Dirty Dancing (soundtrack)

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Dirty Dancing
Soundtrack by Various artists (See Track listing)
Released	August 21, 1987
Recorded	1987
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	39:04
Label	RCA
Professional reviews
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Dirty Dancing (full title: Dirty Dancing: Original Soundtrack From The Vestron Motion Picture) is the original soundtrack of the 1987 film of the same name. The album became a huge commercial success in the USA. It spent 18 weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200 album sales charts and went platinum eleven times. It spawned a follow-up album entitled More Dirty Dancing. This album went on to sell 32 million worldwide.^[1] As of 2007, it is still re-entering the Irish charts on occasion, having spent more than 230 weeks in the top 30.

[edit] Track listing

1. "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" - Bill Medley, Jennifer Warnes – 4:47
2. "Be My Baby" - Ronettes – 2:37
3. "She's Like the Wind" - Patrick Swayze – 3:51
4. "Hungry Eyes" - Eric Carmen – 4:06
5. "Stay" - Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs – 1:34
6. "Yes" - Merry Clayton – 3:15
7. "You Don't Own Me" - The Blow Monkeys – 3:00
8. "Hey! Baby" - Bruce Channel – 2:21
9. "Overload" - Zappacosta – 3:39
10. "Love Is Strange" - Mickey & Sylvia – 2:52
11. "Where Are You Tonight?" - Tom Johnston – 3:59
12. "In the Still of the Night" - The Five Satins – 3:03
13. "Big Girls Don't Cry (1962 song)" - Frankie Valli The Four Seasons
14. "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" - The Shirelles
15. "Cry to Me" - Solomon Burke
16. "Love Man" - Otis Redding
17. "Do You Love Me" - The Contours
18. "Some Kind of Wonderful" - The Drifters
19. "Wipeout" - The Surfaris
20. "These Arms of Mine" - Otis Redding

[edit] Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
1987	The Billboard 200	1
1988

[edit] References

Preceded by Tunnel of Love by Bruce Springsteen

Billboard 200 number-one album November 14, 1987 - January 15, 1988 March 12 - May 13, 1988

Succeeded by Faith by George Michael