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==Soundtrack== The film's score (composed and partially performed by jazz musician Bill Lee, father of Spike Lee) was released in early July 1989 while the soundtrack was released in late June 1989 on [[Columbia Records]] and [[Motown Records]], respectively. The soundtrack was successful, reaching the number eleven spot on the [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums]] chart, and peaking at sixty-eight on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]].<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r189173/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}}|title=Do the Right Thing (Soundtrack): Billboard Albums|website=Allmusic|access-date=May 13, 2009}}</ref> On the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks]] chart, the Perri track "Feel So Good" reached the fifty-first spot, while [[Public Enemy (band)|Public Enemy]]'s "Fight the Power" reached number twenty, and [[Guy (band)|Guy]]'s "[[My Fantasy]]" went all the way to the top spot. "My Fantasy" also reached number six on the [[Hot Dance Singles Sales|Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales]] chart, and sixty-two on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]. "Fight the Power" also charted high on the Hot Dance Music chart, peaking at number three, and topped the [[Hot Rap Tracks|Hot Rap Singles]] chart.<ref>{{Cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r189173/charts-awards/billboard-single|pure_url=yes}}|title=Do the Right Thing (Soundtrack): Billboard Singles|work=Allmusic|access-date=May 13, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r28190/charts-awards/billboard-single|pure_url=yes}}|title=Fear of a Black Planet: Billboard Singles|work=Allmusic|access-date=May 13, 2009}}</ref> {{Infobox album | name = Do the Right Thing: Original Motion Picture Score | type = film | artist = [[Bill Lee (musician)|Bill Lee]] | cover = | alt = | released = 1989 | recorded = December 12, 1988 β December 16, 1988 | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Film score]] | length = 35:36 | label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]] | producer = [[Spike Lee]] <small>([[executive producer#Music|exec.]])</small> | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = }} ===Track listing=== {{Infobox album | name = Do the Right Thing: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | type = soundtrack | artist = Various artists | cover = | alt = | released = June 23, 1989<ref name="Okayplayer">{{cite web|url=https://www.okayplayer.com/music/fight-the-power-summer-1989-do-the-right-thing-public-enemy.html|title=In the Summer of 1989 "Fight the Power" Saved Public Enemy & Almost Sank 'Do the Right Thing'|publisher=[[Okayplayer]]|access-date=2019-11-29|date=July 11, 2019|archive-date=December 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203021450/https://www.okayplayer.com/music/fight-the-power-summer-1989-do-the-right-thing-public-enemy.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Soundtrack | length = 53:14 | label = [[Motown Records]] | producer = Gregory "Sugar Bear" Elliott <small>([[executive producer#Music|exec.]])</small>, Ted Hopkins <small>([[executive producer#Music|exec.]])</small>, Mark Kibble <small>([[executive producer#Music|exec.]])</small>, Spike Lee <small>([[executive producer#Music|exec.]])</small>, Johnny Mercer <small>([[executive producer#Music|exec.]])</small> | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = | misc = {{Singles | name = Do the Right Thing: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | type = soundtrack | single1 = [[Fight the Power (Public Enemy song)|Fight the Power]] | single1date = July 4, 1989<ref name="Okayplayer"/> }} }} {{Track listing | extra_column = Producer(s) | title1 = [[Fight the Power (Public Enemy song)|Fight the Power]] | music1 = [[Public Enemy (group)|Public Enemy]] | extra1 = [[The Bomb Squad|Hank Shocklee, Carl Ryder, Eric Sadler]] | length1 = 5:23 | title2 = [[My Fantasy]] | music2 = [[Teddy Riley (producer)|Teddy Riley]], [[Guy (band)|Guy]] | extra2 = Teddy Riley, Gene Griffin | length2 = 4:57 | title3 = Party Hearty | music3 = [[Experience Unlimited|E.U.]] | extra3 = Kent Wood, JuJu House | length3 = 4:43 | title4 = Can't Stand It | music4 = [[Steel Pulse]] | extra4 = David R. Hinds, [[Sidney Mills]] | length4 = 5:06 | title5 = Why Don't We Try? | music5 = Keith John | extra5 = Vincent Edward Morris, Raymond Jones, Larry DeCarmine | length5 = 3:35 | title6 = Feel So Good | music6 = Perri | extra6 = Paul Laurence, Jones | length6 = 5:39 | title7 = Don't Shoot Me | music7 = [[Take 6]] | extra7 = [[Mervyn E. Warren]] | length7 = 4:08 | title8 = Hard to Say | music8 = Lori Perry, [[Gerald Alston]] | extra8 = Laurence | length8 = 3:21 | title9 = Prove to Me | music9 = Perri | extra9 = Jones, Sami McKinney | length9 = 5:24 | title10 = Never Explain Love | music10 = [[Al Jarreau]] | extra10 = Jones | length10 = 5:58 | title11 = Tu y Yo/We Love [Jingle] | music11 = [[RubΓ©n Blades]] | extra11 = Blades | length11 = 5:12 }}
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