| WWF Forceable Entry | ||||
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| Released | March 26, 2002 (2002-03-26) | |||
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| Length | 71:25 | |||
| Label | Columbia Smackdown! Records | |||
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WWF Forceable Entry is a soundtrack albumbyWWE (then known as the World Wrestling Federation, or WWF). Released on March 26, 2002 by Columbia Records, it features entrance music of WWE wrestlers re-recorded by various hard rock and heavy metal artists and bands. It is also the last album released under the "WWF" name, as the company changed its name to "WWE" in May 2002 after a British court ruled in favor of the World Wide Fund for Nature for ownership of the "WWF" initialism and branding (the World Wrestling Federation and the World Wide Fund for Nature had used the "WWF" name and branding since 1979 at the time).[1] The album was a commercial success, charting at number three on the US Billboard 200.
Johnny Loftus of music website AllMusic categorized WWF Forceable Entryasalternative metal, post-grunge and rap metal.[2] The album features a number of cover versions (including Kid Rock's cover of "Legs" by ZZ Top) and remixes (such as Limp Bizkit's "Rollin'" and Marilyn Manson's "The Beautiful People"), as well as new tracks.[2][3] Some tracks are also new recordings of wrestlers' entrance themes, including Drowning Pool's cover of Motörhead's "The Game" (Triple H) and Disturbed's recording "Glass Shatters" (Stone Cold Steve Austin).[2][3] Finger Eleven's song "Slow Chemical" (Kane) is a bonus track on some versions of the album as well. Also, on some versions of "Across The Nation", a "Test" chant is heard in the song's solo section before the final chorus, giving weight to the theory that the song was meant to be the theme song for the late WWE superstar Test (real name Andrew Martin) before it eventually became one of many theme songs for WWE Raw.[4]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Subject(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "The Game" (performed by Drowning Pool) |
| Triple H | 3:28 |
| 2. | "Legs" (performed by Kid Rock) |
| Stacy Keibler | 4:53 |
| 3. | "Young Grow Old" (performed by Creed) |
| Backlash 2002 | 4:43 |
| 4. | "Glass Shatters" (performed by Disturbed) |
| Stone Cold Steve Austin | 3:54 |
| 5. | "Rollin'" (Dead Man mix, performed by Limp Bizkit) |
| The Undertaker | 3:33 |
| 6. | "Whatever" (performed by Our Lady Peace) |
| Chris Benoit | 3:53 |
| 7. | "Never Gonna Stop" (the Black Cat Crossing mix, performed by Rob Zombie) |
| Edge | 3:40 |
| 8. | "One of a Kind" (performed by Breaking Point) |
| Rob Van Dam | 3:28 |
| 9. | "The Beautiful People" (the WWF remix, performed by Marilyn Manson) |
| SmackDown! | 4:16 |
| 10. | "Across the Nation" (performed by The Union Underground) |
| Raw | 3:00 |
| 11. | "Break the Walls Down" (performed by Sevendust) | Johnston | Chris Jericho | 3:16 |
| 12. | "Turn the Tables" (performed by Saliva) | Johnston | The Dudley Boyz | 4:21 |
| 13. | "Live for the Moment" (performed by Monster Magnet) |
| Matt Hardy | 4:59 |
| 14. | "End of Everything" (performed by Stereomud) |
| Raven | 3:27 |
| 15. | "Ride of Your Life" (performed by Neurotica) |
| King of the Ring 2002 | 3:38 |
| 16. | "Just Another Victim" (performed by Cypress Hill) |
| Tazz | 4:14 |
| 17. | "No Chance" (performed by Dope) |
| Vince McMahon | 4:01 |
| 18. | "Lovefurypassionenergy" (performed by Boy Hits Car) |
| Lita | 4:41 |
| 19. | "Slow Chemical" (performed by Finger Eleven) |
| Kane | 3:12 |
Note: Track 19 only appears on the Canadian release of the album.[5]
Weekly charts[edit]
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| Region | Certification | Sales/shipments |
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| United States (RIAA)[12] | Gold | 500,000^ |
| ^shipments figures based on certification alone | ||
WWF Forceable Entry was released on March 26, 2002 by Columbia Records in association with SmackDown! Records, a division of WWE.[13]
WWF Forceable Entry was a commercial success. In the US, the album reached number three on the US Billboard 200; in Canada, it reached number three on the Canadian Albums Chart.[14] It was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America, indicating sales of over 500,000 units.[12] The album sold over 145,000 copies in the US in its first week on sale.[15]
Music website AllMusic awarded the album two out of five stars. Writer Johnny Loftus noted that Forceable Entry "will be most relevant to wrestling fans," but joked that "fans of heavy music...might seek this set out in the local sale bin."[2]
Fun Fact: Across The Nation was possibly going to be Test's theme before it became RAW's Intro. This is backed up by the fact certain recordings of the song has a crowd going "TEST TEST TEST" (as in the linked music video)
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