Note: Below is a complete playlist of all 20 songs that can be heard in the movie “The Best of Me”. Some of these commercial songs are not included on the official soundtrack album but are used in the movie.
All 20 songs featured in “The Best of Me”:
| Song: | Listen on: |
|---|---|
| Dream Girl - Hunter Hayes Timestamp: 0:06 | Scene: Song can be heard at the celebration. |   |
| All I Want - Toad The Wet Sprocket Timestamp: 0:11 | Scene: Flashback to 1992. | |
| Whoomp! There It Is - Tag Team Timestamp: 0:12 | Scene: Young Dawson messes with some partying teenagers stuck in traffic. Song is playing in the car. | |
| Into Your Arms - The Lemonheads Timestamp: 0:17 | Scene: Young Dawson is driving down the road in his car after a surprise date with Amanda just moments before. | |
| Tous Les Soirs - Linzay Young & Joel Savoy Timestamp: 0:17 | Scene: Dawson returns home and is snapped at by his father and gets a slap in the face. Song can be heard in the background. | |
| Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong - Spin Doctors Timestamp: 0:22 | Scene: Amanda waits in a coffee shop for Dawson, but he doesn't show up. | |
| Love Is a Liar - Kacey Musgraves Timestamp: 0:35 | Scene: Dawson is in a store. Song is heard very softly in the background. | |
| What’ll I Do? - The Nat „King“ Cole Trio Timestamp: 0:44 | Scene: Amanda and Dawson dance to this music. | |
| Borrowed Time - Thompson Square Timestamp: 0:47 | Scene: Amanda and Dawson are making dinner together and talking. Song can be heard softly in the background. | |
| Hold On - Shel & Gareth Dunlop Timestamp: 0:53 | Scene: Amanda and Dawson sleep together for the first time. More scenes between the two follow... | |
| Sweet Jane - Cowboy Junkies Timestamp: 0:58 / 1:23 | Scene: Amanda turns on the radio. She and Dawson dance to this song / Also heard when Dawson has this song playing in his car. | |
| Falling For You - Lady Antebellum Timestamp: 1:03 | Scene: Amanda and Dawson are driving a red car through the streets. | |
| Allison Road - Gin Blossoms Timestamp: 1:11 | Scene: Dawson goes back to Tuck's with some friends to get the flower from Amanda. He sees Tuck lying unconscious on the ground. | |
| In Love Again - Colbie Caillat Timestamp: 1:25 | Scene: Dawson and Amanda kiss in the lake. | |
| Rain From Heaven - Eric Paslay Timestamp: 1:41 | Scene: Dawson is driving his car and gets a call from Amanda at a railroad crossing. | |
| I Did With You - Lady Antebellum Timestamp: 1:51 | Scene: Song can be heard in the credits. | |
| Crossroads - Phoebe Hoffman Timestamp: 1:54 | Scene: 2nd song which can be heard in the credits. | |
| All I Want - Toad The Wet Sprocket Scene: The two are sitting in the cafe as young people. | |
| The Way Things Go - Thomas Rhett | |
| Tie This Around Your Neck - Demon Hunter | |
What’s the movie about?
The comedy “The Best Of Me” tells the story of Dawson (Luke Bracey/ James Marsden) and Amanda (Liana Liberato/ Michelle Monaghan), who were inseparable lovers in high school before Amanda’s father got in the way of their happiness. Twenty years later, chance brings them back together in their old hometown. The reunion rekindles the feelings of yesteryear, but is once again ill-starred. Can Dawson and Amanda ever be happy together…?