Bridget Jones's Diary: Music from the Motion Picture

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Bridget Jones's Diary: Music from the Motion Picture
Bridget Jones's Diary OST UK Cover.jpg
Soundtrack album by
Various artists
Released3 April 2001 (2001-04-03)
Length59:54
LabelMercury Records, Universal Music Group
ProducerNick Angel
Various artists chronology
Bridget Jones's Diary: Music from the Motion Picture Bridget Jones's Diary 2: More Music from the Motion Picture and Other V.G. Songs
Singles from Bridget Jones's Diary: Music from the Motion Picture
  1. "Out of Reach"
    Released: 9 April 2001
  2. "It's Raining Men"
    Released: April 30, 2001

Bridget Jones's Diary: Music from the Motion Picture is the official soundtrack to the 2001 British romantic comedy film, directed by Sharon Maguire.

The film's soundtrack was composed by Patrick Doyle. It also features two hit songs that were released as singles, "Out of Reach" by Gabrielle and "It's Raining Men" by Geri Halliwell. The single became Halliwell's fourth consecutive number-one hit single on the UK Singles Chart and it became her most successful solo single to date. "Feels Like Sex", another song from the album was originally slated as the lead single, but after "It's Raining Men" was offered to Halliwell, the song was released as the first single, and was added to Scream If You Wanna Go Faster.

Halliwell's version received positive reviews by music critics, experienced international success and hit the top ten in over two dozen countries around the world, going to number one in several of them, although it did not fare as well on the American charts. However, in the United Kingdom, "It's Raining Men" debuted at number-one on the UK Singles Chart and stayed there for two weeks. It became Halliwell's fourth consecutive number-one single in the UK, selling 155,000 units in its first week and 80,000 in its second week. Overall the single went on to sell 440,000 copies in Britain alone,[1] becoming the 13th best seller of 2001 and Halliwell's most successful single worldwide.[2]

The song was a big success in France, it sold over 812,000 copies,[3] it was certified "Diamond" by the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP).[4] With this song, Geri Halliwell won the International Song of the Year award at the 2002 NRJ Music Awards in France. A remix of the song, The Almighty Mix from the Toshiba-EMI series "Dance Mania", volume 20 was also featured in the 2002 Japanese video games, DDRMAX2 Dance Dance Revolution 7thMix and Dance Dance Revolution EXTREME. This version of the song was used as the theme song in the advertisements for New Talent Singing Awards Vancouver Audition 2003. In July 2006 the song entered at seventy-nine on the Mexican Digital Sales Chart, spending two weeks inside the Top 100.

Halliwell was inspired by the 1980 film Fame for the video. She said, "I was just watching Fame on video and I thought what a great excuse". During the video she also does ballet.[5]

Track listing[]

No.TitleWriter(s)Performer(s)Length
1."Out of Reach"
Gabrielle3:18
2."Respect"Otis ReddingAretha Franklin2:22
3."It's Raining Men"
Geri Halliwell4:11
4."Have You Met Miss Jones?"Lorenz HartRobbie Williams2:30
5."I'm Every Woman"
Chaka Khan4:04
6."Don't Get Me Wrong" (UK special edition bonus track)Chrissie HyndeThe Pretenders3:49
7."Kiss That Girl"Sheryl CrowSheryl Crow3:13
8."Killin' Kind"Shelby LynneShelby Lynne4:36
9."Someone Like You"Van MorrisonDina Carroll3:22
10."Not of This Earth"
Robbie Williams4:41
11."Can't Take My Eyes Off You" (UK special edition bonus track)
Andy Williams2:58
12."Love"
Rosey3:38
13."Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)"
Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye2:48
14."Dreamsome"
Shelby Lynne4:12
15."It's Only a Diary"Patrick DoylePatrick Doyle4:24
16."Pretender Got My Heart"
Alisha's Attic4:06
17."All by Myself"
Jamie O'Neal4:35
18."Woman Trouble" (UK special edition bonus track)
  • Craig David
  • Peter Devereux
  • Craig Robbie Elkins
  • Mark Hill
Artful Dodger & Robbie Craig featuring Craig David3:08
19."Ring Ring Ring"
Aaron Soul3:53

Charts[]

Certifications[]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[30] 2× Platinum 140,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[31] Gold 50,000^
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[32] Gold 25,000^
France (SNEP)[33] Gold 100,000*
Netherlands (NVPI)[34] Gold 40,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[35] Gold 7,500^
Poland (ZPAV)[36] Gold 50,000*
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[37] Platinum 100,000^
Sweden (GLF)[38] Gold 40,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[39] Gold 20,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[40] 3× Platinum 900,000^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[41] 2× Platinum 2,000,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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