Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers

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Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers
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Soundtrack album by Glee Cast
Released 18 May 2010 (2010-05-18)
(see release history)
Recorded 2009–2010
Genre Pop, rock, adult contemporary, show tune, soundtrack
Length 54:16 (Standard edition)
72:55 (Deluxe edition)
Label Columbia / 20th Century Fox TV
Producer Dante Di Loreto (exec.), Brad Falchuk (exec.), Adam Anders, Tim Davis, Peer Åström, Dominick Maita, Ryan Murphy, Ryan Petersen
Glee Cast chronology
Glee: The Music, The Power of Madonna
(2010)Glee: The Music, The Power of Madonna2010
Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers
(2010)
Glee: The Music, Journey to Regionals
(2010)Glee: The Music, Journey to Regionals2010

Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers is a soundtrack album by the cast of the American television series Glee. The album contains songs from the second half of the show's first season, except for the episodes "The Power of Madonna" and "Journey to Regionals", songs from which feature on the extended plays Glee: The Music, The Power of Madonna and Glee: The Music, Journey to Regionals respectively. The album was released on May 18, 2010. Two editions are available: a standard edition containing 14 songs, and a deluxe edition, featuring 20 songs. Showstoppers debuted at No. 1 on the US Billboard 200, selling 136,000 copies in the first week. On November 21, 2010, it was announced that the album won Favorite Soundtrack of the Year at the American Music Awards.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
About.com 4/5 stars[1]
Allmusic 3/5 stars[2]
Digital Spy 4/5 stars[3]

Sales and chart performance

The album debuted at number one on the American,[4] Australian,[5] Canadian,[6] and Irish charts.[7] It sold 136,000 copies in its first and 63,000 in its second week of release in the US,[4][8] and saw the Glee cast beat the record previously set by The Beatles in 1966, for shortest span between first weeks at number one, just four weeks after they reached number one with the extended play Glee: The Music, The Power of Madonna.[9] In Canada, 14,000 copies were sold in the first week of release,[10] and 9,400 in the second.[11] The album has been certified platinum in Australia and Ireland, and gold in the United States.[12][13][14]

Each of the songs included on the album were released as singles, available for digital download.[15] The best-performing were "Gives You Hell", charting at the top position in Ireland,[16] "Total Eclipse of the Heart", which charted at number 9 in the United Kingdom[17] and number 16 in the US,[18] and "Jessie's Girl" at number eight in Australia[19] and number ten in Canada.[18] 134,000 copies of "Total Eclipse of the Heart" were purchased in the US in its first week of release, making it the series' second best sales week ever to that point, with only the début single "Don't Stop Believin'" registering bigger sales in its first week.[20] "Jessie's Girl" has been certified gold in Australia, the first single to have reached this certification since "Don't Stop Believin'".[21] Comparing the singles' chart positions with prior charted versions, Billboard noted that by reaching number 26, the Glee cast version of "Dream On" surpassed the original Aerosmith version, which peaked at number 59 in 1973 (but was re-released in 1976 and reached number 6).[9] The cast's cover of "Physical" saw Olivia Newton-John make her first Hot 100 appearance since her remake of "I Honestly Love You" reached number 99 in 1998.[22]

Track listing

Standard edition

No. Title Writer(s) Original artist(s) Length
1. "Hello, Goodbye"   Lennon–McCartney The Beatles 3:29
2. "Gives You Hell"   Nick Wheeler, Tyson Ritter The All-American Rejects 3:26
3. "Hello" (featuring Jonathan Groff) Lionel Richie Lionel Richie 3:32
4. "One Less Bell to Answer / A House Is Not a Home" (featuring Kristin Chenoweth) Burt Bacharach / Bacharach, Hal David The 5th Dimension / Dionne Warwick[A] 4:42
5. "Beautiful"   Linda Perry Christina Aguilera 3:59
6. "Physical" (featuring Olivia Newton-John) Steve Kipner, Terry Shaddick Olivia Newton-John 3:18
7. "Total Eclipse of the Heart" (featuring Jonathan Groff) Jim Steinman Bonnie Tyler 4:24
8. "Lady Is a Tramp"   Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart Cast of the musical Babes in Arms 2:46
9. "One"   Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen U2 3:56
10. "Dream On" (featuring Neil Patrick Harris) Steven Tyler Aerosmith 4:34
11. "The Safety Dance"   Ivan Doroschuk Men Without Hats 3:19
12. "I Dreamed a Dream" (featuring Idina Menzel) Claude-Michel Schönberg, Alain Boublil, Herbert Kretzmer Rose Laurens (French) and Patti LuPone (English) in the musical Les Misérables 3:08
13. "Give Up the Funk"   Jerome Brailey, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins Parliament 4:25
14. "Bad Romance"   Lady Gaga, RedOne Lady Gaga 4:54

