Glee: The Music, Volume 5

2011 soundtrack album by Glee Cast

Glee: The Music, Volume 5

Soundtrack album by

Glee Cast

Released| March 8, 2011 (2011-03-08)
Genre| Pop, rock
Length| 57:13
Label| Columbia / 20th Century Fox TV
Producer| Dante Di Loreto (exec.), Brad Falchuk (exec.), Adam Anders, Peer Åström, Max Martin, Ryan Murphy, Shellback
Glee Cast chronology
| Glee: The Music, Volume 4
(2010)  | Glee: The Music, Volume 5
(2011)  | Glee: The Music Presents the Warblers
(2011)

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Singles from  Glee: The Music, Volume 5

1. "Loser like Me"
Released: March 1, 2011

Glee: The Music, Volume 5 is the sixth soundtrack album by the cast of the musical television series Glee. Released on March 8, 2011, by Columbia Records, it was produced executively by Dante Di Loreto and Brad Falchuk. In addition to 14 cover versions from its second season, the album contains two of the series' first original songs. The first of these, "Get It Right", was composed specifically for cast member Lea Michele, and the other, "Loser like Me", is a group number written with the Swedish songwriter Max Martin. All of its tracks have been released as singles, and have managed to place on several national record charts.

## Background[edit]

The album features music starting from Glee's post-Super Bowl episode.[1] American actress Gwyneth Paltrow, who made an appearance in an earlier episode covering Cee Lo Green's "Forget You!", returns for three additional songs.[2] Glee: The Music, Volume 5, announced in a press release on February 22, 2011, features the series' first original songs.[2] "Loser like Me" is performed by the main glee club New Directions, with Lea Michele and Cory Monteith, as Rachel Berry and Finn Hudson, on lead vocals.[3] Described by Glee music supervisor Adam Anders as "a very uptempo, kind-of-summery hit", the song was co-written with Swedish music songwriter and producer Max Martin, known for his work with many pop artists. Having covered many of Martin's co-written songs on the series, including songs by Britney Spears and Kelly Clarkson, Anders felt it was appropriate to have his involvement.[3] According to the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers database, co-writers on the song include Anders, Peer Åström, Savan Kotecha, and Johan Schuster.[4] The second song, "Get It Right", is a ballad specifically inspired by and composed for Michele by Anders, his writing partner, and his wife.[3] Both songs premiered on Ryan Seacrest's radio program on February 25, 2011, and were performed in the episode "Original Song", on March 15, 2011.[3][5] "Loser like Me" also saw a radio release date--March 1, 2011 for pop and adult pop stations.[6]

## Reception[edit]

Allmusic's Andrew Leahey gave the album a rating of two-and-a-half stars out of five, praising the first track, "Thriller / Heads Will Roll", as well as Paltrow's appearances. However, he found monotony in Glee's conventional mix of popular music and show tunes, even with the two original tracks.[7] Rolling Stone's Jody Rosen gave "Loser like Me" a four-star rating out of five, and felt its message related well to the show's theme.[8] While initial sales projections were set at 75,000 copies, Glee: The Music, Volume 5 sold 90,000 copies in the US, debuting at number three on the Billboard 200.[9][10] The album debuted on the New Zealand Albums Chart at number thirty-five and climbed to number three the next week.[11][12] On the Australian Albums Chart, Volume 5 debuted at number one, becoming the second album by the cast to reach the top spot, following Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers.[13] In Canada, the album debuted at #3 on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 5,700 copies in its second week of release.[14] The album debuted in Ireland on April 14, 2011 at number five.[15]

## Singles[edit]

See also: Glee discography

All songs from the album have been released as singles, available for digital download.[16] "Thriller / Heads Will Roll" has charted highest in Australia, at number 17, while the Glee Cast original "Loser like Me" charted highest in the United States and Canada, at number 6 and 9, respectively.[17] Two tracks on the album have charted higher on the Billboard Hot 100 than the original versions. The cast's cover of My Chemical Romance's "Sing" charted at number 49 while the original reached number 58, and "Take Me or Leave Me" from the musical Rent charted at number 51 while the version from its 2005 film adaptation failed to chart on the Hot 100, bubbling instead at number 25.[18]

## Track listing[edit]

Unless otherwise indicated, Information is based on Liner Notes[19]

