Soundtrack: An Education

Each song is provided with a scene description and timestamp, as well as a full-length audio playback.

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Note: Below is a complete playlist of all 17 songs that can be heard in the movie “An Education”. Some of these commercial songs are not included on the official soundtrack album but are used in the movie.


All 17 songs featured in “An Education”:


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Cheers - Roger Webb
Timestamp: 0:05 | Scene: Matello gets Rocco to make him a drink and two guys burst in and shoot him dead.
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Freeze Frame - J. Geils Band
Timestamp: 0:10 | Scene: Tommy and Vincent eat in the cafe as Tommy narrates. Joey chats up a girl.
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Rock This Town - The Stray Cats
Timestamp: 0:11 | Scene: Some guys come into the cafe and Joey starts a fight with them. Tommy and Vincent join in.
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Don't Leave Me This Way - Thelma Houston
Timestamp: 0:20 | Scene: Tommy arrives home at Aunt Tina's and finds her dancing along to the song in the kitchen.
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As Hard As It Is - Fine Young Cannibals
Timestamp: 0:28 | Scene: Tommy explains to Vincent and Joey about what happened in the marines. Joey introduces Junior to Tommy.
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I Drink Alone - George Thorogood
Timestamp: 0:37 | Scene: Plays in Joey's club as the strippers dance and Brandy serves at the bar. Brandy introduces herself to Tommy. Tommy gets talking to Murtha (Val Kilmer).
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Living On The Sidewalk - Denny Brown
Timestamp: 0:39 | Scene: 2nd song in the club. Tommy continues to talk to Murtha.
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Gypsy Lane - Denny Brown
Timestamp: 0:40 | Scene: 3rd song in the club.
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Change - Leroy
Timestamp: 0:41 | Scene: Still in the club. Joey says he paid for a girls boobs. Some guy gets chucked out.
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Holding Back The Years - Simply Red
Timestamp: 0:44 | Scene: Plays in the club after it's closed as Joey, Tommy and Vincent continue to drink.
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Soul Searching - Lisa Bourne
Timestamp: 0:48 | Scene: Brandy drops Tommy off in her car by the diner.
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Living In America - James Brown
Timestamp: 0:55 | Scene: The guys get the drugs out of oranges, statues, etc. Tommy gives tapes to the police and the money stacks up. Joey buys a new red sports car.
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If You Don't Stop Drinking (I'm Gonna Leave) - George Thorogood
Timestamp: 1:12 | Scene: Junior addresses Missy over the loudspeaker in the club. Brandy cuts fruit.
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Wishing on a Star - Rose Royce
Timestamp: 1:16 | Scene: Aunt Tina looks at herself in the mirror and smashes a glass.
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Brandy - The Looking Glass
Timestamp: 1:17 | Scene: unior puts on the record in the club as Brandy tidies up. A fight ensues between the two and Brandy manages to kill him.
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What’s the movie about?
A coming-of-age story about a teenage girl in a 1960s London suburb, and how her life is changed by the arrival of a playboy almost twice her age.

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