The Basketball Diaries Soundtrack

A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.

• Catholic Boy — The Jim Carroll Band

  Opening credits, Jim and his friends leave school

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• Dizzy — Green Apple Quick Step

  Jim plays basketball against Reggie

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• What A Life — Rockers Hi-Fi

  Jim takes Bobby to the peep show.

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• Down by the Water — PJ Harvey

  Jim and Neutron meet up with the sisters, Winkie and Blinkie.

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• Riders On the Storm — The Doors

  Jim plays badly during a basketball game

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• People Who Died — The Jim Carroll Band

  Jim and his friends play basketball in the rain

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• Dancing Barefoot — Johnette Napolitano

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• Watusi Latin Boogaloo — The Joey Altruda Latin Explosion

  Jim, Mickey and Pedro drive in a car

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• Strawberry Wine — Massive Internal Complications

  Jim goes cold turkey

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• Coming Right Along — The Posies

  Jim watches his mom carry in groceries

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• Blind Dogs (Studio Outtake) — Soundgarden

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• Star — The Cult

  Mickey and Jim chase down the guy who sold them fake heroin

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• I've Been Down — Flea

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• Catholic Boy — Jim Carroll featuring Pearl Jam

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• Devils Toe (featuring Jim Carroll) — Graeme Revell

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• I Am Alone (featuring Jim Carroll) — Graeme Revell

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• Its Been Hard (featuring Jim Carroll) — Graeme Revell

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• Dream Massacre — Graeme Revell

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• Rooster — Alice In Chains

  Not in film, but a similar sounding song is

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