No.| Title| Writer(s)| Version covered| Length

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1.| "Thriller / Heads Will Roll"| Rod Temperton / Brian Chase, Karen Orzolek, Nick Zinner| Michael Jackson / Yeah Yeah Yeahs| 3:36
2.| "Need You Now"| Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott, Dave Haywood, Josh Kear| Lady Antebellum| 3:37
3.| "She's Not There"| Rod Argent| The Zombies| 2:28
4.| "Fat Bottomed Girls"| Brian May| Queen| 4:12
5.| "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)"| James Ingram, Quincy Jones| Michael Jackson| 3:56
6.| "Firework"| Tor Hermansen, Mikkel Eriksen, Katy Perry, Ester Dean, Sandy Wilheim| Katy Perry (Samples Instrumental track of version covered with added synthesizers)| 3:47
7.| "Baby"| Christopher Bridges, Christine Flores, Christopher Stewart, Terius Nash, Justin Bieber| Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris| 3:35
8.| "Somebody to Love"| Heather Bright, Ray Romulus, Jeremy Reeves, Jonathan Yip, Bieber| Justin Bieber| 3:10
9.| "Take Me or Leave Me"| Jonathan Larson| Idina Menzel and Fredi Walker from the musical Rent| 3:11
10.| "Sing"| My Chemical Romance| My Chemical Romance| 4:03
11.| "Don't You Want Me"| Philip Oakey, Jo Callis, Philip Adrian Wright| The Human League| 3:33
12.| "Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)" (featuring Gwyneth Paltrow)| Gary Glitter, Mike Leander| Joan Jett[2]| 3:36
13.| "Kiss" (featuring Gwyneth Paltrow)| Prince| Prince and The Revolution[20]| 3:37
14.| "Landslide" (featuring Gwyneth Paltrow)| Stevie Nicks| Fleetwood Mac[2]| 3:46
15.| "Get It Right"| Adam Anders, Nikki Hassman, Peer Åström| Original composition| 3:47
16.| "Loser like Me"| Anders, Åström, Savan Kotecha, Max Martin, Shellback[4]| Original composition| 3:19

UK edition[21]/Brazilian edition[22]/Japanese edition[23]No.| Title| Writer(s)| Version covered| Length

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12.| "Kiss" (featuring Gwyneth Paltrow)| Prince| Prince and The Revolution[20]| 3:37
13.| "Landslide" (featuring Gwyneth Paltrow)| Nicks| Dixie Chicks[2]| 3:46
14.| "Afternoon Delight" (featuring John Stamos)|  | Starland Vocal Band| 3:11
15.| "Get It Right"| Anders|  | 3:47
16.| "Loser like Me"| Anders, Åström, Kotecha, Martin, Schuster[4]|  | 3:19

Japanese bonus tracks[23]No.| Title| Writer(s)| Original artist(s)| Length

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17.| "Blame It (On the Alcohol)"| James T. Brown, John Conte Jr., Jamie Foxx, Christopher Henderson, Brandon R. Melanchon, Terius Nash, Breyon Prescott, David Ballard, Christopher Stewart, T-Pain & Nathan L. Walker| Jamie Foxx and T-Pain| 3:19
18.| "Tik Tok"| Kesha Sebert, Lukasz Gottwald, Benjamin Levin| Kesha| 3:19

## Personnel[edit]

Unless otherwise indicated, Information is based on Liner Notes[19]

* Dianna Agron – vocals (Credit only)
* Adam Anders – musical arrangement, engineer, music producer, vocal producer, soundtrack producer, digital editing, vocal arrangement, additional background vocals (All tracks)
* Alex Anders – digital editing, engineer, additional vocal producer, additional background vocals
* Nikki Anders – additional vocal arrangement, additional background vocals
* Rod Argent – composer
* Peer Åström – musical arrangement, music producer, vocal producer, engineer, mixing (All tracks)
* Kala Balch – additional background vocals
* Dave Bett – art direction
* PJ Bloom – music supervisor
* Ravaughn Brown – additional background vocals
* Geoff Bywater – executive in charge of music
* Deyder Cintron – assistant engineer, digital editing
* Chris Colfer – vocals (Credit only)
* Kamari Copeland – additional background vocals
* Darren Criss – lead vocals (11)
* Tim Davis – vocal contractor, additional vocal arrangement, additional background vocals
* Dante Di Loreto – soundtrack executive producer
* Brad Falchuk – soundtrack executive producer
* Chris Feldman – art direction
* Serban Ghenea – mixing
* Heather Guibert – coordination
* Missi Hale – additional background vocals
* Jon Hall – additional background vocals
* Fredrik Jansson – assistant engineer

