NOTE: This list is a work in progress – no guarantees about how accurate or complete it is, as the information has been collected from a variety of sources. Once I have verified a song myself, its listing will include a) the context in which it is played, and b) a link to its lyrics.
Theme Song: The Solids – Hey Beautiful
1.01: Pilot
[Otis Redding - Cigarettes and Coffee][BROADCAST]
[Kool Blues - I Want to Be Ready][DVD]
[The Pretenders - Back on the Chain Gang]
[Beck - E-Pro][SCREENER]
1.02: Purple Giraffe
1.03: Sweet Taste of Liberty
1.04: Return of the Shirt
[Belle & Sebastian - We Rule the School]
1.05: Okay Awesome
[Lovefreekz - Shine (Lovefreekz Club Mix)]
[DJ Sammy - Heaven]
1.06: Slutty Pumpkin
[Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone]
[Nada Surf - Inside of Love]
[The Shagarats - My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean]
[The Shagarats - Peanuts Theme]
[The Shagarats - Is She Really Going Out With Him?]
1.07: Matchmaker
[Seals & Croft - Summer Breeze]
[Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Parallel Or Together]
1.08: The Duel
[Chumbawumba - Tubthumping]
1.09: Belly Full of Turkey
[The 88 - You Belong to Me]
[We Are Scientists - Nobody Move, Nobody Gets Hurt]
[Styx - Mr. Roboto]
1.10: The Pineapple Incident
[Cheap Trick - Voices]
[Jon Brion - Voices]
1.11: The Limo
[Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name] Repeatedly.
[Pavement - Major Leagues]
1.12: The Wedding
[Death Cab for Cutie - Soul Meets Body]
[Fuck - Laundry Shop]
1.13: Drumroll, Please
[Michael Bublé - You Don't Know Me]
[Pavement - Spit on a Stranger]
[Scott Joplin/Ted Mosby - The Entertainer]
1.14: Zip, Zip, Zip
1.15: Game Night
[My Morning Jacket - Off the Record]
1.16: Cupcake
[The Pixies - Where Is My Mind?]
1.17: Life Among the Gorillas
[AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap]
[Elton John & Kiki Dee - Don't Go Breaking My Heart]
1.18: Nothing Good Happens After 2AM
[Supergrass - Alright]
[Robin Hackett - Hard Left]
[Rachael Yamagata - Quiet][BROADCAST]
[Michelle Feargerstone - God Bless the Child][DVD]
[Maureen McGovern - The Morning After]
[Elvis Presley - Love Me Tender]
1.19: Mary the Paralegal
1.20: Best Prom Ever
[The 88 - Good Feeling]
[The 88 - Head Cut Off]
[The 88 - Hide Another Mistake]
[The 88 - Jesus is Good]
[The Verve Pipe - The Freshman]
[The Violent Femmes - Good Feeling]
1.21: Milk
[Roxy Music - Mother of Pearl]
1.22: Come On
[Bach - Air]
[Bloc Party - This Modern Love]
2.01: Where Were We?
[Grant Lee Phillips - Boys Don't Cry]
[George Clinton - Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)]
[George Perkins and the Silver Stars - Cryin' in the Streets]
2.02: The Scorpion and the Toad
[The Hives - Walk Idiot Walk]
[The Elected - It Was Love]
2.03: Brunch
2.04: Ted Mosby: Architect
[The Decemberists - Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect]
2.05: World’s Greatest Couple
[Islands - Don't Call Me Whitney, Bobby] Played as Lily and Barney redecorate the apartment.
[ABBA - Fernando]
2.06: Aldrin Justice
[The World Record - We're #1]
2.07: Swarley
[Helen Reddy - I Am Woman] The song Ted requests on the radio.
[Gary Portnoy - Where Everybody Knows Your Name] The song played at the bar at the end of the episode.
[The Explorer's Club - Forever]
2.08: Atlantic City
[Fountains of Wayne - Sink to the Bottom]
2.09: Slap Bet
[Robin Sparkles - Let's Go to the Mall] Robin’s Canadian pop sensation.
2.10: Single Stamina
[The Replacements - Skyway]
[Scissors for Lefty - Mama, Your Boys Will Find a Home]
2.11: How Lily Stole Christmas
[Clarence Carter - Backdoor Santa]
2.12: First Time In New York
[The Weepies - Gotta Have You]
[Mickey & Sylvia - Love Is Strange]
[Nada Surf - Always Love]
[Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes - (I've Had) The Time of My Life]
2.13: Columns
[Guided By Voices - Twilight Campfighter]
[Ben Lee - Whatever It Is]
[The Ethels - Corazon Incesante]
2.14: Monday Night Football
[Peter Bjorn & John - Young Folks]
2.15: Lucky Penny
[Oppenheimer - Nine Words]
2.16: Stuff
[The Stooges - I Wanna Be Your Dog]
2.17: Arrivederci, Fiero
[The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)] Played constantly.
2.18: Moving Day
[The Solids - Soap on Your Skin]
2.19: Bachelor Party
[The Wiggins - When I Get Up]
[Chop Chop - Pinched]
2.20: Showdown
2.21: Something Borrowed
[Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring] The acoustic guitar at Marshall and Lily’s first wedding.
[Haunt - Love Song] Played at the end of the first wedding.
2.22: Something Blue
[The 88 - No One Here]
[Jaymay - Sea Green, See Blue]
3.01: Wait For It
[Mandy Moore - Ladies Choice]
[Mandy Moore - Nothing That You Are]
[Enrique Iglesias/Gael - Alguien Soy Yo]
3.02: We’re Not From Here
[Enrique Iglesias - Somebody's Me]
3.03: Third Wheel
[Wilco - Passenger Side]
3.04: Little Boys
[Edvard Grieg - In the Hall of the Mountain King] Played when Ted is about to kiss Stacey.
[The Blakes - Commit] Played over the drawings of Robin.
3.05: How I Met Everyone Else
[The Jayhawks - Save It For A Rainy Day]
3.06: I’m Not That Guy
3.07: Dowisetrepla
3.08: Spoiler Alert
[Spoon - The Underdog]
3.09: Slapsgiving
[Adam Merrin - Still Alright]
[Marshall Eriksen - You Just Got Slapped]
3.10: The Yips
3.11: The Platinum Rule
[Miss Derringer - Black Tears]
[The Five Stairsteps - O-o-h Child"]
3.12: No Tomorrow
[Nada Surf - Beautiful Beat]
3.13: Ten Sessions
[Big Star - Thirteen] Played during the two-minute date.