Suicide Squad (soundtrack)

Suicide Squad
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released August 5, 2016
Recorded 2016
Genre
Length 50:57
Label Atlantic, Warner Bros.
Producer
DC Extended Universe soundtrack chronology
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
(2016) Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice2016		 Suicide Squad
(2016) Suicide Squad2016		 Wonder Woman
(2017) Wonder Woman2017
Singles from Suicide Squad: The Album
  1. "Heathens"
    Released: June 16, 2016
  2. "Sucker for Pain"
    Released: June 24, 2016
  3. "Purple Lamborghini"
    Released: July 22, 2016
  4. "Gangsta"
    Released: August 1, 2016
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB[4]
Pitchfork4.0/10[5]
TVOvermind[6]

Suicide Squad: The Album is the soundtrack album to the film of the same name. The album was released on August 5, 2016, by Atlantic Records and Warner Bros. Records.[7] A separate film score album, titled Suicide Squad (Original Motion Picture Score) and composed by Steven Price, was released on August 8, 2016, by WaterTower Music.[8] The digital edition of the film score album contains eight bonus tracks. It received mixed to positive reviews by critics, and the Collector's Edition received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media at the 2017 ceremony. It won 2017 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards for Favorite Soundtrack.

Commercial performance

In the United States, the soundtrack debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, with 182,000 equivalent album units.[9] It was also the best-selling album of the week, selling 128,000 copies in its first week on the chart.[10]

Suicide Squad was certified gold in the United States on September 23, 2016, for 500,000 units composed by sales, streaming and track-equivalent units.[11] It was certified platinum for shipping over 1 million equivalent-units on November 16, 2016. As of April 2017, it has sold 548,000 copies in the country. [12][13]

Suicide Squad: The Album

Track listing

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Purple Lamborghini" (Skrillex & Rick Ross)
3:35
2."Sucker for Pain" (Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa and Imagine Dragons with Logic, Ty Dolla $ign featuring X Ambassadors)Alex Da Kid4:04
3."Heathens" (Twenty One Pilots)
3:15
4."Standing in the Rain" (Action Bronson, Mark Ronson and Dan Auerbach)Mark Ronson3:22
5."Gangsta" (Kehlani)
2:57
6."Know Better" (Kevin Gates)
  • JMIKE
  • T-Collar
3:28
7."You Don't Own Me" (Grace featuring G-Eazy)
3:19
8."Without Me" (Eminem)
4:52
9."Wreak Havoc" (Skylar Grey)Jason Evigan3:48
10."Medieval Warfare" (Grimes)Grimes3:01
11."Bohemian Rhapsody" (Panic! at the Disco)Butch Walker6:01
12."Slippin' into Darkness" (War)War3:47
13."Fortunate Son" (Creedence Clearwater Revival)John Fogerty2:18
14."I Started a Joke" (ConfidentialMX featuring Becky Hanson)
  • John Samuel Hanson
  • Kyle Biane
3:10

Additional music

Though these songs appear in the movie, they are not included on the soundtrack album.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[15] 1
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[16] 3
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[17] 7
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[18] 8
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[19] 1
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[20] 11
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[21] 7
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[22] 8
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[23] 6
French Albums (SNEP)[24] 9
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[25] 9
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[26] 20
Italian Compilation Albums (FIMI)[27] 4
Mexican Albums (AMPROFON)[28] 8
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[29] 1
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[30] 2
Russian Albums Chart[31] 1
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[32] 9
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[33] 3
UK Compilation Albums (OCC)[34] 2
US Billboard 200[35] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2016) Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[36] 10
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[37] 88
Italian Compilation Albums (FIMI)[38] 23
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[39] 13
US Billboard 200[40] 20

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[41] Gold 35,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[42] Gold 7,500^
United States (RIAA)[43] Platinum 1,000,000double-dagger

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

Suicide Squad (Original Motion Picture Score)

Suicide Squad (Original Motion Picture Score)
Film score by Steven Price
Released August 8, 2016
Recorded 2016
Genre Film score
Length
  • 72:00 (physical edition)
  • 93:38 (digital edition)
Label WaterTower
Producer Steven Price
Steven Price chronology
The Hunt
(2015)The Hunt2015		 Suicide Squad
(2016)		 Baby Driver
(2017)Baby Driver2017
DC Extended Universe soundtrack chronology
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
(2016) Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice2016		 Suicide Squad
(2016) Suicide Squad2016		 Wonder Woman
(2017) Wonder Woman2017

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Task Force X"4:53
2."Arkham Asylum"3:23
3."I'm Going to Figure This Out"1:41
4."You Make My Teeth Hurt"2:30
5."I Want to Assemble a Task Force"2:52
6."Brother Our Time Has Come"4:42
7."A Serial Killer Who Takes Credit Cards"2:09
8."A Killer App"2:53
9."That's How I Cut and Run"3:09
10."We Got a Job to Do"1:41
11."You Die We Die"4:01
12."Harley and Joker"2:49
13."This Bird Is Baked"4:42
14."Hey Craziness"4:01
15."You Need a Miracle"2:36
16."Diablo's Story"1:42
17."The Squad"3:58
18."Are We Friends or Are We Foes?"4:16
19."She's Behind You"3:02
20."One Bullet Is All I Need"3:32
21."I Thought I'd Killed You"3:49
22."The Worst of the Worst"4:11
Digital edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
23."June Moone"2:37
24."Did That Tickle?"3:41
25."You Know the Rules Hotness"1:58
26."Enchantress in the War Room"2:35
27."Introducing Diablo and Croc"2:09
28."Task Force X Activated"2:11
29."Can Everyone See This Trippy Stuff"4:25
30."I Promised My Friends"1:29

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