Pitch Perfect (soundtrack)

Pitch Perfect (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Soundtrack album by Various Artists
Released	25 September 2012
Genre	A cappella pop
Length	30:50
Label	Universal Music
Singles from Pitch Perfect (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
"Cups" Released: March 26, 2013[1]

Pitch Perfect: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the official music for the 2012 film Pitch Perfect. The soundtrack was released digitally on September 25, 2012, and physically on October 2, 2012.^[2] Three songs from the album charted on the Billboard Hot 100: "Cups" by Anna Kendrick, which peaked at number 6; "Bellas Finals: Price Tag/Don't You (Forget About Me)/Give Me Everything/Just the Way You Are/Party in the U.S.A./Turn the Beat Around" by The Barden Bellas, which peaked at number 85; and "Riff Off: Mickey/Like a Virgin/Hit Me with Your Best Shot/S&M/Let's Talk About Sex/I'll Make Love to You/Feels Like the First Time/No Diggity" by The Barden Bellas, The Treblemakers, and the BU Harmonics, which has peaked at number 86.

The album was the sixth best-selling soundtrack of 2012 with 212,000 copies sold for the year.^[3] The album also became the best-selling soundtrack of 2013 in the United States, with 793,000 copies sold in 2013.^[4] As of April 2015, the album has sold a total of 1.2 million copies in the US.^[5]

Singles

A remixed and longer version of "Cups" by Kendrick was released to radio on March 26, 2013 and was later used as a theme song for the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup football tournament.^[1] In August 2013, it peaked at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Track listing

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Don't Stop the Music"	The Treblemakers	3:06
2.	"Let It Whip"	The Treblemakers	2:25
3.	"Since U Been Gone"	Ester Dean Skylar Astin	2:27
4.	"Cups"	Anna Kendrick	1:17
5.	"Riff Off: Ladies of the '80s (Mickey/Like a Virgin/Hit Me with Your Best Shot), Songs About Sex (S&M/Let's Talk About Sex/I'll Make Love to You/Feels Like the First Time/No Diggity)"	The Barden Bellas The Treblemakers The BU Harmonics	3:45
6.	"Bellas Regionals: The Sign/Eternal Flame/Turn the Beat Around"	The Barden Bellas	2:40
7.	"Right Round"	The Treblemakers (featuring My Name Is Kay)	3:18
8.	"Pool Mashup: Just the Way You Are/Just a Dream"	The Barden Bellas	1:39
9.	"Party in the U.S.A."	The Barden Bellas	1:04
10.	"Trebles Finals: Bright Lights Bigger City/Magic"	The Treblemakers	2:34
11.	"Bellas Finals: Price Tag/Don't You (Forget About Me)/Give Me Everything"	The Barden Bellas	3:39
12.	"Toner (Instrumental Suite)"	Christophe Beck Mark Kilian	2:56
Total length:			30:50

Special edition

Pitch Perfect: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Special Edition)
Soundtrack album by Various Artists
Released	December 18, 2012
Genre	A cappella pop indie rock funk
Length	7:08
Label	Universal Music

The EP version of the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was released on December 18, 2012 in iTunes. The EP contains four tracks that are performed by other rival groups of The Barden Bellas and The Treblemakers.

No.	Title	Music	Length
13.	"Fuck You"	The Sockapellas	1:12
14.	"Blame It on the Boogie"	The Footnotes	0:52
15.	"The Final Countdown"	Hullabahoos	1:15
16.	"Open Season"	High Highs	3:49
Total length:			7:08

Charts and certifications

Album

Weekly charts

Chart (2012–13)	Peak position
Australian Albums Chart[6]	9
Austrian Albums Chart[7]	16
Canadian Albums Chart[8]	15
German Albums Chart[9]	50
Irish Albums Chart[10]	6
New Zealand Albums Chart[11]	14
Swiss Albums Chart[12]	72
UK Compilation Chart[13]	10
US Billboard Top Soundtracks[14]	1
US Billboard 200[15]	3

