Government Cheese soundtrack: A complete list of songs in the David Oyelowo starrer on Apple TV+

Government Cheese, starring David Oyelowo as the protagonist, premiered on Apple TV+ on April 16, 2025. The official synopsis of the show, as per Rotten Tomatoes, reads,

“When Hampton is released from prison, his long-awaited family reunion doesn't quite go as he hoped; in his absence, Hampton's wife and sons formed an unconventional family unit and his return spins their world into chaos.”

Besides the main storyline and the cast members, another key element of this show is its music and background score that have been composed and arranged by Alan DeMoss and Siddhartha Khosla.

Let us now explore the soundtrack of Government Cheese in detail.

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Episode-wise list of the Government Cheese soundtrack

Episode 1: The Gospel of Kenny Sharp

• Time Has Come Today – The Chambers Brothers
• Get Down – Pharrell Williams
• Don’t Crowd Me – Keith Kessler
• Going Down – Moloch
• Hot Fun In the Summertime – Sly Stone

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Episode 2: Trial and Error

• Sennerin – Lars-Luis Linek
• Song My (My Lai) – Baba Scholae
• Vitamin C – Can
• Hallucination – Bruno Leys

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Episode 3: Two Doors

• You’re All I Need – Carl Henderson
• One Step Around– Aretha Franklin
• Sinnerman – Gospel Supremes
• Soul Nitty Gritty – The Dontels

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Episode 4: A Long Road Home

• Trouble On Double Time – Free
• I Want to Be Free – Harry Krapsho
• Soul Fire – South Street Soul Guitars
• Smokey – Richard Freitas

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Episode 5: Father Facts, Figures and Failures

• WoWo – The Souls
• Best Things in Life – The Dreamliners
• Lonely People – Eddy Arnold

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More about Government Cheese

Created by Paul Hunter and Aeysha Carr, Government Cheese falls in the genre of historical surrealist comedy. While talking about the kind of show, David Oyelowo, who plays the central character Hampton Chambers, mentioned in an interview,

“It's a parabolic surrealist absurdist family comedy.”

Creator Paul Hunter, on the other hand, wanted his show to convey what it felt like to be a Black family who likes to live inside a bubble of their own. He said,

“When I was growing up in the early ’70s, there was a lot going on with the Black Panthers and all that kind of stuff. My family didn’t really focus on that stuff. We just kind of stayed in our own world.”

He further added, talking about the central family in the show,

“It’s this group of people in their own world, and I wanted to express the feeling of being different compared to what people thought the way we should be, especially as Black people.”

Government Cheese can be streamed on Apple TV+.

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