The Commitments DVD is a 1991 musical comedy-drama film based on the 1987 novel by Roddy Doyle. It was directed by Alan Parker from a screenplay written by Doyle, Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. Set in the Northside of Dublin, the film tells the story of Jimmy Rabbitte (Robert Arkins), a young music fanatic who assembles a group of working-class youths to form a soul band named "The Commitments". The film is the first in a series known as The Barrytown Trilogy, followed by The Snapper (1993) and The Van (1996).
The Commitments Soundtack CD:
1. "Mustang Sally" Mack Rice Wilson Pickett 4:02
2. "Take Me to the River" Al Green, Mabon "Teenie" Hodges Al Green 3:36
3. "Chain of Fools" Don Covay Aretha Franklin 2:58
4. "The Dark End of the Street" Dan Penn, Chips Moman James Carr 2:34
5. "Destination Anywhere" Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson The Marvelettes 3:08
6. "I Can't Stand the Rain" Ann Peebles, Don Bryant, Bernard "Bernie" Miller Ann Peebles 3:12
7. "Try a Little Tenderness" Jimmy Campbell and Reg Connelly, Harry M. Woods Otis Redding 4:31
8. "Treat Her Right" Gene Kurtz and Roy Head Roy Head and the Traits 3:35
9. "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man" Penn, Moman Aretha Franklin 3:15
10. "Mr. Pitiful" Redding, Steve Cropper Otis Redding 2:07
11. "I Never Loved a Man" Ronny Shannon Aretha Franklin 3:09
12. "In the Midnight Hour" Pickett, Cropper Wilson Pickett 2:21
13. "Bye Bye Baby" Mary Wells Mary Wells 3:21
14. "Slip Away" William Armstrong, Marcus Daniel, Wilbur Terrell Clarence Carter 4:27