''The Dirt Soundtrack'' is the

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to the 2019 biographical film of the same name by

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, inspired by the book '' The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band'' by the band and

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. It was their tenth compilation album. The soundtrack was released by

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and Eleven Seven Records on March 22, 2019, on CD, LP, and digital formats. It is the band’s first release in over a decade since their 2009 ''Greatest Hits'' album.

Background

"There's no new music to be made for it," Nikki Sixx declared in 2016, when financing for the film had yet to be finalised. "No reason for it. And if it comes down to '' dopts the voice of a record label person', 'Well, you have a new movie – you need to write new music for the movie,' I'm like, 'I'm sorry, but that's cheap.' We don't want to get back into the studio and go, 'We have to write a song, for marketing.' I want to write music because it's real." On February 22, 2019, Mötley Crüe and

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(who plays

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in the film) released the video for the song "The Dirt (Est. 1981)" on their

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channel. The band announced that the film's soundtrack would also feature three new recordings, all produced with longtime collaborator

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: "Ride with the Devil", "Crash and Burn", and a cover of

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's " Like a Virgin". For the new songs, the band collaborated with Machine Gun Kelly,

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, and Sahaj. They composed nine songs, but narrowed them down to the three tracks featured in the soundtrack. In 2019, "The Dirt (Est. 1981)" was featured on the soundtrack for the video game ''

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''.

Commercial performance

The soundtrack reached No. 10 on the ''Billboard'' 200, making it the band's first top-10 album since ''

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'' charted at No. 4 on July 4, 2008.

Track listing

Songs not included in the soundtrack, but featured in the film include the following: *

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– "Cry Behind the Daisies" * T. Rex – "

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" *

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– "Keep on Knocking" * Gary Charlson – "Close Enough" * The Kind – "Total Insanity" *

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– "

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" *

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– "

Chequered Love "Chequered Love" is the second single by British singer Kim Wilde. The song was released in the spring of 1981 to follow Wilde's successful debut "Kids in America". As with that single, writing credits were given to Wilde's father and brother M ...

" * Jimmy Carter and the Dallas County Green – "A Night of Love" * The Colors – "Go Go Getter" * Heat Exchange – "Philosophy" * Goliath – "Hot Rock and Thunder" *

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and John Petersen – "Man on the Moon" * Liquid Blue – "Big Money" *

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– " I Can't Wait" * Meghan Kabir – "Live Wire" *

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– "

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Charts

Album

Year-end charts

The Dirt Single

References

External links

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