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The Wrestling Album
Studio album by World Wrestling Federation
Released	November 1985
Recorded	1985
Label	Epic Records
Producer	Rick Derringer, Dave Wolff, Jim Steinman, Mona Flambé
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The Wrestling Album is the first album released by the World Wrestling Federation in 1985. It features mostly theme music of wrestlers on the roster at the time.

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Most of the songs were produced by Rick Derringer and David Wolff. Jim Steinman composed and produced "Hulk Hogan's Theme", which was used on the Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n Wrestling cartoon. Cyndi Lauper participated on the album as a backing vocalist on "Real American" and as producer of "Captain" Lou Albano's track under the pseudonym "Mona Flambé".

The album was briefly reissued on CD by Koch Records, who licensed the master rights from Epic/Sony in 1998.

The album's tracks are bridged with commentary from Vince McMahon, "Mean Gene" Okerlund, and Jesse "The Body" Ventura. Three singles were issued from the album: "Land of a Thousand Dances" in a shortened version with overdubbed saxophones, "Grab Them Cakes", and "Don't Go Messin' with a Country Boy". All three singles were issued in picture sleeves and used "Captain Lou's History of Music/Captain Lou" as the B-side.

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The Wrestlers - "Land of a Thousand Dances"
Junkyard Dog - "Grab Them Cakes"
- Disco singer Vicki Sue Robinson is a guest vocalist.
Rick Derringer - "Real American"
- This was originally intended to be the theme song of the tag team of Barry Windham and Mike Rotundo, known collectively as the US Express. However, shortly after the album's release, Windham and Rotundo left for the National Wrestling Alliance, it became much better known as the theme song for Hulk Hogan, and it remains associated with him to this day.
Jimmy Hart - "Eat Your Heart Out, Rick Springfield"
"Captain" Lou Albano and George "The Animal" Steele - "Captain Lou's History of Music/Captain Lou"
- "Captain Lou" is a cover of a song originally recorded by NRBQ; Albano made an appearance on the original recording and was credited with playing all of the instruments on this track. However, he is actually heard playing the main leitmotif from Grieg's "Morning" (from Peer Gynt Suite) on the "History of Music" portion of the song.
WWF All-Stars - "Hulk Hogan's Theme"
- This served as the theme song for the television series Hulk Hogan's Rock n' Wrestling.
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper - "For Everybody"
- The original title, as it may have been apparent to many older listeners, is "Fuck Everybody".^[1]The title and some of the lyrics had to be changed for Piper's version since the album was being marketed to the WWF's younger audience. "For Everybody" was credited as being produced solely by Derringer in order to conform to the ongoing angle in the WWF between Piper on one side and anyone directly associated with Cyndi Lauper (including Dave Wolff) on the other. In actuality, Wolff was present for Piper's session.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund - "Tutti Frutti"
Hillbilly Jim - "Don't Go Messin' with a Country Boy"
Nikolai Volkoff - "Cara Mia"
- Volkoff intentionally ruins the end of the song, denouncing Western music before proceeding to sing the Soviet National Anthem. Okerlund and McMahon promptly turn off Volkoff's microphone and declare the whole album a disaster. Ventura, in an attempt to salvage the recording, tells Okerlund and McMahon that the three of them should sing a duet to end the album; they respond by leaving him in the studio.

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^ "BMI Repertoire Search". Repertoire Search. BMI. http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&page=1&keyid=1927014&querytype=WorkID. Retrieved 18 Feb 2009.

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Music in professional wrestling

[0] "BMI Repertoire Search". Repertoire Search. BMI. http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&page=1&keyid=1927014&querytype=WorkID. Retrieved 18 Feb 2009.

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