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Soundtrack for 1980 Movie Urban Cowboy
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]
Chart performance[edit]
Chart (1980)
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Peak
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Australia (Kent Music Report)[4]
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26
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USBillboardTop Country Albums
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1
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USBillboard200
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3
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CanadianRPMCountry Albums
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2
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CanadianRPMTop Albums
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21
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Chart singles[edit]
References[edit]
- ^"RIAA – Searchable Database: Urban Cowboy".Archivedfrom the original on September 24, 2020.RetrievedJanuary 9,2019.
- ^"Various - Urban Cowboy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs".discogs.com.Archivedfrom the original on 2015-07-13.Retrieved2015-06-18.
- ^"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.
- ^Kent, David(1993).Australian Chart Book 1970–1992(illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 282.ISBN0-646-11917-6.
- ^"The Hot 100 - 1980 Archive".Billboard.Archivedfrom the original on 2017-08-04.Retrieved2017-08-09.
- ^"Weekly Charts".Cashbox.Archivedfrom the original on 2020-06-07.Retrieved2020-05-23.
- ^"Adult Contemporary - 1980 Archive".Billboard.Archivedfrom the original on 2019-09-27.Retrieved2020-04-17.
- ^abc"Search: RPM".Library and Archives Canada.Archivedfrom the original on 2015-06-28.Retrieved2015-07-22.
- ^"The Official NZ Music Charts".Recorded Music New Zealand Limited. February 15, 1981.Archivedfrom the original on July 23, 2015.RetrievedJuly 22,2015.