Glee: The Music, The Rocky Horror Glee Show

Glee: The Music, The Rocky Horror Glee Show is the third extended play (EP) by the cast of the musical television series Glee, released on October 19, 2010. It contains seven songs and accompanies the episode "The Rocky Horror Glee Show", originally aired October 26, 2010 on Fox. The Halloween episode sees the glee club recreating the 1973 comedy horror musical The Rocky Horror Show, written and composed by Richard O'Brien.^[1] Dante Di Loreto and Brad Falchuk serve as the executive producers.

Glee: The Music, The Rocky Horror Glee Show
EP by Glee Cast
Released	October 19, 2010 (2010-10-19)
Recorded	2010
Genre	Rock, soundtrack
Length	21:27
Label	Columbia / 20th Century Fox TV
Producer	Dante Di Loreto (exec.), Brad Falchuk (exec.), Adam Anders, Peer Åström, Ryan Murphy
Glee Cast chronology
Glee: The Music, Journey to Regionals (2010) Glee: The Music, The Rocky Horror Glee Show (2010) Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album (2010)

Background and development

The Glee episode "The Rocky Horror Glee Show" originally aired October 26, 2010 as part of Fox's series of Halloween-themed episodes, and features a staging of The Rocky Horror Show by the school's glee club.^[2][3] Plans for the episode were revealed at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con International by Glee creator Ryan Murphy after cast member Chris Colfer expressed desire to cover "Time Warp" on the show.^[4] Jayma Mays, who plays the role of guidance counselor Emma Pillsbury, auditioned with "Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch Me" and performs the song, with some changes in lyrics.^[5][6] "I'm so going to have to get her to do that on the show," said Murphy on her audition piece.^[7] "Whatever Happened to Saturday Night" is sung by John Stamos, and "Damn It, Janet" by Cory Monteith and Lea Michele.^[6]

The EP's track list was announced in an official press release on September 28, 2010. It was released digitally and physically on October 19, 2010 in North America.^[8][9]

Reception

Andrew Leahey of allmusic gave a rating of three-and-a-half stars out of five, calling the EP "one of the better recordings in Glee's catalog" and "a tidy, polished, well-sung tribute album." He praised the performances of Naya Rivera, Jayma Mays, and John Stamos, vocalists infrequently heard on the series, but felt the casting of Amber Riley as Dr. Frank-N-Furter was misplaced.^[10]

Glee: The Music, The Rocky Horror Glee Show debuted at number six on the Billboard 200 the week of October 27, 2010, with 48,000 copies sold, the lowest debut and sales for the cast in the United States.^[11] This debut made Glee the first television series to have six or more soundtracks chart in the chart's top ten, and marked the highest position ever reached for a Rocky Horror album.^[12] As of April 2011, the EP is Glee's lowest-selling in the US, with 160,000 copies.^[13]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Richard O'Brien

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Science Fiction Double Feature"	4:28
2.	"Damn It, Janet"	2:41
3.	"Whatever Happened to Saturday Night?" (featuring John Stamos)	3:04
4.	"Sweet Transvestite"	2:59
5.	"Touch a Touch a Touch a Touch Me"	2:29
6.	"There's a Light (Over at the Frankenstein Place)"	2:33
7.	"Time Warp"	3:13

Credits and personnel

Persons credited for the project are as follows.^[14]

Adam Anders – arranger; engineer; producer; soundtrack producer; vocals Alex Anders – engineer Nikki Anders – vocals Peer Åström – arranger; engineer; mixing; producer Dave Bett – art direction Per Björling – arranger PJ Bloom – music supervisor Geoff Bywater – executive in charge of music Deyder Cintron – assistant engineer Kamari Copeland – vocals Tim Davis – vocal arrangement; vocal contractor; vocals Dante Di Loreto – soundtrack executive producer Brad Falchuk – soundtrack executive producer Heather Guibert – coordination Missi Hale – vocals

