Urban Cowboy (soundtrack)

Urban Cowboy: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released	June 6, 1980
Genre	Country rock
Length	66:12
Label	Full Moon, Asylum
Producer	Irving Azoff (exec.)
Singles from Urban Cowboy
"All Night Long" Released: May 1980 "Stand By Me" Released: May 1980 "Love the World Away" Released: June 1980 "Lookin' for Love" Released: July 1980 "Look What You've Done to Me" Released: August 1980 "Could I Have This Dance" Released: August 1980

Urban Cowboy: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack to the 1980 film Urban Cowboy. It spawned numerous Top 10 Billboard Country Singles, such as #1 "Lookin' for Love" by Johnny Lee, #1 "Stand by Me" by Mickey Gilley, #3 (AC chart) "Look What You've Done to Me" by Boz Scaggs, #1 "Could I Have This Dance" by Anne Murray, and #4 "Love the World Away" by Kenny Rogers. It also included songs that were hits from earlier years such as #1 "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" by the Charlie Daniels Band and "Lyin' Eyes" by the Eagles. The film is said to have started the 1980s boom in pop-country music known as the "Urban Cowboy Movement" also known as Neo-Country or Hill Boogie. In December 2018 the soundtrack was certified triple platinum by the RIAA for sales of three million copies. ^[1]

Initially released as a double LP in 1980, ^[2] the album was re-released on CD in 1995. ^[3]

Track listing

Side A

No.	Title	Performer(s)	Length
1.	"Hello Texas"	Jimmy Buffett	2:33
2.	"All Night Long"	Joe Walsh	3:50
3.	"Times Like These"	Dan Fogelberg	3:02
4.	"Nine Tonight"	Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band	6:35
Total length:			16:00

Side B

No.	Title	Performer(s)	Length
5.	"Stand By Me"	Mickey Gilley	3:35
6.	"Cherokee Fiddle"	Johnny Lee	4:06
7.	"Could I Have This Dance"	Anne Murray	3:14
8.	"Lyin' Eyes"	Eagles	6:23
Total length:			17:18

Side C

No.	Title	Performer(s)	Length
9.	"Lookin' for Love"	Johnny Lee	3:41
10.	"Don't It Make Ya Wanna Dance"	Bonnie Raitt	3:29
11.	"The Devil Went Down to Georgia"	Charlie Daniels Band	3:35
12.	"Here Comes the Hurt Again"	Mickey Gilley	2:41
13.	"Orange Blossom Special" / "Hoedown"	Gilley's "Urban Cowboy" Band	2:06
Total length:			15:32

Side D

No.	Title	Performer(s)	Length
14.	"Love the World Away"	Kenny Rogers	3:11
15.	"Falling in Love for the Night"	Charlie Daniels Band	3:00
16.	"Darlin'"	Bonnie Raitt	2:34
17.	"Look What You've Done to Me"	Boz Scaggs	5:39
18.	"Hearts Against the Wind"	Linda Ronstadt and JD Souther	2:58
Total length:			17:22

Chart performance

Chart (1980)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [4]	26
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [5]	21
Canada Country Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [6]	2
US Billboard 200 [7]	3
US Top Country Albums ( Billboard ) [8]	1

Chart singles

Year	US BB [9]	US CB [10]	USAC [11]	USCountry	CAN [12]	CANAC [12]	CANCountry [12]	NZ [13]	Title	Artist
May 1980	19	18	--	--	27	--	--	--	"All Night Long"	Joe Walsh
May 1980	22	22	3	1	51	--	3	--	"Stand By Me"	Mickey Gilley
June 1980	14	17	8	4	25	--	1	--	"Love the World Away"	Kenny Rogers
July 1980	5	4	10	1	54	20	18	--	"Lookin' for Love"	Johnny Lee
August 1980	14	13	3	--	30	41	--	39	"Look What You've Done to Me"	Boz Scaggs
August 1980	33	53	3	1	19	1	1	2	"Could I Have This Dance"	Anne Murray

References

1. "RIAA – Searchable Database: Urban Cowboy". Recording Industry Association of America . Archived from the original on September 24, 2020. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
2. "Various - Urban Cowboy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs". discogs.com. 1980. Archived from the original on 2015-07-13. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
3. "Music: Urban Cowboy: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (CD) by Johnny Lee, Kenny Rogers, Jimmy Buffett, Boz Scaggs, Linda Ronstadt, J.D. Souther, Charlie Daniels Band, Eagles, Mickey Gilley, Bonnie Raitt". tower.com. Archived from the original on 2015-06-19. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
4. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 282. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
5. "Top RPM Albums: Issue 0208a". RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved April 16, 2025.
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8. "Top Country Albums". Billboard . August 2, 1980. Retrieved April 16, 2025.
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10. "Weekly Charts". Cashbox . Archived from the original on 2020-06-07. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
11. "Adult Contemporary - 1980 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2019-09-27. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
12. "Search: RPM". Library and Archives Canada. 17 July 2013. Archived from the original on 2015-06-28. Retrieved 2015-07-22.
13. "The Official NZ Music Charts". Recorded Music New Zealand Limited. February 15, 1981. Archived from the original on July 23, 2015. Retrieved July 22, 2015.