The Wire season 2 episode 1 soundtrack

"Ain't never gonna be what it was." -- Little Big Roy Det. Jimmy McNulty--exiled to police-boat duty--makes a shocking discovery in the Baltimore harbor. Bodie drives to Philly to make a connection for the Barksdale crew and Stringer Bell takes the train to New York to feel out the crew's reticent suppliers.

• My Sharona (Re-Recorded) — The Knack

  In ZIg's car, Nicky and Zig drive to the docks.

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• My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys — Waylon Jennings

  McNutty types and faxes.

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• A Prairie Home Companion — 50 Yen

  Drive following bodies.

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• Wooly Bully — Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs

  (0:27) First time at Clement St. Cafe with the stevedores.

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• Sixteen Tons — Nighthawks

  (0:30) The band at Clement St. Cafe.

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• Search and Destroy — The Stooges

  (0:33) After a night of boozing with Zig, Nikki turns on his stereo after being woken up.

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• The Seed (2.0) — The Roots & Cody ChesnuTT

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• Brandy — Looking Glass

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• Balance — Akrobatik

  Bodie and Shamrock in the car until they lose the signal.

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• Gimme the Light — Sean Paul

  In courtyard.

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• Oye, Isabel — The Iguanas

  Beadie drives up to the can with the dead girls

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• I'm Sorry — Brenda Lee

  (0:42) Frank at the union office doing paperwork.

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• Abandonado — The Iguanas

  (0:42) Beadie's headphones, before Frank outside the Pier office container.

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• The Fall — Blake Leyh

  End credits.

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