Yentl (soundtrack) explained

Yentl
Type:Soundtrack
Artist:Barbra Streisand
Cover:Yentl soundtrack album cover.jpg
Released:November 8, 1983
Recorded:1983
Genre:Musical
Length:45:30
Label:Columbia
Producer:Barbra Streisand and Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Dave Grusin, Phil Ramone
Prev Title:Memories
Prev Year:1981
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Next Year:1984

Yentl is a soundtrack album to the film of the same name by American singer Barbra Streisand. It was released on November 8, 1983, by Columbia Records.[1] The album was produced by Streisand and Alan and Marilyn Bergman, and arranged and conducted by Michel Legrand. The music is by Legrand and the lyrics by the Bergmans. The album peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard Top 200 LP chart was gold and platinum status on January 9, 1984, by the RIAA for shipping 500,000 and 1 million copies, respectively.[1]

"The Way He Makes Me Feel" was released as the album's lead single reaching number 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and spending two weeks at number one on the adult contemporary chart.[2] "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" was released as a follow-up and became another Top 30 Adult Contemporary Hit. "No Matter What Happens" was released as the second single in the UK.

In 1991, Streisand released three demos from the album sessions on her retrospective box set: Just for the Record including the previously unreleased song "The Moon And I."

According to the liner notes of Just for the Record, the album also received a record certification in France, the Netherlands and Israel.[3] Streisand told Digital Audio & Compact Disc Review magazine, that the album sold more than 3.5 million copies worldwide.[4]

Track listing

All music composed by Michel Legrand; all lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman

  1. "Where Is It Written?" – 4:52
  2. "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" – 3:29
  3. "This Is One of Those Moments" – 4:07
  4. "No Wonder" – 2:30
  5. "The Way He Makes Me Feel" – 3:44
  6. "No Wonder" (Part Two) – 3:19
  7. "Tomorrow Night" – 4:43
  8. "Will Someone Ever Look at Me That Way?" – 3:03
  9. "No Matter What Happens" – 4:03
  10. "No Wonder" (Reprise) – 1:05
  11. "A Piece of Sky" – 4:19
  12. "The Way He Makes Me Feel" (Studio version) – 4:09
  13. "No Matter What Happens" (Studio version) – 3:18

On October 27, 2023, a 2-disc 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of the soundtrack was released. The second disc features previously unreleased demos that Streisand recorded in her living room accompanied by Legrand on piano.[5]

  1. "Where Is It Written? (demo)" – 5:15
  2. "Papa, Can You Hear Me? (demo)" – 3:11
  3. "The Way He Makes Me Feel (demo)" – 3:34
  4. "Several Sins a Day (demo)" – 3:52
  5. "No Wonder (demo) with Marilyn Bergman" – 5:33
  6. "Tomorrow Night (demo)" – 6:05
  7. "Will Someone Ever Look at Me That Way (demo) with Michel Legrand vocals" – 3:31
  8. "The Moon and I (demo)" – 4:29
  9. "A Piece of Sky (demo)" – 4:31
  10. "Papa, Can You Hear Me? (Studio version)" – 3:34
  11. "Several Sins a Day (Orchestrated version)" – 3:09
  12. "Where Is It Written? (with Rabbinical Choir)" – 2:35
  13. "Papa, Can You Hear Me? (Single version)" – 3:00
  14. "This Is One of Those Moments (Reprise)" – 1:19
  15. "End Title (Instrumental Medley)" – 5:14

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1983/84)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] 24
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[7] 7
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[8] 16
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[9] 6
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[10] 14
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[11] 26
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[12] 2
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[13] 29
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[14] 4
UK Albums (OCC)[15] 21
US Billboard 200[16] 9

Year-end charts

Chart (1984)Position
Canadian Albums (RPM)[18] 91
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[19] 40
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[20] 14
US Cash Box[21] 47

Certifications and sales

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Notes and References

  1. http://barbra-archives.com/record/albums/yentl.html Barbra Streisand - Yentl (soundtrack)
  2. Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications)
  3. Liner notes, C4K 44111. Columbia Records, 1991
  4. McKuen, Rod. (February 1986) Barbra Streisand Stages a Hit Peterborough, N.H. : WGE Pub., c1985-1988. Digital Audio & Compact Disc Review Retrieved January 17, 2016.
  5. Web site: September 8, 2023. ‘Yentl’ 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition Soundtrack Album Announced. December 2, 2023. Film Music Reporter.
  6. 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. 283.
  7. Web site: austriancharts.at Barbra Streisand- Yentl (soundtrack). Hung Medien. de. ASP. January 16, 2016.
  8. Web site: RPM: Top Albums/CDs . RPM Canada. January 16, 2016.
  9. Web site: dutchcharts.nl Barbra Streisand- Yentl (soundtrack). MegaCharts. nl. Hung Medien. ASP. January 16, 2016.
  10. Book: Pennanen, Timo. Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021. 2021. Barbra Streisand. 248. Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. Helsinki. August 24, 2022. fi.
  11. Web site: Album Search: Barbra Streisand- Yentl (soundtrack). de. Media Control. January 16, 2016.
  12. Book: Fernando Salaverri. Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002. 1st. September 2005. Fundación Autor-SGAE. Spain. 84-8048-639-2.
  13. Web site: Barbra Streisand- Yentl (soundtrack). January 16, 2016. swedishcharts.com.
  14. Web site: Barbra Streisand- Yentl (soundtrack). January 16, 2016. swisscharts.com.
  15. Web site: Barbra Streisand - Yentl (19.11.1983). Official Charts Company. January 16, 2016.
  16. Web site: Barbra Streisand - Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums. August 12, 2017. AllMusic. https://web.archive.org/web/20121015173934/http://www.allmusic.com:80/artist/barbra-streisand-mn0000855531/awards. 15 October 2012. dead. All Media Network.
  17. Web site: The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1983 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121005034655/http://cashboxmagazine.com:80/archives/80s_files/1983YEAP.html . October 5, 2012. dead. . Cash Box magazine.
  18. Web site: Top 100 Albums of 1984. RPM. May 10, 2016.
  19. Web site: Jaaroverzichten – Album 1984. Hung Medien. nl. May 10, 2016.
  20. Web site: Swiss Year-end Charts 1984. Hung Medien. May 10, 2016.
  21. Web site: The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1984 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121003012958/http://cashboxmagazine.com:80/archives/80s_files/1984YEAP.html . October 3, 2012. dead. . Cash Box magazine.

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