Songs in Thank God It's Friday...

[Rick1229]

Can anybody here list all the songs played in the movie "Thank God It's Friday"... I just watched the movie and really enjoyed it. I would like to know all the songs in it.

If you can list them in the order they were played in the movie and the artist who performs it.

I know there is a soundtrack... but it looks like it doesn't include every song that was in the movie... if I'm wrong please let me know.

[RenanSanson]

Here we go...

On the soundtrack:
Patti Brooks - After Dark
Cameo - Find My Way
Commodores - Too Hot Ta Trot
Thelma Houston - Love Masterpiece
Donna Summer - With Your Love
Paul Jabara - Disco Queen
Paul Jabara - Trapped In A Stairway
D.C. LaRue - Do You Want the Real Thing
Love & Kisses - Thank God It's Friday
Love & Kisses - You Are the Most Precious Thing In My Life
Marathon - I Wanna Dance
Natural Juices - Floyd's Theme
Santa Esmeralda - Sevilla Nights
Donna Summer & Giorgio Moroder - Je T'aime (Moi Non Plus)
Donna Summer - Last Dance
Sunshine - Take It To The Zoo
Wright Brothers Flying Machine - Leatherman's Theme

Not on the soundtrack:
Village People - In Hollywood (Everybody Is A Star)
Village People - I Am What I Am
Donna Summer - Love To Love You Baby
Giorgio Moroder - From Here To Eternity
Diana Ross - Lovin' Livin' & Givin' (Unreleased Unedited 'TGIF' Mix)
Originals, The - Down to Lovetown
Meco - Meco's Theme
D.C. LaRue - You Can Always Tell a Lady (By The Company She Keeps)
Thelma Houston - I'm Here Again
Cuba Gooding - Dance All Night (This music really exist?)
Fifth Dimension, The - You Are The Reason (I Feel Like Dancing)
Alec R. Costandinos - (Ft. Synchophonic Orchestra, The) Romeo & Juliet
Commodores, The - Brickhouse
Commodores, The - Easy
Syreeta & G.C.Cameron - Let's Make A Deal
Cameo - It's Serious

Good luck...

[Mr.Ree]

Here we go...

On the soundtrack:
Patti Brooks - After Dark
Cameo - Find My Way
Commodores - Too Hot Ta Trot
Giorgio Moroder - From Here To Eternity
Thelma Houston - Love Masterpiece
Paul Jabara - Disco Queen
Paul Jabara - Trapped In A Stairway
D.C. LaRue - Do You Want the Real Thing
Love & Kisses - Thank God It's Friday
Love & Kisses - You Are the Most Precious Thing in My Life
Marathon - I Wanna Dance
Natural Juices - Floyd's Theme
Santa Esmeralda - Sevilla Nights
Donna Summer & Giorgio Moroder - Je T'aime (Moi Non Plus)
Donna Summer - Last Dance
Sunshine - Take It To The Zoo
Wright Brothers Flying Machine - Leatherman's Theme

Not on the soundtrack:
Village People - In Hollywood (Everybody Is A Star)
Village People - I Am What I Am
Donna Summer - Love To Love You Baby
Donna Summer - Try With Your Love
Diana Ross - Lovin' Livin' & Givin' (Unreleased Unedited 'TGIF' Mix)
Originals, The - Down to Lovetown
Meco - Meco's Theme
D.C. LaRue - You Can Always Tell a Lady (By The Company She Keeps)
Thelma Houston - I'm Here Again
Cuba Gooding - Dance All Night (This music really exist?)
Fifth Dimension, The - You Are The Reason (I Feel Like Dancing)
Alec R. Costandinos - (Ft. Synchophonic Orchestra, The) Romeo & Juliet
Commodores, The - Brickhouse
Commodores, The - Easy
Syreeta & G.C.Cameron - Let's Make A Deal
Cameo - It's Serious

Good luck...

if you're referring to Donna Summer's "WITH your Love", it IS on the soundtrack.

[RenanSanson]

if you're referring to Donna Summer's "WITH your Love", it IS on the soundtrack.

