Songs from Our TV Shows

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Songs from Our TV Shows
Songs from Our TV Shows cover
Soundtrack by The Chipmunks
Released March 4, 1984
Recorded September 1983
Genre Children's Music
Length 32:49
Label I.J.E. Records
Producer(s) Ross Bagdasarian,
Janice Karman
The Chipmunks chronology
The Chipmunks Go Hollywood
(1982)		 Songs from Our TV Shows
(1984)		 Solid Gold Chipmunks
(1985)


Songs from Our TV Shows is an album by The Chipmunks. It is the soundtrack album to their second television show, Alvin and the Chipmunks. It was released in 1984 (see 1984 in music).

Contents

[edit] Miscellanea

This album marks the first appearance on record of Theodore's female alter-egos, The Chipettes as a "soloing act". The album also features their famous cover of Michael Jackson's "Beat It".

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Side one

  1. "We're The Chipmunks" (Janice Karman & Chris Caswell) :59
  2. "Uptown Girl" (William Martin Joel) – 3:13
  3. "Surfin' U.S.A." (Chuck Berry) – 1:56
  4. "I Give Up On You" (Ross Bagdasarian, Jr. & Janice Karman) – 2:29*
  5. "There's No Rock & Roll On Mars" (Ross Bagdasarian Jr., Janice Karman & Howard Pfeifer) – 2:31
  6. "Witch Doctor" (Ross Bagdasarian Sr.) – 2:22
  7. "Beat It" (Michael Jackson) – 3:22

[edit] Side two

  1. The "C" Team (Ross Bagdasarian Jr., Janice Karman & Howard Pfeifer) – 2:31
  2. It's A Jungle Out There (Ross Bagdasarian Jr., Janice Karman, Kathy Falentine & Karen Falentine) – 2:15
  3. It's My Party (Wally Gold, John Gluck, & Herb Weiner) – 2:23
  4. Pump, Pump, Pump (Jack Silverman & Phil Shenale) – 2:52
  5. Girls Just Want To Have Fun (Robert Hazard) – 3:16
  6. Captain Chipmunk (Ross Bagdasarian Jr. & Janice Karman) – 2:23

[edit] Band lineup

Alvin Seville: Lead Vocals
Simon Seville: Principal background vocals
Theodore Seville: Alternate lead vocals

[edit] Additional Musical Personnel

Howard Pfeifer—keyboards, piano, synthesizer, and backgound vocals
Ken Wild—bass
Paul Merar—bass
Nick Brown—guitar
Jamie Glaser—guitar
Michael Jochum, Jr.—drums
Ezra Kliger—string concertmaster
Ron Hicklin—background vocals
Gene Morford—background vocals
Jon Joyce—background vocals
Eddie Lehman—background vocals
Debbie Hall—background vocals

[edit] Production Crew

Ross Bagdasarian—producer
Janice Karman—producer
Randy Tominaga—enginneer
Howard Pfeifer—music & vocal arrangements
Rick Detorie—art direction
Cornelius Cole III—illustrator
Liz Chapman—illustrator
Mel Sommer—illustrator
Greg Fulginiti—mastering

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