Theme Songs from
I Thought You'd Never Ask
Music and musicality are prominent themes throughout this book. Hip hop, Rock, Soca calypso movie soundtracks, and comedy albums – songs of all genres. In some chapters, the song selections speak to the differences between what predominantly black folks or predominantly white folks might have been listening to at those times and in specific spaces. These were songs of the times or songs that capture the spirit of the stories.
Here is the book’s “playlist”, chapter by chapter. Reminisce! Dance! Enjoy!
Chapter 1: The Track Star
Billy Ocean
Chapter 2: The Quiet Rioter
Quiet Riot
Cum On Feel the Noize
Chapter 3: The Forty Thieves' Friend
Bermuda Gold
Steel Band Mix
Chapter 4: Soul Revivors Interlude I
The Wiz Soundtrack
Don’t Nobody Bring Me No Bad News
Chapter 6: The Knighting of Superpowers
Joe Scarbury
Greatest American Hero - Believe It or Not
Chapter 7: The Unusual MVP
Joe Harnell
Incredible Hulk TV series – Lonely Man theme song
Chapter 9: This Little Light of Mine
Etta James
This Little Light of Mine
Chapter 10: The Wiz
The Wiz Soundtrack 1978
Ease On Down the Road
Chapter 10: The Wiz
Byron Lee and the Dragonnaires
Tiney Winey
Chapter 10: The Wiz
Diane Ross and the Supremes
The Happening
Chapter 10: The Wiz
Dexys Midnight Runners
Come On Eileen
Chapter 10: The Wiz
Prince and the Revolution
Chapter 10: The Wiz
Fine Young Cannibals
Chapter 10: The Wiz
KC and the Sunshine Band
Get Down Tonight
Chapter 10: The Wiz
Chilliwack
What’cha Gonna Do When I’m Gone
Chapter 11: The Criminal
Pras Michel (Universal Group)
Ghetto Supasta
Chapter 12: The Ringmaster
Greatest Showman
A Million Dreams
Chapter 12: The Ringmaster
Harry Belafonte
Yellow Bird (Don't You Ever Love Me)
Chapter 12: The Ringmaster
The GoGos - We Got The Beat
RC Palmer Cheerleaders’ Championship Song!)
Chapter 13: A Showstopper
The Greatest Showman Cast
From Now On
Chapter 14: The Tripsters
Jungle Brothers - Early Morning
Road Trip Soundtrack
Chapter 15: Ready For the World (Airband)
Ready For The World
Oh Sheila
Chapter 15: Ready For The World (Airband)
Janet Jackson
Control
Chapter 17: The Super Host
Morris Day and The Time
Jungle Love
Chapter 17: The Super Host
Morris Day and The Time
Oak Tree
Chapter 17: The Super Host
The Smurf Dance Step
How To Dance The Smurf
Chapter 18: The Showstopper
Greatest Showman
Rewrite the Stars
Chapter 19: The Fledgling Jazz Singer
Quincey Jones
Birdland
Chapter 19: The Fledgling Jazz Singer
The Suspenders
Singing on the Bund
Chapter 19: The Fledgling Jazz Singer
The Suspenders
Ashley Milne singing Hallelujah
Chapter 20: The Connoisseur of Superpowers II
The Wiz
Be A Lion
Chapter 21: The Cookie Monster
Once Were Warriors Movie Soundtrack
Chapter 22: Mr. Rogers
Fred Rogers
Chapter 23: Miss Black Quebec
Diana Ross and the Supremes
Chapter 25: The Uncaged Bird Who Sings
Maya Angelou
Caged Bird
Chapter 27: The Road Runners
Barbara Cameron
Road Runners Theme Song
Chapter 28: The Canadian Pied Piper
Samuelle
So You Like What You See (Get With the Programme)
Chapter 32: The Superintendent
Dionne Warwick
Then Came You
Chapter 33: The Super Guy
Branford Marsalis Quartet, Terence Blanchard · Cynda Williams
Harlem Blues