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Addams Family Values: Music from the Motion Picture

{{Other uses|Addams Family Values (disambiguation)}}

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{{Infobox album

| name = Addams Family Values: Music from the Motion Picture

| type = soundtrack

| artist = various artists

| cover = AddamsFamilyValues.jpg

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| released = November 16, 1993

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| length = 48:46

| label = Atlas

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{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web |last=Ruhlmann |first=William |title=Addams Family Values – Original Soundtrack |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/addams-family-values-mw0000107581 |website=AllMusic |access-date=2011-07-02}}

| rev2 = Los Angeles Times

| rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite news |last=Hunt |first=Dennis |title=In Brief |date=1993-12-19 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-12-19-ca-3486-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=2023-01-21}}

| rev3 = Music Week

| rev3score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine |last=Jones |first=Alan |date=1993-12-18 |title=Market Preview: Mainstream – Albums |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-12-18.pdf |magazine=Music Week |page=13 |access-date=2023-02-03}}

| rev4 = The Philadelphia Inquirer

| rev4score = {{Rating|2.5|4}}{{cite news |last=Wood |first=Sam |date=1993-11-23 |title=Elton John and Friends; Classic Jazz; Pop for Films |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer}}

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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.

Overview

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, "Family Thing", was dropped from the film.{{cite news |last=Weinraub |first=Bernard |date=1993-11-16 |title=Jackson Being Treated Abroad For Addiction, Lawyer Says |work=The New York Times}}{{cite book |last1=Lecocq |first1=Richard |last2=Allard |first2=François |title=Michael Jackson All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track |chapter=Blood on the Dance Floor |location=London |publisher=Cassell |year=2018 |isbn=978-1-78840-057-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4qJfDwAAQBAJ}}

Track listing

  1. "It's Your Thing", performed by H-Town – 3:59
  2. "Be Thankful for What You Got", performed by Portrait – 4:37
  3. "Express Yourself", performed by Roger and Fu-Schnickens – 5:31
  4. "Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get", performed by RuPaul – 4:50
  5. "Family Affair", performed by Shabba Ranks, Patra, with Terri & Monica – 4:29
  6. "Night People", performed by Brian McKnight – 4:29
  7. "Supernatural Thing", performed by Charles & Eddie – 4:35
  8. "Do Your Thing (Love On)", performed by R. Kelly and Mad Cobra – 4:35
  9. "Do It Any Way You Wanna (It's on You)", performed by Guru – 4:28
  10. "May You Always Drink Bizarre", performed by P.M. Dawn – 3:23
  11. "Addams Family (Whoomp!)", performed by Tag Team – 3:50

References

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Category:The Addams Family music

Category:1993 soundtrack albums

Category:Comedy film soundtracks