Sing Street (soundtrack)

Not to be confused with Sing Street (musical).
Sing Street (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Soundtrack album by
Various artists
Released11 March 2016 (2016-03-11)
Studio
Genre
Length51:08
LabelDecca
ProducerJohn Carney

Sing Street (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack album to the 2016 film Sing Street, released on 11 March 2016 by Decca Records.[1] The album featured original songs from artists, such as The Cure, a-ha, Duran Duran, The Clash, Hall & Oates, Spandau Ballet, The Blades and The Jam, representing the Irish music culture from the 1980s.[2][3] It also featured few original songs performed by the fictional Sing Street band, composed by Danny Wilson frontman Gary Clark,[4] while John Carney, Ken and Carl Papenfus of the band Relish, Graham Henderson and Zamo Riffman, also share the composing credits.[5][6][7] An original song, "Go Now" by Adam Levine was released as a single, with a music video accompanying its release on 9 April 2016.[8] It was released on physical CDs on 15 April 2016 and a vinyl edition released on 3 June 2016.[9][10] The soundtrack received critical acclaim as well as numerous accolades.

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