| The Million Dollar Hotel: Music from the Motion Picture | |
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| Soundtrack album from the filmThe Million Dollar Hotel by various artists | |
| Released | 13 March 2000 (2000-03-13) |
| Recorded | 1999 (original material) |
| Genre | Electronic,jazz,rock |
| Length | 55:43 |
| Language | English,Spanish ("Anarchy in the USA") |
| Label | Island /Interscope |
| Producer | Hal Willner (original soundtrack material) andBono,The Edge,Brian Eno,Flood,Jon Hassell,Daniel Lanois,Danny Saber (pre-recorded music) |
| Singles from The Million Dollar Hotel: Music from the Motion Picture | |
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The Million Dollar Hotel: Music from the Motion Picture is the soundtrack to the 2000 filmThe Million Dollar Hotel. The album was released alongside the film in March 2000, and featuredBono as itsexecutive producer, with new music fromU2 and other artists.
The lyrics of "The Ground Beneath Her Feet" were written bySalman Rushdie, based on hisbook of the same name. The soundtrack version of the song is a different mix from the one used in the film, which was not released commercially. Along with "Stateless", "The Ground Beneath Her Feet" was recorded during sessions for U2'sAll That You Can't Leave Behind album. "The Ground Beneath Her Feet" was later released as abonus track on Australian, British, and Japanese versions ofAll That You Can't Leave Behind. "Stateless" was later released on theUnreleased & Rare album of U2's digitalbox set,The Complete U2. "The First Time" originally appeared on U2's 1993Zooropa album. The version on the soundtrack is identical to the one on the album.
Jon Hassell's "Amsterdam Blue (Cortége)" was originally recorded as a tribute toChet Baker and submitted to Bono and directorWim Wenders, who made the song a pivotal part of the soundtrack.[1] "Anarchy in the USA" is aSpanish cover of theSex Pistols' 1976 "Anarchy in the U.K." The film also features the Hal Wilner track "Nyack Oud Dance" which is not on the soundtrack—the song previously appeared on his albumWhoops, I'm an Indian.[2]
Stephen Thomas Erlewine ofAllmusic gave the album three out of five stars, noting that, "It's easy to get lost in the slow, dark crawl of the music," but "once the soundtrack loses momentum, it never regains its forward motion."[3]Entertainment Weekly gave it a C, claiming that the non-U2 material was either "admirable but dull... or simply dull."[4] Jeffrey Gantz ofThe Boston Phoenix gave the album three out of four stars remarking that the strongest tracks are the U2 songs and the rest of the soundtrack provides, "a yearning LA noir atmosphere... but doesn't contribute much on its own."[5]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Performer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "The Ground Beneath Her Feet" | Salman Rushdie (lyrics),U2 (music) | U2,Daniel Lanois | 3:43 |
| 2. | "Never Let Me Go" | Bono, Nicholas Klein (lyrics),Jon Hassell, Daniel Lanois, Bono,Brian Eno (music) | Bono,The Million Dollar Hotel Band | 5:35 |
| 3. | "Stateless" | Bono (lyrics), U2 (music) | U2 | 4:05 |
| 4. | "Satellite of Love" | Lou Reed | Milla Jovovich, The Million Dollar Hotel Band | 4:11 |
| 5. | "Falling at Your Feet" | Bono, Daniel Lanois | Bono, Daniel Lanois | 4:54 |
| 6. | "Tom Tom's Dream" | Jon Hassell | The Million Dollar Hotel Band | 1:52 |
| 7. | "The First Time" | Bono (lyrics), U2 (music) | U2 | 3:43 |
| 8. | "Bathtub" | Brian Eno,Bill Frisell, Jon Hassell | The Million Dollar Hotel Band | 1:06 |
| 9. | "The First Time" (Reprise) | U2 | Daniel Lanois, The Million Dollar Hotel Band | 2:05 |
| 10. | "Tom Tom's Room" | Brad Mehldau, Daniel Lanois, Bill Frisell | Brad Mehldau, Bill Frisell | 2:24 |
| 11. | "Funny Face" | Bill Frisell,Greg Cohen, Brian Eno,Adam Dorn,Brian Blade | The Million Dollar Hotel Band | 0:32 |
| 12. | "Dancin' Shoes" | Bono, Nicholas Klein (lyrics), Daniel Lanois, Bono (music) | Bono, The Million Dollar Hotel Band | 2:06 |
| 13. | "Amsterdam Blue (Cortège)" | Jon Hassell | Jon Hassell, Gregg Arreguin,Jamie Muhoberac,Peter Freeman | 9:18 |
| 14. | "Satellite of Love" (Reprise) | Lou Reed | The Million Dollar Hotel Band, Daniel Lanois, Bill Frisell, Greg Cohen | 1:06 |
| 15. | "Satellite of Love" (Danny Saber Remix) | Lou Reed | Milla Jovovich, Jon Hassell,Danny Saber | 5:13 |
| 16. | "Anarchy in the USA" | Stephen Jones,Johnny Rotten,Paul Thomas Cook,Glen Matlock | Tito Larriva, The Million Dollar Hotel Band | 3:37 |
| Total length: | 55:43 | |||
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Canada (Music Canada)[6] | Gold | 50,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
