Footloose (1984 soundtrack)

Footloose: Original Soundtrack of the Paramount Motion Picture
Soundtrack album by various artists
Released	January 27, 1984[1]
Recorded	1983–1984
Genre	AOR pop rock synth-pop
Length	36:25
Label	Columbia
Producer	Kenny Loggins Lee DeCarlo George Duke Keith Olsen Jim Steinman Bill Wolfer David Foster John Boylan Sammy Hagar
Singles from Footloose: Original Soundtrack of the Paramount Motion Picture
"Footloose" Released: January 1984 "Holding Out for a Hero" Released: January 1984 "Dancing in the Sheets" Released: February 1984 "Let's Hear It for the Boy" Released: February 1984 "Almost Paradise" Released: March 1984[2] "I'm Free (Heaven Helps the Man)" Released: June 1984 "Somebody's Eyes" Released: July 1984

Footloose: Original Soundtrack of the Paramount Motion Picture is the soundtrack album to the Paramount motion picture Footloose. The original nine-track album was released in 1984 and reached number one on the US Billboard 200 chart on April 21, 1984, where it stayed until June 23, 1984.^[3] It contained six Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 hits, three of which reached the Top 10, including two number-one hits, "Footloose" by Kenny Loggins and "Let's Hear It for the Boy" by Deniece Williams. "Almost Paradise", a duet by Ann Wilson and Mike Reno reached number seven, plus "Somebody's Eyes" by Karla Bonoff climbed to number 16 on the Adult Contemporary chart.

When it was re-released in 1998, four bonus tracks were added to the album, all of which were used in the film. In 2002, Sony International released the "Australian Souvenir Edition", also titled "Australian Cast Special Edition". Two megamixes were added to the album, featuring the Australian cast of the Footloose musical.

In 2009, Doveman released a reimagining of the soundtrack album.^[4][5] The original soundtrack for the 2011 remake was released by Atlantic Records and Warner Music Nashville on September 27, 2011.