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Ghostbusters
Ray Parker Jr.
Ghostbusters Original Soundtrack
Ghostbusters: Original Soundtrack
RaitingFF
Family Friendly
Information
Released 1984
Genre Other
Language English
Source Lego Rock Band
also Nintendo DS setlist
Available November 3, 2009
Playable in
Rock Band
Rock Band 2
Rock Band 3
Rock Band Blitz
Lego Rock Band
Difficulty
Band 1FcircleUFCirlceUFCirlceUFCirlceUFCirlce
Basic Pro
Guitar 3FcircleFcircleFcircleUFCirlceUFCirlce NoNo Part
Bass 2FcircleFcircleUFCirlceUFCirlceUFCirlce NoNo Part
Drums 3FcircleFcircleFcircleUFCirlceUFCirlce 3FcircleFcircleFcircleUFCirlceUFCirlce
Keys NoNo Part NoNo Part
Vocals 1FcircleUFCirlceUFCirlceUFCirlceUFCirlce 1FcircleUFCirlceUFCirlceUFCirlceUFCirlce
Details
Male singer
Drum Solo
3-part Harmonies



"Ghostbusters" is a song by Ray Parker Jr. which was the theme song for the movie starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson and Sigourney Weaver. Parker's song was chosen after 60 others were rejected.

Parker had to get pretty creative with this, as writing a song with the word "Ghostbusters" in it is quite challenging. In an interview with George Cole, author of The Last Miles: The Music of Miles Davis, 1980-1991, Parker said: "It sounds easy now because you've heard the song. But if somebody told you to write a song with the word "Ghostbusters" in it, it's pretty difficult. That was the hard part - getting the title in the song."

Parker added that he got his girlfriend and her friends to shout the title for the chorus, since he didn't want to sing it. Parker, who was a renowned session musician, played most of the instruments on the track.

Huey Lewis sued Parker for plagiarizing the medley to his song "I Want a New Drug" on this. They settled out of court and agreed not to talk about the case in public. In 2001, Lewis talked about the case in public when he revealed that Parker paid to settle the suit on an episode of VH1's Behind the Music. Parker then sued Lewis for violating the terms of their agreement.

The video featured short appearances by a bunch of random celebrities, including George Wendt, Carly Simon, and John Candy.

Bobby Brown did the theme song for Ghostbusters 2. It was called "On Our Own."

This was nominated for an Oscar for Best Song from a Movie. It lost to "I Just Called to Say I Love You" by Stevie Wonder.

This was used in the 2008 movie Be Kind Rewind in a scene where the main characters re-create the Ghostbusters movie.

Trivia[]

  • In Lego Rock Band, many actions performed by the band members and the roadies in the rock power challenge came from the Vevo video including the different people to shout "Ghostbusters!" the bed with the floating covers and singer under the bed and the floating objects.

Video[]

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