The Commitments: Music From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

~ Release by The Commitments (see all versions of this release, 10 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Mustang Sally
background vocals:
Angeline Ball, Maria Doyle Kennedy and Bronagh Gallagher (Irish singer and actress)
vocals:
Andrew Strong (Irish singer)
recording of:
Mustang Sally
lyricist and composer:
Sir Mack Rice
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Fourteenth Hour Music, Inc., Springtime Music, Inc. and フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部
cover recording of:
Mustang Sally
lyricist and composer:
Sir Mack Rice
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Fourteenth Hour Music, Inc., Springtime Music, Inc. and フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部
54:04
2Take Me to the River
background vocals:
Angeline Ball, Maria Doyle Kennedy and Bronagh Gallagher (Irish singer and actress)
vocals:
Andrew Strong (Irish singer)
cover recording of:
Take Me to the River
writer:
Al Green (US soul singer, songwriter, pastor and record producer) and Mabon Hodges ("Teenie", soul guitarist)
publisher:
Al Green Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated), Burlington Music, Irving Music, Inc. and JEC Publishing
23:40
3Chain of Fools
background vocals:
Bronagh Gallagher (Irish singer and actress)
vocals:
Angeline Ball and Maria Doyle Kennedy
cover recording of:
Chain of Fools
lyricist and composer:
Don Covay
publisher:
14th Hour Music, Fourteenth Hour Music, Inc., Pronto Music, Springtime Music, Inc., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) and Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Co. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
3:00
4The Dark End of the Street
background vocals:
Angeline Ball, Maria Doyle Kennedy and Bronagh Gallagher (Irish singer and actress)
vocals:
Andrew Strong (Irish singer)
cover recording of:
The Dark End of the Street
writer:
Chips Moman and Dan Penn
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
part of:
Baby It’s You! (jukebox musical, book by Floyd Mutrux and Colin Escott)
2:39
5Destination Anywhere
background vocals:
Angeline Ball, Maria Doyle Kennedy and Bronagh Gallagher (Irish singer and actress)
vocals:
Niamh Kavanagh
cover recording of:
Destination Anywhere
writer:
Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
53:12
6I Can’t Stand the Rain
vocals:
Angeline Ball
cover recording of:
I Can’t Stand the Rain
writer:
Don Bryant, Bernard Miller and Ann Peebles
publisher:
Irving Music, Inc. and JEC Publishing (in 1977)
3:14
7Try a Little Tenderness
background vocals:
Angeline Ball, Bronagh Gallagher (Irish singer and actress) and Maria Doyle
vocals:
Andrew Strong (Irish singer)
cover recording of:
Try a Little Tenderness
lyricist:
James Campbell (British songwriter and music publisher) and Reginald Connelly
composer:
Harry M. Woods (American 1920/30s songwriter)
publisher:
BMG Recordi ex Recordi G.&C., EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), Robbins Music Corp. and Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd. (on 1932-11-04)
24:35
8Treat Her Right
background vocals:
Angeline Ball, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Bronagh Gallagher (Irish singer and actress) and Andrew Strong (Irish singer)
vocals:
Robert Arkins
cover recording of:
Treat Her Right
writer:
Roy Head and Gene Kurtz
3:41
9Do Right Woman Do Right Man
background vocals:
Angeline Ball, Maria Doyle Kennedy and Bronagh Gallagher (Irish singer and actress)
vocals:
Niamh Kavanagh
cover recording of:
Do Right Woman, Do Right Man
writer:
Chips Moman and Dan Penn
publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd., Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI), TRO Essex Music Ltd., イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
3:18
10Mr. Pitiful
background vocals:
Angeline Ball, Maria Doyle Kennedy and Bronagh Gallagher (Irish singer and actress)
vocals:
Andrew Strong (Irish singer)
cover recording of:
Mr. Pitiful
lyricist and composer:
Steve Cropper and Otis Redding
publisher:
Irving Music, Inc.
2:11
11I Never Loved a Man
background vocals:
Angeline Ball and Bronagh Gallagher (Irish singer and actress)
vocals:
Maria Doyle Kennedy
cover recording of:
I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)
lyricist and composer:
Ronnie Shannon
publisher:
14th Hour Music, EMI Songs Ltd., Fourteenth Hour Music, Inc., Mijac Music and Pronto Music
3:13
12In the Midnight Hour
background vocals:
Angeline Ball, Maria Doyle Kennedy and Bronagh Gallagher (Irish singer and actress)
vocals:
Andrew Strong (Irish singer)
cover recording of:
In the Midnight Hour
writer:
Steve Cropper and Wilson Pickett
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, Cotillion Music Inc. (BMI), East Publishing Inc. and Irving Music, Inc.
22:25
13Bye Bye Baby
background vocals:
Angeline Ball and Bronagh Gallagher (Irish singer and actress)
vocals:
Maria Doyle Kennedy
cover recording of:
Bye Bye Baby
lyricist and composer:
Mary Wells (Motown singer)
publisher:
Stone Agate Music Division (in 1960)
3:27
14Slip Away
background vocals:
Angeline Ball, Maria Doyle Kennedy and Bronagh Gallagher (Irish singer and actress)
vocals:
Robert Arkins
cover recording of:
Slip Away
writer:
William Armstrong, Marcus Daniel and Wilbur Terrell
publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI)
4:31