Mean Girls (2024 soundtrack)

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Mean Girls (Music from the Motion Picture)
Mean Girls (2024 soundtrack cover).jpg
Soundtrack album by
various artists
ReleasedJanuary 12, 2024 (2024-01-12)
Studio
  • Daxxit Sound Studios
  • The DiMenna Center
Genre
Length34:19
Label Interscope
Producer
Mean Girls chronology
Mean Girls (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
(2018)		Mean Girls (Music from the Motion Picture)
(2024)
Singles from Mean Girls
  1. "Not My Fault"
    Released: December 15, 2023
  2. "World Burn"
    Released: January 8, 2024

Mean Girls (Music from the Motion Picture) is the soundtrack album to the 2024 film adaptation of the Broadway musical of the same name. The album was released on January 12, 2024, by Interscope Records.

Contents

The soundtrack features twelve musical numbers from the film, which were reworked by Jeff Richmond and Nell Benjamin, the stage musical's original composer and lyricist, respectively. It also includes a new musical number written for the adaptation by Richmond, Benjamin, Reneé Rapp, and Michael Pollack.

Background

In January 2020, Tina Fey stated that a film adaptation of the Mean Girls stage musical, which is based on Mark Waters' 2004 comedy film, was in active development. [1]

In January 2023, it was announced that Jeff Richmond and Nell Benjamin returned to rework their songs from the stage musical for the film adaptation, while Richmond also composed the film's score. [2] Fourteen songs from the stage musical were cut for the film to avoid issues with tonality and make it less-stagy, including "Where Do You Belong?", "Fearless", "Stop", "Whose House Is This?", "More Is Better", and "Do this Thing", along with the reprises of "Stupid with Love", and "A Cautionary Tale". [3] [4]

Reneé Rapp joined Richmond and Benjamin to write a new musical number for Cady, titled "What If's", to replace "It Roars", the introductory song for the character in the stage version. [5] Rapp also co-wrote "Not My Fault", performed by her and American rapper Megan Thee Stallion, which is not used as a musical number in the film, but plays during the end credits scene. The song was released as a single on December 15, 2023. [6] A music video was released on January 5, 2024. [7] It was followed by "World Burn", which was released as a promotional single on January 8, 2024.

Release

The soundtrack album was made available to pre-save and pre-order on January 3, 2024, and was released digitally on January 12 by Interscope Records. [8] A CD edition was released on February 23, 2024, and will be followed by a pink colored LP on April 19. [9]

A deluxe edition, titled Bonus Track Version, was released on February 20, 2024. [10]

Track listing

All songs are composed by Jeff Richmond, with lyrics written by Nell Benjamin, except where noted.

Mean Girls (Music from the Motion Picture) track listing
No.TitleLyricsPerformer(s)Length
1."A Cautionary Tale"  Auliʻi Cravalho and Jaquel Spivey 1:08
2."What Ifs"
 Angourie Rice 1:58
3."Meet the Plastics" Reneé Rapp1:29
4."Stupid with Love" Rice and the cast2:07
5."Apex Predator" Cravalho and Spivey3:07
6."What's Wrong with Me?"  Bebe Wood 1:39
7."Sexy"  Avantika 3:03
8."Someone Gets Hurt" Rapp3:02
9."Revenge Party" Cravalho, Spivey, Rice, Tim Meadows, and the cast4:45
10."World Burn" Rapp and the cast3:35
11."I'd Rather Be Me" Cravalho and the cast2:56
12."I See Stars" Rice and the cast2:40
13."Not My Fault"
Rapp and Megan Thee Stallion 2:50
Total length:34:19
Bonus Track Version bonus tracks
No.TitleLyricsPerformer(s)Length
14."Laissez Moi Tout (iCarly Theme Song)" Michael Corcoran Jaquel Spivey 1:21
15."Rockin’ Around the Pole Again" Nahscha2:27
16."Someone Gets Hurt (Reprise)"  Auliʻi Cravalho [lower-alpha 1] 0:50
17."Stupid with Love (Reprise)"  Angourie Rice and the cast2:05
18."Let Me Go" Jeff Richmond Nahscha1:56
Total length:43:00

Personnel

Cast

Musicians

Technical

Charts

Weekly chart performance for Mean Girls
Chart (2024)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [11] 97
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [12] 99
UK Compilation Albums (OCC) [13] 10
UK Soundtrack Albums (OCC) [14] 3
US Billboard 200 [15] 124

Release history

Release history and formats for Mean Girls (Music from the Motion Picture)
RegionDateFormat(s)Edition(s)Label(s)Ref.
VariousJanuary 12, 2024Standard Interscope [8]
February 20, 2024Bonus Track Version [16]
February 23, 2024 CD Standard [9]
April 19, 2024 LP Standard; Pink colored disc

See also

Notes

    1. ↑ Angourie Rice and Jaquel Spivey's dialogues are featured in "Someone Gets Hurt (Reprise)", however, they are uncredited.

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