The Next Best Thing (soundtrack)

Infobox Album |
Name = The Next Best Thing
(Music from the Motion Picture)
Type = Soundtrack
Artist = Madonna


Released = February 21, 2000
Recorded = November 1999
Genre = Soundtrack, Pop, Electronica, Dance
Length = 49:31
Label = Maverick, Warner Bros.
Producer = Madonna, William Orbit, Various
Reviews =
Last album = "Ray of Light"
(1998)
This album = "The Next Best Thing"
(2000)
Next album = "Music"
(2000)

"The Next Best Thing" is the fourth soundtrack by American singer-songwriter Madonna, released on February 21, 2000 by Maverick Records. It was released to accompany and promote the 2000 film, "The Next Best Thing".

Album history

Madonna was executive producer on the soundtrack and hand-picked all the tracks that appear. The soundtrack went to Number 34 on the Billboard 200 and spawned one new single from Madonna. The album boasted two new songs from Madonna, "Time Stood Still" (an original track written and produced with William Orbit) and a cover of Don McLean's "American Pie." The latter track was a No. 1 around the world, climbing to the top of the charts in the UK, Australia, Germany and Japan. The album also included tracks by Moby, Beth Orton, Christina Aguilera and Groove Armada.

Track listing

# "Boom Boom Ba" - Métisse
# "Bongo Bong" - Manu Chao
# "Don't Make Me Love You ('Til I'm Ready)" - Christina Aguilera
# "American Pie" - Madonna
# "This Life" - Mandalay
# "If Everybody Looked the Same" - Groove Armada
# "Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?" - Moby
# "I'm Not in Love" - Olive
# "Stars All Seem to Weep" - Beth Orton
# "Time Stood Still" - Madonna
# "Swayambhu" - Solar Twins
# "Forever and Always" - Gabriel Yared

ee also

*The Next Best Thing (2000) Motion Picture