The Last Dragon (soundtrack)
| The Last Dragon: Original Soundtrack Album | |||||
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| Soundtrack album by Various Artists | |||||
| Released | April 1, 1985 | ||||
| Recorded | 1984–85 | ||||
| Studio |
Motown/Hitsville USA Recording Studios (Hollywood, California) | ||||
| Genre | Soul, R&B, Pop, funk | ||||
| Length | 37:87 | ||||
| Label | Motown Records | ||||
| Producer |
Willie Hutch, Stevie Wonder Bill Wolfer, Richard Perry Norman Whitfield, Misha Segal Rockwell, Curtis Anthony Nolen | ||||
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The Last Dragon: Original Soundtrack Album is a soundtrack album for the 1985 movie The Last Dragon starring Taimak, Julius J. Carry III, Vanity and Christopher Murney.[1] The music soundtrack album was supervised by executive producer Berry Gordy, the founder of Motown Records. The soundtrack features the DeBarge’s hit song, "Rhythm of the Night", written by Diane Warren. The song reached top five on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Billboard R&B Singles. Also included is new music by singers’ Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, and Vanity; as well as various artists from the Motown label. The soundtrack also marks the return of songwriter and producer Norman Whitfield, who had left Motown in 1975 and set up his own record company, Whitfield Records (which had collapsed in 1982).
Track listing
US Vinyl LP Album[2]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Performer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "The Last Dragon (Title song from Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon)" | Bruce Miller, Norman Whitfield | Dwight David | 7:26 |
| 2. | "7th Heaven" | Bill Wolfer, Vanity | Vanity | 3:28 |
| 3. | "Star" | Greg Crockett, Gwen Gordy Fuqua, Sharon Barnes | Alfie | 4:04 |
| 4. | "Fire" | Brian Wild, Charlene Oliver, Nigel Wright | Charlene | 3:10 |
| 5. | "The Glow" | Willie Hutch | Willie Hutch | 3:22 |
| 6. | "Rhythm of the Night" | Diane Warren | DeBarge | 3:47 |
| 7. | "Upset Stomach" | Stevie Wonder | Stevie Wonder | 4:39 |
| 8. | "First Time on A Ferris Wheel" | Harriet Schock, Misha Segal | Smokey Robinson and Syreeta | 3:25 |
| 9. | "Peeping Tom" | Antoine Green, Janet Cole, Rockwell | Rockwell | 3:58 |
| 10. | "Inside You" | W. Hutch | Willie Hutch featuring The Temptations | 4:32 |
Charts
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||||
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| US Hot 100 |
US R&B | US AC | CAN[3] | AUS | FRA[4] | GER[5] | IRL[6] | NED[7] | NZ[8] | SWE | SWI[9] | UK | Belgium[10] | |||
| 1985 | "Rhythm of The Night" (performed by DeBarge) |
3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 50 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 7 | |
Credits
- Executive Producer: Berry Gordy
- Mastered by: John Matousek
References
- ↑ Allmusic-The Last Dragon: Soundtrack Album allmusic.com
- ↑ Various: The Last Dragon Soundtrack.discogs.com
- ↑ Canadian peak
- ↑ Lescharts.com-DeBarge-Rhythm of the Night.(French singles)
- ↑ musicline.de.(German Charts)
- ↑ "Irish Singles Chart – Search for song". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
- ↑ Top 40 Charts.(NED)
- ↑ Charts.org.nz-DeBarge singles.(New Zealand)
- ↑ DeBarge-Rhythm of the Night single.(Swiss Singles Chart)
- ↑ DeBarge songs-Ultratop 40.(Belgium)
External links
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