Dirty Dancing (soundtrack)

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Dirty Dancing
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released August 21, 1987
Recorded 1987
Genre Pop rock, rock and roll, R&B, soft rock, soul
Length 39:04
Label RCA
Various artists chronology
Dirty Dancing
(1987)		 More Dirty Dancing
(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[1]

Dirty Dancing is the original soundtrack of the 1987 film Dirty Dancing. The album became a huge commercial success in the USA. It spent 18 weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200 album sales charts and went multi-platinum.[2] It spawned a follow-up album entitled More Dirty Dancing (1988). Executive Produced by Jimmy Ienner and Bob Feiden. The Soundtrack album went on to sell 42 million copies worldwide and is one of the best-selling albums of all time.[3]

As of 2007, it is still re-entering the Irish charts on occasion, having spent more than 230 weeks in the top 30.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] 1987 Original Edition

  1. "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" (Bill Medley, Jennifer Warnes) – 4:47
  2. "Be My Baby" (The Ronettes) – 2:37
  3. "She's Like the Wind" (Patrick Swayze) – 3:51
  4. "Hungry Eyes" (Eric Carmen) – 4:06
  5. "Stay" (Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs) – 1:34
  6. "Yes" (Merry Clayton) – 3:15
  7. "You Don't Own Me" (The Blow Monkeys) – 3:00
  8. "Hey! Baby" (Bruce Channel) – 2:21
  9. "Overload" (Alfie Zappacosta) – 3:39
  10. "Love Is Strange" (Mickey & Sylvia) – 2:52
  11. "Where Are You Tonight?" (Tom Johnston) – 3:59
  12. "In the Still of the Night" (The Five Satins) – 3:03

[edit] 20th Anniversary Edition

Dirty Dancing Soundtrack: 20th Anniversary.

On 15 October 2007, RCA Records re-released a 20th anniversary edition of the soundtrack. The release contained remastered versions of the original album's songs (in a different tracklisting) plus additional tracks, as well as a DVD featuring promotional videos and photo material.[4]

Disc One - CD

  1. "Be My Baby" (The Ronettes)
  2. "Where Are You Tonight" (Tom Johnston)
  3. "Stay" (Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs)
  4. "Hungry Eyes" (Eric Carmen)
  5. "Overload" (Zappacosta)
  6. "Hey Baby" (Bruce Channel)
  7. "Love Is Strange" (Mickey & Sylvia)
  8. "You Don't Own Me" (The Blow Monkeys)
  9. "Yes" (Merry Clayton)
  10. "In the Still of the Night" (The Five Satins)
  11. "She's Like the Wind" (Patrick Swayze)
  12. "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" (Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes)
  13. "Big Girls Don't Cry" (The Four Seasons)
  14. "Merengue" (Michael Lloyd & Le Disc)
  15. "Some Kind of Wonderful" (The Drifters)
  16. "Johnny's Mambo" (Michael Lloyd & Le Disc)
  17. "Do You Love Me" (The Contours)
  18. "Love Man" (Otis Redding)
  19. "Gazebo Waltz" (Michael Lloyd)
  20. "Wipe Out" (The Surfaris)
  21. "These Arms of Mine" (Otis Redding)
  22. "De Todo Un Poco" (Michael Lloyd & Le Disc)
  23. "Cry to Me" (Solomon Burke)
  24. "Trot the Fox" (Michael Lloyd & Le Disc)
  25. "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" (The Shirelles)
  26. "Kellerman's Anthem" (The Emile Bergtein Chorale)
  27. "I've Had the Time of My Life"

Disc Two - DVD

  1. "She's Like the Wind" video
  2. "Yes" video
  3. "Hungry Eyes" video
  4. "Do You Love Me" video
  5. "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" video
  6. "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" karaoke version
  7. Photo gallery

[edit] Chart positions

Year Chart Position
1987 The Billboard 200 1
1988
1988 Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart 1

[edit] Certification

Country Sales Certification
Germany 2,000,000 4x Platinum[5]
USA 11,000,000 11x Platinum[6]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Powell, Lucy (2006-09-16), "The time of your life", The Times, http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/article636520.ece, retrieved 2010-01-03 
  3. ^ Lee, Veronica (2006-09-23), "There's a secret dancer inside us all", The Daily Telegraph, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/3655489/Theres-a-secret-dancer-inside-us-all.html, retrieved 2010-01-03 
  4. ^ "Ost: Va: Dirty Dancing: 20th Anniversary Edition: 2cd: Includes Dvd (2007): CD". hmv.com. http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?sku=721370. Retrieved 2012-01-10. 
  5. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank ('Dirty Dancing')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=Dirty+Dancing&strInterpret=&strTtArt=alle&strAwards=checked. Retrieved January 10, 2010. 
  6. ^ "RIAA". http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS. Retrieved August 1, 2010. 
Preceded by
Tunnel of Love by Bruce Springsteen
Faith by George Michael		 Billboard 200 number-one album
November 14, 1987 - January 15, 1988
March 12 - May 13, 1988		 Succeeded by
Faith by George Michael
Preceded by
Wired World of Sports by The Twelfth Man		 Australian Kent Music Report number-one album
February 15 - April 10, 1988		 Succeeded by
Whenever You Need Somebody
by Rick Astley


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