Footloose: Original Soundtrack of the Paramount Motion Picture is the original soundtrack of 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. When it was re-released in 1998, four bonus tracks were added to the album, all of which were used in the film as well. 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. The original soundtrack 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, and “Almost Paradise”, a duet by Ann Wilson and Mike Reno that reached number seven, plus “Somebody’s Eyes” by Karla Bonoff climbed to number sixteen on the Adult Contemporary chart. Many people bought the soundtrack album without even seeing the film.
In 2009, Doveman released a reimagining of the soundtrack album. The original soundtrack for the 2011 remake was released by Atlantic Records and Warner Music Nashville on September 27, 2011.
- “Footloose” (Kenny Loggins) 3:46
- “Let’s Hear It for the Boy” (Deniece Williams) 4:20
- “Almost Paradise” (Love Theme from Footloose) (Mike Reno and Ann Wilson) 3:50
- “Holding Out for a Hero” (Bonnie Tyler) 5:50
- “Dancing in the Sheets” (Shalamar) 4:03
- “I’m Free (Heaven Helps the Man)” (Kenny Loggins) 3:46
- “Somebody’s Eyes” (Karla Bonoff) 3:33
- “The Girl Gets Around” (Sammy Hagar) 3:22
- “Never” (Moving Pictures) 3:45
- “Bang Your Head (Metal Health)” (Quiet Riot) 5:17
- “Hurts So Good” (John Mellencamp) 3:42
- “Waiting for a Girl Like You” (Foreigner) 4:50
- “Dancing in the Sheets” (Extended 12″ Remix) (Shalamar) 6:16
Today is the last full day of summer. So as we “fall” into autumn, we’ll note the changing seasons on “Great Soul Performances 2: The 80s” this evening with music from: Oran “Juice” Jones, Anita Baker, Luther Vandross, Regina Belle, the Bar-Kays, Sheila E. with Prince, Phillip Bailey, Deniece Williams, George Clinton, Yarbrough & Peoples and several others. I’ll be looking for you at 7PM ET, 6PM CT, 5PM MT & 4PM PT. I hope you can make it. We’re here on the station that plays the best of 60’s, 70’s and 80’s, RadioMaxMusic.Com.
Bobby Jay is on vacation this week so we feature an episode from June 2014 featuring music from Rodney Franklin, B.B. King, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Z.Z. Hill, the Isley Brothers, the Jones Girls, Deniece Williams, Skyy, B.T. Express, Ray, Goodman & Brown and many, many more. Enjoy this archived edition of Great Soul Performances 2: The 80’s with Bobby Jay on RadioMaxMusic.
I think you are going to enjoy and love this evening’s “Great Soul Performances 2: The 80s.” On the playlist; aside from the “King of Pop” Michael Jackson, you’ll also hear from: Quincy Jones & James Ingram, the Temptations, Donna Summer, Grandmaster Flash, Luther Vandross, Madonna, Barry White, plus I’ll get downright nostalgic with music from: the Capris, New Edition with Little Anthony Gourdine, Manhattan Transfer, Deniece Williams, Fred Parris & the Five Satins, Ray, Goodman & Brown, Process & the Doo Rags and much more. As you can see, its gonna be a full plate. Join me at 7PM ET, 6PM CT, 5PM MT and 4PM PT for “Great Soul Performances 2: The 80s.” I’ll have a lot of “Soul For Your Bowl,” later on RadioMaxMusic.Com.
Its “Great Soul Performances 2: The 80s,” where you’ll hear: Shalamar, the Isley Brothers, Isaac Hayes, Aretha Franklin, Kool & the Gang, Al Jarreau, Patti LaBelle, Toto, Deniece Williams, Barry & Glodean White and a host of other artists. It begins at 7PM ET, 6PM CT, 5PM MT and 4PM PT. With all the cold and inclement weather sweeping the country, let’s warm up with some “Sweet Soul Music” later this evening with “Great Soul Performances 2: The 80s” which you can access at: 