Yes! My mistake, sorry!

[STEPHEN L FREEMAN]

if you're referring to Donna Summer's "WITH your Love", it IS on the soundtrack.

Although, on an interesting footnote...
In the pre-release, promotional materials for the movie, the song is listed as:
"Try With Your Love"

P.S. Great job, RenanSanson! Did you get all that that by pausing the DVD, during the credits?

[Chap2Power]

Although, on an interesting footnote...
In the pre-release, promotional materials for the movie, the song is listed as:
"Try With Your Love"

P.S. Great job, RenanSanson! Did you get all that that by pausing the DVD, during the credits?

Amazing...I think this more is a hell of a lot more authentic in some way than SNF...

Vince

[kdavid13]

You bet...To me ; that is disco. But I am such a Casablanca fanatic...

I did the same thing [pausing the DVD] when I tried to create an expanded version of the TGIF soundtrack for my iPod.

Actually , half the fun is listening for the odd song that is not on the soundtrack or catching a glimpse of a well-known jacket while they're in the DJ booth.

[pepper1dancer]

I enjoyed the film, but the 2 songs that I really enjoy are Love and Kisses "Thank God It's Friday" and "Find My Way" by Cameo.

[STEPHEN L FREEMAN]

Not on the soundtrack:
Diana Ross - Lovin' Livin' & Givin' (Unreleased Unedited 'TGIF' Mix)

Another TGIF tidbit...
The original version of Diana Ross' track from the movie, was released on the soundtrack. (Though, not in extended form.)
It's on the promo copies and the first-run press of the US commercial LPs.

On the original soundtrack release (with the muddy, Motown '76-ish mix from the movie):
"L, L & G" is listed as 3'30" & "Last Dance" is listed as 7'10"

On the re-Mastered soundtrack release (with the I Feel Love-esque remix):
"L, L & G" is listed as 4'39" & "Last Dance" is listed as 6'58"

NOTE: "Last Dance" is actually, 8'10" on all pressings. LP & 12"

You all know how fiercely adamant I am about not fostering rumour, as truth.
But I'll put this out there, as from a reasonably reliable source...

According to my lightman, at the time, who'd been told by someone at Casablanca...
The Ross track got pulled & remixed (and, particularly, to sound like "I Feel Love"), because Motown pitched a royal fit, upon the soundtrack's release. They were pretty pissed-off about Diana being buried on side-4, in the poorest sound-quality track, on the entire 3-record set. While Side-1 (with Donna), had noticeably better sound-quality.<-----(tho' I use the term "sound-quality", very loosely)*** But... When Casablanca re-mastered side-4, with Diana's remix, they also re-mastered side-1, to up the sound-quality on Donna's tracks.

***Considering the LP was such an extreme rush-release and hastily mastered...
And that there's so much packed onto the sides, with Side-1 @ 24'21", Side-2 @ 21'38", Side-3 @ 22'10", Side-4 @ 23'09", prior to having the technology to really do that, properly... (like the "Passion Tracking"LPs, from the 80's) The whole soundtrack (12" singles, included) could've used a complete re-mastering.

Though, if you get the Japanese pressing, it blows-away any other, from any country. Whether LP, or 12" single. On vinyl, it's the only way to hear all the songs, as they were meant to sound.

[Chap2Power]

Another TGIF tidbit...
The original version of Diana Ross' track from the movie, was released on the soundtrack. (Though, not in extended form.)
It's on the promo copies and the first-run press of the US commercial LPs.

On the original soundtrack release (with the muddy, Motown '76-ish mix from the movie):
"L, L & G" is listed as 3'30" & "Last Dance" is listed as 7'10"

On the re-Mastered soundtrack release (with the I Feel Love-esque remix):
"L, L & G" is listed as 4'39" & "Last Dance" is listed as 6'58"

NOTE: "Last Dance" is actually, 8'10" on all pressings. LP & 12"

You all know how fiercely adamant I am about not fostering rumour, as truth.
But I'll put this out there, as from a reasonably reliable source...

