Urban Cowboy (soundtrack)
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''Urban Cowboy: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' is the soundtrack to the 1980 film '' Urban Cowboy.'' It spawned numerous Top 10 ''Billboard'' Country Singles, such as #1 " Lookin' for Love" by Johnny Lee, #1 " Stand by Me" by Mickey Gilley, #3 ( AC chart) " Look What You've Done to Me" by
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, #1 "
Could I Have This Dance "Could I Have This Dance" is a song recorded by the Canadian country music artist Anne Murray. It was used in the 1980 film '' Urban Cowboy'' and appeared on both the ''Urban Cowboy'' soundtrack album for that film, as well as on the ''Anne Murr ...
" by Anne Murray, and #4 " Love the World Away" by Kenny Rogers. It also included songs that were hits from earlier years such as #1 " The Devil Went Down to Georgia" by the
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and " Lyin' Eyes" by the
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. The film is said to have started the 1980s boom in pop-country music known as the "Urban Cowboy Movement" also known as Neo-Country or Hill Boogie. In December 2018 the soundtrack was certified triple platinum by the RIAA for sales of three million copies. Initially released as a double LP in 1980, the album was re-released on CD in 1995.


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