Deluxe edition

No. Title Writer(s) Original artist(s) Length
1. "Hello, Goodbye"   Lennon–McCartney The Beatles 3:29
2. "Gives You Hell"   Wheeler, Ritter The All-American Rejects 3:26
3. "Hello" (featuring Jonathan Groff) Richie Lionel Richie 3:32
4. "A House Is Not a Home"   Bacharach, David Dionne Warwick 2:55
5. "One Less Bell to Answer / A House Is Not a Home" (featuring Kristin Chenoweth) Bacharach / Bacharach, David The 5th Dimension / Dionne Warwick[A] 4:42
6. "Beautiful"   Perry Christina Aguilera 3:59
7. "Home" (featuring Kristin Chenoweth) Charlie Smalls Stephanie Mills in the musical The Wiz 3:31
8. "Physical" (featuring Olivia Newton-John) Kipner, Shaddick Olivia Newton-John 3:18
9. "Total Eclipse of the Heart" (featuring Jonathan Groff) Steinman Bonnie Tyler 4:24
10. "Lady Is a Tramp"   Rodgers, Hart Cast of the musical Babes in Arms 2:46
11. "One"   Bono U2 3:56
12. "Rose's Turn"   Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim Ethel Merman in the musical Gypsy: A Musical Fable 2:00
13. "Dream On" (featuring Neil Patrick Harris) Tyler Aerosmith 4:34
14. "The Safety Dance"   Doroschuk Men Without Hats 3:19
15. "I Dreamed a Dream" (featuring Idina Menzel) Schönberg, Boublil, Kretzmer Rose Laurens (French) and Patti LuPone (English) in the musical Les Misérables 3:08
16. "Loser"   Beck, Carl Stephenson Beck 3:47
17. "Give Up the Funk"   Brailey, Clinton, Collins Parliament 4:25
18. "Beth"   Peter Criss, Stan Penridge Kiss 2:37
19. "Poker Face" (featuring Idina Menzel) Lady Gaga, RedOne Lady Gaga 3:39
20. "Bad Romance"   Lady Gaga, RedOne Lady Gaga 4:54
Notes

Personnel

Source:[24]

Charts and certifications

Chart succession

Order of precedence
Preceded by Irish Albums Chart number-one album
27 May 2010 – 16 June 2010
Succeeded by
Glee: The Music, Journey to Regionals by Glee Cast
Preceded by
My World 2.0 (My Worlds in Australia) by Justin Bieber
Australian Albums Chart number-one album
31 May 2010 – 13 June 2010
Succeeded by
To the Sea by Jack Johnson
Canadian Albums Chart number-one album
5 June 2010 – 18 June 2010
U.S. Billboard 200 number-one album
5 June 2010 – 18 June 2010
Preceded by Scottish Albums Chart number-one album
5 June 2010 – 26 June 2010
Succeeded by
Time Flies... 1994–2009 by Oasis

Release history

Region Release date Edition(s)
Canada May 18, 2010 Standard, Deluxe[34]
United States Standard, Deluxe[35]
Australia May 21, 2010 Deluxe[36]
Ireland Deluxe[37]
New Zealand Deluxe[38]
United Kingdom May 24, 2010 Deluxe[39]
Japan May 28, 2010 Standard[40]
June 4, 2010 Deluxe[41]
Hong Kong June 21, 2010 Deluxe[42]
Taiwan June 29, 2010 Deluxe[43]
Brazil August 18, 2010 Standard, Deluxe[44]
Italy October 4, 2011 Standard[45]

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