"Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising" Soundtrack Lyrics

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"Black Skinhead / Party in My Pants (From Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising) – Single" – Album Guide to Tracks and Key Scenes

Overview

How do you score a suburban escrow crisis so it feels like a tiny EDM festival? Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising answers that by strapping Mac and Kelly’s grown-up panic to industrial hip hop, trap-heavy club tracks, and one almost parodically sad 70s power ballad.

The film picks up with Mac and Kelly Radner trying to sell their house just as a new sorority, Kappa Nu, moves in next door. Shelby and her friends don’t want the leering frat scene the first film mocked; they want a space where women can party on their own terms. That “parenthood vs. sisterhood” premise drives the soundtrack: the sorority sounds like contemporary festival culture, while the adults get older radio staples, soft pop and slightly anxious score.

Instead of a full-blown multi-artist soundtrack album, the official commercial release is the compact digital single Black Skinhead / Party in My Pants (From Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising). Around that two-track core, the movie uses more than twenty licensed songs — Jordyn Kane’s “On Top of the World,” Nacey and Angel Haze’s “I Own It,” Party Favor’s “Booty Loose,” Yellow Claw and Cesqeaux’s “Wild Mustang (feat. Becky G),” Five Knives’ “Wild Ones,” FRENSHIP and Emily Warren’s “Capsize,” Eric Carmen’s “All By Myself,” Jason Mraz’s “I’m Yours,” Beastie Boys’ “Sabotage,” Calvin Harris’ “Feel So Close,” plus deep cuts like Scarface’s “On My Block” and “Hazel Eulogy” from another Michael Andrews–scored film.

Across the film, genres map cleanly to story phases. Early “arrival” and “adaptation” beats lean on fizzy pop, electro and indie-dance — Kappa Nu’s promise that college can be different. Rebellion sequences ramp into EDM, trap and industrial rap: the sorority’s tailgates, raids and fundraising parties really do sound like the mid-2010s festival circuit. Collapse and fallout move into catalog tracks and warmer score: Carmen’s power ballad, Mraz’s ukulele romance, and gentle score cues signal that the party has consequences and that everyone is, painfully, growing up.

How It Was Made

Director Nicholas Stoller brought back composer Michael Andrews, who had already scored the first Neighbors. Andrews’ role here is surgical. He threads quick, melodic motifs through the licensed tracks, giving the Radners their own gentle musical identity — small guitar ideas for family scenes, light tension patterns when schemes start to wobble, sentimental touches for Teddy’s “what am I doing with my life?” beats.

On the song side, the film leans on aggressive music supervision rather than a traditional “music from and inspired by” album. Dance and hip hop cues come from artists like Major Lazer, Party Favor, Yellow Claw, Lil Jon, Five Knives and FRENSHIP, while older library cues pull in Joan Jett’s “Time Has Come Today,” Isaac Hayes’ “Chocolate Chip,” Scarface’s “On My Block,” 2 Live Crew’s “We Want Some Pu--y,” and, of course, Eric Carmen’s “All By Myself.” According to Soundtrakd’s credits, Booty Loose, Black Skinhead, Party in My Pants and others are tagged with specific scene notes, while Andrews is listed as overall composer.

The EP itself is focused but telling. According to Apple Music and other storefronts, Black Skinhead / Party in My Pants (From Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising) is a two-track, six-minute digital single released in early May 2016 by Back Lot Music. It contains a commissioned cover of Kanye West’s “Black Skinhead,” performed by Jacques Slade, THURZ and El Prez, and the noisy party anthem “Party in My Pants” by Kill the Giant. That pairing effectively brands the film’s musical extremes: heavy, industrial swagger and shameless party chant.

Tracks & Scenes

The movie cycles through more than twenty songs; not every cue has a publicly documented timestamp, but key placements are well tracked by soundtrack indexes and fan reconstructions. Below are the moments that define how the soundtrack actually behaves on screen.

“On Top of the World” — Jordyn Kane
Where it plays: Early in the film, as Shelby arrives at college and starts bonding with Beth and Nora, a bright pop track floats over shots of dorms, flyers and the trio walking campus at night. The song highlights their optimism as they talk about wanting something better than frat parties where girls feel unsafe.
Why it matters: It sells the sorority’s origin story as hopeful and idealistic rather than purely chaotic. The polished, TV-ready pop sound contrasts hard with the grimy music that comes later.

