The Goonies: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

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The Goonies: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Cyndi Lauper The Goonies CD cover.jpeg
Soundtrack album by
Various artists
Released1985
RecordedRecord Plant Scoring
Length41:11
Label Epic
Producer
Singles from The Goonies: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
  1. "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough"
    Released: June 6, 1985
  2. "Eight Arms to Hold You"
    Released: 1985

The Goonies: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the official soundtrack album released by Epic Records in conjunction with the 1985 film The Goonies . The album is known primarily because it includes the song "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough" by singer Cyndi Lauper, who had a cameo in the film (as herself, singing the song on TV). The album was released in LP and cassette format internationally, and a limited CD release in some countries.

Contents

Lauper was asked by Steven Spielberg to be the musical director for the album. It was Lauper's idea to include a then-relatively unknown female group, The Bangles (the band would become better known the following year with their second album). The Bangles also had a small cameo in the video for "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough". Lauper played the song throughout her True Colors World Tour, but refused to play the song from 1987 onwards until pressure from fans finally made her add the song back into her set list, beginning with her True Colors Tour in 2007 and 2008.

Another single, "Eight Arms to Hold You" by Goon Squad, was pressed on vinyl with dance remixes and reached number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in 1985. [1] The scene featuring the song (involving an octopus) was cut from the film.

Teena Marie's contribution "14k" was released as a single and hit number ten on the R&B chart.

REO Speedwagon's song "Wherever You're Goin' (It's Alright)" was released as a single in Europe, [2] although it did not chart.

In 2000, the group A New Found Glory released an EP of cover versions of songs from movies—called From the Screen to Your Stereo —which included a version of "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough".

In 2010, an original score album was released featuring the entire film score by Dave Grusin.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)PerformerLength
1."The Goonies 'R' Good Enough"
  • Lauper
  • Stephen Broughton Lunt
  • Arthur Stead
Cyndi Lauper 3:37
2."Eight Arms to Hold You"
Goon Squad 4:21
3."Love Is Alive"Bailey, Richard Marx Philip Bailey 4:17
4."I Got Nothing" The Bangles 3:09
5."14K"Marie Teena Marie 4:59
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)PerformerLength
1."Wherever You're Goin' (It's Alright)" Kevin Cronin REO Speedwagon 5:00
2."She's So Good to Me"Vandross Luther Vandross 5:40
3."What a Thrill"Lauper, John Turi Cyndi Lauper3:17
4."Save the Night"Williams, Amy LaTelevision Joseph Williams 4:47
5."Theme from The Goonies"Grusin Dave Grusin 3:01
2008 bonus tracks [3]
11. "Eight Arms to Hold You" (Vocal Remix) — Goon Squad
12. "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough" (Dance Remix) — Cyndi Lauper

Notes

Chart performance

ChartPeak
position
US Billboard 200 [4] 73

Release dates

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States1985EpicLP/Cassette/CDEK 40067
United States re-release [5] December 16, 2008SonyDigital download

Reception

Paste described the soundtrack as a compilation of "ultra-fun — albeit ultra-dated — synth-heavy, gated-drums-anchored tunes." [5]

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