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Urban Cowboy(soundtrack)

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Urban Cowboy: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Soundtrack albumby
Various artists
ReleasedJune 6, 1980
Genre
Length66:12
LabelFull Moon,Asylum
ProducerIrving Azoff(exec.)
SinglesfromUrban Cowboy
  1. "All Night Long"
    Released: May 1980
  2. "Stand By Me"
    Released: May 1980
  3. "Love the World Away"
    Released: June 1980
  4. "Lookin' for Love"
    Released: July 1980
  5. "Look What You've Done to Me"
    Released: August 1980
  6. "Could I Have This Dance"
    Released: August 1980

Urban Cowboy: Original Motion Picture Soundtrackis thesoundtrackto the 1980 filmUrban Cowboy.It spawned numerousTop 10BillboardCountry Singles,such as #1 "Lookin' for Love"byJohnny Lee,#1 "Stand by Me"byMickey Gilley,#3 (AC chart) "Look What You've Done to Me"byBoz Scaggs,#1 "Could I Have This Dance"byAnne Murray,and #4 "Love the World Away"byKenny Rogers.It also included songs that were hits from earlier years such as #1 "The Devil Went Down to Georgia"by theCharlie Daniels Bandand "Lyin' Eyes"by theEagles.The film is said to have started the 1980s boom in pop-country music known as the "Urban Cowboy Movement" also known as Neo-Country or Hill Boogie. In December 2018 the soundtrack was certified triple platinum by the RIAA for sales of three million copies.[1]

Initially released as a double LP in 1980,[2]the album was re-released on CD in 1995.[3]

Track listing[edit]

Side A
No.TitlePerformer(s)Length
1."Hello Texas"Jimmy Buffett2:33
2."All Night Long"Joe Walsh3:50
3."Times Like These"Dan Fogelberg3:02
4."Nine Tonight"Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band6:35
Total length:16:00
Side B
No.TitlePerformer(s)Length
5."Stand By Me"Mickey Gilley3:35
6."Cherokee Fiddle"Johnny Lee4:06
7."Could I Have This Dance"Anne Murray3:14
8."Lyin' Eyes"Eagles6:23
Total length:17:18
Side C
No.TitlePerformer(s)Length
9."Lookin' for Love"Johnny Lee3:41
10."Don't It Make Ya Wanna Dance"Bonnie Raitt3:29
11."The Devil Went Down to Georgia"Charlie Daniels Band3:35
12."Here Comes the Hurt Again"Mickey Gilley2:41
13."Orange Blossom Special"/"Hoedown"Gilley's "Urban Cowboy" Band2:06
Total length:15:32
Side D
No.TitlePerformer(s)Length
14."Love the World Away"Kenny Rogers3:11
15."Falling in Love for the Night"Charlie Daniels Band3:00
16."Darlin'"Bonnie Raitt2:34
17."Look What You've Done to Me"Boz Scaggs5:39
18."Hearts Against the Wind"Linda RonstadtandJ. D. Souther2:58
Total length:17:22

Chart performance[edit]

Chart (1980) Peak
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] 26
USBillboardTop Country Albums 1
USBillboard200 3
CanadianRPMCountry Albums 2
CanadianRPMTop Albums 21

Chart singles[edit]

Year USBB[5] USCB[6] USAC[7] USCountry CAN[8] CANAC[8] CANCountry[8] NZ[9] Title Artist
May 1980 19 18 -- -- 27 -- -- -- "All Night Long" Joe Walsh
May 1980 22 22 3 1 51 -- 3 -- "Stand By Me" Mickey Gilley
June 1980 14 17 8 4 25 -- 1 -- "Love the World Away" Kenny Rogers
July 1980 5 4 10 1 54 20 18 -- "Lookin' for Love" Johnny Lee
August 1980 14 13 3 -- 30 41 -- 39 "Look What You've Done to Me" Boz Scaggs
August 1980 33 53 3 1 19 1 1 2 "Could I Have This Dance" Anne Murray

References[edit]

  1. ^"RIAA – Searchable Database: Urban Cowboy".Archivedfrom the original on September 24, 2020.RetrievedJanuary 9,2019.
  2. ^"Various - Urban Cowboy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs".discogs.com.Archivedfrom the original on 2015-07-13.Retrieved2015-06-18.
  3. ^"Music: Urban Cowboy: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (CD) by Johnny Lee, Kenny Rogers, Jimmy Buffett, Boz Scaggs, Linda Ronstadt, J.D. Souther, Charlie Daniels Band, Eagles, Mickey Gilley, Bonnie Raitt".tower.com. Archived fromthe originalon 2015-06-19.Retrieved2015-06-18.
  4. ^Kent, David(1993).Australian Chart Book 1970–1992(illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 282.ISBN0-646-11917-6.
  5. ^"The Hot 100 - 1980 Archive".Billboard.Archivedfrom the original on 2017-08-04.Retrieved2017-08-09.
  6. ^"Weekly Charts".Cashbox.Archivedfrom the original on 2020-06-07.Retrieved2020-05-23.
  7. ^"Adult Contemporary - 1980 Archive".Billboard.Archivedfrom the original on 2019-09-27.Retrieved2020-04-17.
  8. ^abc"Search: RPM".Library and Archives Canada.Archivedfrom the original on 2015-06-28.Retrieved2015-07-22.
  9. ^"The Official NZ Music Charts".Recorded Music New Zealand Limited. February 15, 1981.Archivedfrom the original on July 23, 2015.RetrievedJuly 22,2015.