| Godzilla: The Album | |
| Type: | Soundtrack |
| Artist: | Various artists |
| Cover: | Godzilla OST.jpg |
| Released: | May 19, 1998 |
| Recorded: | 1997–1998 |
| Genre: | Rap rock, alternative rock |
| Length: | 59:04 |
| Label: | Epic |
Godzilla: The Album is the soundtrack to the 1998 film Godzilla. It was released on May 19, 1998, through Epic Records and mainly consists of alternative rock songs.
The album's most successful single was Puff Daddy and Jimmy Page's "Come with Me" which peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified platinum. The single sold a certified 2.025million copies worldwide.[1]
Other hit singles included Jamiroquai's "Deeper Underground", the band's only No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart, and The Wallflowers' cover of "Heroes", which peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart in 1998.
A notable entry is "No Shelter" by Rage Against the Machine, in which a line in the lyrics of the song appears to criticize the film for distracting the public, saying, "Godzilla, pure motherfucking filler. Get your eyes off the real killer."
The soundtrack debuted at number two on the Billboard 200, being blocked from number one by DMX's debut album, It's Dark and Hell Is Hot. The album was commercially successful, being certified platinum in the United States, Japan, and New Zealand; gold in Australia, and 3x platinum in Canada.[2] [3]
By July 1998, the album sold 2.5million copies worldwide.[4] It was #56 on the Billboard chart of 1998's best-selling albums, having sold 1.3million copies in the United States by the end of 1998.[5]