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Ghostbusters (song)

"Ghostbusters"
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Single by Ray Parker Jr.
from the album Ghostbusters: Original Soundtrack Album
Released May 1984 (U.S.)
August 13, 1984 (UK)
Recorded 1983
Genre Dance-pop
Length 4:06
Label Arista
Writer(s) Ray Parker Jr.
Producer(s) Ray Parker Jr.
Ray Parker Jr. singles chronology
"Woman Out of Control"
(1984)
"Ghostbusters"
(1984)
"Jamie"
(1984)
Ghostbusters soundtrack singles chronology
"Ghostbusters"
(1984)
"On Our Own"
(1989)
"Ghostbusters"
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Single by Run-D.M.C.
from the album Ghostbusters II OST
B-side "Pause"
Released July 12, 1989
Genre Hip hop
Length 4:07
6:00 (12" mix)
Label MCA, Profile Records
Writer(s) Ray Parker Jr., Joseph Simmons, Darryl McDaniels, Jason Mizell
Producer(s) Jam Master Jay, Davy D
Run-D.M.C. singles chronology
"Run's House"
(1988)
"Ghostbusters"
/ "Pause"
(1989)
"What's It All About"
(1990)
"Ghostbusters"
Single by The Rasmus
from the album Peep
Released September 9, 1996
Genre Alternative rock
Length 3:35
Label Warner Music Group
Writer(s) Ray Parker Jr.
Producer(s) The Rasmus, Teja Kotilainen
"Ghostbusters"
Single by Mickael Turtle
Released 2005
Length 2:26
Label Universal
Writer(s) Ray Parker Jr.
Mickael Turtle singles chronology
"Ghostbusters"
(2005)
"Super Freak"
(2006)
"Ghostbusters (I'm Not Afraid)"
Single by Fall Out Boy featuring Missy Elliott
from the album Ghostbusters (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Released June 23, 2016
Format Digital download
Recorded 2016
Genre
Length 3:07
Label
Writer(s) Ray Parker Jr.
Producer(s) Fall Out Boy
Fall Out Boy singles chronology
"Irresistible"
(2015)
"Ghostbusters (I'm Not Afraid)"
(2016)
Missy Elliot singles chronology
"This is For My Girls"
(2016)
"Ghostbusters (I'm Not Afraid)"
(2016)

"Ghostbusters" is a song recorded by Ray Parker Jr. as the theme to the film of the same name starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson. Debuting at #68 on June 16, 1984, the song reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on August 11, 1984, staying there for three weeks, and at number two on the UK Singles Chart on September 16, 1984, staying there for three weeks. The song re-entered the UK Top 75 on November 2, 2008, at No. 49.

It was nominated at the 57th Academy Awards for Best Original Song, but lost to Stevie Wonder's "I Just Called to Say I Love You".

According to Parker, he was approached by the film's producers to create a theme song for the film, though he only had a few days to do so and the film's title seemed impossible to include in any lyrics. However, when watching television late at night, Parker saw a cheap commercial for a local service that reminded him that the film had a similar commercial featured for the fictional business. This inspired him to write the song as a pseudo-advertising jingle that the business could have commissioned as a promotion. Huey Lewis sued Parker over the similarities between "Ghostbusters" and Lewis' "I Want a New Drug". The matter was settled out of court.

Lindsey Buckingham claims to have been approached to write the Ghostbusters theme based on his successful contribution to Harold Ramis's National Lampoon's Vacation (the song "Holiday Road"). He turned down the opportunity as he did not want to be known as a soundtrack artist. He mentions this on the "Words & Music" interview disc.


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