The Wrestling Album II: Piledriver 1987
WWE
Release Date: September 21, 1987
Label: Epic Records
Piledriver: The Wrestling Album II is the second soundtrack album released by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It was released on September 21, 1987, by Epic Records. It featured actual vocal performances from several of the wrestlers themselves.
The original vinyl LP release of Piledriver featured a head shot of Hulk Hogan wearing a construction hard hat on the front cover. It is the only WWF/WWE album to have not been released on CD. In addition to the album, a VHS videotape version was also issued in 1987 by Coliseum Video. This tape featured music videos for 8 of the songs from the album (the songs "Crank It Up" and "Waking Up Alone" did not have music videos made for them).
Several of the songs on the album would be used as entrance themes for the wrestlers. Strike Force used an instrumental version of "Girls in Cars" until they split in 1989, Koko B. Ware used "Piledriver" into 1990, Honky Tonk Man used his self-titled track for the majority of his career, "Demolition" was used for the team until late 1990, "Jive Soul Bro" was used as the theme of Slick and several of his wrestlers until 1990, and "Crank It Up" was used for the tag team of The Young Stallions (a storyline was created in which Jimmy Hart wanted to use the song for The Hart Foundation, but the Stallions "stole" it)
Track listing
Side A
No. Title Writer(s) Artist(s) Length
1. "Girls in Cars[1]" Jim Johnston Robbie Dupree & Strike Force 3:34
2. "Piledriver"
M. McDonnellJohnston
Koko B. Ware 2:55
3. "Honky Tonk Man"
J. J. MaGuireJimmy Hart
The Honky Tonk Man 2:09
4. "Demolition" Rick Derringer Derringer 3:14
5. "Jive Soul Bro"
J. BatterV. TaylorDavid Wolff
Slick 3:35
Side B
No. Title Writer(s) Artist(s) Length
1. "Crank It Up"
MaGuireHart
Jimmy Hart 2:42
2. "Waking Up Alone"
McDonnellJohnston
Hillbilly Jim & Gertrude 2:59
3. "Stand Back" Johnston Vince McMahon 3:02
4. "Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo" Derringer "Mean" Gene Okerlund & Derringer 3:40
5. "If You Only Knew" Johnston The WWF Superstars 3:18
