SOUNDTRACK is your one hour red carpet ride to the marvellous music of movies and television. Will give you the inside scoop on the songs, and feature the films and TV productions in which they were played – we’ll also catch up when we can to the songwriters, composers, producers, directors and music supervisors attached to the tunes and of course we’ll enjoy the songs themselves. Grab your popcorn and tune in for SOUNDTRACK on CoveFM.
As you might imagine with the hundreds of thousands of TV shows and movies made over the years the scope for SOUNDTRACK is massive – so we’ll give each episode an area of focus and shine the spotlight on that. Now since this is episode #1 here on CoveFM I thought we’d enjoy a few #1 songs from movies and television. In many cases these songs would go on to define the artists who sang them – becoming their signature songs if you will. Others wouldn’t see their on screen debut for years after their song’s initial release but in every case they climbed to the top of the charts and claim HUGE HIT STATUS.
Here’s the playlist from the Soundtrack – #1 Hits episode. All of the songs are available on iTunes so to get a copy for your collection just click on the title.
“Staying Alive” by The Bee Gees from the soundtrack for SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (1977)
“Happy” by Pharrell Williams from the soundtrack for DESPICABLE ME 2 (2013)
“Angel” by Sarah McLachlan from the soundtrack for CITY OF ANGELS (1998)
“The Power of Love” by Huey Lewis and the News from the soundtrack for BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985)
“Life is a Highway” by Rascal Flatts from the soundtrack for CARS (2006)
“Insensitive” by Jann Arden from the soundtrack for BED OF ROSES (1996)
“(Everything I Do) I Do It For You” by Bryan Adams from the soundtrack for ROBIN HOOD (2010)
“Sundown” by Gordon Lightfoot from the soundtrack for THE BLACKLIST episode 113
“Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head” by B.J.Thomas from the soundtrack for BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)
“My Heart Will Go On” by Celine Dion from the soundtrack for TITANIC (1997)
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