Freaky Friday (soundtrack)

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Freaky Friday
Freaky Friday (2003 film - soundtrack - album cover).jpg
Soundtrack album by
Various artists
ReleasedJuly 22, 2003
Length48:49
Label Hollywood
Producer
  • Mitchell Leib
  • Lisa Brown
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Freaky Friday is the soundtrack album to the 2003 Disney film of the same name which features songs by various artists. AllMusic called the album a "mixed bag", [1] specifically praising American Hi-Fi's "The Art of Losing", The Donnas' "Backstage", Andrew W.K.'s "She Is Beautiful", and Joey Ramone's "What a Wonderful World", while strongly criticizing the rest of the album. Girls Aloud recorded the track "You Freak Me Out" for the film but it was ultimately not included in the project, and instead appeared on the re-release of their debut album later that year. [2]

Contents

The album was certified gold by the RIAA in December 2003 for shipping over 500,000 copies.

Track listing

  1. Lindsay Lohan – "Ultimate"
  2. Simple Plan – "Happy Together"
  3. Lillix – "What I Like About You"
  4. American Hi-Fi – "The Art of Losing"
  5. Forty Foot Echo – "Brand New Day"
  6. Halo Friendlies – "Me vs. the World"
  7. Christina Vidal – "Take Me Away"
  8. Chad Michael Murray – "...Baby One More Time" (Intro)
  9. Bowling for Soup – "...Baby One More Time"
  10. The Donnas – "Backstage"
  11. Andrew W.K. – "She Is Beautiful"
  12. Diffuser – "I Wonder"
  13. Lash – "Beauty Queen"
  14. Ashlee Simpson – "Just Let Me Cry"
  15. Joey Ramone – "What a Wonderful World"
  16. Rolfe Kent – "Fortune Cookie?"

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [8] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Ultimate

"Ultimate"
Promotional single by Lindsay Lohan
from the album Freaky Friday
ReleasedAugust 4, 2003 [9]
Recorded2003
Genre Pop punk
Length3:06
Label Hollywood
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Robert Ellis Orrall
  • Jeff Coplan

"Ultimate" is a song from the Freaky Friday soundtrack, with clips of scenes from the film used to help promote it on Disney Channels Worldwide. It enjoyed some success due to airplay on Disney Channel and Radio Disney. [10]

Background

Written and produced by Robert Ellis Orrall and Jeff Coplan, and played during the end credits of the film, the song was so successful on Radio Disney and Disney Channel, that it was included on the soundtrack of the series That's So Raven .

Music video

There are two different promotional music videos for the song. In the first (which appears on film), Lohan sings the song as her character Anna Coleman and her bandmates (played by Christina Vidal and Haley Hudson) perform it at her mother Tess's wedding. In the second version that appeared on Disney Channel, the video begins the same as the first one, at a wedding, before then transitioning to Lohan recording the song in a studio, with clips from the film interspersed throughout.[ citation needed ]

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