The Last Dragon (soundtrack)

The Last Dragon: Original Soundtrack Album
Soundtrack album by Various Artists
Released April 1, 1985
Recorded 1984 - 1985
(Motown/Hitsville USA Recording Studios, Hollywood, California)
Genre Soul, R&B, Pop, funk
Length 37:87
Label Motown Records
Producer Willie Hutch, Stevie Wonder
Bill Wolfer, Richard Perry
Norman Whitfield, Misha Segal Rockwell, Curtis Anthony Nolen
DeBarge chronology
Rhythm of the Night
(1985)		 The Last Dragon
(1985)		 Greatest Hits
(1986)
Vanity chronology
Wild Animal
(1984)		 The Last Dragon
(1985)		 Skin on Skin
(1986)

The Last Dragon: Original Soundtrack Album is a soundtrack album for the 1985 movie The Last Dragon starring Taimak, Julius J. Carry III, Vanity and Christopher Murney.[1] The music soundtrack album was supervised by executive producer Berry Gordy, the founder of Motown Records. The soundtrack features the DeBarge’s hit song, "Rhythm of the Night", written by Diane Warren. The song reached top five on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Billboard R&B Singles. Also included is new music by singers’ Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, and Vanity; as well as various artists from the Motown label.

Track listing

US Vinyl LP Album[2]

No. TitleWriter(s)Performer(s) Length
1. "The Last Dragon (Title song from Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon)"  Bruce Miller, Norman WhitfieldDwight David 7:26
2. "7th Heaven"  Bill Wolfer, VanityVanity 3:28
3. "Star"  Greg Crockett, Gwen Gordy Fuqua, Sharon BarnesAlfie 4:04
4. "Fire"  Brian Wild, Charlene Oliver, Nigel WrightCharlene 3:10
5. "The Glow"  Willie HutchWillie Hutch 3:22
6. "Rhythm of the Night"  Diane WarrenDeBarge 3:47
7. "Upset Stomach"  Stevie WonderStevie Wonder 4:39
8. "First Time on A Ferris Wheel"  Harriet Schock, Misha SegalSmokey Robinson and Syreeta 3:25
9. "Peeping Tom"  Antoine Green, Janet Cole, RockwellRockwell 3:58
10. "Inside You"  W. HutchWillie Hutch featuring The Temptations 4:32

Charts

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions
US
Hot 100		 US R&B US AC CAN[3] AUS FRA[4] GER[5] IRL[6] NED[7] NZ[8] SWE SWI[9] UK Belgium[10]
1985 "Rhythm of The Night"
(performed by DeBarge)		 3 1 1 3 18 50 19 5 4 3 24 4 4 7

Credits

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic-The Last Dragon: Soundtrack Album allmusic.com
  2. ↑ Various: The Last Dragon Soundtrack.discogs.com
  3. ↑ Canadian peak
  4. ↑ Lescharts.com-DeBarge-Rhythm of the Night.(French singles)
  5. ↑ musicline.de.(German Charts)
  6. ↑ "Irish Singles Chart – Search for song". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  7. ↑ Top 40 Charts.(NED)
  8. ↑ Charts.org.nz-DeBarge singles.(New Zealand)
  9. ↑ DeBarge-Rhythm of the Night single.(Swiss Singles Chart)
  10. ↑ DeBarge songs-Ultratop 40.(Belgium)

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