Tobias Kampe-Flygare – vocals Storm Lee – vocals David Loucks – vocals Meaghan Lyons – coordination Dominick Maita – mastering Maria Paula Marulanda – art direction Ryan Murphy – producer; soundtrack producer Richard O'Brien – composer Martin Persson – arranger; orchestration; programming Stefan Persson – string arrangements Patrick Randak – photography Federico Ruiz – design Jenny Sinclair – coordination Windy Wagner – vocals

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2010–2011) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)^[15] 8 Canadian Albums (Billboard)^[16] 10 Irish Albums (IRMA)^[17] 15 UK Albums (OCC)^[18] 23 US Billboard 200^[19] 6 US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard)^[20] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2010) Position US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard)^[21] 23

Release history

Country	Release date	Formats (CD, DD)	Ref.
Canada	October 19, 2010	CD, DD	^[22]^[23]
Germany	October 19, 2010	CD	^[24]
Ireland	October 19, 2010	DD	^[25]
United States	October 19, 2010	CD, DD	^[8]^[26]
Japan	October 26, 2010	CD	^[27]
Australia	October 29, 2010	CD, DD	^[28]^[29]
Taiwan	March 15, 2011	CD	^[30]

References

1. Itzkoff, Dave (September 7, 2010). "He's O.K.: 'Rocky Horror' Creator Given Residency in New Zealand". The New York Times. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
2. (Press release). Fox Broadcasting Company. October 7, 2010. Archived from the original on February 29, 2012. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
3. (Press release). Fox Broadcasting Company. Archived from the original on October 21, 2011. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
4. Collins, Scott (July 25, 2010). "COMIC-CON 2010: 'Glee' will do 'Rocky Horror' episode". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
5. Martin, Denise (April 26, 2009). "'Glee' team rewrites the school musical". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
6. Lyons, Margaret (October 15, 2010). "'Glee' does 'Rocky Horror': Listen to the previews here!". Entertainment Weekly. Time Inc. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
7. Martin, Denise (April 26, 2009). "'Glee' team rewrites the school musical". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 20, 2010.
8. "Glee: The Music, The Rocky Horror Glee Show in Stores October 19" (Press release). PR Newswire. September 28, 2010. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
9. Lipshutz, Jason (September 28, 2010). "'Glee' Announces 'Rocky Horror' Album Details". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
10. Leahey, Andrew. "Glee: The Music, The Rocky Horror Glee Show – Review". allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 18, 2010.
11. Caulfield, Keith (October 27, 2010). "Sugarland Tops Kings of Leon on Billboard 200". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved October 27, 2010.
12. Grein, Paul (October 27, 2010). . Chart Watch. Yahoo! Music. Yahoo!. Archived from the original on October 1, 2012. Retrieved October 29, 2010.
13. Grein, Paul (April 27, 2011). . Chart Watch. Yahoo! Music. Archived from the original on October 5, 2012. Retrieved April 27, 2011.
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15. "Australiancharts.com – Soundtrack / Glee Cast – The Rocky Horror Glee Show". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
16. "Glee Cast Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
17. "Irish-charts.com – Discography Glee Cast". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
18. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
19. "Soundtrack Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
20. "Soundtrack Chart History (Soundtrack Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
21. "Soundtracks – Year-End 2010". Billboard. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
22. "Rocky Horror Glee Show". Amazon.ca. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
23. "Glee: The Music – The Rocky Horror Glee Show". iTunes Store Canada. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
24. "Rocky Horror Glee Show" (in German). Amazon.de. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
25. "Glee: The Music – The Rocky Horror Glee Show". iTunes Store Ireland. Retrieved October 23, 2010.
26. "Glee: The Music, The Rocky Horror Glee Show". Amazon.com. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
27. "Glee: The Music, The Rocky Horror Glee Show(US輸入盤)" (in Japanese). Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
28. . Sanity. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
29. "Glee: The Music – The Rocky Horror Glee Show". iTunes Store Australia. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
30. (in Chinese). Sony Music Entertainment (Taiwan). Archived from the original on May 27, 2011. Retrieved June 6, 2011.

External links

• Glee: The Music, The Rocky Horror Glee Show at GleeTheMusic.com