Rocky V: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture is the soundtrack album to the 1990 film Rocky V.
| Rocky V: Music from and Inspired By the Motion Picture | ||||
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| Soundtrack albumby
Various artists
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| Released | November 12, 1990 | |||
| Genre | Rock, house, hip hop, new jack swing, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal | |||
| Length | 45:19 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
The album is a complete departure from the previous soundtracks in the Rocky film series because it doesn't consist mainly of classic Bill Conti songs or rock music, but is instead dominated by hip hop and new jack swing music. Although the classic Conti songs "Conquest", "Mickey", and "Gonna Fly Now" are used in the film, they are not featured on the soundtrack. In the trailer for the movie, there were songs by Vince DiCola from Rocky IV (1985) including "Training Montage" and "War" that were not present for the film nor the soundtrack. The only Bill Conti song on the soundtrack, "Can't Stop the Fire", is not used in the film but was later used on the album Rocky Balboa: The Best of Rocky, which was released to coincide with the release of Rocky Balboa in 2006. Only five of the eleven tracks on the soundtrack are used in the film: the film's theme, "Go for It (Heart and Fire)" by Joey B. Ellis, "Take You Back (Home Sweet Home)" by 7A3, "Keep It Up" by Snap!, "All You Gotta Do is Sing" by Joey B. Ellis and "The Measure of a Man" by Elton John.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Performer | Length |
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| 1. | "That's What I Said" | MC Hammer | MC Hammer | 4:24 |
| 2. | "All You Gotta Do Is Sing" | Joey B. Ellis | Joey B. Ellis | 3:57 |
| 3. | "No Competition" | Eric Barrier & William Griffin | Eric Barrier & William Griffin | 3:52 |
| 4. | "Go For It[Heart and Fire]" | Joey B. Ellis, Tynetta Hare, Michael Kelly & James Earley | Joey B. Ellis & Tynetta Hare | 4:14 |
| 5. | "Take You Back [Home Sweet Home]" | Frank Stallone | The 7A3 | 4:10 |
| 6. | "The Measure of a Man" | Alan Menken, Elton John & Tim Rice | Elton John | 4:03 |
| 7. | "Can't Stop the Fire" | Bill Conti | Bill Conti | 3:19 |
| 8. | "I Wanna Rock" | R.Ginyard | Rob Base | 3:02 |
| 9. | "Thought U Were the One for Me" | Joey B. Ellis | 4:20 | |
| 10. | "Keep It Up" | Benito Benitez, John Garrett III & Durron Butler | Snap! | 4:03 |
| 11. | "Feel My Power" | MC Hammer | 5:11 |
| Chart (1991) | Peak position |
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| Australia (ARIA Charts)[2] | 67 |
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[3] | 12 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[4] | 41 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[5] | 12 |
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[6] | 36 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[7] | 11 |