Funny Girl (soundtrack)

Funny Girl
Soundtrack album by
Barbra Streisand
ReleasedAugust 1968
GenreClassic pop
Length46:55
LabelColumbia
ProducerJack Gold
Barbra Streisand chronology
A Christmas Album
(1967) 		Funny Girl
(1968) 		A Happening in Central Park
(1968)
Singles from Funny Girl
  1. "Funny Girl / I'd Rather Be Blue Over You (Than Happy With Somebody Else)"
    Released: July 1968
  2. "My Man / Don't Rain On My Parade"
    Released: November 1968
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Funny Girl is the soundtrack album to the 1968 musical film of the same name, performed by its star Barbra Streisand. Released on the vinyl album format in stereo in 1968, the soundtrack was subsequently released in quadraphonic sound vinyl, cassette, and compact disc. The titles "Second Hand Rose" and "Exit Music" are omitted from the commercially released soundtrack editions. The soundtrack is featured in "Billboard Greatest albums of all time".,[2] National Public Radio's "The Greatest Albums Made By Women" [3]

Record World called the title track "sad and lovely."[4]

Background and development

Lyricist Bob Merrill and composer Jule Styne originally wrote the score for the 1964 stage musical of the same name, including "I'm the Greatest Star", "People", and "Don't Rain on My Parade". These songs are more melodically and formally complex than usual Tin Pan Alley songs that were popular during that time. "People" uses the verse chorus structure commonly found in earlier showtunes.[5]

Track listing

All lyrics composed by Bob Merrill; all music by Jule Styne; except where indicated

  1. "Overture" – [4:00]
  2. "I'm the Greatest Star" – [4:06]
  3. "If a Girl Isn't Pretty" – [2:26]
  4. "Roller Skate Rag" – [2:01]
  5. "I'd Rather Be Blue Over You (Than Be Happy With Somebody Else)" – [2:38] – (Billy Rose, Fred Fisher)
  6. "His Love Makes Me Beautiful" – [5:39]
  7. "People" – [5:01]
  8. "You are Woman, I am Man" – [4:23]
  9. "Don't Rain on My Parade" – [2:45]
  10. "Sadie, Sadie" – [4:19]
  11. "The Swan" – [2:51]
  12. "Funny Girl" – [2:43]
  13. "My Man" – [2:12] – (Albert Willemetz, Jacques-Charles (Jacques Mardochée Charles), Channing Pollock, Maurice Yvain)
  14. "Finale" – [2:20]

Charts

Weekly charts

Year Chart Position
1968 US Billboard 200[6] 12
UK Album Chart[7] 11
Australian Album Chart[A] 4
Canadian Album Chart[8] 10

Year-end charts

Chart (1969) Position
US Cash Box[9] 10

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[10] Gold 50,000^
United States (RIAA)[11] Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Notes

A. ^ The Australian chart positions are from the Kent Music Report (KMR) / Australian Music Report (AMR) pre-1989 and from 1989 on from ARIA Charts.

References

  1. ^ Funny Girl (Original Soundtrack) – Review Allmusic. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
  2. ^ "Greatest of All Time Billboard 200 Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  3. ^ "The 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women". www.npr.org. National Public Radio. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Single Picks of the Week" (PDF). Record World. August 17, 1968. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  5. ^ Perone, p. 58
  6. ^ "Barbra Streisand Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 2, 2014.
  7. ^ "The Official Charts Company - Funny Girl by Original Soundtrack Search". The Official Charts Company. 6 February 2016.
  8. ^ "Top 50 Albums - Volume 10, No. 13". RPM Canada. November 25, 1968. Archived from the original on March 13, 2016. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
  9. ^ "The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1969". Archived from the original on August 30, 2012.. Cash Box magazine.
  10. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Barbra Streisand – Funny Girl". Music Canada.
  11. ^ "American album certifications – Barbra Streisand – Funny Girl". Recording Industry Association of America.

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