







The listing
here are movie soundtracks or “Best of” compilation releases. It
does NOT include those releases that include any of the
following Big
Country singles: In A Big Country Fields of Fire Chance Wonderland Look Away One Great Thing King of Emotion Alone There are FAR too many of these to list. The purpose of THIS list is to showcase those other tracks that have appeared on one or two non-Big Country releases. Of course, Restless Natives is treated separately on this site. |






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All Fall Together |
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“All Fall Together” is track 1 on side 1 of the 1984 compilation
LP “Sometimes A Great Notion” |
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Balcony |
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‘Balcony’ is
track 4 on the soundtrack to the motion picture ‘Against All
Odds’ (1984) 3:59 |
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Broken Heart (Thirteen Valleys) |
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“Broken Heart (Thirteen Valleys)” (Corazon Roto (Trece Valles)) is track
2 on side 1 of the 1988 Argentina compilation
promo LP (referred to as a “Maxi-Simple”) (Polydor Records
570-1). It is also track 13 on the 1995 German compilation “1988
World Hits”, as well as track 6 of CD 2 of the 2CD Time-Life UK
compilation “The Power of Love 1988-1989”.
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Cracked Actor |
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Big Country’s cover of “Cracked Actor” is track 9 on of the compilation
CD “Starman” which was included in the March 2003 edition of the
UK magazine ‘Uncut’ and includes 18 different David Bowie songs
covered by different artists. |
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East of Eden |
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“East of Eden” is track 3 on side 1 of Disc 2 of the 1984
2LP UK compilation
“Now That’s What I Call Music 4” (Not available on the CD
and cassette editions) |
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Flame of the West |
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“Flame of the West” (Llama del oeste)(translates to
“Call of the West”) is track 2 on side 2 of the 1985 Argentina compilation
promo EP (referred to as a “Maxi-Simple” ) (Philips Records
00515) |
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Harvest Home |
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| “Harvest Home” is track 1 of side one on the 1984 LP acommpanying ‘Debut Magazine’ Issue 01. (Listed as “Harvest”) | ||
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Hold The Heart |
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’Hold
The Heart’ is
track 5 on the soundtrack to the motion picture ‘P.I. (Private
Investigations)’ (1987) 5:33 |
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I’m Not Ashamed |
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“I’m Not Ashamed” is track 12 on CD #2 of the 2005 UK 2CD
compilation “Essential Rock Anthems” (4:13) |
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I’m On Fire |
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Big Country’s cover of “I’m On Fire” is included on the 2003
compilation CD “Born To Run 2003, which was included in the
April 2003 edition of the UK magazine Uncut. It was
again in the 2006
compilation
CD “If I Were The Boss”. Both CD’s include different Bruce
Springsteen songs
covered by different artists. |
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In This Place |
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| “In This Place” (En Este Lugar) is track 4 on side 2 of the 1989
Argentina compilation
LP
“17 Top Lentos III” (Lento is Spanish for ‘slow song’) |
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Just A Shadow |
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“Just A Shadow” is track 15 on the compilation CD
“Proud To Be Loud” and track 4 of the 1985 German release “Shout” (5:41). |
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The One I Love |
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| The ‘Thoerner Mix’
of ‘The One I Love’, which also appears on ‘The
Big Sampler’ is track 1 of the July 1993 US compilation release,
‘Album Network Expand-O CD Tune Up #37’. (5:04) |
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One In A Million |
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| “One In A Million” is track 7 on CD #2 of the 2005 2CD compilation “The Alltime Greatest Rock Ballads of the 70s 80s & 90s” (5:00) | ||
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Paranoid |
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| Big Country’s version of “Paranoid” is track 4 of the 1995 German compilation CD ‘Under Cover Vol. III’ | ||
Peace In Our Time |
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“Peace In Our Time” (as well as In A Big Country, Where The Rose Is
Sown, Fields of Fire and Look Away) is
included in the 1990 Italian release “Il Rock 96”, which
consists of one side of an LP devoted to Big Country and the
other side to Lloyd Cole. |
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Pollock and The Porrohman |
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| Inlcuded as part of the Minoan Music compilation “Music To Kill For” distributed at the 2008 CMJ Marathon in October 2008. |
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The Seer |
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“The Seer” is track 12 on the 1986 Compilation CD “Hits on CD
Volume 5” and track 15 on CD #2 of the 1996 Dutch 2CD
compilation “Drive” |
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Ships |
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The radio edit of “Ships” is track 9 1994 RCA US promo compilation CD “A Generation That Once Raised Hell Is Now Raising Kids and This Is The Kind of Music They’re listening To” which features various RCA artists of the day. The Buffalo Skinner Album version of “Ships” is track 12 on CD #1 of the 2005 2CD
compilation “The Alltime Greatest Rock Ballads of the 70s 80s & 90s” (5:00). The album version of “Ships” is also track 9 of the 1995 release “Celtic Inspiration” (5:53). ![]() |
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Steeltown |
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“Steeltown” (Ciudad de Acero) is track 2 on side 1 of the 1984
Argentina compilation
promo EP (referred to as a “Maxi-Simple” ) (Philips Records
00513) |
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The Teacher |
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“The Teacher” is track 18 on the compilation CD
“80’s Back To School Party” . |
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Where The Rose Is Sown |
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“Where The Rose Is Sown” (as well as In A Big Country, Peace In Our
Time, Fields of Fire and Look Away) is included in the 1990
Italian release “Il Rock 96”, which consists of one side
of an LP devoted to Big Country and the other side to Lloyd
Cole. It was also track 4 in the 1996 Polygram CD Sampler
“Boris’s Best”. |
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Woodstock |
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An acoustic live
version of Big Country’s rendition of ‘Woodstock’ appears on track 5 of the 1995 Dutch release ‘2 Meter
Sessions Volume 6’. (4:11) |
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You Dreamer |
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| “You Dreamer” is track 7 on CD #2 of the 2005 German 2CD compilation “Scream For Rock” (4:54) | ||