Dreamgirls: Music from the Motion Picture

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Dreamgirls: Music from the Motion Picture
Dreamgirls: Music from the Motion Picture cover
Soundtrack by Various Artists
Released December 5, 2006
Recorded The Underlab, Los Angeles: December 2005 – April 2006
Genre R&B / soul / pop
Length 65:05 (standard edition)
116:00 (deluxe edition)
Label Music World/Columbia
Producer The Underdogs, Beyoncé Knowles, Richie Jones
Professional reviews
Deluxe Edition cover
Cover for 2-disc Deluxe Edition
Cover for 2-disc Deluxe Edition
Singles from Dreamgirls: Music from the Motion Picture
  1. "One Night Only"
    Released: August 15, 2006
  2. "Listen"
    Released: January 29, 2007 (US)
    Released: February 19, 2007 (UK)
  3. "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"
    Released: December 5, 2006 (digital download)

Dreamgirls: Music from the Motion Picture is the Grammy Award-nominated soundtrack album for the 2006 DreamWorks/Paramount film Dreamgirls, adapted from the Broadway musical of the same name. The album was released by Music World Entertainment through Sony Music Entertainment's Columbia Records on December 5, 2006 in two versions: a single-disc standard release, and a two-disc deluxe edition. The one-disc version includes highlights from the film's songs, including "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going", "One Night Only", and "Listen", while the two disc version includes all songs present in the film alongside a handful of bonus tracks.

Contents

[edit] Overview

Harvey Mason, Jr. and Damon Thomas of the production team The Underdogs served as producers and arrangers for the film's soundtrack, which is performed by the actors in the film, including Jamie Foxx, Beyoncé Knowles, Eddie Murphy, Jennifer Hudson, Anika Noni Rose, Sharon Leal, Keith Robinson, and others. The soundtrack includes four new songs not present in the stage version of Dreamgirls: "Listen", "Love You I Do", "Patience", and "Perfect World". "Listen" was released to radio the week of October 16 as the first official Dreamgirls soundtrack single; the disco version of "One Night Only" was issued in late summer as a 12" club single and as an exclusive download on iTunes. "Listen", "Love You I Do", and "Patience" were all nominated for the 2006 Academy Award for Best Original Song. In addiction the album was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Compilation Soundtrack Album, it lost to Love but Love You I Do an award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media.

The one-disc version of Dreamgirls: Music from the Motion Picture debuted at number 20 on the Billboard 200, with sales of 92,000 units.[1] In its fifth week of release, the soundtrack reached the top of the Billboard 200 with a low sales week of 68,000 units. In a way Beyoncé Knowles broke her own record because the Dreamgirls soundtrack charted at number-one with the lowest number of SoundScan-tracked sales for a number-one album since the Destiny's Child #1's album, on which Knowles also appears and which debuted at number-one with 113,000 copies sold.[2] The following week, the soundtrack broke its own all time low record, holding on to the number one spot with a sales decrease of 9% good for 60,000.[3] The set also peaked at number 7 on the United World Chart.[4]

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Henry Krieger and Tom Eyen unless otherwise noted. All tracks produced by The Underdogs (Harvey Mason, Jr. and Damon Thomas) save for "Listen" (produced by Beyoncé Knowles and The Underdogs) and the dance mixes on the Deluxe set (remixed by Richie Jones)

[edit] Dreamgirls: Music from the Motion Picture

  1. "Move"
  2. "Fake Your Way To The Top"
  3. "Cadillac Car"
  4. "Steppin' To The Bad Side"
  5. "Love You I Do" (Henry Krieger, Siedah Garrett)
  6. "I Want You Baby"
  7. "Family"
  8. "Dreamgirls"
  9. "It's All Over"
  10. "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"
  11. "When I First Saw You"
  12. "Patience" (Krieger, Willie Reale)
  13. "I Am Changing"
  14. "I Meant You No Harm"/"Jimmy's Rap"
  15. "One Night Only"
  16. "One Night Only (Disco)"
  17. "Listen" (Krieger, Anne Preven, Scott Cutler, Beyoncé Knowles)
  18. "Hard To Say Goodbye"
  19. "Dreamgirls (Finale)"
  20. "When I First Saw You" [End Title Duet Version]

[edit] Dreamgirls: Music from the Motion Picture: Deluxe Edition

 Audio sample:

[edit] Disc one

  1. "I'm Lookin' For Something"
  2. "Goin' Downtown"
  3. "Takin' The Long Way Home"
  4. "Move"
  5. "Fake Your Way To The Top"
  6. "Big" (instrumental)
  7. "Cadillac Car"
  8. "Steppin' To The Bad Side"
  9. "Love You I Do" (Henry Krieger, Siedah Garrett)
  10. "I Want You Baby"
  11. "Family"
  12. "Dreamgirls"
  13. "Heavy"
  14. "It's All Over"
  15. "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" 1

[edit] Disc two

  1. "I'm Somebody" 2
  2. "When I First Saw You"
  3. "Patience" (Krieger, Willie Reale)
  4. "I Am Changing"
  5. "Perfect World" (Krieger, Garrett)
  6. "I Meant You No Harm"/"Jimmy's Rap"
  7. "Lorrell Loves Jimmy"/"Family (Reprise)"
  8. "Step On Over"
  9. "I Miss You Old Friend"
  10. "Effie, Sing My Song" [Bonus Track] 3
  11. "One Night Only"
  12. "One Night Only (Disco)"
  13. "Listen" (Krieger, Anne Preven, Scott Cutler, Beyoncé Knowles)
  14. "Hard To Say Goodbye"
  15. "Dreamgirls (Finale)"
  16. "Curtain Call" (Instrumental) (Krieger, Eyen, Garrett) 4
  17. "Family" [End Title Version]
  18. "When I First Saw You" [End Title Duet Version]
  19. "One Night Only [Dance Mix]"
  20. "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going [Dance Version]"
  21. "Patience [Composer's Demo]" (Krieger, Willie Reale) 5

[edit] Notes

  • 1 Hidden cut on this track: "Love Love Me Baby".
  • 2 Track also includes a medley of "Move", "Love Love Me Baby", and "Heavy".
  • 3 Present in the musical, "Effie, Sing My Song" was recorded and shot for the film, but cut after early previews and replaced with an alternate dialogue version of the corresponding scene.
  • 4 Contains instrumental versions of "Dreamgirls", "Dreamgirls (Finale)", and "Love You I Do".
  • 5 Hidden cut on this track: "Effie White's Gonna Win".

