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The Sapphires: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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Soundtrack album by
Various Artists
Released 27 July 2012 (2012-07-27)
Genre
Length 45:50
Language
  • English
  • Yorta Yorta
Label Sony
Producer Bry Jones
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The Sapphires: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is a soundtrack album for the film The Sapphires (2012), released on 27 July 2012 by Sony Music Australia. It features the vocals of Jessica Mauboy, Jade MacRae, Lou Bennett, Juanita Tippens and Darren Percival, with Mauboy singing in ten of the sixteen songs. Produced by Bry Jones, the soundtrack contains songs from the 1960s, including: "Land of a Thousand Dances", "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)", "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and "What a Man". The track "Ngarra Burra Ferra" is a song based on the traditional Aboriginal hymn "Bura Fera" in the Yorta Yorta language of Victoria, Australia, the language spoken by the indigenous Yorta Yorta people of the Goulburn Valley and Murray River valley centred on modern-day Echuca.

"Gotcha", an original song co-written by Mauboy, Ilan Kidron and Louis Schoorl was released as a single and peaked at number 43 on the ARIA Singles Chart. The album was well received by critics who praised the vocals and songs chosen to appear on the soundtrack. The Sapphires – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack peaked at number one on the ARIA Album Chart and was certified double platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). It also reached number 15 on the New Zealand Albums Chart. A deluxe edition, featuring an additional five songs, was released on 16 November 2012.

Singles

An original song, "Gotcha", was released as the soundtrack's lead single on 13 July 2012. Co-written by Mauboy, Ilan Kidron and Louis Schoorl, it was praised for "deftly manag[ing] to be modern and retro all at once", and peaked at number 43 on the ARIA Singles Chart.

Track listing

No. Title Performer(s) Length
1. "Land of a Thousand Dances"   Jessica Mauboy 2:40
2. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"   Jessica Mauboy 3:30
3. "What a Man"   Jessica Mauboy 3:03
4. "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)"   Jessica Mauboy 2:44
5. "Who's Lovin' You"   Jessica Mauboy 4:05
6. "I'll Take You There"   Jessica Mauboy 2:45
7. "Gotcha"   Jessica Mauboy 3:08
8. "Soul Man"   Sam & Dave 2:38
9. "Hold On, I'm A Comin'"   Sam & Dave 2:31
10. "Run Through the Jungle"   Creedence Clearwater Revival 3:06
11. "Today I Started Loving You Again"  
  • Jessica Mauboy
  • Juanita Tippens
  • Jade MacRae
 3:02
12. "People Make the World a Better Place"   Juanita Tippens 3:13
13. "Yellow Bird"   Jessica Mauboy and Lou Bennett 2:11
14. "Ngarra Burra Ferra"  
  • Jessica Mauboy
  • Lou Bennett
  • Juanita Tippens
  • Jade MacRae
 1:31
15. "Shouting Out Love"   The Emotions 3:12
16. "In the Sweet Bye and Bye"   Darren Percival 2:31

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Sales
Australia (ARIA) 2× Platinum 140,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region Date Version Format Label
Australia 27 July 2012 Standard edition CD, digital download Sony Music Australia
16 November 2012 Deluxe edition
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