Anchorman: Music from the Motion Picture

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Anchorman: Music from the Motion Picture
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Soundtrack album by
Various artists
Released2004
Genre Rock
Length55:06 [lower-alpha 1]
Label Universal, Republic [1]
Producer Adam McKay, Will Ferrell, Shauna Robertson, Judd Apatow, Avery Lipman, Monte Lipman

Anchorman: Music from the Motion Picture is the soundtrack album to the 2004 film Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy . The album is a compilation of the songs used in the film. Will Ferrell, in character as Ron Burgundy, gives a brief introduction to each song, and can be heard crying throughout "Shannon". [2]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)ArtistLength
1."Legendary Anchor Ron Burgundy Welcomes You to His Album: A Life, A Song"Ferrell Will Ferrell (in character as Ron Burgundy)1:21
2."Ride Captain Ride" Mike Pinera, Frank Konte Blues Image 4:08
3."Sunshine (Go Away Today)"Edwards Jonathan Edwards 2:41
4."Treat Her Like a Lady" Eddie Cornelius Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose 3:21
5."Groovy Situation"Russell Lewis, Herman Davis Gene Chandler 3:43
6."Carry On Wayward Son" Kerry Livgren Kansas 5:46
7."Grazing in the Grass"Harry Elston, Philemon Hou The Friends of Distinction 3:22
8."Cherry, Cherry"Diamond Neil Diamond 3:10
9."That Lady" Rudolph Isley, Ronald Isley, O'Kelly Isley Jr. The Isley Brothers 6:03
10."Shannon"Gross Henry Gross 4:13
11."Use Me"Withers Bill Withers 4:00
12."Help Yourself" Carlo Donida, Jack Fishman Tom Jones 3:06
13."She's Gone" Daryl Hall, John Oates Hall & Oates 5:16
14."Afternoon Delight" Bill Danoff The Channel 4 News Team (Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd, Steve Carell, and David Koechner, in character as Ron Burgundy, Brian Fantana, Brick Tamland, and Champ Kind, respectively)3:09
15."Ron Burgundy's Sign Off"FerrellWill Ferrell (in character as Ron Burgundy)1:47
Total length:55:06

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Other songs in the film

Songs in the film but not in this soundtrack include:[ citation needed ]

Notes

  1. 1 2 The track lengths used here are from the album packaging, but some sources, such as, [1] list various tracks as being one second longer or shorter.

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