Top TV Shows of 2023 Driving Music Discovery
Tunefind has over 3,000 TV shows on the site, and within those series lives over 127,000 episodes – with the episode count climbing weekly as shows release new episodes. An impressive amount of music also lives within each episode, and week after week, fans come to Tunefind to find the music they heard and discovered on screen. Often, these TV series use music in a manner that sends fans on the hunt for a track by an unknown artist that catches their ear. Perhaps it’s a cover that breathes new life into a beloved classic or that irresistible earworm that refuses to leave their thoughts. Whatever the track may be, it always has a home on Tunefind.
Although a vital part of the entertainment industry was on strike for much of 2023, music discovery still flourished. Tunefind ranks the most popular TV shows whose soundtracks drove music discovery in 2023. The rankings show the power of TV in driving music discovery, along with the value world-class music supervision brings to the entertainment industry. The most popular series that actively aired episodes in 2023 are listed here, along with a few honorable mentions and a nostalgic view into the Tunefind vault.
- Top TV Shows of 2023
- Hello: Top New TV Shows of 2023 (Confirmed as returning)
- Hello: Top New TV Shows of 2023 (Unconfirmed or rumored to be returning)
- Farewell: Top TV Shows that ended in 2023
- From the Streaming Vaults
Top TV Shows of 2023 Driving Music Discovery
Below is a list of the top 20 most popular series on Tunefind that drove music discovery in 2023. Included is the fan-favorite song from the series’ most recent season. Many of these songs topped the Tunefind charts throughout the year, and it’s no surprise why fans flock to these series. The soundscapes within these shows are eclectic and nuanced, with the most popular song placements supporting the plot in phenomenally thrilling ways. There is no shortage of tunes that elevate montages and emphasize plot twists.
Music Supervisor: Season Kent
Fan Favorite Music Moment:
Bells in Santa Fe
by Halsey
from YOU · Season 4 · Episode 8 · Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?
Music Supervisor: Jen Ross
Fan Favorite Music Moment:
Numb
by Tramont
from Ginny & Georgia · Season 2 · Episode 1 · Welcome Back, Bitches!
Fan Favorite Music Moment:
As the World Caves In
from The Morning Show · Season 3 · Episode 5 · Love Island
Music Supervisor: Ann Kline
Fan Favorite Music Moment:
Feeling Our Way Through the Dark
from The Good Doctor · Season 6 · Episode 10 · Quiet and Loud
Music Supervisor: Maggie Phillips/Deep Cut Music
Fan Favorite Music Moment:
Fantastic Man
from Our Flag Means Death · Season 2 · Episode 1 · Impossible Birds
Music Supervisor: HTGR (Hit the Ground Running)
Fan Favorite Music Moment:
So Damn Lucky
from Dave · Season 3 · Episode 1 · Texas
Music Supervisor: Jen Ross
Fan Favorite Music Moment:
The Kids Are Alright
by Until The Very End, SiphiweM
from Bel-Air · Season 2 · Episode 5 · Excellence Is Everywhere
Fan Favorite Music Moment:
Ready To Run
from The Rookie · Season 5 · Episode 13 · Daddy Cop
Fan Favorite Music Moment:
Oops!… I Did It Again
by why mona, Unlike Pluto & Joanna Jones
from Criminal Minds · Season 16 · Episode 7 · What Doesn’t Kill Us
Music Supervisor: Raedio
Fan Favorite Music Moment:
Santa Maria (del Buen Ayre)
from And Just Like That… · Season 2 · Episode 4 · Alive!
