Bridget Jones's Diary: Music from the Motion Picture

Bridget Jones's Diary: Music from the Motion Picture is the soundtrack album to the 2001 film Bridget Jones's Diary. It was released on 16 April 2001 by Mercury Records.

Bridget Jones's Diary: Music from the Motion Picture
Soundtrack album by
various artists
Released16 April 2001 (2001-04-16)
Length59:54
LabelMercury
ProducerNick Angel
Various artists chronology
Bridget Jones's Diary: Music from the Motion Picture Bridget Jones's Diary 2: More Music from the Motion Picture and Other V.G. Songs
Singles from Bridget Jones's Diary: Music from the Motion Picture
  1. "Out of Reach"
    Released: 9 April 2001
  2. "It's Raining Men"
    Released: April 30, 2001

The film's soundtrack was composed by Patrick Doyle. It also features two hit songs that were released as singles, "Out of Reach" by Gabrielle and "It's Raining Men" by Geri Halliwell. The single became Halliwell's fourth consecutive number-one single on the UK Singles Chart and her most successful solo single to date.

Halliwell's version received positive reviews by music critics and experienced international success. In the United Kingdom, "It's Raining Men" debuted at number-one on the UK Singles Chart and stayed there for two weeks. It became Halliwell's fourth consecutive number-one single in the UK, selling 155,000 units in its first week. Overall the single went on to sell 440,000 copies in Britain alone, becoming the 13th best seller of 2001. In France, it was certified Diamond by the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP).

Following the success of the first soundtrack, a second soundtrack was released, titled Bridget Jones's Diary 2: More Music from the Motion Picture and Other V.G. Songs.

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