Track Listing

1. Footloose - Kenny Loggins
2. Let's Hear It for the Boy - Deniece Williams
3. Almost Paradise - Mike Reno, Ann Wilson
4. Holding Out for a Hero - Bonnie Tyler
5. Dancing in the Sheets - Shalamar
6. I'm Free (Heaven Helps the Man) - Kenny Loggins
7. Somebody's Eyes - Karla Bonoff
8. Girl Gets Around - Sammy Hagar
9. Never - Moving Pictures
10. Bang Your Head (Metal Health) [*] - Quiet Riot
11. Hurts So Good [*] - John Mellencamp
12. Waiting for a Girl Like You [*] - Foreigner
13. Dancing in the Sheets [Extended 12" Remix][*] - Shalamar

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #119035 in Music
• Released on: 1999-12-23
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Extra tracks, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered, Soundtrack
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .22 pounds
• Running time: 107 minutes

Customer Reviews

Great to boogie too!
I bought this after watching the movie as a child and have fond memories prancing round my living room singing to Lets Hear It For The Boy!
Mostly good tracks but a few dull ones that you have to think back to the movie to remember.
All in all good music and fab to drive to or relive your youth and prance around to once again!

A must-have Soundtrack album
Capturing the essence of the film, the Footloose soundtrack album makes you feel good, tap your feet, and generally dance around like you were back at Youth Club disco. It may have been karaoke-ied to death, but the title track makes a great start and really gets you dancing (not to mention singing along.) With other feel-good tunes such as "Let's Hear it for the Boy" and "I'm Free", this album encapsulates all that is good about Soundtrack albums - it really captrues the spirit of the film.

What's that over there?!
Peek into my house on Saturday morning at 9am and you would have found me spring cleaning (and dancing) like a whirling dervish. Footloose was the soundtrack, and not only did it make spring cleaning funner, it's what actually gave me the impetus to do it in the first place!

I shouldn't like to give the impression I sit around wallowing in my own filth, but I don't find cleaning enjoyable, at all. It's necessary, and once you're doing it it's satisfying, but it's certainly not fun. Except, with ole Kenny Loggins and Welsh lunatic Bonnie Tyler exuberantly warbling out their power ballads in the background, sweeping became a dance, and vacuuming became a joy.

It has to be said, not all of the tracks on here are good. "Almost Paradise" (track 3) is everything that was bad about drab, uber-earnest, 1980s love song dreadfulness. (When it came on, it's most likely I missed a spot.) And the last few tracks, barring the fabness of Foreigner, aren't as good as the earlier part of the album. But given the earlier part's awesoneness, it can be forgiven.

It's easy to forget how well known the songs are. Holding Out For a Hero (aforemetioned Welsh lunatic) is shamefully, embarrassingly catchy and makes wiping counter-tops fun; Let's Hear it For the Boy is deceptively tuneful (the singer suddenly goes soprano at one point, highlighting how singers back then were genuinely talented... not something we always demand from our musicians nowadays) and makes fluffling sofa cushions a breeze.

Kenny Loggins is the star of the sountrack with the best track of the album, and one that's not too far off the pace. The title track is a vintage 80s "rockin' out" choon and absolutely sets the tone. But, for me, I'm Free is the standout song. It's not just catchy: it is absurdly, toe-tappingly, hip-swingingly, running-manningly fantastic and sounds even better when played obnoxiously loud.

So open your windows, turn up the volume, grab a broom and be safe in the knowledge that once in the open air, the original source of music becomes lost... no-one will know you're the one playing it. Oh, they'll suspect, but they won't know for sure. Win! Whether you're working out or cleaning, or just feeling a little blue, even the most cynical of ears will be energised, enthused and, most importantly, genuinely cheered while listening to this. Tremendous stuff!