Music Supervisor: Kasey Truman
Fan Favorite Music Moment:
Impossible To Find
by Texada
from Fire Country · Season 1 · Episode 9 · No Good Deed
Music Supervisors: Jen Malone, Nicole Weisberg
Fan Favorite Music Moment:
Sweet Child O’ Mine
from The Summer I Turned Pretty · Season 2 · Episode 4 · Love Game
Music Supervisors: Amanda Krieg Thomas, Francesca Harding
Fan Favorite Music Moment:
Stormy Weather
by Etta James
from 9-1-1 · Season 6 · Episode 11 · In Another Life
Music Supervisor: Andrea Higgins
Fan Favorite Music Moment:
Full Circle
by AHI
from Heartland · Season 16 · Episode 11 · Head Over Heels
Music Supervisor: Brittany Whyte
Fan Favorite Music Moment:
I Think I Belong Here
by i am hymn
from Station 19 · Season 6 · Episode 10 · Even Better Than the Real Thing
Fan Favorite Music Moment:
New Noise
by Refused
from The Bear · Season 2 · Episode 1 · Beef
Music Supervisor: Madonna Wade-Reed
Fan Favorite Music Moment:
Let Me Hurt
by Emily Rowed
from All American · Season 5 · Episode 12 · Lost One
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Fan Favorite Music Moment:
REACT
by Switch Disco, Ella Henderson
from Love Island (UK) · Season 9 · Episode 1
Music Supervisor: Nora Felder
Fan Favorite Music Moment:
Seventeen
from Yellowjackets · Season 2 · Episode 1 · Friends, Romans, Countrymen
Music Supervisor: Justin Kamps (Monster Sector)
Fan Favorite Music Moment:
Let It Be Hope
by Lxandra
from Grey’s Anatomy · Season 19 · Episode 7 · I’ll Follow The Sun
Honorable Mentions
While these series did not have episodes airing in 2023, the anticipation of upcoming seasons and rewatching of past episodes continued to drive music discovery on Tunefind.
Music Supervisor: Jen Malone
Fan Favorite Music Moment:
I’m Tired (From “Euphoria” An Original HBO Series)
from Euphoria · Season 2 · Episode 4 · You Who Cannot See, Think of Those Who Can
Euphoria is due to return with new episodes in 2025.
Music Supervisor: Nora Felder
Fan Favorite Music Moment:
Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) [Bryce Miller/Alloy Tracks Remix]
by Journey, Steve Perry
from Stranger Things · Season 4 · Episode 8 · Chapter Eight: Papa
Stranger Things is due to start filming it’s next season in early 2024. Fans can hope for new episodes in 2025.
Music Supervisor: Jen Malone
Fan Favorite Music Moment:
My Silver Lining
by First Aid Kit
from The Umbrella Academy · Season 3 · Episode 5 · The Kindest Cut
The Umbrella Academy will return with Season 4 in 2024.
Hello: Top New TV Shows of 2023 (Confirmed as returning)
Below is a list of the top 10 most popular series on Tunefind that premiered in 2023. Included is the fan-favorite song from the series’ first season. Fans can rejoice because the following series have all been renewed for second seasons, meaning there is even more music to look forward to!
Fan Favorite Music Moment:
Heroes
by Gang of Youths
from The Night Agent · Season 1 · Episode 10 · Fathers
Music Supervisors: Michelle Johnson, Yvette Metoyer
Fan Favorite Music Moment:
Photo ID
by Remi Wolf
from Gen V · Season 1 · Episode 2 · First Day
Music Supervisors: Jen Malone, Whitney Pilzer
Fan Favorite Music Moment:
Always Right
by Alabama Shakes
from Will Trent· Season 1 · Episode 1 · Pilot
Music Supervisor: Whitney Pilzer
Fan Favorite Music Moment:
AM I DREAMING
by Lil Nas X, Miley Cyrus
from School Spirits · Season 1 · Episode 6 · Grave the Last Dance
Music Supervisors: Henry van Roden, Gabe Hilfer
Fan Favorite Music Moment:
Le vent nous portera
by Sophie Hunger
from The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon · Season 1 · Episode 6 · Coming Home
Music Supervisors: Laura Webb, Lindsay Wolfington
Fan Favorite Music Moment:
Everybody Wants to Rule the World
by Tears for Fears
from XO, Kitty · Season 1 · Episode 3 · KISS
Music Supervisor: Thomas Golubić (SuperMusicVision)
Fan Favorite Music Moment:
Another Way
by Jackie Shane
from Poker Face · Season 1 · Episode 5 · Time of the Monkey
Music Supervisors: Evyen Klean, Ian Broucek
Fan Favorite Music Moment:
Never Let Me Down Again
by Jessica Mazin
from The Last of Us · Season 1 · Episode 6 · Kin
Music Supervisor: Lindsay Wolfington
Fan Favorite Music Moment:
Where We’re Going
by The Band Willa, Jillian Edwards
from Sullivan’s Crossing · Season 1 · Episode 2 · Homewrecker
Music Supervisors: Tony Von Pervieux, Christa Miller
Fan Favorite Music Moment:
Dermot (see yourself in my eyes)
by Fred Again..