* Tobias Kampe-Flygare – assistant engineer
* Storm Lee – additional background vocals
* David Loucks – additional background vocals
* Jane Lynch – vocals (Credit only)
* Meaghan Lyons – coordination
* Dominick Maita – mastering
* Chris Mann – additional background vocals
* Max Martin – music producer, vocal producer (16)
* Jayma Mays – vocals (Credit only)
* Kevin McHale – lead vocals (1, 3, 5, 7-8, 12)
* Lea Michele – lead vocals (1-2, 6, 9-11, 15-16)
* Cory Monteith – lead vocals (1, 3, 10, 16)
* Heather Morris – lead vocals (14, 16)
* Matthew Morrison – lead vocals (13)
* Ryan Murphy – music producer, vocal producer (All tracks), soundtrack producer
* Chord Overstreet – lead vocals (3, 7-8, 16)
* Gwyneth Paltrow \- lead vocals (12-14)
* Ryan Petersen – assistant engineer
* Nicole Ray – coordination
* Amber Riley – lead vocals (1, 9, 12, 16)
* Naya Rivera – lead vocals (1, 14, 16)
* Mark Salling – lead vocals (2, 4, 16)
* Harry Shum Jr. \- lead vocals (16)
* Drew Ryan Scott – additional background vocals
* Onitsha Shaw – additional background vocals
* Shellback – music producer, vocal producer (16)
* Jenny Sinclair – coordination
* Jenna Ushkowitz – vocals (Credit only)
* Windy Wagner – additional background vocals
* Joe Wohlmuth – assistant engineer

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## Charts and certifications[edit]

### Weekly charts[edit]

| Chart (2011)  | Peak
position

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Australian Albums (ARIA)[24] | 1
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[25] | 3
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[26] | 27
French Albums (SNEP)[27] | 100
Irish Albums (IRMA)[28] | 5
Mexican Albums (AMPROFON[29] | 23
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[30] | 3
Scottish Albums (OCC)[31] | 4
UK Albums (OCC)[32] | 4
US Billboard 200[33] | 3
US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard)[34] | 1

### Year-end charts[edit]

| Chart (2011)  | Position

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Australian Albums (ARIA)[35] | 41
UK Albums (OCC)[36] | 135
US Billboard 200[37] | 110
US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard)[38] | 8

### Certifications[edit]

Country  | Certification

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Australia  | Gold[39]
New Zealand  | Gold[40]

## Release history[edit]

List of release dates, showing country and formats released  Country  | Release date  | Format(s)

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Australia[41] | March 8, 2011  | Digital download
Canada[42][43] | CD, digital download
New Zealand[44] | Digital download
United States[45][46] | CD, digital download
Australia[47] | March 11, 2011  | CD
United Kingdom[21][48] | April 11, 2011  | CD, digital download
Italy[49] | October 18, 2011  | CD, digital download

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## External links[edit]

* Glee: The Music, Volume 5 at Allmusic

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Glee

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* Merchandise

Episodes|

* Season: 1
* 2
* 3
* 4
* 5
* 6

Characters|

| Main|

* Quinn Fabray
* Kurt Hummel
* Terri Schuester
* Sue Sylvester
* Emma Pillsbury
* Artie Abrams
* Rachel Berry
* Finn Hudson
* Will Schuester
* Mercedes Jones
* Noah Puckerman
* Tina Cohen-Chang
* Brittany Pierce
* Burt Hummel
* Santana Lopez
* Blaine Anderson
* Mike Chang
* Sam Evans
* Marley Rose
* Ryder Lynn
* Unique Adams
* Kitty Wilde
* Coach Beiste

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Recurring|

* Lauren Zizes
* Dave Karofsky
* Shelby Corcoran
* Holly Holliday
* Rory Flanagan
* Elliott Gilbert

Albums|

* Volume 1
* Volume 2
* Volume 3 Showstoppers
* The Christmas Album
* Volume 4
* Volume 5
* Presents the Warblers
* Volume 6
* The 3D Concert Movie
* The Christmas Album Volume 2
* Volume 7
* The Graduation Album
* Season 4, Volume 1
* The Christmas Album Volume 3
* Sings the Beatles

Extended plays|

* The Power of Madonna
* Journey to Regionals
* The Rocky Horror Glee Show
* Britney 2.0
* Presents Glease
* The Quarterback
* The Christmas Album Volume 4

Songs|

| Seasons|

* 1
* 2
* 3
* 4
* 5
* 6

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Original|

* "Get It Right"
* "Loser like Me"
* "Pretending"
* "Light Up the World"
* "This Time"

Related|

* Glee Live! In Concert!
* The Glee Project
* Glee: The 3D Concert Movie
* "See the USA in Your Chevrolet"

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