Anchorman: Music from the Motion Picture is the soundtrack

Soundtrack

A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...

 album to the 2004 film Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, or simply Anchorman, is a 2004 American comedy film, directed by Adam McKay and starring Will Ferrell. The film, which was also written by Ferrell and McKay, is a tongue-in-cheek take on the culture of the 1970s, particularly the then-new Action News format...

. The album is a compilation of the songs used in the film, with Will Ferrell

Will Ferrell

John William "Will" Ferrell is an American comedian, impressionist, actor, and writer. Ferrell first established himself in the late 1990s as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live, and has subsequently starred in the comedy films Old School, Elf, Anchorman, Talladega...

 in character as Ron Burgundy giving a brief introduction to each song (and literally crying throughout the playing of "Shannon").

Track listing

1. "A Life, a Song" - Legendary Anchorman Ron Burgundy Welcomes You to His Album
2. "Ride Captain Ride" - Blues Image (Konte/Pinera)
3. "Sunshine (Go Away Today)" - Jonathan Edwards (Edwards)
4. "Treat Her Like a Lady" - Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose (Cornelius
   Carter Cornelius
   Carter Cornelius was a rhythm and blues musician.-Band:A native of Dania Beach, Florida, Cornelius was part of the musical group Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose...
   
   )
5. "Groovy Situation" - Gene Chandler
   Gene Chandler
   Gene Chandler also known as "The Duke of Earl" or simply "The Duke", is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter, producer and record executive. He is one of the leading exponents of the 1960s Chicago soul scene...
   
    (Davis/Lewis)
6. "Carry On Wayward Son
   Carry On Wayward Son
   "Carry on Wayward Son" is a progressive rock single recorded by Kansas and written by Kerry Livgren for their 1976 album Leftoverture. In 1977, the song peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard pop singles chart, becoming their first Top 40 hit....
   
   " - Kansas
   Kansas (band)
   Kansas is an American rock band that became popular in the 1970s initially on Album-Oriented Rock charts, and later with hit singles such as "Carry On Wayward Son" and "Dust in the Wind"...
   
    (Livgren)
7. "Grazing in the Grass" - Friends of Distinction
   Friends of Distinction
   The Friends of Distinction are an American vocal group best known for their late 1960s hits, "Grazing in the Grass", "Love or Let Me Be Lonely", and "Going in Circles"...
   
    (Elston/Hou)
8. "Cherry, Cherry
   Cherry, Cherry
   "Cherry, Cherry" is a song written, composed, and recorded by Neil Diamond. The song was arranged by Artie Butler and produced by Jeff Barry & Ellie Greenwich. It was issued as a 45 single in 1966 and became Diamond's first big hit, reaching #6 on both the Billboard Hot 100 chart, in October 1966,...
   
   " - Neil Diamond
   Neil Diamond
   Neil Leslie Diamond is an American singer-songwriter with a career spanning over five decades from the 1960s until the present....
   
    (Diamond)
9. "That Lady" - Isley Brothers (Isley/Isley/Jasper/Isley/Isley/Isley)
10. "Shannon" - Henry Gross
    Henry Gross
    Henry Gross , is an American singer-songwriter best known for his association with the group, Sha Na Na, and for his hit song, "Shannon".-Early years:...
    
     (Gross)
11. "Use Me" - Bill Withers
    Bill Withers
    William Harrison "Bill" Withers, Jr. is an American singer-songwriter and musician who performed and recorded from 1970 until 1985. Some of his best-known songs are "Lean on Me", "Ain't No Sunshine", "Use Me", "Just the Two of Us", "Lovely Day", and "Grandma's Hands"...
    
     (Withers)
12. "Help Yourself" - Tom Jones
    Tom Jones (singer)
    Sir Thomas John Woodward, OBE , known by his stage name Tom Jones, is a Welsh singer.Since the mid 1960s, Jones has sung many styles of popular music – pop, rock, R&B, show tunes, country, dance, techno, soul and gospel – and sold over 100 million records...
    
     (Fishman/Donida/Mogol)
13. "She's Gone" - Hall & Oates
    Hall & Oates
    Hall & Oates are an American musical duo composed of Daryl Hall and John Oates. They achieved their greatest fame in the late 1970s and early to mid-1980s. Both sing and play instruments. They specialized in a fusion of rock and roll and rhythm and blues styles, which they dubbed "rock and soul."...
    
     (Hall/Oates)
14. "Afternoon Delight
    Afternoon Delight (song)
    "Afternoon Delight" is the title of a song recorded by American group, Starland Vocal Band, featuring close harmony and sexually suggestive wordplay. It was written by Bill Danoff, one of the members of the band. It became a number-one U.S. Billboard Hot 100 single on July 10, 1976...
    
    " - Will Ferrell & the Channel 4 News Team (Danoff)
15. Ron Burgundy's Sign Off

Additional Music

• "Deep Burgundy" - Marc Ellis (Ellis).

"The Channel 4 News Team" is Will Ferrell

Will Ferrell

John William "Will" Ferrell is an American comedian, impressionist, actor, and writer. Ferrell first established himself in the late 1990s as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live, and has subsequently starred in the comedy films Old School, Elf, Anchorman, Talladega...

, Paul Rudd

Paul Rudd

Paul Stephen Rudd is an American actor and screenwriter. He has primarily appeared in comedies, and is known for his roles in the films Clueless, Wet Hot American Summer, Anchorman, Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Dinner for Schmucks, The Object of My...

, Steve Carell

Steve Carell

Steven John "Steve" Carell is an American comedian, actor, voice artist, producer, writer, and director. Although Carell is notable for his role on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, he found greater fame in the late 2000s for playing Michael Scott on The Office...

, and David Koechner

David Koechner

David Michael Koechner is an American comedian, musician, and character actor. Koechner began studying improvisational comedy in Chicago at the ImprovOlympic, under the teachings of Del Close, before joining the Second City Northwest...

 (in character as Ron Burgundy, Brian Fantana, Brick Tamland, and Champ Kind, respectively), performing a cover of "Afternoon Delight", originally performed by Starland Vocal Band

Starland Vocal Band

Starland Vocal Band were an American pop band, known primarily for "Afternoon Delight", one of the biggest-selling singles in 1976.-Career:The group began as 'Fat City', a husband/wife duo of Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert. The band was also composed of Jon Carroll and Margot Chapman...

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