Alvin and the Chipmunks: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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| Soundtrack by The Chipmunks | |||||
| Released | November 20, 2007 | ||||
| Genre | Pop Rock Hip Hop Reggae Christmas |
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| Length | 48:10 | ||||
| Label | Razor & Tie | ||||
| Producer | Ali Dee Theodore | ||||
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Alvin and the Chipmunks: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the licensed soundtrack based on the 2007 film Alvin and the Chipmunks. It was released on November 20, 2007, three weeks before the film's release. The soundtrack is the first album to be released in three years by Bagdasarian Productions, and is the group's 43rd album overall. The second and seventh tracks feature Jason Lee's voice as Dave Seville. Four songs from the album have charted on the Billboard Hot 100.
The album features remakes to some of their old hits as well as some new covers.
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[edit] Reception
In December 2007, the album debuted at #133 on the Billboard 200. In its second week of sales, however, the album jumped to #67 on the chart.
The album has currently peaked at #5 on the Billboard 200, making it not only the group's first charting album since A Very Merry Chipmunk (which peaked at #147), but also making it the group's highest on the chart album since Chipmunks in Low Places (which peaked at #21).
The album has been certified Gold by the RIAA and has sold over 500,000 copies in the United States. By doing this, the album has become the group's first Gold album since Urban Chipmunk, and the group's first RIAA-certified album since Chipmunks in Low Places (which went Platinum). Overall, Alvin and the Chipmunks: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack has become the Chipmunks' third Gold album and fourth RIAA-certified album in total.
[edit] Charts
Four songs from the album managed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 during the month of December 2007. By doing this, it became the group's first charting songs in 47 years ("Alvin for President" became the last charting single for the group; it peaked at #95 in 1960). Despite this feat, none of the songs were released as singles or ever solicited to mainstream radio (although it is possible that kid-oriented radio stations, such as Radio Disney, might have played them anyway) and charted solely because of high digital downloads caused by the anticipation of the group's film, Alvin and the Chipmunks.
The four songs that charted on the Billboard Hot 100 (and with the chart peaks included) were:
| Song | Chart | Position |
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| "Witch Doctor (2007 Version)" (featuring Chris Classic) | US Billboard Hot 100 | 62 |
| "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late) (2007 Version)" | 66 | |
| "Bad Day" | 67 | |
| "Funkytown" | 86 |
[edit] Chart
These are the chart and sales statistics for the album.
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard 200 | 5 | Gold[1] | 500,000+ |
[edit] Tracklisting
- Bad Day 1
- The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)[DeeTown OG Mix] 3
- Follow Me Now (Featuring Jason Gleed) 2
- How We Roll 2
- Witch Doctor (Featuring Chris Classic) 3
- Come Get It (Featuring Rebecca Jones) 2 5
- The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late) [DeeTown Rock Mix] 3
- Funkytown3
- Get You Goin' 2
- Coast 2 Coast 2 5
- Mess Around 2
- Only You (And You Alone) 1
- Ain't No Party (Featuring Rebecca Jones and Chris Classic) 2
- Get Munk'd (Featuring Al D) 2
- Witch Doctor (Original Version) 4 5 6 7
- The Chipmunk Song (Original Version)(Christmas Don't Be Late)4 5 6
- 1-Originally done by another artist and is covered by the Chipmunks for the film
- 2-An original song done by the Chipmunks for the film
- 3-A classic song done by the Chipmunks that has been remixed for the film
- 4-A classic song done by the Chipmunks in its original form
- 5-Not in the film
- 6-Bonus tracks to the soundtrack
- 7-Features Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. as David Seville. This version is technically without the Chipmunks.
[edit] Soundtrack Sampler
| Alvin and the Chipmunks: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Sampler | ||
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| Soundtrack by The Chipmunks | ||
| Released | April 1, 2008 | |
| Genre | Pop Rock Hip Hop Reggae |
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| Length | 16:01 | |
| Label | Razor & Tie | |
| Producer | Ali Dee Theodore | |
A soundtrack sampler was released along with the DVD of the film in a two pack sold exclusively at Walmart. This features five songs produced exclusively for the soundtrack.
[edit] Track List
- How We Roll
- Get You Goin'
- Get Munk'd featuring Al D
- Ain't No Party featuring Rebecca Jones and Chris Classic
- Mess Around
[edit] Musical personnel
- Ross Bagdasarian, Jr.—lead guitars and the sung vocal of Alvin
- Steve Vining—bass on track 8 and the sung vocal of Simon
- Janice Karman—the sung vocal of Theodore
- Jason Lee—spoken voiceover on tracks 1, 2, & 7 (as "David Seville")
- Justin Long—spoken voiceover on tracks 1 & 2 (as "Alvin")
- Matthew Gray Gubler—spoken voiceover on tracks 1 & 2 (as "Simon")
- Jesse McCartney—spoken voiceover on tracks 1 & 2 (as "Theodore")
- Jason Gleed—primary guest lead vocals and rhythm guitars
- Chris Classic—secondary guest lead vocals
- Rebecca Jones—tertiary guest lead vocals
- Ali Dee Theodore—keyboards, bass (except track 8) and drum programming
- Alana Da Fonseca—uncharacterized backing vocals
- Joey Katsaros—manipulation of original concept album samples and uncharacterized backing vocals
- Zach Danzinger—live drums and uncharacterized backing vocals
- Vinny Alfieri—uncharacterized backing vocals
- Andy Richards—string synthesizer on track 4, piano on track 8
- Ross Bagdasarian, Sr.—piano on track 15, the voice of Dave, Alvin, Simon, and Theodore on tracks 15 and 16
