Other titles on the soundtrack, including "Last Dance", were especially recorded for the film.ĭiana Ross' "Lovin' Livin' and Givin'" was remixed after the release of the soundtrack and used as the opening track on her 1978 album Ross. "Too Hot Ta Trot" was from The Commodores' 1977 album Commodores Live! – on certain editions of the Thank God It's Friday album replaced by a studio recording. moi non plus" was also recorded a few years earlier, but had its debut on the soundtrack and was subsequently issued as an edited 7" single in a few countries in 1978.
Giorgio Moroder and Donna Summer's cover version of Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin's 1969 hit single "Je t'aime. The company that holds the rights to the album is as of 1998 the Universal Music Group.Ĭameo's "Find My Way" was originally issued as a 7" single in 1975.
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A digitally remastered version of the full soundtrack on a 2 disc set was released on PolyGram Records on March 25, 1997. An edited CD came out in 1995 on the budget label Rebound Records. The soundtrack album was originally issued as a 3 record set in 1978, of which the 3rd disc was a single side 12 inch single of the 15:47 minutes Donna Summer, "Je t'aime. What's So Funny 'Bout Peace Love And Understanding "Someday (I'm Coming Back)", performed by Lisa Stansfield, is an intense pop-disco song.ġ0. "Jesus Loves Me" is sung with Bebe Winans and features a pop arrangement.Īllmusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine views that the first half is characterized by urban pop songs similar to I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990), while the second half has miscellaneous tracks more "typical of a big-budget soundtrack", including an excerpt from Alan Silvestri's score, instrumentals by Kenny G, and contemporary pop and dance songs.
"I Have Nothing" and "Run to You" are ballads featuring Houston's characteristic stentorian delivery. The album's first half features pop songs performed by Houston.Houston's cover of Dolly Parton's plaintive country ballad "I Will Always Love You" is a grand pop-gospel declaration of lasting devotion to a departing lover. While recording the album, Houston insisted on using her touring band as opposed to a studio band. Kevin Costner, the film's co-star, thought of recording "I Will Always Love You", originally released by Dolly Parton. Houston planned to record "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted" as the film's theme song, however, when they found out another film was going to use it, they searched for another song. Houston served as executive producer (as she did on her previous release I'm Your Baby Tonight), giving her full control over the song selections for this album. To date, it has sold over 40 million copies worldwide and is the best-selling soundtrack of all time. The soundtrack later went on to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year and was certified 17× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America on November 1, 1999. The soundtrack was the first album verified by the Nielsen SoundScan computerized sales monitoring system to have sold more than a million units within a one-week period. The album was co-executive produced by Whitney Houston and Clive Davis and has become one of the best selling albums of all time. The album's first side (in its original LP configuration) features songs by Whitney Houston, while side 2 features the work of numerous other artists. The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album is the soundtrack from the film of the same name, released on November 17, 1992, by Arista Records. "I've Had the Time of My Life" (The John Morris Orchestra) "Kellerman's Anthem" (The Emile Bergtein Chorale) "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" (The Shirelles) "De Todo Un Poco" (Michael Lloyd & Le Disc) "Johnny's Mambo" (Michael Lloyd & Le Disc) "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" (Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes) "In the Still of the Night" (The Five Satins) "Stay" (Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs)
"In the Still of the Night" (The Five Satins) – 3:03 "Where Are You Tonight?" (Tom Johnston) – 3:59 "Love Is Strange" (Mickey & Sylvia) – 2:52 "You Don't Own Me" (The Blow Monkeys) – 2:59 "Stay" (Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs) – 1:34 "She's Like the Wind" (Patrick Swayze) – 3:53 "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" (Bill Medley, Jennifer Warnes) – 4:47 The original 1987 album went on to sell 32 million copies worldwide and is one of the best-selling albums of all time.Īs of 2007, it is still re-entering the Irish charts on occasion, having spent more than 230 weeks in the top 30. It spawned a follow-up album entitled More Dirty Dancing (1988). It spent 18 weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200 album sales charts and went multi-platinum. The album became a huge commercial success in the United States. Dirty Dancing is the original soundtrack of the 1987 film Dirty Dancing.