According to my lightman, at the time, who'd been told by someone at Casablanca...
The Ross track got pulled & remixed (and, particularly, to sound like "I Feel Love"), because Motown pitched a royal fit, upon the soundtrack's release. They were pretty pissed-off about Diana being buried on side-4, in the poorest sound-quality track, on the entire 3-record set. While Side-1 (with Donna), had noticeably better sound-quality.<-----(tho' I use the term "sound-quality", very loosely)*** But... When Casablanca re-mastered side-4, with Diana's remix, they also re-mastered side-1, to up the sound-quality on Donna's tracks.

***Considering the LP was such an extreme rush-release and hastily mastered...
And that there's so much packed onto the sides, with Side-1 @ 24'21", Side-2 @ 21'38", Side-3 @ 22'10", Side-4 @ 23'09", prior to having the technology to really do that, properly... (like the "Passion Tracking"LPs, from the 80's) The whole soundtrack (12" singles, included) could've used a complete re-mastering.

Though, if you get the Japanese pressing, it blows-away any other, from any country. Whether LP, or 12" single. On vinyl, it's the only way to hear all the songs, as they were meant to sound.

Thanks for the tip, Steven. I bought the CD, but one of my best friends lives in Japan and is a vinyl hound and an ex-DJ, so he will find that for me.

Vince

[BrunoRepublic]

Though, if you get the Japanese pressing, it blows-away any other, from any country. Whether LP, or 12" single. On vinyl, it's the only way to hear all the songs, as they were meant to sound.

The Japanese used top-notch quality vinyl, which allowed them to get away with cutting the discs at much lower volume without having the signal drowned in surface noise, which in turn allowed them to master the records with far fewer sonic compromises like rolled-off highs and lows.

Since North American companies usually used much lower-quality vinyl, they had to up the volume, tame the highs and lows, and use more compression to disguise the fact that the LPs sounded like they've been pressed on particle board.

[Rick1229]

Hello friends...

After being gone for over a month I have come back to this topic.

first I want to thank Renan for the full list of songs in the movie.

Can you help me one step further with the exact listing of when each song appeared in the movie. I just really enjoyed the movie so much, that I want to recreate the entire thing on Cd... or as close to it as I can.

I agree with Chap2Power's thought in that TGIF is much more authentic than SNF... both were great movies... but TGIF really hit on what the disco music scene was all about in the late 70's... and on top of it starred the Queen of disco and other disco (and funk R&B) artists.

Thank you again for your help...

[RenanSanson]

Although, on an interesting footnote...
In the pre-release, promotional materials for the movie, the song is listed as:
"Try With Your Love"

P.S. Great job, RenanSanson! Did you get all that that by pausing the DVD, during the credits?

Thanks, Stephen!! No, don't know where I get that list, I have in my pc during years...just a little changes lol

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Compare:

Diana Ross - Lovin' Livin' & Givin' (The music in the soundtrack - The released version)
zSHARE - Diana Ross - Lovin_ Livin_ _ Givin_ __Sample.mp3

Diana Ross - Lovin' Livin' & Givin' (Unedited 'TGIF' Mix) (The music in the movie - unreleased)
zSHARE - Diana Ross - Lovin_ Livin_ _ Givin_ _Unedited _TGIF_ Mix_ __Sample.mp3

I prefer the unreleased version :icon_smile:

[STEPHEN L FREEMAN]

I prefer the unreleased version :icon_smile:

That's the version that got pulled after they ran the first pressing. But it's edited on the LP. The intro's shorter than in the movie.

[dbmc]

This discussion reminded me to ask the group here (sorry if its been asked before already) which is the best CD release / re-issue to buy of this?
Was it remastered?
I think its the 2CD set which is best right?

Thanks

[kdavid13]

I felt so cheated when I bought the 1 disc version !!!

So yes,the 2CD set with the 19 songs (as opposed to the 1 disc 12 song CD) is the way to go.Especially if you're a fan of the original 2 Lps/1 12" set.

And at the end of the credits you can read :
Digitally remastered by Gary N. Mayo at Polygram Studios.:icon_cool: