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==Music == ===Score=== [[Alex North]]'s score was released by [[Intrada Records]] in 2017. As the complete work runs for just 17 minutes, it was paired with [[David Newman (composer)|David Newman]]'s ''[[Operation Dumbo Drop]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.10677/.f|title=Good Morning, Vietnam / Operation Dumbo Drop|website=store.intrada.com|access-date=18 May 2018|archive-date=18 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180518200748/http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.10677/.f|url-status=live}}</ref> ===Soundtrack=== The [[soundtrack]] [[album]] was certified platinum in the US.<ref>Whitburn, Joel. ''Top Pop Albums 1955β2001'' (Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research, 2001), p. 1016.</ref> [[Louis Armstrong]]'s "[[What a Wonderful World]]" was re-released as a single because the film and reached #32 on the US [[Mainstream Top 40 (Pop Songs)|Top 40]], 20 years after its original release.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.oracleband.net/Lyrics/what_a_wonderful_world.htm |title=What A Wonderful World β Song Information | website= oracleband.net |publisher= Oracle Band |access-date=2014-08-13 |archive-date=2018-03-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316023515/http://www.oracleband.net/Lyrics/what_a_wonderful_world.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> The album won the [[Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album]] in 1989.<ref>{{cite web|date=2017-11-28|title=31st Annual Grammy Awards| url= https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/31st-annual-grammy-awards-1988|access-date=2021-11-24 |website= Grammy.com|language=en|archive-date=2021-07-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713084323/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/31st-annual-grammy-awards-1988|url-status=live}}</ref> <!-- See [[Template:Track listing]] to improve this list --> ; Track list # Robin Williams β "Adrian Cronauer" (2:09) # [[Martha Reeves & The Vandellas]] β "[[Nowhere to Run (song)|Nowhere to Run]]" (2:55) # [[The Beach Boys]] β "[[I Get Around]]" (2:09) # [[Wayne Fontana]] & [[The Mindbenders]] β "[[The Game of Love (Wayne Fontana song)|The Game of Love]]" (2:04) # Robin Williams β "Adrian Cronauer" (0:15) # [[The Searchers (band)|The Searchers]] β "[[Sugar and Spice (The Searchers song)|Sugar and Spice]]" (2:13) # Robin Williams β "Adrian Cronauer" (0:47) # [[The Castaways]] β "[[Liar, Liar (The Castaways song)|Liar, Liar]]" (1:51) # The Beach Boys β "[[The Warmth of the Sun]]" (2:47) # Robin Williams β "Adrian Cronauer" (0:34) # [[James Brown]] β "[[I Got You (I Feel Good)]]" (2:44) # Robin Williams β "Adrian Cronauer" (0:08) # [[Them (band)|Them]] β "[[Baby, Please Don't Go]]" (2:40) # Robin Williams β "Adrian Cronauer" (0:33) # [[The Marvelettes]] β "Danger Heartbreak Dead Ahead" (2:28) # [[The Vogues]] β "[[Five O'Clock World]]" (2:19) # [[The Rivieras]] β "[[California Sun]]" (2:22) # Robin Williams β "Adrian Cronauer" (1:21) # [[Louis Armstrong]] β "[[What a Wonderful World]]" (2:17) The tracks titled "Adrian Cronauer" are comedy monologues performed by Williams, in character from the film.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Itzkoff |first1=Dave |title=Robin |date=2018 |publisher=Henry Holt |location=New York |isbn=9781627794251 |page=225 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nfQ4DwAAQBAJ&dq=%22good+morning+vietnam%22+soundtrack&pg=PA527 |access-date=2021-10-24}}</ref> ; Charts {|class="wikitable |- !scope="col"| Chart (1988) !Peak<br />position |- |Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970β1992|edition=illustrated| publisher= Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W. |year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=284}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"| 1 |- {{album chart|Canada|9|chartid=8951|access-date=April 17, 2025}} |- {{album chart|New Zealand|8|artist=Soundtrack|album=Good Morning, Vietnam|access-date=April 17, 2025}} |- {{album chart|UK2|50|date=19881106|access-date=April 17, 2025}} |- |US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Top Pop Albums |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=April 2, 1988 |page=70}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"| 10 |} ; Certifications and sales {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|nocert=true|artist=Soundtrack|title=Good Morning, Vietnam| type= album |salesamount= 150,000 |relyear= 1988 |salesref=<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1989/BB-1989-01-28.pdf|title=Australia '89|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]| first= Glenn A. |last= Baker|via=World Radio History| volume=101|issue=4|page=A-4|date=28 January 1989|accessdate=22 June 2021|archive-date=28 June 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210628012209/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1989/BB-1989-01-28.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|award=Gold|artist=Various|title=Good Morning Vietnam|type=album|relyear=1988|id=1988-10-14|source=newchart|access-date=2024-11-20|certyear=1988}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|award=Gold|artist=Soundtrack|title=Good Morning Vietnam|type=album|relyear=2000|certyear=2013|id=12334-1509-2|note=2000 release|accessdate=22 June 2021|refname=BPI}} {{Certification Table Entry|region= United Kingdom |award=Gold|artist=Soundtrack|title=Good Morning Vietnam|type=album|relyear=1988|certyear=1989|id=2600-1140-2| note= 1988 release|accessdate=22 June 2021|refname=BPI1}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|award=Platinum|artist=Soundtrack|title=Good Morning Vietnam|type=album|relyear=1988|certyear=1988|accessdate=22 June 2021}} {{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}
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