Hairspray (2007 soundtrack)
| Hairspray: Soundtrack to the Motion Picture | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by Various artists | ||||
| Released | July 10, 2007 | |||
| Recorded | September 2006–January 2007 | |||
| Genre | Traditional pop, rock and roll, swing, soul, broadway, jazz, rhythm and blues, gospel | |||
| Length | 66:05 | |||
| Label | New Line | |||
| Producer | Marc Shaiman, Lucian Piane, Paul Broucek, Jason Lynn | |||
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Hairspray: Soundtrack to the Motion Picture is the soundtrack album for the 2007 New Line Cinema musical film Hairspray. The film is an adaptation of the 2002 Broadway musical of the same name, itself adapted from John Waters's original 1988 film. It features performances from the film's cast, which includes John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, Amanda Bynes, James Marsden, Queen Latifah, Brittany Snow, Zac Efron, Elijah Kelley, and Nikki Blonsky as the lead character of Tracy Turnblad.
The album has sold upwards of 1,200,000 copies in the USA, and has been certified Platinum by the RIAA.
The soundtrack received positive reviews from critics.
The soundtrack contains nineteen songs from the film written by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, three of which were not included in the stage musical version. Shaiman, who produced the original cast album for the Broadway musical, produced the songs for the film musical as well. Hairspray's music is written and performed to conform to the story's 1962 setting, with influences spanning the genres of rock and roll, soul, and pop.
"Ladies' Choice", a new song performed by Zac Efron, was the Hairspray soundtrack's first single. iTunes released the single on May 15, 2007. The iTunes version of the album includes bonus features such as the bonus track "I Can Wait" (a song written for the film but cut), the "Ladies' Choice" music video, an instructional dance video for "Ladies' Choice", and a digital version of the album booklet. The soundtrack debuted on the Billboard 200 at number 20 and peaked at number two.
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