Beat Street (soundtrack)

Beat Street (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Volume 1 and Beat Street (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Volume 2 are soundtrack albums for the 1984 drama film of the same name. It was released in 1984 by Atlantic Records. Both albums were produced by Harry Belafonte, a calypso artist best known for his 1956 hit "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)", and prolific freestyle music producer and remixer Arthur Baker, who collaborated with music artists including Freeez, Afrika Bambaataa, New Order.^[1]^[2]

Both albums even entered the Billboard 200 and R&B Albums charts and stayed there in the same year.^[3]^[4]

Description

The album was certified gold in the same year.^[6]^[7]

#	^Title	^Artist(s)	^Writer(s)	^Producer(s)	^Length
A1	"Beat Street Breakdown"	Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious 5	Melvin Glover, Reggie Griffin	Melle Mel, Sylvia Robinson	6:48
A2	"Baptise The Beat"	The System	David Frank, Mic Murphy	David Frank, Michael Murphy	4:25
A3	"Strangers In A Strange World" (Love Theme From Beat Street)	Jenny Burton & Patrick Jude	Jake Holmes	Jake Holmes	4:25
A4	"Frantic Situation"	Afrika Bambaataa The Soul Sonic Force, Shango	Arthur Baker, Leroi Evans, Ray Serrano, Afrika Bambaataa Aasim, William Henderson, Ellis Williams, John Miller, Robert Allen, Wilfred Fowler	Arthur Baker	5:04

#	^Title	^Artist(s)	^Writer(s)	^Producer(s)	^Length
B1	"Beat Street Strut"	Juicy	Milton G. Barnes, Katreese Barnes	Eumir Deodato	5:00
B2	"Us Girls"	Sharon Green, Lisa Counts & Debbie D	Debora Hooper, Lisa Counts, Ross Levinson, Sharon Green	Harry Belafonte	3:52
B3	"This Could Be The Night"	Cindy Mizelle	Arthur Baker, Carl Sturken, Chris Lord-Alge, Evan Rogers, Tina Baker	Arthur Baker	4:53
B4	"Breaker's Revenge"	Arthur Baker	Arthur Baker	Arthur Baker	4:42

#	^Title	^Artist(s)	^Writer(s)	^Producer(s)	^Length
A1	"Son Of Beat Street"	Jazzy Jay	John Byas, Lenny Underwood	David Belafonte	4:05
A2	"Give Me All"	Juicy	Milton G. Barnes, Katreese Barnes	Arthur Baker, Harry Belafonte	4:25
A3	"Nothin's Gonna Come Easy"	Tina B	Arthur Baker, Tina Baker	Arthur Baker, Harry Belafonte	4:19
A4	"Santa's Rap"	The Treacherous Three	Kevin Keaton, LaMar Hill, Mohandas Dewese	David Belafonte	6:10

#	^Title	^Artist(s)	^Writer(s)	^Producer(s)	^Length
B1	"It's Alright By Me"	Jenny Burton	Peter Link	Peter Link, Webster Lewis	5:00
B2	"Battle Cry"	Rockers Revenge	Arthur Baker, Donald Calvin Hawkes, Vincent Dwight Fuller	Arthur Baker	4:52
B3	Phony Four MC's – "Wappin' (Bubblehead)"	Ralph Rolle	Earl Deas, Eric Real, Ralph Rolle	Arthur Baker, Harry Belafonte	6:11
B4	"Into The Night"	La La	LaForest Cope, Lenny Underwood, Webster Lewis	Webster Lewis	4:42

Year	Chart	Position
1984	Billboard R&B Albums	#10
1984	the Billboard 200	#14

Year	Chart	Position
1984	Billboard R&B Albums	#47
1984	the Billboard 200	#137


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[8]	Gold	500,000^‡
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

^ "Beat Street Vol. 1 (Original Soundtrack) credits". Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-08-09.
^ "Beat Street Vol. 2 (Original Soundtrack) credits". Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-08-09.
^ Beat Street Volume 1 - chart positions. Billboard & Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-August-09
^ Beat Street Volume 2 - Chart positions. Billboard & Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-August-09
^ "Beat Street Vol. 1 (Original Soundtrack) credits". Discogs. Retrieved 2011-08-09.
^ "Vitae of Carl Maultsby - composer". Carl MaultsBy. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
^ Ira A. Robbins (1985). The Rolling Stone Review — 1985. Edited by Ira A. Robbins. Rolling Stone Press. ISBN 978-0-684-18333-6. Retrieved August 21, 2011. Although second to arrive, the Beat Street soundtrack went gold, and a Beat Street, Vol. II was released later in the year. {{cite book}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "American album certifications – Various Artists – Beat Street". Recording Industry Association of America.