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Every Single Song Heard on Peacock's Spy Thriller Show, PONIES

If the 1970s soundtrack of Peacock's PONIES caught your attention, check out this full list of tunes and artists featured on the series. 

By Gina Salamone
Bea and Twila standing outside by a car and smoke behind them in PONIES Season 1 Episode 8.

From the very first scene of Peacock's PONIES to the very last, a killer soundtrack helps set the mood and transport viewers back to the 1970s.

How to Watch

Stream PONIES exclusively on Peacock.

Set in 1977 during the Cold War, the spy thriller series follows Bea (Emilia Clarke) and Twila (Haley Lu Richardson), two Americans who are based in Moscow with their CIA operative husbands. When they're told that their husbands died in a plane crash, they convince the CIA to let them work as spies to get to the bottom of what happened to their spouses.

While the PONIES' characters' wardrobes — as well as filming in Budapest, Hungary as a substitute for 1970s Moscow — help date the look of the series, the show's songs also stand out and let us time-travel back to the decade.

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The first scene of Episode 1 shows Bea strolling around the streets of Moscow as the upbeat tempo of Fleetwood Mac's hit "Second Hand News," from the 1977 album Rumours, blares. Viewers see Bea and lots of others through the lens of a photographer as she moves about, with the spy's camera only heard snapping shots of men but never Bea, establishing her for the audience as a PONI — or Person of No Interest.

Bea and Twila are considered PONIES since they're women in 1970s Moscow and not deemed a threat, which makes it a little easier for them to spy on the KGB.

The very last song heard on the series, which plays throughout the closing moments of the finale, is equally effective. No spoilers here, but Billy Joel's "The Stranger" — also from 1977, of course — helps build tension as things fall apart.

If the PONIES soundtrack stood out for you, you're not alone. And if you recognize any of the tunes played across the eight episodes — all now streaming on Peacock — and wonder what they're titled or who sings them, check out the below list of every single song heard on the show, broken down by episode. 


Every song heard on Peacock's PONIES

Episode 101, "Second Hand News"

Andrei, Sasha, and Bea talking across a table in PONIES Season 1 Episode 1.

"Second Hand News"- Fleetwood Mac
"Вся жизнь впереди (Your Whole Life Is Ahead of You)" - Samotsvety
"Seabird" - Alessi Brothers
"After the Goldrush" - Prelude
"Where He Cried Last" - Emmett Finley
"Rainy Day Man" - Tom Rush
"Hello It's Me" - Todd Rundgren
"Must of Got Lost" - J. Geils Band

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Episode102, "Hanging on the Telephone"

Sasha looking off to the side with books in PONIES Season 1 Episode 2.

"Elore Nezz!" - Skorpio
"I Am a Dalek" - The Art Attacks
"Stand Up and Fight" - Tenaha
"The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" - Vicki Lawrence
"Rasputin" - Boney M.
"I Got the Music in Me" - Kiki Dee
"Watching the Detectives" - Elvis Costello
"Couldn't Get It Right" - Climax Blues Band
"Hanging On the Telephone" - Blondie

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Episode 103, "Backstreets"

Twila outside at night next to cars in PONIES Season 1 Episode 3.

"Надежда" - Anna German
"Fly Away" - Mac and Katie Kissoon
"Bad Times" - Slyder
"Ne Sirj, Kedvesem" - Koncz Zsuzsa, Illés Együttes, Tolcsvayék és a Trió
"Don't Hang Up Your Dancing Shoes" - Iain Matthews
"Don't Go To Strangers" - J.J. Cale
"Barracuda" - Heart
"Can't Find My Way Home" - Blind Faith
"Cue 22" - Paternoster
"She's So Primitive" - Billy Clone and The Same
"Crying in the Rain Again" - The Sandpipers
"The Chain" - Fleetwood Mac

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Episode 104, "Don't Go Breaking My Heart"

Dane (Adrian Lester) walks on a busy street on Ponies Episode 104.

"Jeans On" - David Dundas
Good Morning Judge" - 10cc
"Do It Again" - Steely Dan
"Love the Way - Jorge Santana
"Everything I Own" - Bread / On-camera band
"Don't Go Breaking My Heart" - Elton John and Kiki Dee/ On-camera band
"You Are the Woman" - Firefall

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Episode 105, "Turn the Beat Around"

Ray (Nicholas Podany) holds a little device on Ponies Episode 105.

"Summer Breeze" - Seals and Crofts
"Ozovisya" - Nazarii Yaremchuk
“Moonage Daydream” - David Bowie
“IIxII” - The Cowsills
“Blind Alley” - Fanny
“Never Came To Stay” - Goldberg
“Hello It’s Me” - Todd Rundgren

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Episode 106, "Night Moves"

Bea with her hands folded in PONIES Season 1 Episode 6.

“Everything I Own” - Bread / On-camera band
“Long Distance Lover” - Fanny
“Osennie Listia” - Alla Yoshpe
“Alone Again Or” - Love
“Пою о любви” - Anatoliy Korolev
“Dark Eyes” - National Tatarstan Choir
“Tantsuyushchiy Ostrov (Dancing Island)” - Angelina Petrosov
“Ты снишься мне (I Dream of You)” - Alla Pugacheva
“Crying in the Night” - Buckingham & Nicks

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Episode 107, "Livin' Thing"

Andrei (Artjom Gilz) reads a stack of papers while holding a cigarette on Ponies Episode 107.

“Всё, что есть у меня (All That I Have)” - Samotsvety
“Wild and Wooly Ways” - Jerry Honigman
“Give Me the Right” - Terry Weiss
“Für Michael Pfadfinder" – TYLL
“W Co Mam Wierzyc” - Mira Kubasiska and Breakout
“Livin' Thing” - ELO
“Take Me To The Pilot (Live From Moscow, 1979)” - Elton John

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Episode 108, "The Stranger"

Chery looking off to the side in PONIES Season 1 Episode 8.

“There’s No Doubt” - Bridge
“Happy Just To Be Alive” - Christopher Blue
“Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me (Live)” - Elton John
“Dvadcat Let” - Gyulli Choheli
“Each New Day Turns a New Page” - Carolyn Bennett
“Dangerous Type” - The Cars
"The Stranger" - Billy Joel

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All about PONIES

All eight one-hour episodes of the Cold War-era espionage thriller show PONIES are now streaming on Peacock.

Series regulars include Emilia Clarke, Haley Lu Richardson, Adrian Lester, Artjom Gilz, Nicholas Podany, Petro Ninovskyi, and Vic Michaelis.