Urban Cowboy (soundtrack)

Urban Cowboy: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by
Various artists
ReleasedJune 6, 1980
Genre
Length66:12
LabelFull Moon, Asylum
ProducerIrving Azoff (exec.)
Singles from Urban 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 Soundtrack is the soundtrack to the 1980 film Urban Cowboy. It spawned numerous Top 10 Billboard Country Singles, such as #1 "Lookin' for Love" by Johnny Lee, #1 "Stand by Me" by Mickey Gilley, #3 (AC chart) "Look What You've Done to Me" by Boz Scaggs, #1 "Could I Have This Dance" by Anne Murray, and #4 "Love the World Away" by Kenny Rogers. It also included songs that were hits from earlier years such as #1 "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" by the Charlie Daniels Band and "Lyin' Eyes" by the Eagles. 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

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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 Ronstadt and JD Souther2:58
Total length:17:22

Chart performance

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Chart (1980) Peak
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] 26
US Billboard Top Country Albums 1
US Billboard 200 3
Canadian RPM Country Albums 2
Canadian RPM Top Albums 21

Chart singles

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Year US BB[5] US CB[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

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  1. ^ "RIAA – Searchable Database: Urban Cowboy". Archived from the original on September 24, 2020. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
  2. ^ "Various - Urban Cowboy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs". discogs.com. Archived from the original on 2015-07-13. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
  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 from the original on 2015-06-19. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
  4. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 282. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  5. ^ "The Hot 100 - 1980 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2017-08-04. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
  6. ^ "Weekly Charts". Cashbox. Archived from the original on 2020-06-07. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
  7. ^ "Adult Contemporary - 1980 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2019-09-27. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
  8. ^ a b c "Search: RPM". Library and Archives Canada. Archived from the original on 2015-06-28. Retrieved 2015-07-22.
  9. ^ "The Official NZ Music Charts". Recorded Music New Zealand Limited. February 15, 1981. Archived from the original on July 23, 2015. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
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