GOSSIP GIRL: THE MUSIC

If your ears are in full working order, they'll be very pleased with the songs featured in Gossip Girl. Here are just a few of the best

Peter, Bjorn and John - Young Folks

What's that whistling song in the opening scene of the first episode? It's this slice of annoyingly addictive Swedish pop
Justin Timberlake - What Goes Around

Timbers' tale of kissing-gone-wrong karma may ring spectacularly true for certain Gossip Girl characters later on
OK Go - Here It Goes Again

Chicago four-piece who are handy with a boyband dance routine and a treadmill, as they prove in the video to this song
The Pierces - Secret

Alabama's Pierce sisters make an appearance in one of the episodes as they perform this track at a party
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Kiss Kiss

Unsurprisingly, this is not a cover of the Holly Valance hit from Karen O and the boys. You'll probably notice that when you hear it
Gym Class Heroes - The Queen and I

Fact: This lot were discovered by Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz, who signed them to his Decaydance record label
Akon - Don't Matter

The Senegal-born singer had his biggest hit in the UK with Smack That. This one's not quite so smack-heavy
The Bravery - Time Won't Let Me Go

The Bravery are indeed brave. Singer Sam Endicott once started a beef with Killers singer Brandon Flowers