The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (soundtrack)
{{Infobox album
| name = The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
| type = soundtrack
| artist = Various artists
| cover = whorehousesoundtrack.jpg
| released = July 12, 1982
| recorded = 1981
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Soundtrack
| length = 36:44
| label = MCA
| producer = Gregg Perry
| prev_title = Heartbreak Express
| prev_year = 1982
| next_title = Greatest Hits
| next_year = 1982
| misc = {{Singles
| name = The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
| type = soundtrack
| single1 = I Will Always Love You
| single1date = July 12, 1982
| single2 = Hard Candy Christmas
| single2date = October 11, 1982
}}
}}{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{Allmusic|class=album|id=mw0000192991|label=Various Artists – The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (Original Soundtrack)|access-date=June 13, 2022}}
| rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
| rev2score = {{rating|2|5}}{{r|larkin}}
}}
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas is the original soundtrack for the film, released in July 1982. The album was produced by Gregg Perry.{{cite web |url= http://www.billboard.com/#/album/original-soundtrack/the-best-little-whorehouse-in-texas-original/64790 |title=The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas [Original Soundtrack] - Original Soundtrack | Billboard.com |work=billboard.com |quote=Gregg Perry |access-date=June 16, 2011}}
In addition to the score of Carol Hall songs recorded for the stage soundtrack, the film soundtrack included two Dolly Parton compositions: "Sneakin' Around", which she performed as a duet with co-star Burt Reynolds and a reworking of her 1974 song "I Will Always Love You", the latter of which topped the U.S. country charts in September 1982. Unlike the original 1974 version, the 1982 release of "I Will Always Love You" crossed over to the pop charts (#53 Pop and #17 Adult Contemporary) as well.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/dolly-parton/chart-history/|title=Dolly Parton Chart History|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 13, 2022}}
Track listing
All songs composed by Carol Hall, except where noted.
{{Track listing
|headline = Side one
|extra_column=Performer(s)
|title1=20 Fans
|writer1 =
|extra1=Jim Nabors and Chorus
|length1=4:33
|title2=A Lil' Ole Bitty Pissant Country Place
|writer2 =
|extra2=Dolly Parton, Teresa Merritt, the Whorehouse Girls and Customers
|length2=5:26
|title3=Sneakin Around
|writer3 = Dolly Parton
|extra3=Dolly Parton and Burt Reynolds
|length3=1:53
|title4=Watchdog Report" / "Texas Has a Whorehouse in It
|writer4 =
|extra4=Dom DeLuise and the Dogettes
|length4=3:04
|title5=Courtyard Shag
|writer5 =
|extra5 = (Instrumental)
|length5=3:29
}}
{{Track listing
|headline = Side two
|extra_column=Performer(s)
|title1=The Aggie Song
|writer1 =
| extra1 = Chorus
|length1=7:43
|title2=The Sidestep
|writer2 =
|extra2=Charles Durning
|length2=3:43
|title3=Hard Candy Christmas
|writer3 =
|extra3=Dolly Parton and the Whorehouse Girls
|length3=3:50
|title4=I Will Always Love You
|writer4 = Parton
|extra4=Dolly Parton
|length4=3:02
}}
Chart performance
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (1982)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| {{album chart|Billboard200|63|artist=Soundtrack|rowheader=true|access-date=June 13, 2022}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardCountry|5|M|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320042233/https://www.billboard.com/artist/soundtrack/chart-history/clp/|title=Soundtrack Chart History (Top Country Albums)|work=Billboard|rowheader=true|access-date=June 13, 2022}} |
| scope="row"|US Cashbox Country Albums{{cite web|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1982/CB-1982-10-09.pdf|title=Cash Box Country Albums|work=Cashbox|access-date=29 December 2024}}
|align="center"|3 |
| scope="row"|US Cash Box Top Albums {{cite web|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1982/CB-1982-09-25.pdf|title=Cash Box Top 100 Albums|work=Cashbox|access-date=23 December 2024}}
|align="center"|48 |
References
{{Reflist | refs =
{{cite book|author=Colin Larkin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|edition=4th|volume=6|date=2006|publisher=Muze, Oxford University Press|page=435{{ndash}}6|isbn=978-0-19-531373-4|chapter=Parton, Dolly|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpo0006unse/page/435/}}
}}
External links
- {{Discogs master|282528|The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas|type=album}}
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Category:1982 soundtrack albums
Category:Dolly Parton soundtracks
Category:MCA Records soundtracks
Category:Comedy film soundtracks
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