| Get on the Bus: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture | |
|---|---|
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| Soundtrack album by Various artists | |
| Released | October 1996 |
| Genre | |
| Length | 63:04 |
| Label | Interscope |
| Producer | Various |
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Muzik | (8/10) [2] |
Get on the Bus: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture is the soundtrack to the 1996 feature film Get on the Bus , released in October 1996 on Interscope Records. [3] The soundtrack reached No. 38 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. [4]
Curtis Mayfield's "New World Order" peaked at No. 14 on the Billboard Adult R&B Airplay chart. [5]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Shabooyah (Roll Call)" | The Bus Crew: Mike (Steve White), Evan, Jr. a.k.a. "Smooth" and Evan (De'Aundre Bonds and Thomas Jefferson Byrd), Gary (Roger Guenveur Smith), Xavier (Hill Harper), Jamal (Gabriel Casseus), and Jeremiah a.k.a. "Pop" (Ossie Davis) | 1:43 | |
| 2. | "Destiny Is Calling" | Keith Elam | Guru featuring Permanent Revolution | 4:14 |
| 3. | "Tonite's the Nite" | Douglas Davis, Kareem Davis, Tarsha Jones | Doug E. Fresh | 4:26 |
| 4. | "The Remedy" | Lonnie Lynn, Kamaal Fareed, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, James Yancey | A Tribe Called Quest featuring Common | 4:32 |
| 5. | "Girl You Need a Change of Mind" | Leonard Caston, Anita Poree | D'Angelo | 4:08 |
| 6. | "Redemption Song" | Bob Marley | Stevie Wonder | 3:46 |
| 7. | "New World Order" | Brian Fleming, Curtis Mayfield, Raimundo Thomas | Curtis Mayfield | 6:34 |
| 8. | "Over a Million Strong" | Raymond Jones | The Neville Brothers | 4:40 |
| 9. | "My Life Is in Your Hands" | Kirk Franklin | God's Property featuring Kirk Franklin | 5:36 |
| 10. | "I Love My Woman" | Raymond Jones | Marvin Davis | 4:28 |
| 11. | "Cruisin'" | Roxanne Seeman, Philip Bailey, Sonny Emory, Morris Pleasure | Earth, Wind & Fire | 5:42 |
| 12. | "Welcome" | Raymond Jones | Marc Dorsey | 5:05 |
| 13. | "Coming Home to You" | Karen Anderson, Chauncey Hannibal, Markell Riley, Teddy Riley | BLACKstreet | 4:48 |
| 14. | "Ayinde's Speech" | Ayinde Jean-Baptiste | 3:22 |
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