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Alvin and the Chipmunks: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the licensed soundtrack based on the 2007 film Alvin and the Chipmunks. It was released on November 20, 2007, three weeks before the film's release. The soundtrack is the first album to be released in three years by Bagdasarian Productions, and is the group's 43rd album overall. Four songs from the album have charted on the Billboard Hot 100.

The album features remakes to some of their old hits as well as some new covers.

The album has been certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipments of over one million copies.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

In December 2007, the album debuted at #133 on the Billboard 200. In its second week of sales, however, the album jumped to #67 on the chart.

The album's highest peak was #5 on the Billboard 200, making it the group's highest on the chart album since Chipmunks in Low Places (which peaked at #21).

The album has been certified Platinum by the RIAA and has sold over 1,000,000 copies in the United States. By doing this, the album has become the group's first first RIAA-certified album since Chipmunks in Low Places (which also went Platinum). Alvin and the Chipmunks: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack has become the Chipmunks' third Platinum album and sixth RIAA-certified album total.

Songs

Four songs from the album managed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 during the month of December 2007. By doing this, it became the group's first charting songs in 47 years ("Alvin for President" became the last charting single for the group; it peaked at #95 in 1960). Despite this feat, none of the songs were released as singles or ever solicited to mainstream radio (although it is possible that kid-oriented radio stations, such as Radio Disney, might have played them anyway) and charted solely because of high digital downloads caused by the anticipation of the group's film, Alvin and the Chipmunks.

The four songs that charted on the Billboard Hot 100 (and with the chart peaks included and the songs' Hot Digital Songs peaks) were:

Song Chart Position
"Witch Doctor (2007 Version)" (featuring Chris Classic) US Billboard Hot 100 62
"The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late) (2007 Version)" 32
"Bad Day" 27
"Funkytown" 26
"Witch Doctor (2007 Version)" (featuring Chris Classic) US Hot Digital Songs 16
"The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late) (2007 Version)" 28
"Bad Day" 51

Track listing

A soundtrack sampler was released along with the DVD of the film in a two pack sold exclusively at Walmart.[2] This features five songs produced exclusively for the soundtrack.

Track listing[3] All songs performed by The Chipmunks except noted
No.TitleLength
1."Bad Day"" 
2."The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" (DeeTown OG Mix) 
3."Follow Me Now" (featuring Jason Gleed1) 
4."How We Roll"1" 
5."Witch Doctor" (featuring Chris Classic) 
6."Come Get It" (featuring Rebecca Jones1) 
7."The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" (DeeTown Rock Mix) 
8."Funkytown" 
9."Get You Goin'"1" 
10."Coast 2 Coast"1" 
11."Mess Around"1" 
12."Only You (And You Alone)" 
13."Ain't No Party" (featuring Rebecca Jones and Chris Classic1) 
14."Get Munk'd" (featuring Al D1) 
Bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
15."Witch Doctor" (Classic Version2) 
16."The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" (Classic Version3) 
Soundtrack CD Sampler
No.TitleLength
1."How We Roll" 
2."Get You Goin'" 
3."Get Munk'd" (featuring Al D) 
4."Ain't No Party" (featuring Rebecca Jones and Chris Classic) 
5."Mess Around" 
  • 1Denotes original song
  • 2Performed by Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. as David Seville. This version is technically without the Chipmunks.
  • 3Featuring Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. Bagdasarian as David Seville (speaking only) and also is the singing voice for Alvin, Simon and Theodore.

Musical personnel

  • Ross Bagdasarian, Jr. — lead guitars and the sung vocal of Alvin
  • Steve Vining — bass on track 8 and the sung vocal of Simon
  • Janice Karman — the sung vocal of Theodore
  • Jason Lee — spoken voiceover on track 7 (as "David Seville")
  • Justin Long - spoken voiceover on tracks 1 & 2 (as "Alvin")
  • Matthew Gray Gubler — spoken voiceover on tracks 1 & 2 (as "Simon")
  • Jesse McCartney — spoken voiceover on tracks 1 & 2 (as "Theodore")
  • Jason Gleed — primary guest lead vocals and rhythm guitars
  • Chris Classic — secondary guest lead vocals
  • Rebecca Jones — tertiary guest lead vocals
  • Ali Dee Theodore — keyboards, bass (except track 8) and drum programming
  • Alana Da Fonseca — uncharacterized backing vocals
  • Joey Katsaros — manipulation of original concept album samples and uncharacterized backing vocals
  • Zach Danzinger — live drums and uncharacterized backing vocals
  • Vinny Alfieri — uncharacterized backing vocals
  • Andy Richards — string synthesizer on track 4, piano on track 8
  • Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. — piano on track 15, the singing voice of Dave on track 15, and the spoken voice of Dave, as well as singing voices for Alvin, Simon, and Theodore on track 16

Charts

Chart (2007) Peak
position 		Certification Sales
U.S. Billboard 200 5 Platinum[4] 1,000,000+

References

  1. ^ link
  2. ^ Walmart.com: Alvin And The Chipmunks (2007) (With Soundtrack Sampler CD) (Full Frame, Widescreen)
  3. ^ Alvin And The Chipmunks - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Amazon.com
  4. ^ Billboard.com - Find Music Business News Reports and RIAA Ratings

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