Track Listing

1. Head Over Heels
2. Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield
3. Burning Down the House - Talking Heads
4. Mad About You - Belinda Carlisle
5. I Wanna Dance With Somebody - Whitney Houston
6. What I Like About You - Lillix
7. Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla Ice
8. Crazy For You - Madonna
9. Vienna - Billy Joel
10. Why Can't I? - Liz Phair
11. Tainted Love - Soft Cell
12. Love Is A Battlefield - Pat Benatar
13. Will I Ever Make It Home - Ingram Hill

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8109 in Music
• Released on: 2004-04-20
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Original language: English

Album Description
This all-star soundtrack takes listeners on a tour of the '80s with neon-colored flashbacks of the artists and music that defined the big-haired decade, including Madonna's 1985 No. 1 hit "Crazy For You," Soft Cell's 1982 smash "Tainted Love," Pat Benatar's 1983 chart-topper, "Love Is A Battlefield," and of course, the ultimate '80s hit, Vanilla Ice's "Ice Ice Baby." Additional highlights are provided by roots-rockers Ingram Hill ("Will I Ever Make It Home?"), Lillix (who cover "What I Like About You") and Liz Phair ("Why Can't I?").

Customer Reviews

Great Soundtrack
I love '80s music, so after I saw the movie, I knew I had to buy this soundtrack. It is one of the rare soundtracks filled with songs that were actually in the movie rather than thrown on there just to drive CD sales. It is a great blend of '80s music and music that is popular today. There is a song on here for every mood, so there isn't a good reason why someone shouldn't like it. Yes, it is disappointing "Thriller" wasn't on here, but the rest of the songs more than make up for that.

If you have a wide variety of musical tastes, then you should get this soundtrack. Like the movie, it will make you feel good about yourself.

By the way . . .
No one seems to have mentioned yet, but I adored the song that was playing when Jenna was shopping at Chanel and had the green masque on. It's called "Good Day" by Luce.

Incomplete, but still great
13 Going on 30 was a fantastic movie. One of the big reasons it was so good is because of the music in the movie. The soundtrack is decent, but a few key songs from the movie are missing.

Where is Thriller at. Thriller is one of the most important songs in the movie and should have been a must on this soundtrack. Thriller is a great song and one of the best music videos ever made, but it should have made the cut for the soundtrack. It plays such an important role in the movie.

The rest of the soundtrack is 80's galore. I loved Pat Benatar's Love is a Battlefield. I hadn't heard this song in over a decade and what a joy it was to hear it again. It's a funny scene in the movie and which this song is played and I'm glad it's on the soundtrack.

Some of the other big 80's songs on here are I wanna Dance With Somebody by Whitney Houston, Tainted Love by Soft Cell, Jesse's Girl by Rick Springfield, Head Over Heels, by the Go-Go's and Crazy For You by Madonna. There are some other 80's songs but those are the big hits.

Throw in Vanilla Ice's Ice Ice Baby and you basicly have the soundtrack. It is a very good soundtrack and I am glad to say I own it. This brought back a lot of memories and is fun to listen to. If you loved the movie you might want to consider picking it up. It's missing two songs from the movie which stopped it from being a five star review. Despite that go pick this soundtrack up.