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Music from and Inspired by Desperate Housewives

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Music from and Inspired by Desperate Housewives
Soundtrack album by
Various artists
ReleasedSeptember 25, 2005
Genre
Length52:26
LabelHollywood
Producer
Singles from Music from and Inspired by Desperate Housewives
  1. "Shoes"
    Released: August 29, 2005
  2. "God Bless the Canadian Housewife"
    Released: October 2005[2]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Music from and Inspired by Desperate Housewives is the soundtrack to the ABC television series Desperate Housewives. It was released in 2005 by Hollywood Records and distributed by Universal Music.

As the album title implies, most of the songs on the album were "inspired by" the series but did not appear in it.[1] None of the songs had been used in the series at the time the album was released (aside from the instrumental theme song), but "Band of Gold" and "Boom Boom" later made appearances. In addition to the songs, the album includes brief dialogue excerpts from the series.

Two official singles were released from the compilation, both of which were moderate successes. The lead, "Shoes", which was recorded by Canadian country pop singer Shania Twain, received mixed to negative reviews but became a minor success, peaking as high as number 29 on both the Billboard Hot Country Songs and Radio & Records Country Top 50 charts. While never released in the United States, the song "God Bless the American Housewife" (re-made in Canada as "God Bless the Canadian Housewife") by SHeDAISY became a minor top-20 hit on the Radio & Records Canada Country Top 30 chart.

Track listing

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Standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Performer(s)Length
1."Mary Alice" Mary Alice Young (Brenda Strong)0:48
2."God Bless the American Housewife"
SHeDAISY3:43
3."Edie" Edie Britt (Nicollette Sheridan)0:04
4."Shoes"
Shania Twain3:55
5."Band of Gold"
Anna Nalick3:11
6."Lynette" Lynette Scavo (Felicity Huffman)0:13
7."Mother's Little Helper"Keith Richards & Mick JaggerLiz Phair3:02
8."Mrs. Robinson"Paul SimonIndigo Girls3:46
9."Harper Valley PTA"Tom T. HallMartina McBride3:26
10."Bree" Bree Van de Kamp (Marcia Cross)0:06
11."We're Running Out of Time"
  • Tena Rix Clark
  • Tim Heintz
LeAnn Rimes4:07
12."Treat Me Right (I'm Yours for Life)"Diane WarrenJoss Stone4:01
13."One's on the Way"Shel SilversteinSara Evans3:22
14."Gabrielle" Gabrielle Solis (Eva Longoria)0:04
15."Boom Boom"
  • Boots Ottestad
  • Jeff Cohen
Macy Gray2:40
16."Young Hearts Run Free"David B. CrawfordGloria Estefan3:45
17."Susan" Susan Mayer (Teri Hatcher)0:06
18."Damsel in Distress"
  • Jamie O'Neal
  • Jimmy Murphy
  • Pat Murphy
Idina Menzel3:08
19."Dreams of the Everyday Housewife"Chris Gantryk.d. lang3:53
20."Mary Alice" Mary Alice Young0:12
21."Desperate Housewives Theme" / "Wisteria Lane"Danny Elfman / uncreditedDanny Elfman / Marc Cherry2:23
Total length:52:26

The Desperate Housewives theme itself is 40 seconds long. Track 21 appends "Wisteria Lane," a hidden track performed by the series' creator, following 20 seconds of silence.

Canadian edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Performer(s)Length
21."Desperate Housewives Theme"ElfmanDanny Elfman6:07
22."God Bless the Canadian Housewife"
  • Richards
  • Broom
SHeDAISY3:43
23."Wisteria Lane"uncreditedMarc Cherry1:24

The Canadian edition instead appends five and a half minutes of silence to track 21, then adds "God Bless the Canadian Housewife" and "Wisteria Lane" as separate tracks.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Desperate Housewives - Original TV Soundtrack". Allmusic. All Media Network, LLC.
  2. ^ "R&R Canada Country Top 30" (PDF). Radio & Records. October 28, 2005. p. 48.
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