Monday, March 18, 2024

’70s Hits at Number 1 on iTunes Thanks to “Guardians” Awesome Soundtrack

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The 70s are back, and they’re– well, we’re– number 1 on iTunes. This is thanks to the “Guardians of the Galaxy” soundtrack titled “Awesome Mixtape, Vol. 1.”

In the movie, Chris Pratt’s late mom leaves him two cassettes full of music. It’s all the good stuff from before music turned sour. The album shot to number 1 today on iTunes, where it will probably stick around for a bit as the movie has a record breaking weekend.

The songs are “Hooked on A Feeling” by Blue Swede (kids, check out BJ Thomas’s original, too) plus “I’m Not in Love” by 10cc, “Spirit in the Sky,” a notorious one off hit by Norman Greenbaum, “I Want You Back” from the Jackson 5, “Cherrybomb” by the Runaways (featuring Joan Jett) and one of Motown’s all time standards, “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell.

Stay tuned, because there will likely be a Volume 2, either soon, or when the film goes to DVD for Christmas.

 

Roger Friedman
Roger Friedmanhttps://www.showbiz411.com
Roger Friedman began his Showbiz411 column in April 2009 after 10 years with Fox News, where he created the Fox411 column. His movie reviews are carried by Rotten Tomatoes, and he is a member of both the movie and TV branches of the Critics Choice Awards. His articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. He is also the writer and co-producer of "Only the Strong Survive," a selection of the Cannes, Sundance, and Telluride Film festivals, directed by DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.
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