The New Basement Tapes’ ‘Ted Lasso’ Synch Leads August 2026 Top TV Songs Chart
“Kansas City” is No. 1 after being heard in the series’ season premiere.
The Ted Lasso television series has returned and has climbed to the top of Billboard's Top TV Songs chart in August 2026, thanks to The New Basement Tapes' song "Kansas City." The rankings are determined by combining song and show data from Tunefind with sales and streaming information tracked by Luminate. The fourth season premiere of Ted Lasso, which aired on Apple TV+ on August 5, featured "Kansas City," a song originally released in 2014 as part of The New Basement Tapes' album Lost in the River: The New Basement Tapes.
In the United States, the song earned 1.9 million official streams and sold 1,000 downloads during the period. The song was the album's lead single and peaked at No. 4 on Adult Alternative Airplay in 2015. The New Basement Tapes, which includes Marcus Mumford (also of Mumford & Sons), Elvis Costello, Jim James, Rhiannon Giddens, and Dawes' Taylor Goldsmith, co-wrote and performed the Ted Lasso theme song.
The song currently holds the number one spot on the Top TV Songs chart, surpassing songs from Prime Video's Reacher series, including Pixies' "Where Is My Mind?" and Black Sabbath's "Iron Man."
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