Suicide Squad (soundtrack)

Suicide Squad: The Album is the soundtrack album to the film of the same name. It was released on August 5, 2016, by Atlantic Records and WaterTower Music.[6] A separate film score album, titled Suicide Squad: Original Motion Picture Score and composed by Steven Price, was released on August 8, by WaterTower Music.[7] The digital edition of the film score album contains eight bonus tracks. It received mixed reviews by critics, but the Collector's Edition received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media at the 2017 ceremony. It won the 2017 Kids' Choice Awards for Favorite Soundtrack.

This article is about the 2016 film soundtrack. For the 2021 standalone sequel film soundtrack, see The Suicide Squad (soundtrack).
Suicide Squad: The Album
Standard cover
Soundtrack album by
Various artists
ReleasedAugust 5, 2016 (2016-08-05)
Recorded2016
Genre
Length50:31
Label
Producer
DC Extended Universe soundtrack chronology
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
(2016)		 Suicide Squad: The Album
(2016)		 Wonder Woman
(2017)
Singles from Suicide Squad: The Album
  1. "Heathens"
    Released: June 16, 2016
  2. "Sucker for Pain"
    Released: June 24, 2016
  3. "Purple Lamborghini"
    Released: July 22, 2016
  4. "Gangsta"
    Released: August 1, 2016
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB[4]
Pitchfork4.0/10[5]

Track listing
Suicide Squad: The Album track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Purple Lamborghini" (Skrillex and Rick Ross)
3:35
2."Sucker for Pain" (Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa and Imagine Dragons with Logic and Ty Dolla $ign featuring X Ambassadors)
Alex Da Kid4:04
3."Heathens" (Twenty One Pilots)
3:15
4."Standing in the Rain" (Action Bronson, Mark Ronson and Dan Auerbach)
Ronson3:22
5."Gangsta" (Kehlani)
2:57
6."Know Better" (Kevin Gates)
  • JMIKE
  • T-Collar
3:28
7."You Don't Own Me" (Grace featuring G-Eazy)
3:19
8."Without Me" (Eminem)
4:22
9."Wreak Havoc" (Skylar Grey)
Evigan3:48
10."Medieval Warfare" (Grimes)
Grimes3:01
11."Bohemian Rhapsody" (Panic! at the Disco)
Butch Walker6:01
12."Slippin' into Darkness" (War)
War3:47
13."Fortunate Son" (Creedence Clearwater Revival)John FogertyFogerty2:18
14."I Started a Joke" (ConfidentialMX featuring Becky Hanson)
  • John Samuel Hanson
  • Kyle Biane
3:10
Total length:50:31
Collector's Edition[8]
No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Purple Lamborghini" (Skrillex and Rick Ross)
  • Skrillex
  • Beat Billionaire
3:35
2."Sucker for Pain" (Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa and Imagine Dragons with Logic and Ty Dolla $ign featuring X Ambassadors)Alex Da Kid4:04
3."Heathens" (Twenty One Pilots)
3:15
4."Standing in the Rain" (Action Bronson, Mark Ronson and Dan Auerbach)Mark Ronson3:22
5."Gangsta (Harley Quinn & Joker Flashback Version)" (Kehlani)
2:49
6."Know Better" (Kevin Gates)
  • JMIKE
  • T-Collar
3:28
7."You Don't Own Me" (Grace featuring G-Eazy)
3:19
8."Without Me" (Eminem)
4:52
9."Super Freak" (Rick James)Rick James3:26
10."Wreak Havoc" (Skylar Grey)Jason Evigan3:48
11."Medieval Warfare" (Grimes)Grimes3:01
12."Bohemian Rhapsody" (Panic! at the Disco)Butch Walker6:01
13."Slippin' into Darkness" (War)War3:47
14."Fortunate Son" (Creedence Clearwater Revival)John Fogerty2:18
15."Spirit in the Sky" (Norman Greenbaum)Erik Jacobsen3:10
16."I'd Rather Go Blind" (Etta James)Rick Hall2:35
17."I Started a Joke" (ConfidentialMX featuring Becky Hanson)
  • John Samuel Hanson
  • Kyle Biane
3:10

Commercial performance

In the United States, the soundtrack debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, with 182,000 equivalent album units.[9] It was also the best-selling album of the week, selling 128,000 copies in its first week on the chart.[10]

Suicide Squad was certified gold in the United States on September 23, 2016, for 500,000 units composed by sales, streaming and track-equivalent units.[11] It was certified platinum for shipping over 1 million equivalent-units on November 16. As of April 2017, it has sold 548,000 copies in the country.[12][13]

Charts

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[65] Gold 35,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[66] Gold 40,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[67] Gold 10,000‡
France (SNEP)[68] Platinum 100,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ)[69] Gold 7,500‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[70] Platinum 300,000‡
United States (RIAA)[71] 2× Platinum 2,000,000‡

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Suicide Squad: Original Motion Picture Score
Suicide Squad: Original Motion Picture Score
Film score by
Steven Price
ReleasedAugust 8, 2016 (2016-08-08)
Recorded2016
GenreFilm score
Length
  • 72:33 (physical edition)
  • 93:38 (digital edition)
LabelWaterTower
ProducerSteven Price
Steven Price chronology
The Hunt
(2015)		 Suicide Squad
(2016)		 Baby Driver – Music from the Motion Picture
(2017)
DC Extended Universe soundtrack chronology
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
(2016)		 Suicide Squad
(2016)		 Wonder Woman
(2017)

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Task Force X"4:53
2."Arkham Asylum"3:23
3."I'm Going to Figure This Out"1:41
4."You Make My Teeth Hurt"2:30
5."I Want to Assemble a Task Force"2:52
6."Brother Our Time Has Come"4:42
7."A Serial Killer Who Takes Credit Cards"2:09
8."A Killer App"2:53
9."That's How I Cut and Run"3:09
10."We Got a Job to Do"1:41
11."You Die We Die"4:01
12."Harley and Joker"2:49
13."This Bird Is Baked"4:42
14."Hey Craziness"4:01
15."You Need a Miracle"2:36
16."Diablo's Story"1:42
17."The Squad"3:58
18."Are We Friends or Are We Foes?"4:16
19."She's Behind You"3:02
20."One Bullet Is All I Need"3:32
21."I Thought I'd Killed You"3:49
22."The Worst of the Worst"4:11
Total length:72:33
Digital edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
23."June Moone"2:37
24."Did That Tickle?"3:41
25."You Know the Rules Hotness"1:58
26."Enchantress in the War Room"2:35
27."Introducing Diablo and Croc"2:09
28."Task Force X Activated"2:11
29."Can Everyone See This Trippy Stuff"4:25
30."I Promised My Friends"1:29
Total length:93:38

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