| Kick-Ass: Music from the Motion Picture | |
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| Soundtrack album by Various artists | |
| Released | 29 March 2010 (UK) |
| Genre | Rock |
| Length | 51:19 |
| Label | Polydor Ltd. (UK) Interscope (U.S.) |
| Singles from Kick-Ass: Music from the Motion Picture | |
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Kick Ass: Music from the Motion Picture is the soundtrack to the film of the same name. It was released in the United Kingdom on 29 March 2010,[1] and in the United States on iTunes on 30 March 2010.[2] The title song is sung by Mika, co-written by Jodi Marr and produced by RedOne.[3]
The video for the single shows Mika as a helpless individual left in an alleyway after being mugged. He begins to sing and as he does, the words of empowerment in the lyrics and his finding of an issue of the Kick-Ass comic inspire him to run for the rooftops and wail the chorus to the sky. The video also features intercut scenes from the film.[citation needed]
The song "Stand Up" by The Prodigy is featured in both the teaser trailer[4] and the red band trailer.[5]
A song featured in the film, but not on the soundtrack is "Crazy", by Gnarls Barkley. This song is played in the Mistmobile while Kick-Ass and Red Mist cruise around town together.[6] Also, the version of "Bad Reputation" used in the film was by Joan Jett but the version on the soundtrack is by a band called "The Hit Girls".
The song "Hey Little World" by The Hives, which played in the theatrical trailers was also not included.[7]
- ^ "Kick Ass – OST: Various Artists". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
- ^ Kick-Ass (Music from the Motion Picture) on iTunes
- ^ "Mika's New 'Kick-Ass' Single". 1 March 2010.
- ^ "Kick-Ass Red Band Trailer". Previewfilms.net. Archived from the original on 19 November 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
- ^ "Music from Kick-Ass". MusicfromFilm.com. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
- ^ Leedham, Robert (16 April 2010). "After The Supergrass Split, Praise Be To The Average Bands!". GigWise. Retrieved 25 April 2010.