Flashbeagle

Flashbeagle
Soundtrack album by
various artists
ReleasedApril 1984
Genres
Length23:16
LabelCharlie Brown Records
Producers
Singles from Flashbeagle
  1. "Flashbeagle"
    Released: 1984

Flashbeagle is a soundtrack album associated with the animated television special It's Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown first broadcast on CBS on April 16, 1984. It was released in April 1984 by Charlie Brown Records (distributed by Disneyland Records).

The album features ten songs written by Desirée Goyette and Ed Bogas. It was nominated for Best Recording for Children at the 27th Annual Grammy Awards.

Background

Flashbeagle first appeared in Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts comic strip on November 29, 1983, prior to the television special and album. The November 29, 1983 strip shows Snoopy wearing a headband and thinking, "Flashbeagle!" It's Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown parodies Flashdance and Staying Alive through musical sequences featuring a hoedown, aerobics, "Lucy Says", and Snoopy dancing at a nightclub.

Composition and musical themes

Several tracks on Flashbeagle correspond to musical sequences or character segments from the television special, including "Flashbeagle", "Pigpen Hoedown", "Peppermint Patty's P.E. Program (I'm in Shape)", "Lucy Says", and "Snoopy's Big Debut". The album differs from earlier Peanuts soundtrack albums associated with Vince Guaraldi, using vocal songs and early-1980s pop and dance idioms rather than jazz-based instrumental scoring. The title song is tied to Snoopy's Flashbeagle persona, while "Peppermint Patty's P.E. Program (I'm in Shape)" reflects the special's aerobics sequence and "Pigpen Hoedown" corresponds to its country-dance setting. Additional songs were featured in other Peanuts television material, including The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show and It's Your 20th Television Anniversary, Charlie Brown.

Release

Flashbeagle was released in April 1984, on vinyl and cassette formats. A promotional 7-inch single containing "Flashbeagle" and "Snoopy" was also issued.

Awards

The album was nominated for Best Recording for Children at the 27th Annual Grammy Awards. The nomination was also listed in UPI coverage of the Grammy nominees in January 1985.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Desirée Goyette and Ed Bogas.

Side one
No.TitleLead vocalLength
1."Flashbeagle"
4:07
2."Pigpen Hoedown" 1:31
3."Don't Give Up, Charlie Brown[a]" 2:07
4."Peppermint Patty's P.E. Program (I'm in Shape)"Gini Holtzman1:46
5."Snoopy"
  • Desirée Goyette
  • Joey Scarbury
2:36
Side two
No.TitleLead vocalLength
6."Someday, Charlie Brown[a]"Desirée Goyette2:40
7."Let's Have a Party[b]"Desirée Goyette2:14
8."Lucy Says"Jessie Lee Smith2:16
9."Woodstock[a]"Desirée Goyette1:42
10."Snoopy's Big Debut [a]"Robert Towers2:17
Total length:23:16

Notes

Personnel

Credits adapted from original vinyl release.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Review item for Flashbeagle" (PDF). Billboard. 14 April 1984. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 "IT'S FLASHBEAGLE, CHARLIE BROWN". Lee Mendelson Film Productions. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Release "Flashbeagle" by Desirée Goyette & Ed Bogas". MusicBrainz. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
  4. 1 2 "Flashbeagle". VGMdb. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
  5. 1 2 "27th Annual GRAMMY Awards". GRAMMY.com. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
  6. ↑ "Lee Mendelson". Recording Academy. Retrieved May 5, 2026.
  7. ↑ "Flashbeagle". Peanuts. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
  8. ↑ "Peanuts by Charles Schulz for November 29, 1983". GoComics. 29 November 1983. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
  9. ↑ "Various - Flashbeagle". Discogs. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
  10. ↑ "Desiree Goyette - Flashbeagle". Discogs. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
  11. ↑ "Desiree Goyette: Flashbeagle / Snoopy". 45cat. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
  12. ↑ "Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences nominees for Grammy Awards". UPI. 10 January 1985. Retrieved 5 May 2026.