The Whip It soundtrack album only has 20 songs, but all 57 songs from the movie are here. It is a great soundtrack and a perfect complement to one of the best movies I have seen this year.
Ellen Page is fantastic as Babe Ruthless, but so is the rest of the cast too. Juliette Lewis is great as Page’s arch enemy in the round. Jimmy Fallon is much funnier than he is in late night. Drew Barrymore is rough and tumble in a entertaining way – watch for those flying elbows. But two of the best surprises in the movie were Kristen Wiig and Andrew Wilson. Forget Luke and Owen – Andrew is the Wilson of choice. He is brilliant as the derby coach trying really hard to help a team resisting it. And Kristen Wiig is one of the funniest understated actors around right now. Her under-her-breath comments are hysterical.
But Whip It is about the music as much as the quips and quirks. Drew Barrymore demonstrates her chops in scrunching 57 great songs into the movie. She even casts singer Landon Pigg as the love interest. From The Ramones to the Raveonettes, Wilson Phillips to Radiohead, Young MC to the Breeders, Thirty Eight Special to Peaches and Cut Chemist to Kings of Leon, the soundtrack is a brilliant mess. It made me want to escape to some random attic with an age old record player and waste away a weekend of rain with a stack of albums and a smile.
The soundtrack album to Whip It has about a third of the songs from the movie on it. Not to worry, here’s the complete list of songs from the movie, in the order they appeared in the movie, with notes on the scenes they were in where I could figure them out. I had a really hard time placing many of the songs, because they were just whip-it snippets. If you know the scenes for any of the other songs, I would be very grateful if you could share.
Here’s the song from the pool:
[Note: sorry it took so long to put up this post. I moved from Washington, DC to Los Angeles last week, and drove the 2,700 miles to make the trip. I’ve been short on time. Finally posting after I had some time on the plane to write. No rest for the whip-it.]
- Opening – Knocked Up – Kings of Leon
- (Unknown scene) – Simple Truths – Nick Glennie-Smith
- (Unknown scene) – 59 Miles To Jacksonville – Tommy Joe White
- (Unknown scene) – Texas Was The Last – Joe Fitzpatrick and Wayne Perry
- (Unknown scene) – Manipulation – The Black Angels
- (Unknown scene) – The Greatest Love of All – Tawatha Agee (version by Whitney Houston)
- Drive to roller derby – Sheena Is a Punk Rocker – The Ramones
- (Unknown scene) – Blue Turning Gray – Tyler Sargent
- (Unknown scene) – Learnalilgivinanlovin – Wally De Backer
- (Unknown scene) – Scratch – Steven Baber
- (Unknown scene) – I Know What I Am – Band Of Skulls
- (Unknown scene) – High Voltage – Jessie Everett Hughes and Josh Homme
- Tries rollerskating – Domingo No Parque – Gilberto Gil
- Coach pulls up in buggy – Hold On – Wilson Phillips
- (Unknown scene) – Melt! – Steven Bingley-Ellison
- (Unknown scene) – The Queen of All Returns – Dead Meadow
- (Unknown scene) – In Ear Park – Department Of Eagles
- Practice – Caught Up In You – Thirty Eight Special
- (Unknown scene) – I’m Housin – EPMD
- (Unknown scene) – Once Again – Squeak E. Clean
- (Unknown scene) – Boys Wanna Be Her – Peaches
- Second run – What’s The Attitude – Cut Chemist
- (Unknown scene) – Sea Of Time – Curtis Knight and The Zodiacs
- Hot tub – Wrap It Up – Whitey (thanks to NJ Whitey for the correction)
- (Unknown scene) – Black Gloves – Goose
- (Unknown scene) – Fun Dream Love Dream – Turbo Fruits
- (Unknown scene) – Get Up Get Down (Tonite) – Turbo Fruits
- (Unknown scene) – Another Sweet Summer’s Night on Hammer Hill – Jens Lekman
- (Unknown scene) – Unattainable – Little Joy
- (Unknown scene) – I’m Your Torpedo – Jessie Everett Hughes and Joshe Homme (version by Eagles of Death Metal)
- Singing in diner – Jolene – Dolly Parton
- In car with Oliver – You’re Not Waitin’ At Home Anymore – Ricky Calmbach
- (Unknown scene) – Punk as Fuck – American Analog Set (version by Down by Law)
- Laying on hood of car – Deep In The Heart Of Texas – June Hershey and Don Swander (version by Gene Autry)
- (Unknown scene) – Dead Sound – The Raveonettes
- (Unknown scene) – Bang On – The Breeders
- (Unknown scene) – Dillon Cadence – Studio Musicians
- (Unknown scene) – Pot Kettle Black – Tilly and the Wall
- (Unknown scene) – I Predict a Riot – Kaiser Chiefs
- (Unknown scene) – High Times – Landon Pigg
- Food fight – Il Trovatore: Di Quella Pira – Giuseppe Verdi
- Pool scene – Your Arms Around Me – Jens Lekman
- Drop off after night together, trade shirt – No Surprises – Radiohead
- Only 17 – When I Said I Wanted To Be Your Dog – Jens Lekman
- Bar – ZZZPenchant – Rafter
- Web site song – Super Theme – Squeak E. Clean
- Pageant – Kids – MGMT
- Prep for match – Heart In a Cage – Strokes, The
- (Unknown scene) – Crown of Age – The Ettes
- Final match, Shmashley Simpson – Cannonball – The Breeders
- Championship – The Power Is On – The Go! Team
- Championship – Doing It Right – The Go! Team
- (Unknown scene) – Breeze – Apollo Sunshine
- End credits song #1 – Lollipop – The Chordettes
- (Unknown scene) – 28 – Lorene Scafaria
- End credits song #2, rap – Know How – Young MC
- Final end credits song – Never My Love – Har Mar Superstar