That Thing You Do! (soundtrack)

That Thing You Do! (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack to the 1996 film That Thing You Do!, directed by Tom Hanks. Released under the Playtone and Epic Records label on September 24, 1996, the album featured songs performed by the fictional band The Wonders and other artists. The soundtrack and the song named after the film's title written by Adam Schlesinger and co-performed by Mike Viola was a commercial success, with the former peaking at number 21 on the Billboard 200.^[1] The song itself was nominated for Academy and Golden Globe Awards.

That Thing You Do! (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Soundtrack album by the Wonders
Released	September 24, 1996
Genre	Pop • Rock • Power pop • Jangle pop • Jazz
Length	42:09
Label	Playtone Epic

Reception

Cub Koda of AllMusic wrote: "If you're a fan of mid-'60s British pop, here's a new recording that adds some more great songs and performances to that genre."^[2]

Vinyl edition

On September 6, 2023, Mondo and Playtone Records announced the vinyl edition of the film's soundtrack with pre-orders on the same date.^[3] The LP record is made available in numerous colors, which includes the standard black, retail exclusive opaque red, and the "Gold Nugget" variant,^[4] and a Mondo exclusive clear variant with multi-color splatter that was made available on the company's official website.^[5][6] The vinyl editions limited to 500 copies were published from Enjoy The Ride Records, and was released during the fall of 2023, priced at $40.^[7]

Track listing

That Thing You Do! (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) track listing

No.	Title	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Lovin' You Lots and Lots"	Tom Hanks	The Norm Wooster Singers	1:54
2.	"That Thing You Do!"	Adam Schlesinger	The Wonders	2:47
3.	"Little Wild One"	David Gibbs, Steve Hurley, Phil Hurley, Fred Elringham	The Wonders	2:30
4.	"Dance with Me Tonight"	Scott Rogness, Rick Elias	The Wonders	2:05
5.	"All My Only Dreams"	Rogness, Elias	The Wonders	2:54
6.	"I Need You (That Thing You Do)" (The movie credits list this song as being from the Heardsmen.)	Rogness, Elias, Linda Elias	The Wonders	2:53
7.	"She Knows It"	Rogness, Elias	The Heardsmen	3:01
8.	"Mr. Downtown"	Hanks, Gary Goetzman, Mike Piccirillo	Freddy Fredrickson	2:32
9.	"Hold My Hand, Hold My Heart"	Hanks, Goetzman, Piccirillo	The Chantrellines	3:11
10.	"Voyage Around the Moon"	Hanks, Goetzman, Piccirillo	The Saturn 5	3:04
11.	"My World Is Over"	Piccirillo	Diane Dane	3:01
12.	"Drive Faster"	Rogness, Elias	The Vicksburgs	2:48
13.	"Shrimp Shack"	Piccirillo	Cap'n Geech & the Shrimp Shack Shooters	2:22
14.	"Time To Blow"	Steve Tyrell, Robert Mann	Del Paxton	4:20
15.	"That Thing You Do!" (live at the Hollywood Television Showcase)	Schlesinger	The Wonders	2:54
Total length:				42:09

Chart performance

Chart performance for That Thing You Do! (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Chart (1996–1997)	Peak position
UK Compilation Albums (OCC)[8]	38
US Billboard 200[9]	21

Certifications

Certifications for That Thing You Do! (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[10]	Gold	50,000^
United States (RIAA)[11]	Platinum	1,000,000‡
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Accolades

Accolades for That Thing You Do! (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result
Academy Awards[12]	Best Original Song	"That Thing You Do!" Music and Lyrics by Adam Schlesinger	Nominated
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards[13]	Best Song		Won
Golden Globe Awards[14]	Best Original Song		Nominated
Online Film & Television Association Awards[15]	Best Original Song		Nominated
Satellite Awards[16]	Best Original Song		Nominated

References

1. Zellner, Xander (June 17, 2024). "Fictional Bands Who Reached Billboard's Charts: The Wonders, August Moon, 4*TOWN, Spinal Tap & More". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 19, 2024. Retrieved August 13, 2024.
2. Koda, Cub. "That Thing You Do! Review". AllMusic. Archived from the original on August 1, 2016. Retrieved August 13, 2024.
3. Dick, Jeremy (September 6, 2023). "Tom Hanks' That Thing You Do! Soundtrack Gets First Vinyl". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on September 7, 2023. Retrieved August 13, 2024.
4. "That Thing You Do! Soundtrack (Exclusive Color Variant)". Enjoy The Ride Records. Archived from the original on January 4, 2024. Retrieved August 13, 2024.
5. Danoff, Owen (September 5, 2023). "That Thing You Do! Soundtrack Comes To Vinyl For The First Time [EXCLUSIVE]". ScreenRant. Archived from the original on September 11, 2023. Retrieved August 13, 2024.
6. "That Thing You Do! Original Motion Picture Soundtrack LP + 7-Inch". Mondo. Archived from the original on November 27, 2023. Retrieved August 13, 2024.
7. Anderton, Ethan (September 5, 2023). "Cool Stuff: Bring The Oneders Home With Mondo's That Thing You Do! Vinyl Soundtrack". /Film. Archived from the original on September 7, 2023. Retrieved August 13, 2024.
8. "Official Compilation Albums Chart Top 100 – 2 to 8 February". Official Charts Company. February 2, 1997. Archived from the original on August 13, 2024. Retrieved August 13, 2024.
9. "Billboard 200: Week of October 26, 1996". Billboard. October 26, 1996. Archived from the original on November 6, 2016. Retrieved August 13, 2024.
10. "Canadian album certifications – Various Artists – That Thing You Do - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack". Music Canada. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
11. "American album certifications – Soundtrack – That Thing You Do". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
12. "The 69th Academy Awards (1997) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on November 9, 2014. Retrieved October 23, 2011.
13. "1996 FFCC AWARD WINNERS". Florida Film Critics Circle. Archived from the original on January 10, 2014. Retrieved August 24, 2021.
14. "That Thing You Do! – Golden Globes". HFPA. Archived from the original on June 21, 2021. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
15. "1st Annual Film Awards (1996)". Online Film & Television Association. Archived from the original on October 23, 2023. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
16. "1997 Satellite Awards". Satellite Awards. Archived from the original on May 31, 2021. Retrieved August 24, 2021.