“Party in My Pants” — Kill the Giant
Where it plays: This becomes Kappa Nu’s unofficial anthem and marketing jingle. It blasts over a montage of the girls decorating the house, cutting promo videos, testing smoke machines and planning their first big party. The track also reappears in later party sequences and promotional spots, often nearly in full.
Why it matters: The cartoonishly blunt lyrics and stomping beat turn Kappa Nu’s DIY activism into a meme-ready party brand. It’s also one of only two tracks on the official EP, so the film keeps it front and center.

“Black Skinhead” — Jacques Slade, THURZ & El Prez
Where it plays: The commissioned cover powers the heist-style sequence where Mac and Teddy prepare to steal the sorority’s weed money at the tailgate. Drums slam in as they psych themselves up, load supplies and infiltrate the chaos. When Mac grabs the stash and bolts, the song continues over his chaotic escape run through crowds and cops.
Why it matters: The industrial hip-hop energy treats a petty theft by anxious parents with the weight of a blockbuster set piece. That tonal clash is deliberate — and controversial, given the original song’s racial politics.

“Booty Loose (feat. Fly Boi Keno)” — Party Favor
Where it plays: According to Soundtrakd’s breakdown, the track plays while “Teddy performs on stage as a distraction while Mac steals weed from Kappa Nu.” In practice, you see Teddy dancing on a makeshift stage at the tailgate, hyping the crowd with increasingly desperate moves while the track’s sirens and drops rattle the speakers.
Why it matters: The cue pushes Teddy into full “festival hype man” mode just as he realizes he no longer belongs in this world. The music is huge; his status is tiny.

“Too Original (feat. Elliphant & Jovi Rockwell)” — Major Lazer
Where it plays: Slotted into one of Kappa Nu’s big early parties. The camera roams through crowded rooms, vape clouds and improvised decorations as the song’s off-kilter rhythm drives jump cuts and quick gags: spilled drinks, weed clouds, a baby monitor buzzing back at the Radners’ house.
Why it matters: The song is about resisting blandness, which mirrors the girls’ effort to build a space that doesn’t look like standard Greek Row.

“Wild Mustang (feat. Becky G)” — Yellow Claw & Cesqeaux
Where it plays: Later, when the sorority goes bigger and glossier, this track rides over a full-house party sequence: neon lights, bodies jumping in slow motion, Shelby crowd-surfing, and quick cuts to authorities looking worried outside.
Why it matters: It’s almost a parody of 2016 festival music — which is exactly the tone the film wants as Kappa Nu’s ideals get swallowed by spectacle.

“Wild Ones” — Five Knives
Where it plays: Dropped into another high-energy party montage, this time focusing more tightly on Kappa Nu’s core trio. The angular electro-rock backs them as they try to prove they can compete financially with frats by throwing bigger, louder parties.
Why it matters: Sonically, it’s rougher and more punk than the EDM cuts, hinting at the girls’ frustration as logistics and money start crashing their utopian idea.

“I Own It (feat. Angel Haze)” — Nacey
Where it plays: Used most prominently in the marketing, this track underpins trailers that reframe the sequel from the sorority’s perspective. In the film it appears briefly around scenes where Shelby explains her stance on sexist frat culture and the need for a different kind of house.
Why it matters: The lyric hook about ownership ties directly into themes of bodily autonomy, consent and defining your own college experience, which the script leans on more than you might expect from a studio comedy.

“Time Has Come Today” — Joan Jett
Where it plays: A re-recorded version of the classic anthem punches in over a montage of escalating hostilities: pranks, legal threats, and the sorority realizing just how stacked the rules are against them. The guitars grind while shots cut between Kappa Nu planning and the Radners panicking.
Why it matters: The title is on the nose, but the choice is sharp. It turns a 60s protest-tinged song (filtered through Jett’s version) into a backdrop for a new wave of campus feminism.

“Sabotage” — Beastie Boys
Where it plays: Used during the weed-heist chase through the tailgate. Once Mac bolts with the bag, the song kicks in and the film goes full action-spoof: jump cuts, whip pans, slow-motion pratfalls into folding tables, all cut to the track’s stop-start riff and yelped vocals.
Why it matters: The movie taps into the song’s long history as a chase-scene cliché and plays it straight, which makes Mac’s middle-aged flailing even funnier.

