Soundtrack
Simon Birch features R&B songs from the 1950-60s, as well as four score cues by Marc Shaiman. The original motion picture soundtrack was released on November 24, 1998 on Hollywood Records and Epic Soundtrax:
- "You Were There" - Babyface
- "Bread and Butter" - The Newbeats
- "A Walkin' Miracle" - The Essex*
- "Mickey's Monkey" - Smokey Robinson / The Miracles
- "Can I Get a Witness" - Marvin Gaye
- "Fever" - Peggy Lee
- "Up on the Roof" - The Drifters
- "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag (Part 1)" - James Brown
- "The Nitty Gritty" - Shirley Ellis*
- "Nowhere to Run" - Martha and the Vandellas
- "It's All Right" - The Impressions
- "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher" - Jackie Wilson*
- "Simon's Theme" - Marc Shaiman
- "Friends Forever" - Marc Shaiman
- "Simon's Birth" - Marc Shaiman
- "Life Goes On" - Marc Shaiman
* denotes songs featured on the soundtrack, but not in the film.
Other songs featured in the film but not on the soundtrack are:
- "For Your Love" - Ed Townsend
- "Peter Gunn Theme" - Henry Mancini
- "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" - Patti LaBelle
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