2010 soundtrack album by Glee Cast
Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers
Released 18 May 2010 (2010-05-18 ) Recorded 2009–2010
Genre
Pop ,
rock ,
show tune ,
soundtrack Length 54 :16 (Standard edition) 72:55 (Deluxe edition)
Label
Columbia /
20th Century Fox TV
Producer
Dante Di Loreto (
exec. ) ,
Brad Falchuk (exec.) ,
Adam Anders , Tim Davis,
Peer Åström , Dominick Maita,
Ryan Murphy , Ryan Petersen
Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers is a
soundtrack album by the cast of the American television series
Glee . The album contains songs from the second half of the show's
first season , except for the episodes "
The Power of Madonna " and "
Journey to Regionals ", songs from which feature on the
extended plays
Glee: The Music, The Power of Madonna and
Glee: The Music, Journey to Regionals respectively. The album was released on May 18, 2010. Two editions are available: a standard edition containing 14 songs, and a deluxe edition, featuring 20 songs. Showstoppers debuted at No. 1 on the US
Billboard 200 , selling 136,000 copies in the first week. On November 21, 2010, it was announced that the album won Favorite Soundtrack of the Year at the
American Music Awards .
Sales and chart performance
The album debuted at number one on the American,
[4] Australian,
[5] Canadian,
[6] and Irish charts.
[7] It sold 136,000 copies in its first and 63,000 in its second week of release in the US,
[4]
[8] and saw the Glee cast beat the record previously set by
The Beatles in 1966, for shortest span between first weeks at number one, just four weeks after they reached number one with the
extended play
Glee: The Music, The Power of Madonna .
[9] In Canada, 14,000 copies were sold in the first week of release,
[10] and 9,400 in the second.
[11] The album has been
certified platinum in Australia and Ireland, and gold in the United States.
[12]
[13]
[14]
Each of the songs included on the album were released as singles, available for
digital download .
[15] The best-performing were "
Gives You Hell ", charting at the top position in Ireland,
[16] "
Total Eclipse of the Heart ", which charted at number 9 in the United Kingdom
[17] and number 16 in the US,
[18] and "
Jessie's Girl " at number eight in Australia
[19] and number ten in Canada.
[18] 134,000 copies of "Total Eclipse of the Heart" were purchased in the US in its first week of release, making it the series' second best sales week ever to that point, with only the début single "
Don't Stop Believin' " registering bigger sales in its first week.
[20] "Jessie's Girl" has been certified gold in Australia, the first single to have reached this certification since "Don't Stop Believin' ".
[21] Comparing the singles' chart positions with prior charted versions,
Billboard noted that by reaching number 26, the Glee cast version of "Dream On" surpassed the original
Aerosmith version, which peaked at number 59 in 1973 (but was re-released in 1976 and reached number 6).
[9] The cast's cover of "Physical" saw
Olivia Newton-John make her first Hot 100 appearance since her remake of "
I Honestly Love You " reached number 99 in 1998.
[22]
Track listing
Standard edition
Unless otherwise indicated, Information is taken from Liner Notes
[23]
Title Writer(s) Original artist(s) 1. "
Hello, Goodbye " (featuring
Amber Riley ,
Cory Monteith and
Lea Michele )
John Lennon ,
Paul McCartney
The Beatles 3:29 2. "
Gives You Hell " (featuring Lea Michele)
Nick Wheeler ,
Tyson Ritter
The All-American Rejects 3:26 3. "
Hello " (Lea Michele featuring
Jonathan Groff )
Lionel Richie
Lionel Richie 3:32 4. "
One Less Bell to Answer /
A House Is Not a Home " (
Matthew Morrison featuring
Kristin Chenoweth )
Burt Bacharach ,
Hal David / Bacharach, David
The 5th Dimension /
Dionne Warwick
[A] 4:42 5. "
Beautiful " (featuring Amber Riley)
Linda Perry
Christina Aguilera 3:59 6. "
Physical " (
Jane Lynch featuring
Olivia Newton-John )
Steve Kipner , Terry Shaddick
Olivia Newton-John 3:18 7. "
Total Eclipse Of The Heart " (
Mark Salling , Lea Michele and Cory Monteith featuring Jonathan Groff)
Jim Steinman
Bonnie Tyler 4:24 8. "
Lady Is a Tramp " (featuring Mark Salling and Amber Riley)
Richard Rodgers ,
Lorenz Hart
Mitzi Green in the musical
Babes in Arms 2:46 9. "
One " (featuring Lea Michele and Cory Monteith)
Bono ,
The Edge ,
Adam Clayton ,
Larry Mullen Jr.
