Pretty in Pink (soundtrack)

Infobox Album
Name = Pretty in Pink
Type = soundtrack
Artist = various artists


Released = April 1986
Recorded =
Genre = Rock
Length = 39:13
Label = A&M
Producer = David Anderle (soundtrack executive producer)
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3laqoa9abijb link]

The "Pretty in Pink" soundtrack album was released in 1986 for the John Hughes movie "Pretty in Pink", a film about teenage love and social cliques in a 1980s American high school.

The title song by the Psychedelic Furs was the actual inspiration for the movie and was re-recorded for this soundtrack. It had been released in 1981 for the album "Talk Talk Talk". "Left of Center" was also re-recorded. The first track, "If You Leave", was written in 1985 in advance specifically for the movie. In addition to their song "Shell Shock", New Order also had "Thieves Like Us Instrumental" and "Elegia" appear in the movie but not on the soundtrack. The Rave-Ups, who do appear in the movie, do not have any songs on the soundtrack. Nik Kershaw's "Wouldn't It Be Good" was re-recorded by former Three Dog Night vocalist Danny Hutton's band, Danny Hutton Hitters.

Track listing

# "If You Leave" - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, 4:25
# "Left of Center" - Suzanne Vega / Joe Jackson, 3:33
# "Get to Know Ya" - Jesse Johnson, 3:34
# "Do Wot You Do" - INXS, 3:16
# "Pretty in Pink" - The Psychedelic Furs, 4:40
# "Shellshock" - New Order, 6:04
# "Round, Round" - Belouis Some, 4:07
# "Wouldn't It Be Good" - Danny Hutton Hitters, 3:44
# "Bring On the Dancing Horses" - Echo & the Bunnymen, 3:59
# "Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want" - The Smiths, 1:51

Singles released