Times Square (soundtrack)


Times Square: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is a 1980 soundtrack album of mostly new wave and punk rock from the film of the same name. One song from the film, "Dangerous Type" by The Cars, was not included on the two-LP release.

Track listing

All songs produced 1980 except as noted.

Side one

  1. Suzi Quatro: "Rock Hard" – 3:18
  2. The Pretenders: "Talk of the Town" – 3:16
  3. Roxy Music: "Same Old Scene" – 3:54
  4. Gary Numan: "Down in the Park" – 4:20
  5. Robin Gibb and Marcy Levy: "Help Me!" – 3:37

    Side two

  6. Talking Heads: "Life During Wartime" – 3:40
  7. Joe Jackson: "Pretty Boys" – 3:27
  8. XTC: "Take This Town" – 4:08
  9. Ramones: "I Wanna Be Sedated" – 2:29
  10. Robin Johnson: "Damn Dog" – 2:40

    Side three

  11. Robin Johnson and Trini Alvarado: "Your Daughter Is One" – 2:10
  12. The Ruts: "Babylon's Burning" – 2:34
  13. D.L. Byron: "You Can't Hurry Love" – 3:04
  14. Lou Reed: "Walk on the Wild Side" – 4:12
  15. Desmond Child and Rouge: "The Night Was Not" – 3:08

    Side four

  16. Garland Jeffreys: "Innocent, Not Guilty" – 2:13
  17. The Cure: "Grinding Halt" – 2:49
  18. Patti Smith Group: "Pissing in the River" – 4:41
  19. David Johansen and Robin Johnson: "Flowers of the City" – 3:58
  20. Robin Johnson: "Damn Dog" – 2:40

    Single release

A split single of the soundtrack was released, featuring the songs by XTC and The Ruts. The tracklist was:
Side A. Take This Town
Side B. Babylon's Burning

Charts

Album
Chart Peak
position
Billboard Top LPs37

Single
YearSingleChartPosition
1980"Help Me!" Billboard Hot 10050

Personnel