But I did put together a seven-inch of the two songs I owned the rights to – “Beat City” on one side, and… I forget, one of the other English bands on the soundtrack… and sent that to the mailing list. A&M was very angry with me over that they begged me to put one out, but I thought “who’d want all of these songs?” I mean, would kids want “Danke Schoen” and “Oh Yeah” on the same record? They probably already had “Twist and Shout,” or their parents did, and to put all of those together with the more contemporary stuff, like the (English) Beat – I just didn’t think anybody would like it. Except… it doesn’t actually exist.That’s right, perhaps one of the most bizarre yet luminescent and nostalgic collections of music ever to placed into one film was never actually released as an album.The reason? The director, the supremely talented John Hughes, was worried about the mix of songs being ‘too eclectic’ to see as an album.“The only official soundtrack that Ferris Bueller’s Day Off ever had was for the mailing list. Needless to say we were late for college that day.Many, many things have been said about this film – none of which I’m going to try and emulate or even beat (perhaps another time), however one area that’s not touched upon that often is that of the awesome soundtrack to the film.From the manic synths of Sigue Sigue Sputnik through to the soft, dulcet tones of The Smiths the Ferris Bueller’s Day Off OST is a wonder to behold. My good friend Bodger, upon discovering my apparent deprived childhood would not let me leave his house again until I had seen it. Order it, download it, watch it and then come back.Believe it or not I managed to make it to my 17th year without ever seeing this film.
Save Ferris Albums Full Track List
“Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want” (instrumental) by The Dream Academy (a cover of a song by The Smiths) “Main Title / Rebel Blockade Runner” by John Williams (From, Star Wars) “Jeannie” (Theme from I Dream of Jeannie) “Love Missile F1-11” (Extended Version) by Sigue Sigue Sputnik But it was a labor of love.”Thanks to a mixbag of research and Wikipedia, I’ve managed to hunt down a full track list for what would’ve been the FDO:OST.
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