Footloose (soundtrack)
Footloose | |
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Soundtrack by Dean Pitchford | |
Publication |
January 31, 1984 |
admission |
1983 |
Label (s) | Columbia Records |
Format (s) |
CD, record |
Title (number) |
9 |
running time |
36:18 |
Becky Shargo, Dean Pitchford |
Footloose is the soundtrack album for the 1984 film of the same name . The album went platinum nine times in the United States .
background
Copywriter and screenwriter Dean Pitchford and composer and arranger Michael Gore , who co-wrote the score for Fame in 1980 and won an Oscar for the title track , also collaborated on the soundtrack for Footloose . They were supported by Tom Snow ( Let's Hear It for the Boy and Somebody's Eyes ), Eric Carmen ( Almost Paradise ), Jim Steinman ( Holding Out for a Hero ), Sammy Hagar , Bill Wolfer ( Dancing in the Sheets ) and Kenny Loggins.
The album was mastered by Wally Traugott at Capitol Studios in Los Angeles . In 1998 a remastered version of the album was released on the occasion of the musical of the same name, which was first performed at the time , containing four more songs.
Track list
- Footloose by Kenny Loggins - 3:47
- Let's Hear It for the Boy by Deniece Williams - 4:22
- Almost Paradise by Ann Wilson feat. Mike Reno - 3:49
- Holding Out for a Hero by Bonnie Tyler - 5:50
- Dancing in the Sheets by Shalamar - 4:05
- I'm Free (Heaven Helps the Man) by Kenny Loggins - 3:46
- Somebody's Eyes by Karla Bonoff - 3:29
- The Girl Gets Around by Sammy Hagar - 3:23
- Never from Moving Pictures - 3:47
Bonus tracks from 1998
- Metal Health by Quiet Riot - 3:55
- Hurts So Good by John Mellencamp - 3:38
- Waiting for a Girl like You by Foreigner - 4:49
- Dancing In the Sheets (Extended 12 "Remix) by Shalamar - 6:17
Charts
album
year | title | Chart placements | ||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | ||
1984 | Footloose | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7th | 1 |
Singles
year | title | Chart placements | ||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | ||
1984 | Footloose | 4th | 8th | 4th | 6th | 1 |
1984 | Holding Out for a Hero | 19th | 19th | / | 2 | 34 |
1984 | Let's Hear It for the Boy | 10 | / | 19th | 2 | 1 |
1984 | Almost Paradise | / | / | / | / | 7th |
1984 | I'm Free (Heaven Helps the Man) | / | / | / | / | 22nd |
reception
Stephen Thomas Erlewine from Allmusic says in his review: “Not only does it function as a time capsule of a certain moment in pop music history, but many of the songs are catchy enough to transcend their production.” (It doesn't just have the function a time capsule for a specific moment in pop history, but many of the songs are catchy enough to overcome their production.)
success
The album topped the Billboard 200 for ten weeks and also reached the top of the album hit parades in other countries. Two titles from the album were nominated for the Academy Award in 1985 in the category of best film song . The album sold over ten million times worldwide.
Sales figures and awards
Country / Region | Award | Sales |
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Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales) |
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Germany (BVMI) | gold | 250,000 |
France (SNEP) | platinum | 300,000 |
Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA) | platinum | 20,000 |
Canada (MC) | 6 × platinum | 600,000 |
New Zealand (RMNZ) | platinum | 15,000 |
United States (RIAA) | 9 × platinum | 9,000,000 |
United Kingdom (BPI) | gold | 100,000 |
All in all |
2 × gold 18 × platinum |
10,285,000 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stephen Thomas Erlewine: Footloose (Original Soundtrack). In: allmusic.com. Retrieved September 21, 2011 .
- ↑ Allmusic.com
- ↑ Award in Germany in the gold / platinum database on musikindustrie.de (search word: Footlose - misspelling !)
- ^ Award in France
- ↑ Award in Poland
- ↑ Award in Canada
- ↑ Award in New Zealand
- ↑ Distinction in the United States
- ↑ Award in the United Kingdom