Download FOOTLOOSE Soundtrack

Many of the songs on the Footloose soundtrack remain perennial favorites. Footloose the movie was released in 1984 and became a huge hit. The Footloose movie was loosely based on events that took place in the tiny, rural farming community of Elmore City, Oklahoma. Much of the film was filmed in Payson, Utah and Lehi, Utah, with the Lehi Roller Mills featured prominently.

The Footloose movie is about Ren McCormick (played by Kevin Bacon), a teenager who was raised in Chicago. McCormick moves to a small town where the town government has banned dancing and rock music. Ren and his classmates want to have a senior prom with music and dancing. They must figure out a way to get around the law and Reverend Shaw Moore (played by John Lithgow) who makes it his mission in life to keep the town free from dancing and rock music.

Two songs from the Footloose soundtrack, "Footloose" by Kenny Loggins and "Let's Hear It for the Boy" by Denise Williams both hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and received 1985 Academy Award nominations for Best Music (Original Song). The song "Footloose" also received a 1985 Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Original Song – Motion Picture.