Year-end charts

Chart (2013)	Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[16]	29
Chart (2015)	Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[17]	73

Certifications

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[18]	Platinum	70,000^^
United States (RIAA)[19]	Platinum	1,200,000[5]
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

Singles

Single	Peak positions							Sales
	US [20]	AUS [21]	AUT [22]	CAN [23]	GER	IRE [24]	UK [25]
"Cups"	6	44	75	12	—	26	71	US: 2,500,000[26] AUS: 70,000[27]
"Bellas Finals: Price Tag/Don't You (Forget About Me)/Give Me Everything/Just the Way You Are/Party in the U.S.A./Turn the Beat Around"	85	57	62	71	92	—	184
"Riff Off: Mickey/Like a Virgin/Hit Me with Your Best Shot/S&M/Let's Talk About Sex/I'll Make Love to You/Feels Like the First Time/No Diggity"	86	72	70	98	—	—	172
"Pool Mashup: Just the Way You Are/Just a Dream"	111	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart.

References

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20. Peak chart positions for charted songs in the United States:
    • "Cups", "Bellas Finals: Price Tag/Don't You (Forget About Me)/Give Me Everything/Just the Way You Are/Party in the U.S.A./Turn the Beat Around", "Riff Off: Mickey/Like a Virgin/Hit Me with Your Best Shot/S&M/Let's Talk About Sex/I'll Make Love to You/Feels Like the First Time/No Diggity": "The Billboard Hot 100 Week of January 19, 2013". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 10, 2013.
    • "Pool Mashup": "Bubbling Under Hot 100 Week of January 12, 2013". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
21. Peak chart positions for charted songs in Australia (ARIA Chart):
    • "Cups": "ARIA Chart: Macklemore And Ryan Lewis Remain Top Of ARIA Chart". noise11. www.noise11.com. Retrieved January 13, 2013.
    • "Bellas Finals: Price Tag/Don't You (Forget About Me)/Give Me Everything/Just the Way You Are/Party in the U.S.A./Turn the Beat Around": "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 29 April 2013" (PDF) (1209). Pandora Archive. April 29, 2013. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
    • "Riff Off: Mickey/Like a Virgin/Hit Me with Your Best Shot/S&M/Let's Talk About Sex/I'll Make Love to You/Feels Like the First Time/No Diggity": "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 22 April 2013" (PDF) (1208). Pandora Archive. April 22, 2013. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
22. Peak chart positions for charted songs in Austria (Ö3 Top 40): "Austria O3 Top 40 Chart". 03 Top 40 Singles Chart. Retrieved January 13, 2013.
23. Peak chart positions for charted songs in Canada:
    • "Cups", "Bellas Finals: Price Tag/Don't You (Forget About Me)/Give Me Everything/Just the Way You Are/Party in the U.S.A./Turn the Beat Around": "The Billboard Hot 100 Week of January 12, 2013". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
24. Peak chart positions for charted songs in Ireland (IRMA): "IRMA Singles Chart". IRMA. Retrieved January 13, 2013.
25. Peak chart positions for charted songs in Canada:
    • "Cups", "Bellas Finals: Price Tag/Don't You (Forget About Me)/Give Me Everything/Just the Way You Are/Party in the U.S.A./Turn the Beat Around", "Riff Off: Mickey/Like a Virgin/Hit Me with Your Best Shot/S&M/Let's Talk About Sex/I'll Make Love to You/Feels Like the First Time/No Diggity": "CHART: CLUK Update 12.01.2013 (wk1)". Zobbel. www.Zobbel.de. Retrieved January 12, 2013.
26. Trust, Gary (October 7, 2013). "Anna Kendrick Tops AC Chart With 'Cups'". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
27. "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2013 Singles". ARIA. Retrieved September 10, 2014.