Men in Black: The Album | |
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Soundtrack album by Various artists | |
Released | July 1, 1997 |
Recorded | 1996–1997 |
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Length | 66:05 |
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Singles from Men in Black: The Album | |
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Men in Black: The Album is the soundtrack to the film Men in Black . It was released on July 1, 1997, distributed by Columbia Records and featured production from some of music's top producers, such as Poke & Tone, Jermaine Dupri and The Ummah.
The album was a huge success, spending two consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, as well as peaking at No. 2 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and No. 3 on the Canadian Albums Chart. The RIAA certified the album 3× Platinum for shipments of over 3,000,000 copies in the United States.
Four singles were released from the album, Will Smith's "Men in Black" and "Just Cruisin'", Nas's "Escobar '97" and Jermaine Dupri and Snoop Dogg's "We Just Wanna Party with You". Except for the title song and the two Danny Elfman cues, none of the tracks on the album are in the film.
This soundtrack also marked the debuts of then-unknowns Alicia Keys and Destiny's Child.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Men in Black" (Will Smith) | Smith, Patrice Rushen, Terry McFadden & Fred Washington | Poke and Tone | 3:46 |
2. | "We Just Wanna Party with You" (Snoop Doggy Dogg featuring Jermaine Dupri) | Jermaine Dupri, Robert Bell, Claydes Smith, Calvin Broadus, James Taylor, George Brown, Ronald Bell, Robert Mickens, Eumir Deodato, Richard Westfield, Otha Nash, Larry Gittens, Dennis Thomas | Dupri | 4:32 |
3. | "I'm Feeling' You" (Ginuwine) | Elgin "Ginuwine" Lumpkin & -Jonathan "Mookie" Morant | Mookie | 4:40 |
4. | "Dah Dee Dah (Sexy Thing)" (Alicia Keys) | Alicia Keys, Taneisha Smith & Reese Johnson | Johnson | 4:12 |
5. | "Just Cruisin'" (Will Smith) | Smith, Nasir "Nas" Jones & Kenneth Stover | Poke and Tone | 3:59 |
6. | "The 'Notic" (The Roots featuring D'Angelo) | Tariq Collins, Amtir "Questlove" Thompson, James Poyser, Larry Dunn, Maurice White & Philip Bailey | Scott Storch (The Roots), Poyser & Kelo | 5:20 |
7. | "Make You Happy" (Trey Lorenz) | Mariah Carey, Lorenz, Cory Rooney | Carey & Rooney | 4:06 |
8. | "Escobar '97" (Nas) | Jones, Samuel Barnes, Jean-Claude Olivier, Jerry Ragovoy & Aaron Schroeder | Poke and Tone | 3:32 |
9. | "Erotik City" (Emoja) | T. Footman, E. Taylor & T. Wimbley | Deconzo Smith & Jerome Malcolm | 4:34 |
10. | "Same Ol' Thing" (A Tribe Called Quest) | Kamaal "Q-Tip" Fareed, Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Malik "Phife Dawg" Taylor | The Ummah | 4:27 |
11. | "Killing Time" (Destiny's Child) | Dwayne Wiggins & Taura Stinson | Wiggins | 5:08 |
12. | "Waiting For Love" (3T) | John Howcott, Emanuel Officer & Donald Parks | Craig Burbidge | 3:47 |
13. | "Chanel No. Fever" (De La Soul) | Kelvin "Posdnuos" Mercer, David "Dave" Jolicoeur & Vincent "Maseo" Mason | De La Soul | 3:24 |
14. | "Some Cow Fonque (More Tea, Vicar?)" (Buckshot LeFonque) | Branford Marsalis | Marsalis | 5:10 |
15. | "M.I.B. Main Theme" (Danny Elfman) | Elfman | 2:58 | |
16. | "M.I.B. Closing Theme" (Danny Elfman) | Elfman | 2:38 | |
Total length: | 1:06:05 |
Columbia Records released a Danny Elfman score album, including the two tracks included on Men In Black: The Album, on December 1, 1997.
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [23] | Platinum | 70,000^ |
Canada (Music Canada) [24] | 3× Platinum | 300,000^ |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [25] | Gold | 25,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [26] | Gold | 100,000^ |
United States (RIAA) [27] | 3× Platinum | 3,060,000 [28] |
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Worldwide | — | 5,000,000 [29] |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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