One Tree Hill

Episodes are all names of songs/albums titles. Artists whose album name/song title features as an episode title are sometimes seen in the soundtrack, but not always.

Chad Michael Murray was the first actor to be cast in the show, though creator Mark Schwahn originally wanted him to play Nathan, having seen him in bad guy roles before. But Murray himself wanted to play Lucas, because he felt that the character had a back story he could connect more to, since he also experienced being abandoned as a child.

The name 'One Tree Hill' was taken from a U2 song of the same name. The creator, Mark Schwahn, was listening to U2's 'The Joshua Tree' album. When the song 'One Tree Hill' came on, he decided to make it the title.