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The Dirt Soundtrack is the soundtrack album to the 2019 biographical film of the same name by Mötley Crüe, inspired by the book The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band by the band and Neil Strauss. It was their tenth compilation album. The soundtrack was released by Mötley Records and Eleven Seven Records on March 22, 2019, on CD, LP, and digital formats. It is the band’s first release in over a decade since their 2009 Greatest Hits album.

The Dirt Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by Mötley Crüe
Released	March 22, 2019
Recorded	1981–2019
Genre	Heavy metal glam metal hard rock
Length	70:32
Label	Mötley Eleven Seven
Producer	Dave Donnelly Bob Rock
Mötley Crüe chronology
Greatest Hits (2009) The Dirt Soundtrack (2019)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Spill	[2]

Background

On February 22, 2019, Mötley Crüe and Machine Gun Kelly (who plays Tommy Lee in the film) released the music video for their song "The Dirt (Est. 1981)" on their YouTube channel. The band also announced that aside from the aforementioned song, the film's soundtrack would feature three new recordings, all produced with longtime collaborator Bob Rock: "Ride with the Devil", "Crash and Burn", and a cover of the Madonna song "Like a Virgin".[3][4][5][6][7]

In composing the new songs, the band collaborated with Machine Gun Kelly, John 5, and Sahaj. They composed nine songs titled "The Dirt", but narrowed them down to the three tracks featured in the soundtrack.[7] In 2019, "The Dirt (Est. 1981)" was featured as part of the soundtrack for the video game WWE 2K20.[8]

Commercial performance

The soundtrack reached No. 10 on the Billboard 200, making it the band's first top-10 album since Saints of Los Angeles charted at No. 4 on July 4, 2008.[9]

Track listing

Songs not included in the soundtrack, but featured in the film include the following:[10]

• The Jaynetts – "Cry Behind the Daisies"
• T. Rex – "Solid Gold Easy Action"
• Death – "Keep on Knocking"
• Gary Charlson – "Close Enough"
• The Kind – "Total Insanity"
• Billy Squier – "My Kinda Lover"
• Kim Wilde – "Chequered Love"
• Jimmy Carter and the Dallas County Green – "A Night of Love"
• The Colors – "Go Go Getter"
• Heat Exchange – "Philosophy"
• Goliath – "Hot Rock and Thunder"
• Jonathan Elias and John Petersen – "Man on the Moon"
• Liquid Blue – "Big Money"
• Nu Shooz – "I Can't Wait"
• Meghan Kabir – "Live Wire"
• Johnny Thunders – "You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory"

Charts

The Dirt Single

Chart (2019)	Peak position
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[27]	8
Billboard Rock Digital Songs[28]	23
Billboard Hard Rock Digital Songs[29]	14
Billboard Rock Alternative Airplay[30]	20
Billboard Hot Rock Alternative[31]	18

References

External links

• Official website

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