[edit] Performers

  • "I'm Looking for Something"
Maxi Anderson, Charlene Carmen, Keisha Heely
  • "Goin' Downtown"
Steve Russell, Durrell Babbs, Luke Boyd, Eric Dawkins
  • "Takin' the Long Way Home"
Michael-Leon Wooley
  • "Move"
Jennifer Hudson, Beyoncé Knowles, Anika Noni Rose
  • "Fake Your Way to the Top"
Eddie Murphy, Anika Noni Rose, Jennifer Hudson, Beyoncé Knowles
  • "Cadillac Car"
Eddie Murphy, Anika Noni Rose, Jennifer Hudson, Beyoncé Knowles, Rory O'Malley, Laura Bell Bundy, Anne Warren
  • "Steppin' to the Bad Side"
Jamie Foxx, Keith Robinson, Hinton Battle, Eddie Murphy, Anika Noni Rose, Jennifer Hudson, Beyoncé Knowles
  • "Love You I Do"
Jennifer Hudson
  • "I Want You Baby"
Eddie Murphy, Anika Noni Rose, Jennifer Hudson, Beyoncé Knowles
  • "Family"
Keith Robinson, Jennifer Hudson, Beyoncé Knowles, Anika Noni Rose, Jamie Foxx
  • "Dreamgirls"
Beyoncé Knowles, Jennifer Hudson, Anika Noni Rose
  • "Heavy"
Beyoncé Knowles, Jennifer Hudson, Anika Noni Rose
  • "It's All Over"
Jennifer Hudson, Jamie Foxx, Beyoncé Knowles, Anika Noni Rose, Keith Robinson, Sharon Leal
  • "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"
Jennifer Hudson
  • "Love Love Me Baby"
Beyoncé Knowles, Anika Noni Rose, Sharon Leal
  • "I'm Somebody"
Beyoncé Knowles, Anika Noni Rose, Sharon Leal
  • "When I First Saw You"
Jamie Foxx
Duet end-title version by Jamie Foxx and Beyoncé Knowles
  • "Patience"
Eddie Murphy, Anika Noni Rose, Keith Robinson
"Composer's Demo" by Henry Krieger
  • "I Am Changing"
Jennifer Hudson
  • "Perfect World"
Steve Russell
  • "I Meant You No Harm"/"Jimmy's Rap"
Eddie Murphy
  • "Lorrell Loves Jimmy"/"Family (Reprise)"
Anika Noni Rose, Beyoncé Knowles, Sharon Leal
  • "Step On Over"
Beyoncé Knowles, Anika Noni Rose, Sharon Leal
  • "I Miss You Old Friend"
Loretta Devine
  • "Effie, Sing My Song"
Keith Robinson, Jennifer Hudson
  • "One Night Only"
Soul version by Jennifer Hudson
Disco and dance versions by Beyoncé Knowles, Anika Noni Rose, Sharon Leal
  • "Listen"
Beyoncé Knowles
  • "Hard To Say Goodbye"
Beyoncé Knowles, Anika Noni Rose, Sharon Leal
  • "Dreamgirls (Finale)"
Jennifer Hudson, Beyoncé Knowles, Anika Noni Rose, Sharon Leal
  • "Effie White's Gonna Win"
Jennifer Hudson

[edit] Chart history

[edit] Album: Standard Edition

Chart (2006-2007) Peak
position		 Sales
U.S. Billboard 200 1 1,038,927
U.S. Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart 1
U.S. Billboard Top Soundtracks 1

[edit] Album: Deluxe Edition

Chart (2007) Peak
position		 Sales
U.S. Billboard 200 39 189,424
U.S. Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart 22
U.S. Billboard Top Soundtracks 4

[edit] Album: Combined

Chart (2006-2007) Peak
position		 Sales
U.S. Billboard 200 1
39		 1,219,883
UK Top 75 1 (2)
German Top 100 28
Austria Top 75 21
Swiss Top 100 27
United World Chart 7 1,500,000[5]

[edit] Songs

Title Chart (2006-2007) Peak
position
"Listen" U.S. Billboard Hot 100 61
"Listen" U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 23
"And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" U.S. Billboard Hot 100 60
"And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 14

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Katie Hasty, "Ciara, Eminem, Stefani Overtake The Billboard 200", Billboard.com, December 13, 2006.
  2. ^ Hasty, Katie (Jan. 10, 2007). "'Dreamgirls' Takes No. 1 In Sluggish Sales Week". Billboard.com. Retrieved from http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003530344 on Jan. 10, 2007.
  3. ^ Katie Hasty, "'Dreamgirls' Remains No. 1 As Sales Keep Sliding", Billboard.com, January 17, 2006.
  4. ^ Global Track Chart
  5. ^ [1] 296.000 (January 27, 2007) units sold +7,5% which madiatraffic.de does not cover.

[edit] See also

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