This Is Spinal Tap (soundtrack)
This Is Spinal Tap is the soundtrack to the film This Is Spinal Tap, released in 1984. The cover art is identical to that of the fictional album Smell the Glove featured in the film. The 2000 re-release includes lyrics and bonus tracks.
Track listing
The bonus tracks consist of both sides of the 1984 single "Christmas with the Devil".Neither of these tracks are the re-recorded version from 1992's Break Like The Wind.
Other appearances
"Gimme Some Money" was featured in the 1991 comedy film Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead.The song "Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight" is featured in the video game Guitar Hero II. When played as the encore song in the career mode, the in-game band's drummer spontaneously combusts upon the song's completion, a direct reference to This Is Spinal Tap. Its riff is borrowed in the song "Athlete Cured" from the 1988 album by The Fall, The Frenz Experiment.
Seattle grunge band Soundgarden covered the song "Big Bottom" several times at their early live shows, documented on their live video Louder Than Live as well as on the Netherlands release of their 1992 "Rusty Cage" single.
San Francisco queercore band Pansy Division recorded a same-sex edit of "Big Bottom" in 1993. The track was included in their 1995 compilation album Pile Up.
"Stonehenge" is featured in the 2006 Supernatural season two episode, "Simon Said".
In early 2007, American Express Small Business Services used "Gimme Some Money" as background music in a television ad.
At the Live Earth concert during the summer of 2007, Spinal Tap performed "Big Bottom" at Wembley Stadium with members of many of the other acts from the festival, including members of Beastie Boys, Metallica, Foo Fighters, and many others, all playing bass guitars. Their set also included "Stonehenge" and "Warmer Than Hell".
On September 9, 2025 Spinal Tap performed “Big Bottom” on The Jimmy Kimmel Show. They were joined by two other bass players, Tal Wilkenfeld and Thundercat.
Personnel
Spinal Tap
- David St. Hubbins – lead vocals and guitar, bass guitar on "Big Bottom"
- Nigel Tufnel – lead guitar, mandolin, and vocals, bass guitar on "Big Bottom", lead vocals on "Hell Hole" and "Stonehenge", co-lead vocals on "America"
- Derek Smalls – bass guitar and vocals, co-lead vocals on "America"
- Viv Savage – keyboards and vocals
- Mick Shrimpton – drums and percussion
Additional personnel
- Harlan Collins – synthesizers
- John Sinclair – keyboards
Production
- Produced by Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer
- Recorded, engineered and mixed by Patrick McDonald
- Editing: Kenneth Karman