[24]
U2 3:56 10. "
Dream On " (Matthew Morrison featuring
Neil Patrick Harris )
Steven Tyler
Aerosmith 4:34 11. "
The Safety Dance " (featuring
Kevin McHale )
Ivan Doroschuk
Men Without Hats 3:19 12. "
I Dreamed a Dream " (Lea Michele featuring
Idina Menzel )
Claude-Michel Schönberg ,
Alain Boublil ,
Herbert Kretzmer , Jean-Marc Natel
Rose Laurens (French) and
Patti LuPone (English) in the musical
Les Misérables 3:08 13. "
Give Up the Funk " (featuring
Chris Colfer and Amber Riley)
Jerome Brailey ,
George Clinton ,
William “Bootsy” Collins
Parliament 4:25 14. "
Bad Romance " (featuring Chris Colfer,
Naya Rivera ,
Jenna Ushkowitz ,
Dianna Agron and Amber Riley)
Stefani Germanotta ,
Nadir Khayat
Lady Gaga 4:54
Deluxe edition
Unless otherwise indicated, Information is taken from Liner Notes
[25]
Title Writer(s) Original artist(s) 1. "Hello, Goodbye" (featuring Amber Riley, Cory Monteith and Lea Michele) John Lennon, Paul McCartney The Beatles 3:29 2. "Gives You Hell" (featuring Lea Michele) Nick Wheeler, Tyson Ritter The All-American Rejects 3:26 3. "Hello" (Lea Michele featuring Jonathan Groff) Lionel Richie Lionel Richie 3:32 4. "
A House Is Not a Home " (featuring Chris Colfer and Cory Monteith)
Burt Bacharach ,
Hal David
Dionne Warwick 2:55 5. "One Less Bell to Answer / A House Is Not a Home" (Matthew Morrison featuring Kristin Chenoweth) Bacharach, David / Bacharach, David The 5th Dimension / Dionne Warwick
[A] 4:42 6. "Beautiful" (featuring Amber Riley) Linda Perry Christina Aguilera 3:59 7. "
Home " (featuring Kristin Chenoweth)
Charlie Smalls
Stephanie Mills in the musical
The Wiz 3:31 8. "Physical" (Jane Lynch featuring Olivia Newton-John) Steve Kipner, Terry Shaddick Olivia Newton-John 3:18 9. "
Total Eclipse Of The Heart " (Mark Salling, Lea Michele and Cory Monteith featuring Jonathan Groff) Jim Steinman Bonnie Tyler 4:24 10. "Lady Is a Tramp" (featuring Mark Salling and Amber Riley) Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart Mitzi Green in the musical Babes in Arms 2:46 11. "One" (featuring Lea Michele and Cory Monteith) Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr.
[24] U2 3:56 12. "
Rose's Turn " (featuring Chris Colfer)
Jule Styne ,
Stephen Sondheim
Ethel Merman in the musical
Gypsy 2:00 13. "Dream On" (Matthew Morrison featuring Neil Patrick Harris) Steven Tyler Aerosmith 4:34 14. "The Safety Dance" (featuring Kevin McHale) Ivan Doroschuk Men Without Hats 3:19 15. "I Dreamed a Dream" (Lea Michele featuring Idina Menzel) Claude-Michel Schönberg, Alain Boublil, Herbert Kretzmer, Jean-Marc Natel Rose Laurens (French) and Patti LuPone (English) in the musical Les Misérables 3:08 16. "
Loser " (featuring Mark Salling, Cory Monteith, Kent Avenido,
Jessalyn Gilsig and
Stephen Tobolowsky )
Beck Hansen ,
Carl Stephenson
Beck 3:47 17. "Give Up the Funk" (featuring Chris Colfer and Amber Riley) Jerome Brailey, George Clinton, William “Bootsy” Collins Parliament 4:25 18. "
Beth " (featuring Mark Salling and Cory Monteith)
Peter Criscuola ,
Robert Ezrin ,
Paul Stanley , Stan Penridge
Kiss 2:37 19. "
Poker Face " (Lea Michele featuring Idina Menzel)
Stefani Germanotta ,
Nadir Khayat
Lady Gaga 3:39 20. "Bad Romance" (featuring Chris Colfer,
Naya Rivera ,
Jenna Ushkowitz ,
Dianna Agron and Amber Riley) Germanotta, Khayat Lady Gaga 4:54
Notes
Personnel
Vocals (main cast)
Guest vocals
Additional Vocals
Adam Anders
Nikki Anders
Kala Balch
David Baloche
Colin Benward
Ravaughn Brown
Kamari Copeland
Tim Davis
Emily Gomez
Storm Lee
David Loucks
Chris Mann
Chaz Mason
Jeanette Olsen
Zac Poor
Jimmy Andrew Richard
Shelley Scarr
Drew Ryan Scott
Onitsha Shaw
Windy Wagner
Executive Producers
Producers
Engineers
Adam Anders
Peer Astrom
Ryan Petersen
Soundtrack Producers
Art Direction, Design
Dave Bett
Maria Paula Marulanda
Coordination
Heather Guibert
Robin Koehler
Meaghan Lyons
Mastering
Mixing
Music Supervisor
Executive in Charge of Music
Sources:
[23]
[25]
[27]
Charts and certifications
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Chart (2010)
Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)
[42]
29
Canadian Albums (Billboard )
[43]
42
Mexican Albums (AMPROFON)
[31]
66
UK Albums (OCC)
[44]
75
US Billboard 200
[45]
49
US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard )
[46]
6
Certifications
Release history
Region
Release date
Edition(s)
Canada
May 18, 2010
Standard, Deluxe
[49]
United States
Standard, Deluxe
[50]
Australia
May 21, 2010
Deluxe
[51]
Ireland
Deluxe
[52]
New Zealand
Deluxe
[53]
United Kingdom
May 24, 2010
Deluxe
[54]
Japan
May 28, 2010
Standard
[55]
June 4, 2010
Deluxe
[56]
Hong Kong
June 21, 2010
Deluxe
[57]
Taiwan
June 29, 2010
Deluxe
[58]
Brazil
August 18, 2010
Standard, Deluxe
[59]
Italy
October 4, 2011
Standard
[60]
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