The Big Chill (soundtrack)

The Big Chill
Soundtrack album from the film The Big Chill by Various Artists
Released	September 8, 1983
Recorded	1963-1971
Genre	R&B/Soul
Length	43:38
Label	Motown Records
The Big Chill Soundtrack Albums chronology
The Big Chill (1984) The Big Chill: More Songs from the Original Soundtrack (1984)
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1998 reissue cover

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The Big Chill is a 1983 soundtrack album of Motown classics featured in the film The Big Chill. The first ten of its fourteen tracks are heard in the film, and the remainder of the film's songs (aside from the Rolling Stones' "You Can't Always Get What You Want") were released in 1984 on The Big Chill: More Songs from the Original Soundtrack.

In 1998, both albums were re-mastered, the first without the four additional songs, which had also appeared on More Songs and were left there. In 2004, Hip-O Records released a Deluxe edition, containing not only sixteen of the eighteen songs from the film ("Quicksilver Girl," by The Steve Miller Band, was curiously unavailable), but three additional film instrumentals. A second "music of a generation" disc of nineteen additional tracks was included as well, some of which had appeared both on the original soundtrack and the More Songs release.

Track listing

1. Marvin Gaye (1968): "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (extended version) (Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong) – 5:03
2. The Temptations (1965): "My Girl" (Smokey Robinson, Ronald White) – 2:55
3. The Young Rascals (1966): "Good Lovin'" (Rudy Clark, Arthur Resnick) – 2:28
4. The Miracles (1965): "The Tracks of My Tears" (Robinson, Warren Moore, Marvin Tarplin) – 2:53
5. Three Dog Night (1970): "Joy to the World" (Hoyt Axton) – 3:24
6. The Temptations (1966): "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" (Whitfield, Edward Holland Jr.) – 2:31
7. Aretha Franklin (1968): "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King, Jerry Wexler) – 2:41
8. Smokey Robinson and The Miracles (1967): "I Second That Emotion" (Robinson, Al Clevland) – 2:46
9. Procol Harum (1967): "A Whiter Shade of Pale" (Keith Reid, Gary Brooker, Matthew Fisher) – 4:03
10. The Exciters (1963): "Tell Him" (Bert Berns) – 2:29
11. The Four Tops (1965): "It's the Same Old Song" (E. Holland, Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland) – 2:45
12. Martha and The Vandellas (1964): "Dancing in the Street" (Marvin Gaye, William "Mickey" Stevenson) – 2:38
13. Marvin Gaye (1971): "What's Going On" (Gaye, Clevland, Renaldo "Obie" Benson) – 3:52
14. The Marvelettes (1964): "Too Many Fish in the Sea" (Whitfield, E. Holland) – 2:26

Deluxe Edition Track Listing

Track Listings Disc: 1

1. Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (extended version)
2. The Temptations - My Girl
3. The Young Rascals - Good Lovin'
4. The Miracles - The Tracks Of My Tears
5. Three Dog Night - Joy To The World
6. The Temptations - Ain't Too Proud To Beg
7. Aretha Franklin - (You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman
8. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - I Second That Emotion
9. Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade Of Pale
10. The Exciters - Tell Him
11. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising
12. Percy Sledge - When A Man Loves A Woman
13. The Young Rascals - In The Midnight Hour
14. The Spencer Davis Group - Gimme Some Lovin'
15. The Band - The Weight
16. The Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice
17. Bert Kaempfert - Strangers In The Night
18. The Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want (church version)
19. J.T. Lancer Theme

Disc: 2

1. Four Tops - It's The Same Old Song
2. Martha & The Vandellas - Dancing In The Street
3. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
4. The Marvelettes - Too Many Fish In The Sea
5. Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing
6. Jimmy Ruffin - What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted
7. Jr. Walker & The All Stars - Shotgun
8. Doobie Brothers - Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me A Little While)
9. The Supremes - Ask Any Girl
10. Lesley Gore - You Don't Own Me
11. Spanky & Our Gang - Like To Get To Know You
12. The Mamas And The Papas - Monday, Monday
13. Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin (The Night)
14. Joe Cocker - Feeling Alright
15. Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders - Game Of Love
16. James Brown - I Got You (I Feel Good)
17. Blues Magoos - (We Ain't Got) Nothing Yet
18. The Zombies - Time Of The Season
19. Howard Tate - Get It While You Can

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1983	Billboard Black Albums	40
1983	The Billboard 200	17

Certifications

Organization	Level	Date
RIAA – USA	Gold	December 12, 1983
RIAA – USA	Platinum	March 29, 1984
RIAA – USA	Double Platinum	September 27, 1985
RIAA – USA	4X Platinum	July 20, 1998
RIAA – USA	6X Platinum	October 15, 1998