Addams Family Values: Music from the Motion Picture | |
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Soundtrack album by various artists | |
Released | November 16, 1993 |
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Length | 48:46 |
Label | Atlas |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Los Angeles Times | [2] |
Music Week | [3] |
Philadelphia Inquirer | [4] |
The Addams Family Values: Music from the Motion Picture album was released on Atlas Records in late 1993 to promote Addams Family Values, a sequel to the 1991 film The Addams Family.
The album features several hip-hop and R&B based cover songs of 1970s funk/soul songs by artists, including:
A remixed version of Tag Team's then-current hit "Whoomp! (There It Is)", "Addams Family (Whoomp!)", was used as the lead single.
Paramount Pictures had signed Michael Jackson to record a horror-themed song for the film and to promote it with a video. In an attempt to cope with the negative publicity from accusations of child molestation, Jackson turned to prescription drugs and had to undergo a lengthy rehabilitation. He was unable to finish the video and his song, " Is It Scary", was dropped from the film. [5] The song was included on his 1997 album Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix; the video project was finished, independently, as the short film Ghosts.