Music from and Inspired by Desperate Housewives

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2005 soundtrack album by Various artists

Music from and Inspired by Desperate Housewives

Soundtrack album by

Various artists

Released| September 25, 2005
Genre|

* Pop
* Country[1]

Length| 52:26
Label| Hollywood
Producer|

* Bonnie Greenberg
* Christopher Thorn
* David Lyndon Huff
* Dann Huff
* Emilio Estefan
* Eric Bradley Smith
* Jamie Houston
* Jann Arden
* John Alagia
* k.d. lang
* Lawerance P. Dermer
* Macy Gray
* Marc Cherry
* Mark Goodman
* Martina McBride
* Matt Evans
* Matt Serletic
* Mitchell Leib
* Peter Collins
* Robert John "Mutt" Lange
* Russell Broom
* Sabrina Wind
* Sara Evans
* Teddy Borowiecki

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 ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
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[edit]

Standard editionNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Performer(s)| Length

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1.| "Mary Alice"|  | Mary Alice Young (Brenda Strong)| 0:48
2.| "God Bless the American Housewife"|

* Jann Arden Richards
* Russell Broom

| SHeDAISY| 3:43
3.| "Edie"|  | Edie Britt (Nicollette Sheridan)| 0:04
4.| "Shoes"|

* Joie Scott
* Kim Tribble
* Robert John "Mutt" Lange
* Shania Twain
* Tammy Hyler

| Shania Twain| 3:55
5.| "Band of Gold"|

* Edythe Wayne
* Ronald Dunbar

| Anna Nalick| 3:11
6.| "Lynette"|  | Lynette Scavo (Felicity Huffman)| 0:13
7.| "Mother's Little Helper"| Keith Richards & Mick Jagger| Liz Phair| 3:02
8.| "Mrs. Robinson"| Paul Simon| Indigo Girls| 3:46
9.| "Harper Valley PTA"| Tom T. Hall| Martina McBride| 3:26
10.| "Bree"|  | Bree Van de Kamp (Marcia Cross)| 0:06
11.| "We're Running Out of Time"|

* Tena Rix Clark
* Tim Heintz

| LeAnn Rimes| 4:07
12.| "Treat Me Right (I'm Yours for Life)"| Diane Warren| Joss Stone| 4:01
13.| "One's on the Way"| Shel Silverstein| Sara Evans| 3:22
14.| "Gabrielle"|  | Gabrielle Solis (Eva Longoria)| 0:04
15.| "Boom Boom"|

* Boots Ottestad
* Jeff Cohen

| Macy Gray| 2:40
16.| "Young Hearts Run Free"| David B. Crawford| Gloria Estefan| 3:45
17.| "Susan"|  | Susan Mayer (Teri Hatcher)| 0:06
18.| "Damsel in Distress"|

* Jamie O'Neal
* Jimmy Murphy
* Pat Murphy

| Idina Menzel| 3:08
19.| "Dreams of the Everyday Housewife"| Chris Gantry| k.d. lang| 3:53
20.| "Mary Alice"|  | Mary Alice Young| 0:12
21.| "Desperate Housewives Theme" / "Wisteria Lane"| Danny Elfman / uncredited| Danny Elfman / Marc Cherry| 2:23
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 editionNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Performer(s)| Length

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21.| "Desperate Housewives Theme"| Elfman| Danny Elfman| 6:07
22.| "God Bless the Canadian Housewife"|

* Richards
* Broom

| SHeDAISY| 3:43
23.| "Wisteria Lane"| uncredited| Marc Cherry| 1:24

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[edit]

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.

## External links[edit]

* Hollywood Records' official soundtrack website

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Desperate Housewives

Episodes|

| Season 1|

* "Pilot"
* "One Wonderful Day"

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Season 2|

* "Next"

Season 3|

* "Listen to the Rain on the Roof"
* "Bang"

Season 4|

* "Now You Know"

Season 5|

* "You're Gonna Love Tomorrow"

Season 6|

* "Nice Is Different Than Good"
* "How About a Friendly Shrink?"
* "Lovely"
* "The Chase"

Season 7|

* "Remember Paul?"

Season 8|

* "Secrets That I Never Want to Know"
* "Finishing the Hat"

Characters|

* Betty Applewhite
* Angie Bolen
* Edie Britt
* Mike Delfino
* Orson Hodge
* Julie Mayer
* Karl Mayer
* Susan Mayer
* Katherine Mayfair
* Karen McCluskey
* Renee Perry
* John Rowland
* Lynette Scavo
* Tom Scavo
* Carlos Solis
* Gabrielle Solis
* Andrew Van de Kamp
* Bree Van de Kamp
* Rex Van de Kamp
* Dave Williams
* Mary Alice Young
* Paul Young

Related|

* Cast members
* Awards and nominations
* Soundtrack
* Game
* Mobile App
* Wisteria Lane
* Amas de Casa Desesperadas
* ARG
* COL/ECU
* US
* Desperate Housewives Africa
* Umutsuz Ev Kadınları
* Desperate Housewives: The Game
* Devious Maids

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* MusicBrainz release group

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