from Shrinking· Season 1 · Episode 9 · Moving Forward
Hello: Top New TV Shows of 2023 (Unconfirmed or rumored to be returning)
These series debuted in 2023 and have yet to be confirmed for second seasons. But if fans are lucky, we will have additional seasons with more amazing music.
Music Supervisor: Raedio
Fan Favorite Music Moment:
Time Has Come Today
by The Chambers Brothers
from Justified: City Primeval · Season 1 · Episode 2 · The Oklahoma Wildman
Fan Favorite Music Moment:
Take The Long Way Home
by Supertramp
from The Continental · Season 1 · Episode 2 · Loyalty to the Master
Music Supervisors: Manish Raval, Tom Wolfe
Fan Favorite Music Moment:
Goosebumps – Remix
by Travis Scott, HVME
from Goosebumps · Season 1 · Episode 1 · Say Cheese and Die!
Music Supervisor: Catherine Grieves
Fan Favorite Music Moment:
FAKE
by Lola Young
from Rain Dogs · Season 1 · Episode 2 · Scenes from a Crucifixion
Fan Favorite Music Moment:
Drive
by Incubus
from Beef · Season 1 · Episode 3 · I Am Inhabited by a Cry
Farewell: Top TV Shows that ended in 2023
Everything good comes to an end eventually, and these series are no exceptions. These are the most popular shows that aired a series finale in 2023.
Music Supervisor: Season Kent
Fan Favorite Music Moment:
If It Makes You Happy
by Wesley Schultz
from How I Met Your Father · Season 2 · Episode 1 · Cool and Chill
Music Supervisor: Michelle Silverman
Fan Favorite Music Moment:
If I Go, I’m Goin
by Gregory Alan Isakov
from Mayans MC · Season 5 · Episode 10 · Slow to Bleed Fair Son
Music Supervisor: Christine Greene Roe
Fan Favorite Music Moment:
Slippin’ Into Darkness
by War
from Snowfall · Season 6 · Episode 2 · The Sit Down
Music Supervisor: Brittany Whyte
Fan Favorite Music Moment:
A Real Hero
by College, Electric Youth
from Riverdale · Season 7 · Episode 1 · Chapter One Hundred and Eighteen: Don’t Worry Darling
Music Supervisor: Brienne Rose
Fan Favorite Music Moment:
BIG
by Boyfriend
from Never Have I Ever · Season 4 · Episode 9 · …gone to prom
Fan Favorite Music Moment:
Can’t Find My Way Home
by Blind Faith
from Billions · Season 7 · Episode 12 · Admirals Fund
Music Supervisor: Robin Urdang
Fan Favorite Music Moment:
Eighteen Is Over the Hill
by The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band
from The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel · Season 5 · Episode 2 · It’s a Man, Man, Man, Man World
Music Supervisors: (S1-4) Matt Biffa, (S1-3) Ciara Elwis
Fan Favorite Music Moment:
With or Without You
by U2
from Sex Education · Season 4 · Episode 6
Fan Favorite Music Moment:
Chess
by K.S. Rhoads
from The Blacklist · Season 10 · Episode 2 · The Whaler (No. 165)
Music Supervisors: Tony Von Pervieux, Christa Miller
Fan Favorite Music Moment:
Prisencolinensinainciusol
by Adriano Celentano
from Ted Lasso · Season 3 · Episode 3 · 4-5-1
From the Streaming Vaults
Some of these shows haven’t aired a new episode in over a decade, but they still drew in audiences this year and had fans seeking out the soundtrack. In a world of streaming, your comfort show is never too far away. These shows kept us distracted through 2023, with hours upon hours of episodes ready for your bingeing pleasure – and amazing soundtracks to fill up your playlists.
Keep an eye out as we share the most popular songs, movies, artists, and articles of 2023. Cheers to another year of music discovery on screen!
