Soundtrack
The movie's opening theme song is "Night Shift" by Quarterflash. The closing theme song, "That's What Friends Are For," was written by Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager. The song is performed by Rod Stewart in the film. It was later covered by Dionne Warwick & Friends (Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight, and Elton John); Warwick's version became a Billboard Grammy Award-winning #1 hit and raised millions for AIDS causes.
The official soundtrack was released in 1982 on the Ladd Company label and was distributed by Warner Bros. It included ten selected tracks from the film, six of which were written just for the film. The tracks included are as follows:
- "Night Shift" by Quarterflash
- "Street Talk" by Burt Bacharach
- "Girls Know How" by Al Jarreau
- "The Love Too Good to Last" by The Pointer Sisters
- "That's What Friends Are For" by Rod Stewart
- "Someday, Someway" by Marshall Crenshaw
- "Penthouse and Pavement" by Heaven 17
- "Talk Talk" by Talk Talk
- "Everlasting Love" by Rufus and Chaka Khan
- "Night Shift Love Theme (instrumental)" by Burt Bacharach
The soundtrack was a vinyl only release. The versions of "Talk Talk" and "Penthouse and Pavement" that are on the soundtrack are different to any other releases of the songs as they were specially mixed for the soundtrack.
Other songs heard in the film include "You Really Got Me" by Van Halen and a live version of "Jumpin' Jack Flash" by The Rolling Stones, taken from the 1977 live album Love You Live; a section of "Cutting Branches for a Temporary Shelter" by the Penguin Cafe Orchestra is also heard.
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