![]() Dirty Dancing is often considered one of Patrick Swayze's best movies, and that's partly thanks to him showing off his actual dance skills on screen. "Love Man" by Otis Redding - This Otis Redding R&B tune underscores the scene where Johnny tries teaching Baby new dance moves. "Yes" by Merry Clayton - This song appears twice in Dirty Dancing, first during the scene where Lisa (Jane Brucker) goes to Robbie's cabin and finds him with another girl, and again during the movie's credits. ![]() "Hey! Baby" by Bruce Channel - This song can be heard playing under the iconic scene where Baby and Johnny practice their dance routine in the woods. "Some Kind Of Wonderful" by The Drifters - A staple of popular movie soundtracks for decades, The Drifters' big hit plays during the scene where Johnny and company return from the dance at the Sheldrake Hotel. No song on the soundtrack represents the decade of Dirty Dancing's release better than the Zappacosta tune. "Overload" by Alfie Zappacosta - This cheesy '80s synth rock song plays under the scene where Johnny breaks his car window so that he and Baby can go to practice their dance. "In The Still Of The Night" by The Five Satins."Where Are You Tonight" by Tom Johnston."Stay" by Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs."She's Like The Wind" by Patrick Swayze."(I've Had) The Time Of My Life" by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes.Here's every song on the Dirty Dancing soundtrack, in order: As a result, the movie has a permanently nostalgic quality, and it was even adapted into a stage musical in 2004. While it's considered among the best dance movies of all time, Dirty Dancing's true power is its ability to evoke the bygone era of the 1960s while also being up-to-date with the 1980s sensibility. An immediate box office smash, grossing over $200 million (via Box Office Mojo), Dirty Dancing also won an Academy Award for Best Original Song, for "(I've Had) The Time of My Life," and its soundtrack went 14 times multi-platinum by 2022 (via RIAA).
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