Cadillac Records: Music from the Motion Picture

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Cadillac Records: Music from the Motion Picture
Soundtrack album by
various artists
ReleasedDecember 2, 2008
LabelColumbia Records
Producervarious artists
Singles from Cadillac Records: Music from the Motion Picture
  1. "At Last"
    Released: November 3, 2008
  2. "Bridging the Gap"
    Released: October 5, 2004

Cadillac Records: Music from the Motion Picture is a soundtrack album for the film Cadillac Records. It features covers of classic songs from Chess Records' singers as performed by the film's actors including Beyoncé (as Etta James), Eamonn Walker (as Howlin' Wolf) and Jeffrey Wright (as Muddy Waters). It also features original songs from contemporary artists such as Beyoncé's sister, R&B singer Solange Knowles and rapper Nas. The soundtrack has been released in single and double-disc editions.

The soundtrack was nominated for a 2010 Grammy Award for

Top Blues Albums
and it has sold over 165,000 copies in the US.

Track listing

Standard edition

  1. "
    Jeffrey Wright
  2. "At Last" - Beyoncé
  3. "No Particular Place to Go" -
    Mos Def
  4. "
    I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man" - Jeffrey Wright
  5. "Once In a Lifetime" - Beyoncé
  6. "Let's Take a Walk" - Raphael Saadiq
  7. "6 o'Clock Blues" - Solange
  8. "Nadine" -
    Mos Def
  9. "The Sound" - Mary Mary
  10. "Last Night" - Little Walter
  11. "I'd Rather Go Blind" - Beyoncé
  12. "My Babe" - Columbus Short
  13. "Bridging the Gap" - Nas featuring Olu Dara

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Deluxe edition (disc two)

  1. "
    Mos Def
  2. "Forty Days and Forty Nights" - Buddy Guy
  3. "Trust in Me" - Beyoncé
  4. "
    Juke" - Soul Seven and Kim Wilson
  5. "Smokestack Lightnin'" - Eamonn Walker
  6. "Promised Land" -
    Mos Def
  7. "All I Could Do Was Cry" - Beyoncé
  8. "My Babe" - Elvis Presley
  9. "I Can't Be Satisfied" - Jeffrey Wright
  10. "Come On" -
    Mos Def
  11. "Country Blues" - Jeffrey Wright and Bill Sims
  12. "Evolution of a Man" - Q-Tip and Al Kapone
  13. "Radio Station" - Terence Blanchard

Chart performance

References

  1. ^ Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/266121/springsteen-gabriel-snag-golden-globes-noms Accessed January 2009.
  2. ^ Lala. http://www.lala.com/album/504684633539821655 Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed December 2008.
  3. ^ "Soundtrack Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
  4. ^ "Soundtrack Chart History (Top Blues Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
  5. ^ "Soundtrack Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
  6. ^ "Soundtrack Chart History (Soundtrack Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
  7. ^ "Blues Albums – Year-End 2009". Billboard. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
  8. ^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2009". Billboard. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
  9. ^ "Soundtracks – Year-End 2009". Billboard. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
  10. ^ "Blues Albums – Year-End 2010". Billboard. Retrieved November 4, 2020.