Dirty Dancing (soundtrack)

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	[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.

Track listing

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

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

Chart positions

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

Certification

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

See also

• List of best-selling albums worldwide
• List of best-selling albums in the United States

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. ^ http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?sku=721370
5. ^ "German certifications – 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