“All By Myself” — Eric Carmen
Where it plays: After Teddy gets kicked out and realizes he has nowhere to go, he runs barefoot through the street at night. The film dives into slow motion as this 70s piano ballad soars, framing him like the tragic hero of his own melodrama even as pedestrians stare in confusion.
Why it matters: It’s the saddest song in the movie on paper, but the placement makes it one of the biggest jokes. At the same time, the cue acknowledges that Teddy’s crisis is real to him.

“I’m Yours” — Jason Mraz (poker-night rendition)
Where it plays: During the poker-night proposal, the guys unexpectedly break out ukuleles and perform “I’m Yours” while Pete’s boyfriend Darren proposes. The arrangement is loose, a little off-key, and clearly not meant to sound like the studio version.
Why it matters: It’s one of the sequel’s emotional anchors. A once-ubiquitous coffee-shop hit becomes a casual gay-wedding anthem inside a bro-comedy, underlining how far the genre has moved.

“Footloose” — Kenny Loggins
Where it plays: Still at poker night, the guys drift into shouting along with “Footloose.” The scene bounces between poker chips, beer and half-remembered lyrics as they dance more than they actually gamble.
Why it matters: It undercuts the idea of these men as “grown-ups in control.” Deep down, they are still kids who want an excuse to sing movie themes with their friends.

“Capsize” — FRENSHIP & Emily Warren
Where it plays: A more reflective stretch mid-film uses “Capsize” over images of the sorority facing eviction, the Radners staring at their vandalized house, and friendships straining on both sides of the fence.
Why it matters: The title is almost too perfect. The floating vocal duet and rolling synths quietly label this stretch as the moment when everyone’s plans threaten to overturn.

“Black Skinhead / Party in My Pants” — EP usage
Where it plays: Variations of the EP tracks also show up in trailers and TV spots: “Black Skinhead” (cover) selling the movie as a harsher, more aggressive sequel, and “Party in My Pants” driving pure chaos cuts of parties, pranks and weed clouds.
Why it matters: The marketing leans so hard on these two tracks that, in practice, they are the “album.” Fan-made playlists fill in the rest.

Notes & Trivia

• The film’s only official album is the two-track digital single Black Skinhead / Party in My Pants (From Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising); there is no full multi-artist OST.
• According to InSoundtrack’s catalog, the movie uses 22 credited songs and lists that EP as its sole official album, with everything else sourced from artist albums and singles.
• The “Black Skinhead” heard in the movie is not Kanye West’s original recording but a commissioned cover by Jacques Slade, THURZ and El Prez tailored to the film.
• Several tracks, like “Hazel Eulogy,” are recycled from other Michael Andrews–scored projects, giving him a stealth presence beyond the original cues.
• “All By Myself” continues its long career as a movie staple, but here it might be at its most openly comedic, underscoring Teddy’s barefoot breakdown run.
• Because there is no full OST, fans often reconstruct the soundtrack from streaming services using lists from WhatSong, Soundtrakd and similar databases.

Music–Story Links

The movie’s story arc — arrival, adaptation, rebellion, collapse — is mapped almost literally in the soundtrack. Arrival at college and the birth of Kappa Nu get bright aspirational pop like “On Top of the World.” The sound says “TV commercial for your future,” even as the script quietly sets up how that future is structurally rigged.

Adaptation and rebellion are all about volume. When the sorority realizes they can’t throw parties under existing Greek rules, songs like “Too Original,” “Wild Mustang,” “Wild Ones” and “I Own It” slam into the mix. Each big party scene pairs their activism (a house where women can feel safe) with the same musical language used to sell massive, often male-dominated festivals. The tension is baked into the sound design: empowerment in the lyrics, but danger in the physical space.

For Mac and Kelly, the revolt sounds older and more borrowed. Their schemes lean on needle drops like “Sabotage” and the “Black Skinhead” cover, plus Andrews’ stealth heist cues. They are literally scoring themselves as action heroes while the camera keeps exposing them as stressed parents messing with kids who just want to dance.

