Love Actually

Love Actually is a romantic comedy film first released in cinemas in October and November 2003. The film was directorial debut of successful British screenwriter Richard Curtis and features an ensemble cast including Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, Liam Neeson, Alan Rickman, Bill Nighy, Keira Knightley, Martin Freeman, Emma Thompson, and Rowan Atkinson

Soundtrack

The soundtrack album for Love Actually has achieved some success in the charts reaching the top 40 of the US Billboard 200 in 2004 and number 2 of the soundtrack album. It also has achieved gold record status in Australia.

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The track listing for the soundtrack is:

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• The Trouble With Love Is - Kelly Clarkson
• Here With Me - Dido
• Sweetest Goodbye/Sunday Morning - Maroon 5
• Turn Me On - Norah Jones
• Take Me As I Am - Wyclef Jean & Sharissa
• Songbird - Eva Cassidy
• Wherever You Will Go - The Calling
• Jump (For My Love) - Girls Aloud (cover of Pointer Sisters)
• Both Sides Now - Joni Mitchell
• All You Need Is Love - Lynden David Hall
• God Only Knows - The Beach Boys
• I'll See It Through - Texas
• Too Lost In You - Sugababes
• Glasgow Love Theme - Craig Armstong
• White Christmas* - Otis Redding
• Christmas is All Around* - Billy Mack
• All I Want For Christmas Is You* - Olivia Olson

* Bonus track.

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Christmas is All Around, a Christmas-themed cover of The Troggs' (and later Wet Wet Wet's) Love is All Around, is one of the main aspects of the story for Billy Mack (Bill Nighy). The song is publicised during interviews with Mack as being "crap", yet in the film it still receives a great deal of airplay and reaches the Christmas number one. The song was also released as a single in the real world and, while not getting to number one, was still a success. Previously Richard Curtis had used the Wet Wet Wet version for Four Weddings and a Funeral.

Related Topics:
Cover - The Troggs - Wet Wet Wet - Christmas number one - Four Weddings and a Funeral

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