FM: The Original Movie Soundtrack explained

FM: The Original Movie Soundtrack
Type:	Soundtrack
Artist:	Various artists
Cover:	FM soundtrack.jpg
Released:	April 12, 1978
Genre:	Rock
Label:	MCA
Producer:	Various artists

FM: The Original Movie Soundtrack is the original soundtrack to the 1978 film FM.

Reception

In the United States, the album reached the Top Five of Billboard's album chart and quickly earned a Platinum-certified disc. It reached 37 in the UK charts.^[1]

Roger Nichols won the 1979 Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical for his work on the soundtrack.

Track listing

LP

Side One

1. "FM (No Static at All)" - Steely Dan – 4:52
2. "Night Moves" - Bob Seger – 3:27
3. "Fly Like an Eagle" - Steve Miller Band – 3:04
4. "Cold as Ice" - Foreigner – 3:20
5. "Breakdown" - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – 2:44
6. "Bad Man" - Randy Meisner – 2:38

Side Two (Order of songs on inside jacket show side three songs before side two songs)

1. "Life in the Fast Lane" - Eagles – 4:46
2. "Do It Again" - Steely Dan – 5:54
3. "Lido Shuffle" - Boz Scaggs – 3:42
4. "More Than a Feeling" - Boston – 4:45

Side Three

1. "Tumbling Dice" - Linda Ronstadt – 4:51 (Live Version)
2. "Poor, Poor Pitiful Me" - Linda Ronstadt – 4:15 (Live Version)
3. "Livingston Saturday Night" - Jimmy Buffett – 3:10
4. "There's a Place in the World for a Gambler" - Dan Fogelberg – 5:41
5. "Just the Way You Are" - Billy Joel – 4:49

Side Four

1. "It Keeps You Runnin'" - The Doobie Brothers – 4:13
2. "Your Smiling Face" - James Taylor – 2:43
3. "Life's Been Good" - Joe Walsh – 8:05
4. "We Will Rock You" - Queen – 2:04
5. "FM - Reprise" - Steely Dan – 2:54

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Cassette

Side A

1. "FM (No Static at All)" - Steely Dan – 4:52
2. "Night Moves" - Bob Seger – 3:27
3. "Fly Like an Eagle" - Steve Miller Band – 3:04
4. "Cold as Ice" - Foreigner – 3:20
5. "Livingston Saturday Night" - Jimmy Buffett – 3:10
6. "Bad Man" - Randy Meisner – 2:38
7. "Life in the Fast Lane" - Eagles – 4:46
8. "Breakdown" - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – 2:44
9. "Just the Way You Are" - Billy Joel – 4:49
10. "Lido Shuffle" - Boz Scaggs – 3:42
11. "More Than a Feeling" - Boston – 4:45

Side B

1. "Tumbling Dice" - Linda Ronstadt – 4:51 (Live Version)
2. "Poor, Poor Pitiful Me" - Linda Ronstadt – 4:15 (Live Version)
3. "Do It Again" - Steely Dan – 5:54
4. "There's a Place in the World for a Gambler" - Dan Fogelberg – 5:41
5. "It Keeps You Runnin'" - The Doobie Brothers – 4:13
6. "Your Smiling Face" - James Taylor – 2:43
7. "Life's Been Good" - Joe Walsh – 8:05
8. "We Will Rock You" - Queen – 2:04
9. "FM - Reprise" - Steely Dan – 2:54

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Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (1978)	Position
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)^[6]	44
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[7]	13

Notes and References

1. Web site: Official Albums Chart Top 60 | Official Charts Company. Official Charts.
2. Order of track listing verified by the sequence of songs on the double album.Record released by MCA RECORDS, INC. 1978
3. Order of track listing taken from cassette label and verified by the sequence of songs on the tape.Cassette released by MCA RECORDS, INC. 1978Sequence reordered on May 23, 2015
4. Side A and B verified at https://www.discogs.com/Various-FM-The-Original-Movie-Soundtrack/release/3838198
5. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 321.
6. Web site: Top 100 Albums of '78 . RPM. Library and Archives Canada. January 25, 2022.
7. Web site: Top Selling Albums of 1978 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart. Recorded Music New Zealand. January 25, 2022.