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==Soundtrack== {{Infobox album | name = Coming to America: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | type = soundtrack | artist = Various artists | cover = | alt = | released = July 1988 | recorded = | studio = | genre = [[Pop music|Pop]] | length = 40:16 | label = [[Atco Records]] | producer = | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = | misc = {{Singles | name = Coming to America | type = soundtrack | single1 = [[Coming to America (Nile Rodgers song)|Coming to America]] | single1date = | single2 = [[Come into My Life (Laura Branigan and Joe Esposito song)|Come into My Life]] | single2date = | single3 = [[That's the Way It Is (Mel and Kim song)|That's the Way It Is]] | single3date = | single4 = Better Late Than Never | single4date = }} }} The soundtrack to the film was released on LP, cassette and CD. The songs "Coming to America" by The System, "Better Late Than Never" by The Cover Girls and "Come into My Life" by Laura Branigan and Joe Esposito were released as singles from the album. "That's The Way It Is" by Mel & Kim had been released as a single in the UK, before the film's release, in February 1988, and became a top ten hit. It was released as a single in the US at the time of the film's release. '''Side A''' # "[[Coming to America (Nile Rodgers song)|Coming to America]]" β [[The System (band)|The System]] (3:49) # "Better Late Than Never" β [[The Cover Girls]] (4:02) # "All Dressed Up (Ready to Hit the Town)" β [[Chico DeBarge]] (4:50) # "I Like It Like That" β Michael Rodgers (4:01) # "[[That's the Way It Is (Mel and Kim song)|That's the Way It Is]]" β [[Mel and Kim]] (3:25) '''Side B''' # "Addicted to You" β [[LeVert]] (3:54) # "Comin' Correct" β [[J.J. Fad]] (3:56) # "Livin' the Good Life" β [[Sister Sledge]] (3:46) # "Transparent" β [[Nona Hendryx]] (3:50) # "[[Come into My Life (Laura Branigan and Joe Esposito song)|Come into My Life]]" β [[Laura Branigan]] and [[Joe Esposito (singer)|Joe Esposito]] (4:39) ===Soul Glo jingle=== The jingle for the commercial for the fictional product Soul Glo was composed by [[Nile Rodgers]], who has suggested it is his "proudest moment".<ref>{{cite web |last=Golding |first=Shenequa |date=April 6, 2016 |title=Nile Rodgers Declares 'Coming To America's' ''Soul Glo'' As His Greatest Composition |url=https://www.vibe.com/2016/04/in-nile-rodgers-coming-to-america-soul-glo |access-date=March 28, 2020}}</ref> Vocals were provided by Christopher Max.<ref>{{cite tweet |last=Rodgers |first=Nile |date=December 21, 2016 |title=Soul Glo was sung by an artist named Christopher Max. He's the son of Eugene McDaniels who wrote songs like "Feel Like Making Love" etc. |user=nilerodgers |number=811396783570124800}}</ref>
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