| Suicide Squad: The Album | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by  Various artists  | ||||
| Released | August 5, 2016 | |||
| Recorded | 2016 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 50:31 | |||
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| Producer | 
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| DC Extended Universe soundtrack chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Suicide Squad: The Album | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating | 
| AllMusic | |
| Entertainment Weekly | B[4] | 
| Pitchfork | 4.0/10[5] | 
Suicide Squad: The Album is the soundtrack album to the film of the same name. It was released on August 5, 2016, by Atlantic Records and WaterTower Music.[6] A separate film score album, titled Suicide Squad: Original Motion Picture Score and composed by Steven Price, was released on August 8, by WaterTower Music.[7] The digital edition of the film score album contains eight bonus tracks. It received mixed reviews by critics, but the Collector's Edition received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media at the 2017 ceremony. It won the 2017 Kids' Choice Awards for Favorite Soundtrack.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Purple Lamborghini" (Skrillex and Rick Ross) | 
  | 3:35 | 
| 2. | "Sucker for Pain" (Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa and Imagine Dragons with Logic and Ty Dolla $ign featuring X Ambassadors) | Alex Da Kid | 4:04 | 
| 3. | "Heathens" (Twenty One Pilots) | 3:15 | |
| 4. | "Standing in the Rain" (Action Bronson, Mark Ronson and Dan Auerbach) | Mark Ronson | 3:22 | 
| 5. | "Gangsta (Harley Quinn & Joker Flashback Version)" (Kehlani) | 
  | 2:49 | 
| 6. | "Know Better" (Kevin Gates) | 
  | 3:28 | 
| 7. | "You Don't Own Me" (Grace featuring G-Eazy) | 3:19 | |
| 8. | "Without Me" (Eminem) | 
  | 4:52 | 
| 9. | "Super Freak" (Rick James) | Rick James | 3:26 | 
| 10. | "Wreak Havoc" (Skylar Grey) | Jason Evigan | 3:48 | 
| 11. | "Medieval Warfare" (Grimes) | Grimes | 3:01 | 
| 12. | "Bohemian Rhapsody" (Panic! at the Disco) | Butch Walker | 6:01 | 
| 13. | "Slippin' into Darkness" (War) | War | 3:47 | 
| 14. | "Fortunate Son" (Creedence Clearwater Revival) | John Fogerty | 2:18 | 
| 15. | "Spirit in the Sky" (Norman Greenbaum) | Erik Jacobsen | 3:10 | 
| 16. | "I'd Rather Go Blind" (Etta James) | Rick Hall | 2:35 | 
| 17. | "I Started a Joke" (ConfidentialMX featuring Becky Hanson) | 
  | 3:10 | 
Commercial performance
In the United States, the soundtrack debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, with 182,000 equivalent album units.[9] It was also the best-selling album of the week, selling 128,000 copies in its first week on the chart.[10]
Suicide Squad was certified gold in the United States on September 23, 2016, for 500,000 units composed by sales, streaming and track-equivalent units.[11] It was certified platinum for shipping over 1 million equivalent-units on November 16. As of April 2017, it has sold 548,000 copies in the country.[12][13]
Charts
Weekly charts
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales | 
|---|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA)[65] | Gold | 35,000^ | 
| Canada (Music Canada)[66] | Gold | 40,000‡ | 
| Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[67] | Gold | 10,000‡ | 
| France (SNEP)[68] | Platinum | 100,000‡ | 
| New Zealand (RMNZ)[69] | Gold | 7,500‡ | 
| United Kingdom (BPI)[70] | Platinum | 300,000‡ | 
| United States (RIAA)[71] | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000‡ | 
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 ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.  | ||
Suicide Squad: Original Motion Picture Score
| Suicide Squad: Original Motion Picture Score | ||||
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| Film score by | ||||
| Released | August 8, 2016 | |||
| Recorded | 2016 | |||
| Genre | Film score | |||
| Length | 
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| Label | WaterTower | |||
| Producer | Steven Price | |||
| Steven Price chronology | ||||
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| DC Extended Universe soundtrack chronology | ||||
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Track listing
| No. | Title | Length | 
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Task Force X" | 4:53 | 
| 2. | "Arkham Asylum" | 3:23 | 
| 3. | "I'm Going to Figure This Out" | 1:41 | 
| 4. | "You Make My Teeth Hurt" | 2:30 | 
| 5. | "I Want to Assemble a Task Force" | 2:52 | 
| 6. | "Brother Our Time Has Come" | 4:42 | 
| 7. | "A Serial Killer Who Takes Credit Cards" | 2:09 | 
| 8. | "A Killer App" | 2:53 | 
| 9. | "That's How I Cut and Run" | 3:09 | 
| 10. | "We Got a Job to Do" | 1:41 | 
| 11. | "You Die We Die" | 4:01 | 
| 12. | "Harley and Joker" | 2:49 | 
| 13. | "This Bird Is Baked" | 4:42 | 
| 14. | "Hey Craziness" | 4:01 | 
| 15. | "You Need a Miracle" | 2:36 | 
| 16. | "Diablo's Story" | 1:42 | 
| 17. | "The Squad" | 3:58 | 
| 18. | "Are We Friends or Are We Foes?" | 4:16 | 
| 19. | "She's Behind You" | 3:02 | 
| 20. | "One Bullet Is All I Need" | 3:32 | 
| 21. | "I Thought I'd Killed You" | 3:49 | 
| 22. | "The Worst of the Worst" | 4:11 | 
| Total length: | 72:33 | |
| No. | Title | Length | 
|---|---|---|
| 23. | "June Moone" | 2:37 | 
| 24. | "Did That Tickle?" | 3:41 | 
| 25. | "You Know the Rules Hotness" | 1:58 | 
| 26. | "Enchantress in the War Room" | 2:35 | 
| 27. | "Introducing Diablo and Croc" | 2:09 | 
| 28. | "Task Force X Activated" | 2:11 | 
| 29. | "Can Everyone See This Trippy Stuff" | 4:25 | 
| 30. | "I Promised My Friends" | 1:29 | 
| Total length: | 93:38 | |
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External links
- Official site (soundtrack) Archived 2021-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
 - Official site (score) Archived 2016-08-19 at the Wayback Machine
 

