From: lazlo@triton.unm.edu (Lazlo Nibble)
Date: 25 Oct 91 19:30:01 GMT
Newsgroups: rec.music.misc
Subject: Re: Ferris Buehler's Day Off

niklasn@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Niklas Newark) writes:

[About the Dream Academy cover of "Please, Please, Please..." from the
 museum scene:]

> The single version is not the instrumental featured in the film, but a
> complete vocal rendition. I don't know if the instrumental version is
> available anywhere. If it is, I should like to know. Is there a Ferris
> Bueller soundtrack album? 

Here's the current version of my Ferris-file -- it ought to answer all
your questions.

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FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF -- The Soundtrack             updated 25 October 1991

      compiled by Lazlo Nibble (Ernie Longmire) -- lazlo@triton.unm.edu
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There was never a soundtrack album released from the film FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY
OFF, because director John Hughes didn't think that the diverse range of
styles of songs in the movie would "work" on one album.  The closest that
they got to putting out a soundtrack was a promotional single with a couple
of tracks from the movie; it was distributed at sneak previews and the
like.  (Dunno what's on it.)

This listing's designed to help people find all the songs used in the movie
so they can compile their own soundtrack tape.  If you have information not
included here, please send it to me.  Maybe someday some enterprising
bootlegger will pull these all together and release one of their own (hint
hint).
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Scene:	Opening of the film, after Ferris spoofs his parents.
Song:	Sigue Sigue Sputnik: "Love Missile F1-11 (dance mix)" [edit for movie]
On:	"Love Missile F1-11" 12" single (EMI-Manhattan V-56021)
	
Scene:	When Ferris is trying to convince Cameron to come over
Song:	"Theme From I DREAM OF JEANNIE"
On:	TELEVISION'S GREATEST HITS VOLUME II (Tee Vee Toons <?>)

Scene:	"The 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California"
Song:	Yello: "Oh Yeah"
On:	"Oh Yeah" 7" single, STELLA (album), ONE SECOND (album)

Scene:	Aerial shots entering Chicago
Song:	The Flowerpot Men (Ben Watkins/Adam Paters): "Beat City"
On:	THE JANICE LONG SESSIONS (ep)

Scene:	Leaving the Ferrari with the Garage Psychos (heard on the radio)
Song:	Big Audio Dynamite: "B.A.D."
On:	BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE (album)

Scene:	Rooney tracks Ferris to the arcade -- or so he thinks
Song:	Unknown

Scene:	Garage Psychos in the Ferrari
Song:	"Theme from STAR WARS"
On:	STAR WARS Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Scene:	Ferris, Sloane, and Cameron in the Art Museum
Song:	Dream Academy: "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want (inst.)"
On:	"Please Please Please..." 12" single (UK 1985, Blanco Y Negro NEG 20T)

Scene:	Ferris sings at the parade
Song:	Wayne Newton: "Danke Schoen"
On:	Unknown

Scene:	The Parade
Song:	The Beatles: "Twist And Shout"
On:	PLEASE PLEASE ME

Scene:	Returning from Chicago
Song:	Zapp: "Radio People"
On:	THE NEW ZAPP IV U

Scene:	At the beach?
Song:	Blue Room: "I'm Afraid"
On:	Unknown

Scene:	At the pool
Song:	General Public: "Taking The Day Off"
On:	"Too Much or Nothing" single (US), "Faults and All" single (UK)

Scene:	Ferris says goodbye to Sloane
Song:	Dream Academy: "The Edge Of Forever"
On:	THE DREAM ACADEMY

Scene:	Ferris beats feet for home
Song:	The (English) Beat: "March Of The Swivel Heads"
On:	"Jeanette" 12" single (UK, Go-Feet Records FEET 1215)

Scene:	Closing credits, Rooney on the bus
Song:	Yello: "Oh Yeah (dance mix)"
On:	"Oh Yeah" 12" single

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