Note: Below is a complete playlist of all 28 songs that can be heard in the drama film “American Hustle”. Some of these commercial songs are not included on the official soundtrack album, but are used in the movie.
All 28 songs featured in “American Hustle”:
| Song: | Listen on: |
|---|---|
| Jeep’s Blues - Duke Ellington Timestamp: 0:00 | Scene: To be heard directly at the start of the movie. Irving plays this song for Sydney at the pool party. |  |
| A Horse with No Name - America Timestamp: 0:02 | Scene: Irving straightens his hair and dresses chicly. | |
| Dirty Work - Steely Dan Timestamp: 0:04 | Scene: They run into the hotel room and meet with the mayor. | |
| Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? - Chicago Timestamp: 0:07 | Scene: Song can be heard at the pool party. Irving meets Sydney. | |
| Blue Moon - Oscar Peterson Timestamp: 0:12 | Scene: Sydney tries on some clothes. | |
| I’ve Got Your Number - Jack Jones Timestamp: 0:18 | Scene: Irving talks about his love for Sydney. | |
| The Coffee Song (They’ve Got an Awful Lot of Coffee In Brazil) - Frank Sinatra & Axel Stordahl Timestamp: 0:39 | Scene: Richie introduces the mayor Carmine Polito. | |
| Straight, No Chaser - Thelonious Monk & Gerry Mulligan Timestamp: 0:42 | Scene: Brenda talks to Richie and Sydney about her cat. | --- |
| Stream of Stars - Jeff Lynne Timestamp: 0:51 | Scene: Richie is in his room. His mother yells at him. | |
| It’s De-Lovely - Ella Fitzgerald Timestamp: 0:53 | Scene: The mayor, his wife, Irving and Rosalyn at dinner. | |
| I Saw the Light - Todd Rundgren Timestamp: 0:56 | Scene: Irving and Sydney walk down the street and talk. | |
| I Feel Love - Donna Summer Timestamp: 0:57 | Scene: Irving and Sydney dance together in a club. | |
| Don’t Leave Me This Way - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes Timestamp: 0:59 | Scene: Sydney is in the bathroom. (Still in the club). | |
| Delilah - Tom Jones & Les Reed Timestamp: 1:00 | Scene: The mayor and Irving sing together with the crowd this song. | |
| Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John Timestamp: 1:11 | Scene: Sheik is introduced to the mayor. | |
| Papa Was a Rollin‘ Stone - The Temptations Timestamp: 1:13 | Scene: The mayor shows them the Ocean Bar. | |
| Evil Ways - Santana Timestamp: 1:14 | Scene: Rosalyn talks to the gangsters. | |
| White Rabbit - Mayssa Karaa Timestamp: 1:20 | Scene: Victor Tellegio tells them to transfer $10 million to a bank account. Sydney pulls Rosalyn away from the gangsters. | |
| How Can You Mend a Broken Heart - Bee Gees Timestamp: 1:23 | Scene: Rosalyn kisses Sydney in the bathroom. Also to be heard as the mayor makes his speech. | |
| To the Station - Evan Lurie Timestamp: 1:44 | Scene: Rosalyns new boyfriend picks them up and they go to dinner. | |
| Live and Let Die - Wings Timestamp: 1:46 | Scene: Rosalyn sings this song as she does some housework. | |
| Long Black Road - Electric Light Orchestra Timestamp: 1:53 | Scene: They met with the lawyer of Tellegio. | |
| The Jean Genie - David Bowie Timestamp: 1:59 | Scene: The police celebrate the confession they received from the lawyer. Richie laughs hysterically. | |
| 10538 Overture - Electric Light Orchestra Timestamp: 2:09 | Scene: The end of the film... | |
| Live to Live - Chris Stills Timestamp: 0:01 | Scene: | |
| La chatte à la Satie - Piero Piccioni Timestamp: 0:01 | Scene: | |
| The Evening News - John Ross Timestamp: 0:01 | Scene: | |
| Claire de Lune - Jeff Lynne Timestamp: 0:01 | Scene: | --- |
What’s the movie about?
At the end of the 1970s, businessman Irving Rosenfeld ran a number of laundrettes in New York quite legally, but his main sources of income were decidedly illegal. Together with his partner and lover Sydney Prosser, he sells fake works of art and cheats people who are in extreme financial difficulties by charging them high fees for allegedly arranging a loan. After the ambitious FBI agent Richie DiMaso finds out about them and arrests them, he offers them a deal. They are supposed to expose the politician Carmine Polito as corrupt. But quickly the matter grows over their heads and soon the mafia gets involved.