Burlesque is a soundtrack album from the film of the same name starring Che… Read Full Bio ↴Burlesque is a soundtrack album from the film of the same name starring Cher and Christina Aguilera, released on November 22, 2010 by RCA Records. The first single from the soundtrack “Express” will be released on November 19, 2010. The album features ten tracks, with eight done by Aguilera and two by Cher, which are Cher’s first original recordings in 7 years.

Background and production

It was confirmed after Christina Aguilera had completed work on her fourth studio album ‘Bionic’ that she had invited Tricky Stewart to start work on the soundtrack album to accompany the film ‘Burlesque’. Together Aguilera and Stewart co-wrote two tracks for the soundtrack album being ‘Show Me How You Burlesque’ and ‘Express’. In addition to this he also worked on various other tracks for the album. He produced two remakes for the soundtrack - ‘Somethings Got a Hold On Me’ and ‘Tough Lover’. Songwriter Claude Kelly confirmed he co-wrote three songs for the movie.

Singer-songwriter Sia Furler has worked with Aguilera on a song for the film. Record producer Danja has also been working on the soundtrack. Further, it was confirmed that the album would feature contributions from Linda Perry and Ron Fair. Cher has recorded two tracks for the album: the first song/opening number “Welcome to Burlesque”, and the power ballad “You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me”, which was written by Diane Warren and produced by Matt Serletic. The song is also Cher’s first original song in seven years. Aguilera said that she wanted the soundtrack to resemble the sounds of her 2006 album “Back to Basics” with an addition a modern-day sound and a ‘Big bottom-end bass in the beat, then old-school horn pops — things like that’. She also stated that the track ‘Bound to You’ was her favourite from the album, she co-wrote the track with musician ‘Sia’.

Cher’s mega power ballad “You Haven’t Seen the Last Of Me.” The song was written by Diane Warren who wrote Cher’s 1989 top 3 smash “If I Could Turn Back Time.” This has the feel of an instant classic. I am particularly loving the stripped down production which leaves a bit of a raw feel to Cher’s performance matching the words of the song perfectly.
Bill Lamb talks Cher’s ‘You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me’

Release and promotion

Several teasers have been released for promotional purposes including the Etta James classic ‘Something Got a Hold On Me’. This was then followed by the track ‘But I Am a Good Girl’ which was released in November 2010. Cher’s track ‘You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me’ was also released as a promotional teaser, the track has been met with a good reception, About.com said that the track felt like “an instant classic” and they also commented on how the stripped down production method “leaves a bit of raw feel to Cher’s performance”. The album was made available in various packages and on Sony’s Music Digital Store they announced the release of two worldwide bundles for the Burlesque soundtrack one featuring the Standard album with the movie poster and the other with the soundtrack, poster and a 172 page hardcover book which features a 1 page forward by Aguilera and a 3 page introduction by Cher. The album was released in full on November 15th 2010 on music.aol.com as a promotional tool. On November 18th 2010 Aguilera performed the track ‘Bound to You’ from the Soundtrack and gave an interview to Jay Leno On November 19th 2010 Aguilera gave another television interview to Ellen Degeneres she then performed a track from the soundtrack, the Etta James’ track ‘Somethings Got a Hold On Me’ Christina Aguilera performed the first single from the album ‘Express’ at the American Music Awards of 2010.