Songs from Ally McBeal

Songs from Ally McBeal is a soundtrack album by American singer Vonda Shepard, featuring music from the American television series Ally McBeal. It was released on May 5, 1998, by 550 Music and Sony Music Soundtrax. The album consists mostly of cover versions of songs from the 1960s, aside from four original songs, including the series' theme song, "Searchin' My Soul", which originally appeared on Shepard's 1992 album The Radical Light.[1][2]

Songs from Ally McBeal
Soundtrack album by
Vonda Shepard
ReleasedMay 5, 1998 (1998-05-05)
Studio
Length42:58
Label
Producer
Ally McBeal chronology
Songs from Ally McBeal
(1998)		 Heart and Soul: New Songs from Ally McBeal
(1999)
Vonda Shepard chronology
It's Good, Eve
(1996)		 Songs from Ally McBeal
(1998)		 By 7:30
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

The album topped the charts in Australia, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, and Sweden, while reaching number three in the United Kingdom and number seven in both the United States and Canada.

Track listing
  1. "Searchin' My Soul" (Vonda Shepard, Paul Howard Gordon)[3] – 3:53
  2. "Ask the Lonely" (Ivy Hunter, William "Mickey" Stevenson) (originally by the Four Tops) – 2:43
  3. "Walk Away Renée" (Michael Brown, Bob Calilli, Tony Sansone) (originally by the Left Banke) – 3:08
  4. "Hooked on a Feeling" (Mark James) (originally by B.J. Thomas) – 2:58
  5. "You Belong to Me" (Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart, Chilton Price) – 3:28
  6. "Wildest Times of the World" (Vonda Shepard, Michael Landau) – 5:15
  7. "Someone You Use" (Tommy Stough) – 2:34
  8. "End of the World" (Sylvia Dee, Arthur Kent) (originally by Skeeter Davis) – 2:34
  9. "Tell Him" (Bert Berns) (originally by The Exciters) – 2:48
  10. "Neighborhood" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, John Sembello, Ralph Dino) – 2:21
  11. "Will You Marry Me?" (Vonda Shepard, Michael Landau) – 2:39
  12. "It's in His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song)" (Rudy Clark) (originally by Betty Everett) – 2:33
  13. "I Only Want to Be With You" (Ivor Raymonde, Michael Hawker) (originally by Dusty Springfield) – 2:12
  14. "Maryland" (Vonda Shepard) – 3:51

Charts

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[36] 4× Platinum 280,000^
Belgium (BEA)[37] Gold 25,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[38] 2× Platinum 200,000^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[39] Platinum 50,282[39]
France (SNEP)[40] Gold 100,000*
Japan (RIAJ)[41] Gold 100,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[42] Gold 50,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[43] Platinum 15,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[44] 2× Platinum 100,000*
Poland (ZPAV)[45] Platinum 100,000*
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[46] 3× Platinum 300,000^
Sweden (GLF)[47] Gold 40,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[48] Platinum 300,000^
United States (RIAA)[49] Platinum 1,000,000^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[50] 2× Platinum 2,000,000*

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

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