''Moulin Rouge! Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film'' is the

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Baz Luhrmann Mark Anthony Luhrmann (born 17 September 1962), known professionally as Baz Luhrmann, is an Australian film director, producer, writer and actor. With projects spanning film, television, opera, theatre, music and recording industries, he is re ...

's 2001 film '' Moulin Rouge!'', released on 8 May 2001 by

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. The album features most of the songs featured in the film. However, some of the songs are alternate versions and there are two or three major songs that are left off. The original film versions and extra songs were featured on the second soundtrack.

Songs

The soundtrack consists almost entirely of cover versions—" Come What May", composed by David Baerwald and Kevin Gilbert, is the only original song on the album. The opening track, " Nature Boy", is performed by David Bowie, though in the film the song is performed by actor John Leguizamo as the character Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Originally by American singer-songwriter eden ahbez, the song is reprised as the last song on the soundtrack with performances by Bowie and Massive Attack, along with a dialogue by Nicole Kidman. " Lady Marmalade", written by

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and Kenny Nolan, was made famous in the 1970s by the girl group Labelle. The song contains the sexually suggestive lyric " Voulez-vous coucher avec moi, ce soir?", which translates to "Do you want to sleep with me tonight?" Labelle's version of the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2003. The version for the soundtrack is performed by Christina Aguilera,

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, Mýa, and Pink, with production and additional vocal credits by

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. The song topped the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in the United States and earned a Grammy Award for

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. "Because We Can" is credited to Norman Cook, with performance and production credits given to his stage name Fatboy Slim. The song contains portions of "Zidler's Rap", performed in the film by

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as the character Harold Zidler, and has been called the "' Can Can' for the next generation". "Sparkling Diamonds" is performed by Kidman, Broadbent, Caroline O'Connor,

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and Lara Mulcahy. The song is a medley featuring " Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend", written by

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and Leo Robin and introduced by Carol Channing in the Broadway production of '' Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'' (1949), and " Material Girl" by

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. " Rhythm of the Night" was made famous in 1985 by the American R&B group DeBarge. The track reached number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot R&B chart and number three on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and is said to have "jumpstarted" the career of songwriter

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. The soundtrack version is performed by Valeria, and includes a dialogue by Kidman.

Commercial performance

''Moulin Rouge! Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film'' debuted on the US ''Billboard'' 200 at number five on 16 May 2001. Four weeks later, the album reach its peak position at number three. The soundtrack reached number one on the Top Soundtracks chart and number 33 on the Top Pop Catalog chart. On 23 April 2002, it was certified double platinum by the

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(RIAA). In Australia, the soundtrack debuted on the

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at number four on 11 May 2001. The following week, it reached number one and remained there for 11 consecutive weeks and upon the albums chart for 58 weeks. It was the highest-selling album of 2001 in Australia and has been certified five-times platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). ''Moulin Rouge! Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film'' also reached number one in New Zealand, where it remained on the albums chart for 16 weeks. The soundtrack reached the top five in Austria, Denmark, France, and Norway. In 2001 the album was the 20th best-selling album globally, selling 4 million copies

Track listing

Notes

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Personnel

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– producer (1, 4–6, 8, 10, 12) * Pink – performer (2) * Christina Aguilera – performer (2) * Jamie Allen – performer (10) * Valeria Andrews – performer (5) * Craig Armstrong – producer (1, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15), orchestra production (11), arranger (6, 8, 10, 12) * John "Beetle" Bailey – assistant engineer * Chris Barrett – assistant engineer *

Beck Beck David Hansen (born Bek David Campbell; July 8, 1970) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He rose to fame in the early 1990s with his Experimental music, experimental and Lo-fi music, lo-fi style, and became ...

– performer (9) * BLAM – producer (1, 4–6, 8, 10, 12, 14) *

Bono Paul David Hewson (born 10 May 1960), known by his stage name Bono (), is an Irish singer-songwriter, activist, and philanthropist. He is the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the rock band U2. Born and raised in Dublin, he attended M ...

– guitar (7), arranger (7), performer (7), producer (7) * David Bowie – performer (1, 15) * Andy Bradfield – mixing (1, 6, 8, 12, 14) *

– performer (3–4) * Neil Davidge – mixing (15), producer (15) *

Marius de Vries Marius de Vries (born 1961) is an English music producer and composer. He has won a Grammy Award from four nominations, two BAFTA Awards, and an Ivor Novello Award. Education Marius de Vries was educated at St Paul's Cathedral School, Bedford ...

– vocal producer (3–6, 8, 10–12, 14), music direction *

Robert "3D" Del Naja Robert Del Naja (; born 21 January 1965), also known as 3D, is a British artist, musician, singer and songwriter. He emerged as a graffiti artist and member of the Bristol collective the Wild Bunch, and later as a founding member and sole consi ...

– mixing (15), producer (15) * Jimmy Douglas – engineer (9), mixing (9) * Dylan Dresdow – engineer (2) * Felipe Elgueta – engineer (11) * Chris Elliott – arranger (10, 12), conductor *

– producer (2), vocals (2) * Ron Fair – vocal producer (2) *

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– performer (3), producer (3) * José Feliciano – performer (12) * David Foster – producer (11) * Geoff Foster – engineer (1, 4–6, 8, 10–12, 14) * Simon Franglen – engineer (4–6, 8, 10–12, 14), vocal production assistance (4–6, 8, 10, 12, 14), producer (11) * Ryan Freeland – mixing (5) * Gavin Friday – arranger (7), producer (7), performer (7) *

Julian Gallagher Julian Gallagher (born 17 July 1968 in Bromley, London) is a British songwriter and record producer, known for working with Kylie Minogue on her 2001 album, ''Fever''. He also co-wrote songs with Gabrielle on her 2007 album, ''Always'', as wel ...

– keyboards (7), producer (7) * Humberto Gatica – mixing (11) * Ricky Graham – assistant engineer * Isobel Griffiths – orchestra contractor * Brad Haehnel – mixing (4,10) * Ash Howes – programming (7), engineer (7) * Jake Jackson – assistant engineer * Nicole Kidman – performer (4, 8, 10–11, 14), dialogue (5, 15) * Michael Knobloch – music production supervisor * Jacek Koman – performer (12) * Robert Kraft – executive in charge of music * Joe Leguabe – performer * Patrick Leonard – producer (6) *

– performer (2) * John Leguizamo – performer (14) *

– producer (12) * Massive Attack – performer (15) * Ewan McGregor – dialogue (1), performer (6, 10–12) *

– performer (4) * Anton Monsted – music supervisor, executive music producer * Lara Mulcahy – performer (4) * Don Murnaghan – engineer (13) * Mýa – performer (2) * Andy Nelson – mixing (10) * Caroline O'Connor – performer (4) * Jennie O'Grady – choir master * Ozzy Osbourne – performer * Dave Pensado – mixing (2) * Michel Pepin – engineer (13), mixing (13), producer (13) *

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– engineer (9) * Dave Reitzas – engineer (11) *

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– engineer * Michael C. Ross – engineer (2) * Alessandro Safina – performer (6) * Steve Sharples – arranger (14), producer (14) * Eddy Schreyer – mastering * Maurice Seezer – guitar (7), arranger (7), keyboards (7), programming (7), producer (7), engineer (7), performer (7) *

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– arranger (4), horn arrangements (5) * Alexis Smith – producer (5) * Brian Springer – engineer (2) * Richard Stannard – guitar (7), keyboards (7), producer (7) * Alvin Sweeney – engineer (7) * Timbaland – producer (9), mixing (9) *

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– engineer (3) * Tony Visconti – vocals (1) * Rufus Wainwright – performer (13), producer (13) *

Gavyn Wright Gavyn Wright is a British violinist and orchestra leader with the London Session Orchestra and Penguin Cafe Orchestra. He is best known for his orchestral arrangements on pop productions (including Elton John, Simply Red, Bush, Mecano, Oasis, ...

– orchestra leader *

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– performer (14) * Laura Ziffren – music supervisor, executive music producer * Joel Zifkin – violin (13)

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References

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