The Next Best Thing (soundtrack)

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The Next Best Thing (Music from the Motion Picture)
Soundtrack by Madonna
Released	February 21, 2000
Recorded	November 1999
Genre	Soundtrack, Pop, Electronica, Dance
Length	49:31
Label	Maverick, Warner Bros.
Producer	Madonna, William Orbit, Various
Madonna chronology
Ray of Light (1998) The Next Best Thing (2000) Music (2000)

The Next Best Thing is the fourth soundtrack by American singer-songwriter Madonna, released on February 21, 2000 by Maverick Records. It was released to accompany and promote the 2000 film, The Next Best Thing.

[edit] Album history

Madonna was executive producer on the soundtrack and hand-picked all the tracks that appear. The soundtrack went to Number 34 on the Billboard 200 and spawned one new single from Madonna. The album boasted two new songs from Madonna, "Time Stood Still" (an original track written and produced with William Orbit) and a cover of Don McLean's "American Pie." The latter track was a No. 1 around the world, climbing to the top of the charts in the UK, Australia, Germany and Japan. The album also included tracks by Moby, Beth Orton, Christina Aguilera and Groove Armada.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Boom Boom Ba" - Métisse
2. "Bongo Bong" - Manu Chao
3. "Don't Make Me Love You ('Til I'm Ready)" - Christina Aguilera
4. "American Pie" - Madonna
5. "This Life" - Mandalay
6. "If Everybody Looked the Same" - Groove Armada
7. "Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?" - Moby
8. "I'm Not in Love" - Olive
9. "Stars All Seem to Weep" - Beth Orton
10. "Time Stood Still" - Madonna
11. "Swayambhu" - Solar Twins
12. "Forever and Always" - Gabriel Yared

[edit] See also

• The Next Best Thing (2000) Motion Picture