Footloose (soundtrack)

Footloose
Soundtrack by Dean Pitchford
Publication (s)	January 31, 1984
admission	1983
Label (s)	Columbia Records
Format (s)	CD, record
Genre (s)	Pop-rock , synth-pop
Title (number)	9
running time	36:18
production	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

1. Footloose by Kenny Loggins - 3:47
2. Let's Hear It for the Boy by Deniece Williams - 4:22
3. Almost Paradise by Ann Wilson feat. Mike Reno - 3:49
4. Holding Out for a Hero by Bonnie Tyler - 5:50
5. Dancing in the Sheets by Shalamar - 4:05
6. I'm Free (Heaven Helps the Man) by Kenny Loggins - 3:46
7. Somebody's Eyes by Karla Bonoff - 3:29
8. The Girl Gets Around by Sammy Hagar - 3:23
9. Never from Moving Pictures - 3:47

Bonus tracks from 1998

1. Metal Health by Quiet Riot - 3:55
2. Hurts So Good by John Mellencamp - 3:38
3. Waiting for a Girl like You by Foreigner - 4:49
4. Dancing In the Sheets (Extended 12 "Remix) by Shalamar - 6:17

Charts

album

year	title	Chart placements
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1984	Footloose	3	1	1	7th	1

Singles

year	title	Chart placements
		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
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
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

• Footloose at Allmusic (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Stephen Thomas Erlewine: Footloose (Original Soundtrack). In: allmusic.com. Retrieved September 21, 2011 . 
2. ↑ Allmusic.com
3. ↑ Award in Germany in the gold / platinum database on musikindustrie.de (search word: Footlose - misspelling !)
4. ^ Award in France
5. ↑ Award in Poland
6. ↑ Award in Canada
7. ↑ Award in New Zealand
8. ↑ Distinction in the United States
9. ↑ Award in the United Kingdom