Footloose is the original soundtrack of the
Paramount motion picture
Footloose. The original nine-track album was released in 1984 (see
1984 in music) and reached number one on the US
Billboard 200 chart on April 21, 1984, where it stayed until June 30, 1984. When it was re-released in 1998, four
bonus tracks were added to the album. In 2002,
Sony International released the Australian Souvenir Edition (aka Australian Cast Special Edition). Two megamixes were added to the album, featuring the Australian cast of the
Footloose musical. The original soundtrack contained six
Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 hits, three of which reached the Top 10, including two number-one hits,
Kenny Loggins' "Footloose" and
Deniece Williams' "Let's Hear It for the Boy", and "Almost Paradise", a duet by
Ann Wilson and
Mike Reno that reached number seven.