Sixteen Candles - Soundtrack and Songs

Soundtrack and Songs

Sixteen Candles
Soundtrack album by various artists
Released 1984
Genre Rock, New Wave
Length 17:28
Label MCA Records
Producer Jimmy Iovine (16 Candles & Hang Up the Phone), Ira Newborn (Geek Boogie), John Cale (Gloria), & Alex Sadkin (If You Were Here)
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Side 1
No. Title Performed By Length
1. "16 Candles" Stray Cats 2:52
2. "Hang Up the Phone" Annie Golden 2:59
3. "Geek Boogie" Ira Newborn & the Geeks 2:48
Side 2
No. Title Performed By Length
1. "Gloria" Patti Smith 5:54
2. "If You Were Here" Thompson Twins 2:55

The original soundtrack was released as a specially priced mini album containing only 5 songs. However, the movie actually featured an extensive selection of over 30 songs. Songs from the movie that were not included on the soundtrack EP are as follows:

  • "Snowballed" Performed by AC/DC
  • "Today I Met the Boy I'm Gonna Marry" Performed by Darlene Love
  • "Love of the Common People" Performed by Paul Young
  • "Kajagoogoo" (Main Title Song) Performed by Kajagoogoo
  • "Happy Birthday" Performed by Altered Images
  • "Kazooed on Klassics" Performed by The Temple City Kazoo Orchestra
  • "Dragnet" Performed by Ray Anthony and His Orchestra
  • "Rumours in the Air" Performed by Night Ranger
  • "Peter Gunn" Performed by Ray Anthony and His Orchestra
  • "True" Performed by Spandau Ballet played during the school dance
  • "Wild Sex (In the Working Class)" Performed by Oingo Boingo
  • "Little Bitch" Performed by The Specials
  • "Growing Pains" Performed by Tim Finn
  • "When It Started to Begin" Performed by Nick Heyward
  • "Lenny" Performed by Stevie Ray Vaughan
  • "Whistle Down the Wind" Performed by Nick Heyward
  • "Ring Me Up" Performed by The Divinyls
  • "Love Theme" from The Godfather Conducted by Carlo Savina
  • "Turning Japanese" Performed by The Vapors
  • "Rev-Up" Performed by The Revillos
  • "Farmer John" Performed by The Premiers
  • "Theme from New York, New York" Performed by Frank Sinatra
  • "Young Guns" Performed by Wham!
  • "Rebel Yell" Performed by Billy Idol
  • "Lohengrin Wedding March" Performed by The Bavarian Staatsoper Munich Chorus and Orchestra
  • "Young Americans" Performed by David Bowie
  • "Tenderness" Performed by General Public

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