Suicide Squad (soundtrack)

Suicide Squad: The Album
Standard cover
Soundtrack album by
Various artists
ReleasedAugust 5, 2016
Recorded2016
Studios
Genres
Length50:31
Labels
Producers
Singles from Suicide Squad: The Album
  1. "Heathens"
    Released: June 16, 2016
  2. "Sucker for Pain"
    Released: June 24, 2016
  3. "Purple Lamborghini"
    Released: July 22, 2016
  4. "Gangsta"
    Released: August 1, 2016
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarHalf star[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB[4]
Pitchfork4.0/10[5]

Suicide Squad: The Album is the soundtrack album to the film of the same name. It was released on August 5, 2016, by Atlantic Records and WaterTower Music.[6] A separate film score album, titled Suicide Squad: Original Motion Picture Score and composed by Steven Price, was released on August 8, by WaterTower Music.[7] The digital edition of the film score album contains eight bonus tracks. It received mixed reviews by critics, but the Collector's Edition received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media at the 2017 ceremony. It won the 2017 Kids' Choice Awards for Favorite Soundtrack.

Commercial performance

In the United States, the soundtrack debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, with 182,000 equivalent album units.[8] It was also the best-selling album of the week, selling 128,000 copies in its first week on the chart.[9]

Suicide Squad was certified gold in the United States on September 23, 2016, for 500,000 units composed by sales, streaming and track-equivalent units.[10] It was certified platinum for shipping over 1 million equivalent-units on November 16. As of April 2017, it has sold 548,000 copies in the country.[11][12]

Track listing

Suicide Squad: The Album track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Purple Lamborghini" (Skrillex and Rick Ross)
3:35
2."Sucker for Pain" (Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa and Imagine Dragons with Logic and Ty Dolla Sign featuring X Ambassadors)
Alex Da Kid4:04
3."Heathens" (Twenty One Pilots)
3:15
4."Standing in the Rain" (Action Bronson, Mark Ronson and Dan Auerbach)
Ronson3:22
5."Gangsta" (Kehlani)
2:57
6."Know Better" (Kevin Gates)
  • JMIKE
  • T-Collar
3:28
7."You Don't Own Me" (Grace featuring G-Eazy)
3:19
8."Without Me" (Eminem)
4:22
9."Wreak Havoc" (Skylar Grey)
Evigan3:48
10."Medieval Warfare" (Grimes)
Grimes3:01
11."Bohemian Rhapsody" (Panic! at the Disco (originally made by Queen))
Butch Walker6:01
12."Slippin' into Darkness" (War)
War3:47
13."Fortunate Son" (Creedence Clearwater Revival)John FogertyFogerty2:18
14."I Started a Joke" (ConfidentialMX featuring Becky Hanson)
  • John Samuel Hanson
  • Kyle Biane
3:10
Total length:50:31
Collector's Edition[13]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
9."Super Freak" (Rick James)
Rick James3:26
15."Spirit in the Sky" (Norman Greenbaum)Norman GreenbaumErik Jacobsen4:04
16."I'd Rather Go Blind" (Etta James)
Rick Hall2:35
Total length:60:36

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Suicide Squad
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[67] Gold 35,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[68] Gold 40,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[69] Gold 10,000‡
France (SNEP)[70] Platinum 100,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ)[71] Gold 7,500‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[72] 2× Platinum 600,000‡
United States (RIAA)[73] 2× Platinum 2,000,000‡

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Suicide Squad: Original Motion Picture Score

Suicide Squad: Original Motion Picture Score
Film score by
Steven Price
ReleasedAugust 8, 2016 (2016-08-08)
Recorded2016
GenreFilm score
Length
  • 72:33 (physical edition)
  • 93:38 (digital edition)
LabelWaterTower
ProducerSteven Price
Steven Price chronology
The Hunt
(2015)		 Suicide Squad
(2016)		 Baby Driver – Music from the Motion Picture
(2017)

Track listing

Suicide Squad: Original Motion Picture Score track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Task Force X"4:53
2."Arkham Asylum"3:23
3."I'm Going to Figure This Out"1:41
4."You Make My Teeth Hurt"2:30
5."I Want to Assemble a Task Force"2:52
6."Brother Our Time Has Come"4:42
7."A Serial Killer Who Takes Credit Cards"2:09
8."A Killer App"2:53
9."That's How I Cut and Run"3:09
10."We Got a Job to Do"1:41
11."You Die We Die"4:01
12."Harley and Joker"2:49
13."This Bird Is Baked"4:42
14."Hey Craziness"4:01
15."You Need a Miracle"2:36
16."Diablo's Story"1:42
17."The Squad"3:58
18."Are We Friends or Are We Foes?"4:16
19."She's Behind You"3:02
20."One Bullet Is All I Need"3:32
21."I Thought I'd Killed You"3:49
22."The Worst of the Worst"4:11
Total length:72:33
Digital edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
23."June Moone"2:37
24."Did That Tickle?"3:41
25."You Know the Rules Hotness"1:58
26."Enchantress in the War Room"2:35
27."Introducing Diablo and Croc"2:09
28."Task Force X Activated"2:11
29."Can Everyone See This Trippy Stuff"4:25
30."I Promised My Friends"1:29
Total length:93:38

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