Scaggs, #1 "Could I Have This Dance" by Anne Murray, and #4 "Love the World Away" by Kenny Rogers. It also included songs that were hits from earlier years such as #1 "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" by the Charlie Daniels Band and "Lyin' Eyes" by the Eagles. The film is said to have started the 1980s boom in pop-country music known as the "Urban Cowboy Movement", also known as Neo-Country or Hill Boogie. In December 2018, the soundtrack was certified triple platinum by the RIAA for sales of three million copies. Released as a double LP, re-released on CD in 1995. TV series adaptation On May 28, 2015, it was announced that 20th Century Fox Television had teamed with Paramount Television to adapt Urban Cowboy into a television series, and set Craig Brewer to write and direct the pilot, as well as to executive produce the whole series. Chris Levinson was set as the showrunner and would also executive produce the series, along with Robert Evans and Sue Naegle. In December, Fox cancelled the pilot. On February 1, 2022, it was announced that a television adaptation was in development at Paramount+, with James Ponsoldt serving as director and co-writer alongside Benjamin Percy. See also Country music References External links Production: Urban Cowboy – Working in the Theatre Seminar video at American Theatre Wing.org, April 2003 1980 films 1980 romantic drama films American romantic drama films Country music films 1980s English-language films Films directed by James Bridges Films set in Houston Films shot in Houston Paramount Pictures films Films based on newspaper and magazine articles Films about domestic violence Films produced by Robert Evans Rodeo in film 1980s American films