Coyote Ugly is the soundtrack album to the 2000 film of the same name. It was released through Curb Records on August 1, 2000, and feaured a compilation of pop songs performed LeAnn Rimes, who sing Violet's portions over the lead character, Piper Perabo, along with other artists such as Don Henley, EMF, Snap!, INXS, the Charlie Daniels Band, Tamara Walker, Rare Blend, Mary Griffin. The album was preceded by three singles—"Can't Fight the Moonlight", "But I Do Love You", and "The Right Kind of Wrong". The album was certified 4 x Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for selling four million units in the United States.
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Reception and commercial performance
In the United States, it was certified Gold within one month of its release and Platinum within three months. On July 22, 2008, the soundtrack was certified 4× Platinum. Internationally, it was certified 5× Platinum in Canada and Gold (100,000 units) in Japan in 2002.
Reviewing the soundtrack, Heather Phares of AllMusic wrote "the soundtrack's original songs don't mix especially well with the better-known pop songs. However, this probably won't bother the film's, and album's, target audience; the soundtrack's jumbled yet enjoyable mix of pop clichés mirrors the feel of the film perfectly." Laura Morgan of Entertainment Weekly assigned a "D" rating saying that, "the Coyote Ugly soundtrack sounds like a jukebox programmed by brain dead boozers."
More Music from Coyote Ugly
A second soundtrack, More Music from Coyote Ugly, with more songs that appeared in the film and remixes of two of Rimes' songs, followed on January 28, 2003. Rovi of AllMusic reviewed the album, saying "an ideal disc for filling up the living room dance floor at just about any beer-fueled gathering, More Music from Coyote Ugly" of pure par-tay".
Other songs in the film
The following songs appear in the film, but are on neither of the two released soundtracks.