1987 soundtrack album by various artists
Dirty Dancing: Original Soundtrack from the Vestron Motion Picture Standard artwork
Soundtrack album byvarious artists
Released August 4, 1987 (1987-08-04 ) [ 1] Recorded 1986–1987 Genre Length 39 :25 Label RCA Dirty Dancing chronologyDirty Dancing: Original Soundtrack from the Vestron Motion Picture (1987)More Dirty Dancing (1988)
Singles from Dirty Dancing: Original Soundtrack from the Vestron Motion Picture
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [ 3]
Dirty Dancing: Original Soundtrack from the Vestron Motion Picture is the original soundtrack to the 1987 filmDirty Dancing . It was released on August 4, 1987, byRCA Records .[ 4] The album went on to sell 32 million copies worldwide and is one of thebest-selling albums of all time.[ 5] [ 6] In the United States, the album spent 18 weeks at number one on theBillboard 200 chart and has been certified 14-times Platinum by theRecording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[ 4] [ 7] With shipments of at least 3.25 million copies, it is the all-time best-selling album in Germany.
A follow-up album,More Dirty Dancing , was released in March 1988. The albumUltimate Dirty Dancing , released in December 2003, contains every song from the motion pictureDirty Dancing in the order it appears in the film.
Due to the strong resurgence of vinyl record sales, for the film's 30th anniversary in 2017,Dirty Dancing received a vinyl reissue, along with a Blu-ray remaster with a 5.1 surround soundtrack and previously unreleased material.
1987 original edition [ edit ] "(I've Had) The Time of My Life " (Bill Medley ,Jennifer Warnes ) – 4:50 "Be My Baby " (The Ronettes ) – 2:37 "She's Like the Wind " (Patrick Swayze ) – 3:53 "Hungry Eyes " (Eric Carmen ) – 4:06 "Stay " (Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs ) – 1:34 "Yes" (Merry Clayton ) – 3:15 "You Don't Own Me " (The Blow Monkeys ) – 2:59 "Hey! Baby " (Bruce Channel ) – 2:21 "Overload" (Alfie Zappacosta ) – 3:39 "Love Is Strange " (Mickey & Sylvia ) – 2:52 "Where Are You Tonight?" (Tom Johnston ) – 3:59 "In the Still of the Night " (The Five Satins ) – 3:03 20th Anniversary Edition [ edit ] On October 15, 2007,RCA Records released a 20th anniversary edition of the soundtrack, containing remastered versions of the original album's songs (in order of which they appeared in movie) plus additional tracks, as well as aDVD featuring promotional videos and photo material.[ 8]
Disc one (CD)
"Be My Baby " (The Ronettes ) "Big Girls Don't Cry " (The Four Seasons ) "Merengue" (Michael Lloyd & Le Disc) "Trot the Fox" (Michael Lloyd & Le Disc) "Johnny's Mambo" (Michael Lloyd & Le Disc) "(I've Had) Time of My Life" [Instrumental Version] (The John Morris Orchestra) "Where Are You Tonight?" (Tom Johnston ) "Do You Love Me " (The Contours ) "Love Man" (Otis Redding ) "Gazebo Waltz" (Michael Lloyd) "Stay " (Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs ) "Wipe Out " (The Surfaris ) "Hungry Eyes " (Eric Carmen ) "Overload" (Zappacosta ) "Hey! Baby " (Bruce Channel ) "De Todo Un Poco" (Michael Lloyd & Le Disc) "Some Kind of Wonderful " (The Drifters ) "These Arms of Mine " (Otis Redding ) "Cry to Me " (Solomon Burke ) "Will You Love Me Tomorrow " (The Shirelles ) "Love Is Strange " (Mickey & Sylvia ) "You Don't Own Me " (The Blow Monkeys ) "Yes" (Merry Clayton ) "In the Still of the Night " (The Five Satins ) "She's Like the Wind " (Patrick Swayze ) "Kellerman's Anthem " (The Emile Bergstein Chorale) "(I've Had) The Time of My Life " (Bill Medley &Jennifer Warnes ) Disc two (DVD)
"She's Like the Wind"video "Yes"video "Hungry Eyes"video "Do You Love Me"video "(I've Had) The Time of My Life"video "(I've Had) The Time of My Life"karaoke version Photo gallery Chart (2002) Peak position UK Soundtrack Albums (OCC )[ 25] 2
Chart (2011) Peak position French Albums (SNEP )[ 26] 102
Chart (1988) Position Australian Albums (ARIA )[ 32] 2 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[ 33] 1 Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM )[ 34] 3 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[ 35] 10 European Albums (Music & Media )[ 36] 2 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[ 37] 1 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[ 38] 3 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[ 39] 1 UK Albums (OCC)[ 40] 14 USBillboard 200[ 41] 2
Chart (2016) Position US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard )[ 42] 11
Certifications and sales [ edit ] Region Certification Certified units /salesAustralia (ARIA )[ 44] 11× Platinum 790,000[ 43] Austria — 100,000[ 45] Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil )[ 46] Gold 100,000* Canada (Music Canada )[ 47] Diamond 1,000,000^ Denmark (IFPI Danmark )[ 48] 3× Platinum 60,000‡ France (SNEP )[ 50] Diamond 1,200,000[ 49] Germany (BVMI )[ 51] 13× Gold 3,250,000‡ Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong)[ 52] Gold 10,000* Italy (FIMI )[ 53] Gold 100,000[ 53] Italy (FIMI )[ 54] sales since 2009 Gold 25,000‡ Netherlands (NVPI )[ 55] Platinum 100,000^ New Zealand (RMNZ )[ 56] Platinum 15,000^ Poland (ZPAV )[ 57] Gold 50,000* South Africa (RISA )[ 58] 3× Platinum 150,000* Spain (PROMUSICAE )[ 59] 4× Platinum 400,000^ Sweden (GLF )[ 60] Platinum 100,000^ Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[ 61] 5× Platinum 250,000^ United Kingdom (BPI )[ 63] 10× Platinum 3,150,000[ 62] United States (RIAA )[ 4] 14× Platinum 14,000,000‡ Summaries Worldwide — 32,000,000[ 5] * Sales figures based on certification alone.^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
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