Beat Street (soundtrack)

Beat Street (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Volume 1 and Beat Street (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Volume 2 are soundtrack albums for the 1984 drama film of the same name. It was released in 1984 by Atlantic Records. Both albums were produced by Harry Belafonte, a calypso artist best known for his 1956 hit "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)", and prolific freestyle music producer and remixer Arthur Baker, who collaborated with music artists including Freeez, Afrika Bambaataa, and New Order.[2][3]

Beat Street (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Volumes 1 & 2
Soundtrack album by Various Artists
Released	1984 (U.S.) 1984 (Canada, Germany, Italy)
Studio	Unique Recording Studios, New York City[1]
Genre	old school rap, boogie, electro, breakdance music
Length	79.28 (total) 40:55, 38:73
Label	Atlantic 80154 (Volume I.) Atlantic 80158 (Volume II.)
Producer	Arthur Baker, Harry Belafonte
Various Artists chronology
Beat Street (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Volumes 1 & 2 (1984) Beat Street (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Volume 2 (1984)

Both albums even entered the Billboard 200 and R&B Albums charts and stayed there in the same year.[4][5]

Description

The soundtrack contains music mainly from old-school hip-hop artists including Grandmaster Melle Mel and the Furious Five, Jazzy Jay, Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic and Treacherous Three featuring beatbox pioneer Doug E. Fresh but also various electro/boogie musicians such as Freeez, and the System and Juicy.[6]

The album was certified gold in the same year.[7][8]

A third volume was planned, but it was never released. The second volume was never released on compact disc.

Track listing

Volume 1 (80154)

A-side

#	^Title	^Artist(s)	^Writer(s)	^Producer(s)	^Length
A1	"Beat Street Breakdown"	Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious 5	Melvin Glover, Reggie Griffin	Melle Mel, Sylvia Robinson	6:48
A2	"Baptise the Beat"	The System	David Frank, Mic Murphy	David Frank, Michael Murphy	4:25
A3	"Strangers in a Strange World" (Love Theme From Beat Street)	Jenny Burton & Patrick Jude	Jake Holmes	Jake Holmes	4:25
A4	"Frantic Situation"	Afrika Bambaataa The Soul Sonic Force, Shango	Arthur Baker, Leroi Evans, Ray Serrano, Afrika Bambaataa Aasim, William Henderson, Ellis Williams, John Miller, Robert Allen, Wilfred Fowler	Arthur Baker	5:04

B-side

#	^Title	^Artist(s)	^Writer(s)	^Producer(s)	^Length
B1	"Beat Street Strut"	Juicy	Milton G. Barnes, Katreese Barnes	Eumir Deodato	5:00
B2	"Us Girls"	Sharon Green, Lisa Counts & Debbie D	Debora Hooper, Lisa Counts, Ross Levinson, Sharon Green	Harry Belafonte	3:52
B3	"This Could Be the Night"	Cindy Mizelle	Arthur Baker, Carl Sturken, Chris Lord-Alge, Evan Rogers, Tina Baker	Arthur Baker	4:53
B4	"Breaker's Revenge"	Arthur Baker	Arthur Baker	Arthur Baker	4:42

Volume 2 (80158)

A-side

#	^Title	^Artist(s)	^Writer(s)	^Producer(s)	^Length
A1	"Son of Beat Street"	Jazzy Jay	John Byas, Lenny Underwood	David Belafonte	4:05
A2	"Give Me All"	Juicy	Milton G. Barnes, Katreese Barnes	Arthur Baker, Harry Belafonte	4:25
A3	"Nothin's Gonna Come Easy"	Tina B	Arthur Baker, Tina Baker	Arthur Baker, Harry Belafonte	4:19
A4	"Santa's Rap"	The Treacherous Three	Kevin Keaton, LaMar Hill, Mohandas Dewese	David Belafonte	6:10

B-side

#	^Title	^Artist(s)	^Writer(s)	^Producer(s)	^Length
B1	"It's All Right By Me"	Jenny Burton	Peter Link	Peter Link, Webster Lewis	5:00
B2	"Battle Cry"	Rockers Revenge	Arthur Baker, Donald Calvin Hawkes, Vincent Dwight Fuller	Arthur Baker	4:52
B3	Phony Four MC's – "Wappin' (Bubblehead)"	Ralph Rolle	Earl Deas, Eric Real, Ralph Rolle	Arthur Baker, Harry Belafonte	6:11
B4	"Into The Night"	La La	LaForest Cope, Lenny Underwood, Webster Lewis	Webster Lewis	4:42

Credits and personnel

Sanford Allen – concertmaster, violin Arthur Baker – bass, drums, producer Tina Baker – performer Katreese Barnes – performer Sharon Green – performer Milton Barnes – performer David Belafonte – sound effects Sandra Billingslea – violin Jay Burnett – guitar Kennan Keating- wah wah guitar Jenny Burton – vocals Jack Cavari – guitar John Clark – French horn Deodato – producer Lewis Eley – violin Jon Faddis – trumpet Eileen Folson – cello Winterton Garvey – violin Dwight Hawkes – backing vocalist Lamar Hill – performer Cecilia Hobbs – violin Stanley Hunte – violin Jean Ingraham – violin Anthony Jackson – Bass

Jazzy Jay – Drum programming, scratching Bashiri Johnson – Percussion Kevin Keaton – performer Robbie Kilgore – bells La La – sound effects, backing vocalist Jesse Levy – cello Webster Lewis - DX-7, Fender Rhodes, piano Peter Link – performer Chris "Lord-Alge" Simmons – drums Guy Lumia – violin John Pintavalle – violin Sue Pray – viola Maxine Roach – viola Ralph Rolle – drum programming, sound effects, vocals Alan Rubin – trumpet Lew Soloff – trumpet David Spinozza – guitar Marti Sweet – violin Tina B. – vocals Lenny Underwood – bass, drums, keyboards Buddy Williams – drums Richard D. Young – violin Fred Zarr – bass, keyboards

Charts

Volume 1

Chart (1984)	Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[9]	33
USA Billboard R&B Albums	#10
USA Billboard 200	#14

Volume 2

Chart !(1984)	Position
USA Billboard R&B Albums	#47
USA Billboard 200	#137

Album certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[10]	Gold	500,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. https://www.deejay.de/images/xl/0/3/240603b.jpg
2. "Beat Street Vol. 1 (Original Soundtrack) credits". Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-08-09.
3. "Beat Street Vol. 2 (Original Soundtrack) credits". Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-08-09.
4. Beat Street Volume 1 - chart positions. Billboard & Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-August-09
5. Beat Street Volume 2 - Chart positions. Billboard & Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-August-09
6. "Beat Street Vol. 1 (Original Soundtrack) credits". Discogs. Retrieved 2011-08-09.
7. "Vitae of Carl Maultsby - composer". Carl MaultsBy. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
8. Ira A. Robbins (1985). The Rolling Stone Review — 1985. Edited by Ira A. Robbins. Rolling Stone Press. ISBN 978-0-684-18333-6. Retrieved August 21, 2011. Although second to arrive, the Beat Street soundtrack went gold, and Beat Street, Vol. II was released later in the year.
9. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 283. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
10. "American album certifications – Various Artists – Beat Street". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH.