Urban Cowboy: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack to the 1980 film Urban Cowboy. It spawned numerous Top 10 Billboard Country Singles, such as #1 "Lookin' for Love" by Johnny Lee, #1 "Stand by Me" by Mickey Gilley, #3 (AC chart) "Look What You've Done to Me" by Boz Scaggs, #1 "Could I Have This Dance" by Anne Murray, and #4 "Love the World Away" by Kenny Rogers. It also included songs that were hits from earlier years such as #1 "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" by the Charlie Daniels Band and "Lyin' Eyes" by the Eagles. The film is said to have started the 1980s boom in pop-country music known as the "Urban Cowboy Movement" also known as Neo-Country or Hill Boogie. In December 2018 the soundtrack was certified triple platinum by the RIAA for sales of three million copies.[1]
Initially released as a double LP in 1980,[2] the album was re-released on CD in 1995.[3]
Track listing
Chart singles
References
- ^ "RIAA – Searchable Database: Urban Cowboy". Recording Industry Association of America. Archived from the original on September 24, 2020. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
- ^ "Various - Urban Cowboy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs". discogs.com. 1980. Archived from the original on 2015-07-13. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
- ^ "Music: Urban Cowboy: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (CD) by Johnny Lee, Kenny Rogers, Jimmy Buffett, Boz Scaggs, Linda Ronstadt, J.D. Souther, Charlie Daniels Band, Eagles, Mickey Gilley, Bonnie Raitt". tower.com. Archived from the original on 2015-06-19. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 282. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 0208a". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved April 16, 2025.
- ^ "RPM Country Albums for July 26, 1980". RPM. Retrieved April 16, 2025.
- ^ "Billboard 200". Billboard. September 6, 1980. Retrieved April 16, 2025.
- ^ "Top Country Albums". Billboard. August 2, 1980. Retrieved April 16, 2025.
- ^ "The Hot 100 - 1980 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2017-08-04. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
- ^ "Weekly Charts". Cashbox. Archived from the original on 2020-06-07. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary - 1980 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2019-09-27. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
- ^ a b c "Search: RPM". Library and Archives Canada. 17 July 2013. Archived from the original on 2015-06-28. Retrieved 2015-07-22.
- ^ "The Official NZ Music Charts". Recorded Music New Zealand Limited. February 15, 1981. Archived from the original on July 23, 2015. Retrieved July 22, 2015.