''Jack Johnson and Friends: Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George'' is a soundtrack album by Jack Johnson and others for the 2006 film ''

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''. Along with Johnson, it includes Adam Topol,

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, Kawika Kahiapo,

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, Merlo Podlewski, and

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. It was released on February 7, 2006, topping the U.S.

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, selling 149,000 copies in the process, and reaching No. 1 in the Australian albums (

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) chart in its debut week and in Canada on the Nielsen Soundcan chart on the following February 25, remaining there for four consecutive weeks. This was the first soundtrack to make it to No. 1 since the ''Bad Boys II'' soundtrack in August 2003 and the first to an animated film to top the ''Billboard'' 200 since the ''Pocahontas'' soundtrack reigned for one week in July 1995.

Track listing

Personnel

* Jack Johnson –

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

(all songs except "The Sharing Song"),

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

ukulele The ukulele ( ; from haw, ukulele , approximately ), also called Uke, is a member of the lute family of instruments of Portuguese origin and popularized in Hawaii. It generally employs four nylon strings. The tone and volume of the instrumen ...

*Adam Topol –

drum The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel-Sachs classification system, it is a membranophone. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a she ...

s, vocals on "The Sharing Song" *Merlo Podlewski –

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

– vocals, keyboards *

– vocals, guitar on "With My Own Two Hands" *

– vocals, guitar,

harmonica The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, and rock. The many types of harmonica inclu ...

on "Jungle Gym" *

– vocals, guitar on "Lullaby" *Kawika Kahiapo – guitar on "Talk Of The Town" *Child backing vocals on "The Sharing Song" and "The 3 R's" – Baillie, Kayla, Jaclyn, Torin, John, Noa, Jake, Kona, Moe, Thatcher, Brooke, Tahnei, Andrew M. Dunlap Jr.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

External links

Curious George the Movie website

Official Curious George website
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