vance Joy
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2nd Song Heard On The Road Trip
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Be Mine
Alice Boman
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After the accident on the road trip with the cow they make a stop until the reach help. Ben and Lacey talk. Lacey asks Ben to prom. Radar and Angela have sex for the first time
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Burning
The War On Drugs
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Second day of the road trip after the car is fixed. Q, Ben, Radar, Lacey and Angela arrive at the state of NY.
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Re: Stacks
Bon Iver
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Ben, Radar, Lacey and Angela leave Q in Agloe, NY. Q stays and waits for Margo. She doesn't appear. He gets disappointed. He walks to Roscoe on foot and buys a bus ticket back to Orlando
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On a Good Day
Robin Pecknold
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Q taking the bus home after kissing Margo goodbye.
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Falling
Haim
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Ending prom scene
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To the Top
Twin Shadow
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Ending credits
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Used to Haunt
The Mountain Goats
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Ending credits
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Look Outside
Nat & Alex Wolff
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Ending credits
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Fourth Of July
Fall Out Boy
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When Q and Margo almost finish having the time of their lives and Margo hands her head out of the window on their way to the Suntrust building.
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The Detroitiest Part of Orlando
Ryan Lott
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Having found the address (and mentioning the upcoming song title in the dialogue), the next day they skip school to drive out there
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The Red Fiesta
Jeff Howlett, Trevor Barry
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When Margo and Q are dancing in the SunTrust building.
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Walt Whitman's Niece
Billy Bragg, Wilco
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Q reads Margo's book of "Leaves Of Grass" by Walt Whitman.
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Radio
Santigold vs. Switch and FreQ Nasty
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Q gets to the party on Jase's house and talks with Radar. Ben is being drunk and drinks beer from a barrel while being turned upside down. Q goes to the bathroom and finds Lacey sitting in the bathtub crying.
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Runaway (U & I) [Svidden & Jarly Remix]
Galantis
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Q is in the party of Jase's house. He talks with Lacey's while both are sitting in the bathtub. Lacey is furious about everyone thinking she is only beautiful but she is also very smart. They talk about Jace and Becca and how Becca is becoming the new Margo. Q comforts her.
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Falling
HAIM & Ludwig Göransson
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Ending prom scene.
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Different Colors
WALK THE MOON
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Paper Towns Soundtrack (2015)

Paper Towns soundtrack songs