Note: Below is a complete playlist of all 17 songs that can be heard in the comedy film “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day”. Some of these commercial songs are not included on the official soundtrack album, but are used in the movie.
All 17 songs from “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day”:
| Song: | Listen on: |
|---|---|
| Beautiful - J-Man & Keith Timestamp: 0:05 | Scene: First song: Alexander wants to go to school with a school friend and falls on his way to her on the lawn. |   |
| What’s Up? - 4 Non Blondes Timestamp: 0:06 | Scene: Alexander is sitting in the car with his school friend. The mother sings this song. | |
| Logan’s Loop - Andrew Bird Timestamp: 0:13 | Scene: Alexander almost had the classroom burned down and is now on his way to the schoolyard. He is approached by a teacher who hands him a guinea pig. | |
| If You’re Happy and You Know It - Larry Groce, Mickey Mouse & Disneyland Children’s Sing-Along Chorus Timestamp: 0:25 | Scene: Anthony Cooper drives the car and his mother wants him to drive faster because they are late. | |
| Soldierhead - Newsted Timestamp: 0:25 | Scene: Kelly Cooper (Jennifer Garner) changes the radio station in the car. | |
| The Boy With the Perpetual Nervousness - The Feelies Timestamp: 0:33 | Scene: Kelly Cooper rides a bicycle to an important business meeting. | |
| The Last One to Leave the Party - Imperial Mammoth Timestamp: 0:35 | Scene: Ben Cooper (Steve Carell) is waiting for his interview with the game developer and his youngest son. | |
| Surf Surf Don’t Drown - The Narwhals Timestamp: 0:48 | Scene: The whole family wants to turn the cursed day into a beautiful day. | |
| You Can Fly! You Can Fly! You Can Fly - Sammy Cahn & Sammy Fain Timestamp: 0:51 | Scene: Song can be heard at the school performance. The song is sung by Emily Cooper (Kerris Dorsey). | --- |
| We Are the Ones (Own the World) - Charles William Timestamp: 1:10 | Scene: The Coopers' birthday party begins. | |
| Need You Tonight - INXS Timestamp: 1:13 | Scene: A striptease suddenly starts at the birthday party. | |
| Hurricane - The Vamps Timestamp: 1:14 | Scene: First song to be heard in the credits. | |
| Best Worst Day Ever - Kerris Dorsey & Justine Dorsey Timestamp: 1:16 | Scene: Second song, which can be heard in the credits. | |
| Keep On Movin‘ - Thomas Hien | |
| Summer Steps - Dave Bronze, Josh Phillips | --- |
| We’ll Sing In the Sunshine - Gale Garnett | |
| Perfect World - IDK & The Whatevs | |
What’s the movie about?
The 11-year-old Alexander (Ed Oxenbould) is the unlucky one of the family. When Alexander tells his family (Jennifer Garner, Steve Carell, Dylan Minette and Kerris Dorsey) about the misadventures of his day, he only encounters incomprehension, because his family couldn’t be better. On the same evening Alexander wishes that his family would also experience one of his typical days – with disastrous consequences, because the next day the life of the Cooper family is already upside down!