Buster (soundtrack)

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Buster: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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Soundtrack album by
Various artists
ReleasedSeptember 19, 1988 (1988-09-19) (UK) [1]
Recorded1988 (Except for "Just One Look", "I Got You Babe", "Keep on Running", "How Do You Do It?", "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" and "Sweets for My Sweet", which were recorded in the 1960s)
Label Virgin (UK and Ireland)
Atlantic (US and Canada)
WEA (Rest of the world)
Phil Collins chronology
12"ers
(1987)
Buster: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
(1988)
...But Seriously
(1989)
Singles from Buster: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
  1. "A Groovy Kind of Love"
    Released: 22 August 1988
  2. "Two Hearts"
    Released: 7 November 1988
  3. "Loco in Acapulco"
    Released: 14 November 1988

Buster: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack for the 1988 British film Buster . The album was released on September 19, 1988. It is essentially a collection of oldies, tucked in between two Phil Collins songs that were recorded for the film, in which he starred. "Two Hearts" was specially written for the film, having earned a Grammy Award for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television in 1989, a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song (tying with "Let the River Run" from Working Girl by Carly Simon) as well as an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song, and "A Groovy Kind of Love" with a Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male was a remake of a song taken to #2 in the UK Singles Chart in 1965 by The Mindbenders. Both were released as singles, and topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart, with "A Groovy Kind of Love" also reaching #1 in the UK. Other new songs include Collins' "Big Noise" and Four Tops' "Loco in Acapulco", co-written by Collins. At the Brit Awards in 1989 it won for Soundtrack/Cast Recording, while Collins received the award British Male Artist for his contribution to the soundtrack album. [2]

Contents

"Two Hearts" and "A Groovy Kind of Love" were not released on a solo Phil Collins album until 1998's ...Hits ; however, live versions appeared on his Serious Hits... Live! album in 1990.

Track listing

LP

Side A

  1. "Two Hearts" – Phil Collins
  2. ["Gardening by the Book"]† / "Just One Look" – The Hollies
  3. ["...And I Love Her"]† / "Big Noise" – Phil Collins
  4. "The Robbery" – Anne Dudley
  5. "I Got You Babe" – Sonny & Cher

Side B

  1. "Keep On Running" – The Spencer Davis Group
  2. ["Alone in Acapulco"]† / "Loco in Acapulco" – Four Tops
  3. "How Do You Do It?" – Gerry and the Pacemakers
  4. ["Thoughts of Home"]† / "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" – Dusty Springfield
  5. ["The Good Life"]† / "Sweets for My Sweet" – The Searchers
  6. "Will You Still Be Waiting" – Anne Dudley
  7. "A Groovy Kind of Love" – Phil Collins

Note

CD

  1. "Two Hearts" – Phil Collins
  2. ["Gardening by the Book"]† / "Just One Look" – The Hollies
  3. ["...And I Love Her"]† / "Big Noise" – Phil Collins
  4. "The Robbery" – Anne Dudley
  5. "I Got You Babe" – Sonny & Cher
  6. ["Alone in Acapulco"]† / "Loco in Acapulco" – Four Tops
  7. "How Do You Do It?" – Gerry and The Pacemakers
  8. ["Thoughts of Home"]† / "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" – Dusty Springfield
  9. ["The Good Life"]† / "Sweets for My Sweet" – The Searchers
  10. "Will You Still Be Waiting?" – Anne Dudley
  11. "A Groovy Kind of Love" – Phil Collins

Note

Charts

Album
Chart (1988–1989)Position
Australian Albums Chart [3] 35
Austrian Albums Chart [3] 11
Canadian Albums Chart [4] 67
German Albums Chart [3] 4
Swiss Albums Chart [3] 6
UK Albums Chart [5] 6
UK Compilation Chart 2
U.S. Billboard 200 [6] 54
Singles
YearSingleArtistChartPosition
1988"A Groovy Kind of Love"Phil CollinsBillboard Hot 1001
1989"Two Hearts"1

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI) [7] Gold250,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [8] Gold25,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [9] 3× Platinum900,000^
United States (RIAA) [10] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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