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Footloose: Original Soundtrack of the Paramount Motion Picture is the soundtrack album to the Paramount motion picture Footloose. The original nine-track album was released in 1984 and reached number one on the US Billboard 200 chart on April 21, 1984, where it stayed until June 23, 1984. [ 3 ]
The song spent three weeks at number one, March 31—April 14, 1984, on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Loggins' only chart-topper, and was the first of two number-one hits from the film. Billboard ranked it at the No. 4 song for 1984. [4] The song was very well received, and is one of the most recognizable songs recorded by Loggins.
In 1998, the Broadway cast of Footloose performed the song, for the 1998 Broadway musical based on the film. In 2011, Victoria Justice and Hunter Hayes performed the song, for the 2011 remake of the original film. [18] Their cover was released on September 22, 2011 and was featured on the accompanying soundtrack. [19] [20]
The music from the soundtrack was released prior to the film's premiere. The filmmakers felt that songs produced a stronger emotional response from people already familiar with them, which heightened the experience of watching the movie. The music video for "Footloose" had scenes from the movie, rather than footage of Loggins. [29]
"Dancing in the Sheets" is a song written by Bill Wolfer [1] and Dean Pitchford [2] and recorded by American R&B group Shalamar. [3] It was featured on the chart-topping soundtrack album of the 1984 motion picture Footloose [4] and was also the first single from their Gold selling album Heartbreak, [5] featuring the new line-up of Howard Hewett, [6] Delisa Davis and Micki Free. [7]
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The song was also included in the soundtrack of the 2007 film Hot Rod, which parodies the punchdance scene with Rod Kimble (Andy Samberg) in a forest. [6] [7] More recently, on April 27, 2014, the song was used in "Baby Got Black", the eighteenth episode of season 12 of Family Guy, with Peter Griffin parodying the Footloose punchdance scene. [8]
"Let's Hear It for the Boy" is a song by Deniece Williams that appeared on the soundtrack to the feature film Footloose. The song was released as a single from both the soundtrack and her album of the song's same name Columbia Records. It was written by Tom Snow and Dean Pitchford and produced by George Duke.