Collapse brings the sentimental hits. Teddy’s “All By Myself” run, the “Capsize” montage of consequences, and the “I’m Yours” poker-night proposal all reframe the movie from loud war to messy family saga. The music softens as characters accept that adulthood is not about winning a prank war, it’s about choosing where you belong.

Reception & Quotes

Critically, Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising landed in the “solid mid-tier sequel” category: around the mid-60s on major aggregators, with praise for its attempts at feminist commentary and LGBTQ representation, and some pushback on how neatly it wraps things up. The soundtrack rarely received dedicated reviews, but individual cues and the EP drew plenty of comment.

“The Neighbors 2 soundtrack will have you itching to start your own sorority — or at least your own house party.”
— Pop-culture feature on the film’s music

“There is a totally misjudged and inappropriate usage of ‘Black Skinhead’ accompanying a sequence in which Rogen and company prepare to steal a stash of weed.”
— Long-form review questioning one key needle drop

“Black Skinhead from this film is the best thing that came out of it.”
— User review on a mainstream ticketing platform

“Party in My Pants… they played that song nearly three full times. Our guy was basically a co-star of this flick.”
— Sync-agency blog describing the placement

According to Rotten Tomatoes’ summary, the film is “not strictly necessary” but still wrings a surprising amount of humor from a recycled premise with a “distaff twist.” The music fits that verdict: not revolutionary, but sharper and more thematically tuned than a generic party-comedy playlist.

Interesting Facts

• The EP is credited to “Various Artists,” but each track is strongly branded with its performer: Jacques Slade, THURZ & El Prez on “Black Skinhead” and Kill the Giant on “Party in My Pants.”
• According to YouTube and store metadata, both EP tracks run just over three minutes, making the “album” under seven minutes long — unusually short for a soundtrack-branded release.
• Soundtrack listings show that dance and hip-hop cues in the film pull from a wide label mix: Mad Decent–adjacent acts, Dutch bass duos, and U.S. indie sync artists sit side by side.
• “Booty Loose” and “Bend Ova” anchor some of the rowdiest party shots, keeping the movie rooted in the exact club-rap sound that campus administrators might side-eye in real life.
• “Hazel Eulogy,” originally from The Fault in Our Stars, sneaks in as emotional connective tissue, another quiet Michael Andrews fingerprint.
• Calvin Harris’ “Feel So Close” is more closely tied to trailers and TV spots than to the film’s final cut, but many viewers still mentally file it under “Neighbors 2 vibes.”
• The presence of 2 Live Crew’s “We Want Some Pu--y” is intentional; the film uses their notoriously explicit energy as a contrast point for Kappa Nu’s attempt to create non-predatory party space.
• Some fan playlists include Kanye West’s original “Black Skinhead” alongside the cover, even though the film only uses the cover version in its actual soundtrack.
• Because there’s only one tiny official release, the Neighbors 2 soundtrack is a textbook “DIY playlist OST”: fans, not the studio, decide what counts as the “album.”

Technical Info

• Film title: Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
• Year: 2016
• Type: Feature film, theatrical R-rated comedy (United States)
• Director: Nicholas Stoller
• Score composer: Michael Andrews
• Principal cast (relevant to musical beats): Seth Rogen (Mac Radner), Rose Byrne (Kelly Radner), Zac Efron (Teddy Sanders), Chloë Grace Moretz (Shelby), Dave Franco (Pete), Ike Barinholtz (Jimmy)
• Primary studios: Good Universe; Perfect World Pictures; Point Grey Pictures
• Distributor: Universal Pictures
• Runtime: approx. 92 minutes
• Official album: Black Skinhead / Party in My Pants (From Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising) – Single
• Album type: Two-track digital EP branded as soundtrack
• Album label: Back Lot Music (a Universal Pictures music division)
• Album length: about 6 minutes total (two tracks, roughly 3 minutes each)
• Key soundtrack artists: Jacques Slade, THURZ, El Prez, Kill the Giant, Jordyn Kane, Nacey feat. Angel Haze, Major Lazer feat. Elliphant & Jovi Rockwell, Party Favor feat. Fly Boi Keno, Five Knives, FRENSHIP & Emily Warren, Yellow Claw & Cesqeaux feat. Becky G, Jason Mraz, Eric Carmen, Beastie Boys, Isaac Hayes, Scarface, 2 Live Crew, Joan Jett
• Soundtrack availability: EP on major digital services; full song set reconstructable via artist albums and fan playlists using public track lists.

