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Fiasco Season 5 theme song by Spatial Relations.
Credits song: "How to Have Sex” written and performed by Mcihael Callen from the album Purple Heart. Courtesy of Significant Other Records, Tops and Bottoms Music and Richard Dworkin.
Additional music: “Nobody’s Fool” by Michael Callen from the album Purple Heart and “I Know” by Michael Callen. Courtesy Significant Other Records, Tops and Bottoms Music and Richard Dworkin.
Can He Find Another One by Double Discovery, courtesy of Eugenia Publishing Company and Era Recording Studio.
Original music for this series written by Edith Mudge. Additional music by Nick Slyvester of Godmode, Joel St. Julien and and Dan English, Noah Hecht, and Joe Valle.