The Dick Tracy OST is a 1990 soundtrack album

Soundtrack album

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 to the film of the same name. It features songs written by Andy Paley

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 and performed by such diverse musicians and singers as k.d. lang

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, Jerry Lee Lewis

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, Brenda Lee

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, Tommy Page

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, August Darnell, Patti Austin

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, Erasure

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, Ice-T

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, LaVern Baker

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, Al Jarreau

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, Darlene Love

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 and Paley himself. Most of the songs on the album are performed in the style of the music of the 1930s, the era in which the film is set, with the exception of more modern performances such as a rock and roll

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 version of Lewis' "It Was the Whiskey Talkin' (Not Me)" and a "90's Mix" of Ice-T's "Dick Tracy". Six of the album's sixteen tracks were not featured in the film: "The Confidence Man", "Dick Tracy", "Slow Rollin' Mama", "Mr. Fix It (1930's Version)", "Mr. Fix It" and "Dick Tracy ('90s Mix)". A month after the release of the soundtrack album, Ice-T released a single titled "Dick Tracy

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" which featured a different song from the one featured on the album. The album is one of three soundtracks released for the film, the others being Madonna

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's I'm Breathless

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album, and an orchestral score

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 by Danny Elfman

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Track listing

#	Title	Performer(s)	Time
1	Ridin' the Rails	k.d. lang Take Six	2:17
2	Pep, Vim and Verve	Jeff Vincent Andy Paley	3:21
3	It Was the Whiskey Talkin' (Not Me)	Jerry Lee Lewis Jerry Lee Lewis Jerry Lee Lewis is an American rock and roll and country music singer-songwriter and pianist. An early pioneer of rock and roll music, Lewis's career faltered after he married his young cousin, and he afterwards made a career extension to country and western music. He is known by the nickname 'The...	3:39
4	You're in the Doghouse Now	Brenda Lee Brenda Lee Brenda Mae Tarpley , known as Brenda Lee, is an American performer who sang rockabilly, pop and country music, and had 37 US chart hits during the 1960s, a number surpassed only by Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Ray Charles and Connie Francis...	1:58
5	Some Lucky Day	Andy Paley	2:33
6	Blue Nights	Tommy Page	2:44
7	Wicked Woman, Foolish Man	August Darnell	2:12
8	The Confidence Man	Patti Austin	2:23
9	Looking Glass Sea	Erasure Erasure Erasure are an English synthpop duo, consisting of songwriter and keyboardist Vince Clarke and singer Andy Bell. Erasure entered the music scene in 1985 with their debut single "Who Needs Love Like That"...	2:45
10	Dick Tracy	Ice-T ICE-T * Ice-T, an American rapper and actor* ICE T , a tilting model of the German InterCityExpress series of high-speed trains...	2:37
11	Slow Rollin' Mama	LaVern Baker LaVern Baker LaVern Baker was an American rhythm and blues singer, who had several hit records on the pop chart in the 1950s and early 1960s. Her most successful records were "Tweedlee Dee" , "Jim Dandy" , and "I Cried a Tear" .-Early life:She was born Delores LaVern Baker in Chicago, Illinois...	2:24
12	Rompin' & Stompin'	Al Jarreau Al Jarreau Alwin "Al" Lopez Jarreau is a seven-time Grammy Award winning jazz singer.- Background :Jarreau was born in Milwaukee, the fifth of six children. His web site refers to Reservoir, Inc., the name of the street where he lived. His father was a Seventh-Day Adventist Church minister and singer, and...	2:05
13	Mr. Fix It [1930s Version]	Darlene Love	2:50
14	Mr. Fix It	Darlene Love	3:15
15	It Was the Whiskey Talkin' (Not Me) [Rock & Roll Version]	Jerry Lee Lewis Jerry Lee Lewis Jerry Lee Lewis is an American rock and roll and country music singer-songwriter and pianist. An early pioneer of rock and roll music, Lewis's career faltered after he married his young cousin, and he afterwards made a career extension to country and western music. He is known by the nickname 'The...	2:55
16	Dick Tracy [90's Mix]	Ice-T ICE-T * Ice-T, an American rapper and actor* ICE T , a tilting model of the German InterCityExpress series of high-speed trains...	5:28