Questions & Answers

Is there a full Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising soundtrack album?

No. The only official album is the two-track digital single Black Skinhead / Party in My Pants (From Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising). Everything else is available via individual artist releases and fan-made playlists.

Why is “Black Skinhead” in the movie a cover instead of Kanye West’s original?

The film uses a newly recorded version by Jacques Slade, THURZ and El Prez, released on the EP. That gives Universal and Back Lot Music a clean, film-branded master tailored to the heist sequence and marketing needs.

Who composed the score, and how audible is it next to the songs?

Michael Andrews composed the original score. His cues sit mostly between the big needle drops: family moments, low-key schemes and emotional pivots often rely on subtle guitar, piano and light rhythmic beds rather than songs.

Why does “Party in My Pants” show up so many times?

It doubles as a theme for Kappa Nu and as the centerpiece of the official EP, so the film and its marketing lean on it hard. It’s short, chanty and instantly recognizable, which makes it ideal as a recurring gag and sonic logo.

How can I recreate the Neighbors 2 soundtrack playlist?

Start with the official EP, then add the 22 songs listed on major soundtrack index sites (InSoundtrack, Soundtrakd, WhatSong). Most of them exist on mainstream streaming platforms under the original artists’ albums or singles.

Canonical Entities & Relations

Subject	Verb	Object
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising	is directed by	Nicholas Stoller
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising	has music by	Michael Andrews
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising	is produced by	Good Universe, Perfect World Pictures, Point Grey Pictures
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising	is distributed by	Universal Pictures
Black Skinhead / Party in My Pants (From Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising) – Single	is released by	Back Lot Music
Black Skinhead / Party in My Pants (From Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising) – Single	is part of	Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising soundtrack
Jacques Slade, THURZ & El Prez	perform	Black Skinhead (Neighbors 2 cover)
Kill the Giant	performs	Party in My Pants
Jordyn Kane	performs	On Top of the World
Nacey & Angel Haze	perform	I Own It
Party Favor & Fly Boi Keno	perform	Booty Loose
Yellow Claw & Cesqeaux feat. Becky G	perform	Wild Mustang
FRENSHIP & Emily Warren	perform	Capsize
Jason Mraz	performs	I’m Yours
Eric Carmen	performs	All By Myself
Beastie Boys	perform	Sabotage
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising	features characters	Mac Radner, Kelly Radner, Teddy Sanders, Shelby and others
Kappa Nu sorority house	is located next to	Mac and Kelly’s suburban home

Sources: Wikipedia; IMDb; Rotten Tomatoes; InSoundtrack; Soundtrakd; WhatSong; Apple Music; Spotify; various critic reviews and music-supervision interviews.

Those who watched the first part of this film know that the main villain was Zack Efron. Now he is in the same boat with the family, which wants to raise their child in a quiet place. But, unfortunately, directly in front of them settled very noisy sorority (led by high Chloë Grace Moretz), and now the main characters by no means are able to sell their house to move to a quiet place in the suburbs. To this film at the moment exist several trailers and in all of them the level of humor rocks. Most likely, this was a reason for very serious gain of box office in the day before opening, as the official release date of this film is in 1 day after writing this review (means that officially 24 hours left for its opening). But the film somehow has already collected USD 20 million, recouped a bigger half of its production cost. The soundtrack to this film contains the same cheerful and not ordinary melodies, as the plot and jokes. Opens the hits parade Party in My Pants – dance and unbridled music, in which lyrics are almost an atavism. It echoes with Black Skinhead with Doin' It Right – obtuse dance tunes. The real hits of this collection are the works by Calvin Harris (Feel so Close) and by Nacey feat. Angel Haze (I Own It). Both singles became hits in 2016 on discos and sound everywhere. Kanye West struck everyone with his work, containing not so much outstanding lyrics, but very affecting visual row. Even in the trailer, they say that a second part will be better than the first one. We believe. In the 1st, Zack Efron pulled all blanket over himself, not offering anything spectacular in return. He was there a dramatic actor, forgetting that he was in comedy. A little less of him here & all attention received the older heroes & already mentioned Mrs. Moretz. Well, we hope for something spectacular!

November, 17th 2025

Neighbors 2 on IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes

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