Summary

• The Girls Trip soundtrack contains more than two dozen songs.
• The soundtrack is filled with songs by female artists, emphasizing themes of female empowerment and adding to the movie's lively atmosphere.
• Key songs like "Treat 'Em Right", "Good Times Roll", and "Lovely Day" set the party mood in the film and enhance crucial scenes.

The Girls Trip soundtrack contains a huge roster of recognizable songs. The 2017 movie, which was directed by Malcolm D. Lee from a screenplay by Kenya Barris and Tracy Oliver, starred Regina Hall, Tiffany Haddish, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Queen Latifah. Although Haddish had played many characters in film and television before then, the movie provided her with her breakthrough role, allowing her further opportunities down the line including announcing that year's Oscar nominees, hosting Saturday Night Live (a gig that won her her first Emmy), writing a memoir, and starring in future projects including Night School and The Afterparty.

The movie was a smash success, grossing $140.9 million against a budget of $11 million and earning the upcoming sequel Girls Trip 2, which is in active development. Every element of the movie worked in tandem to help drive this success, from the cast to the screenplay to the music. Like many movies about dancing and parties, Girls Trip features a robust soundtrack filled with many different songs. On top of helping fuel the movie's lively atmosphere, the majority of the tracks featured on the soundtrack are either sung by female artists, feature themes of female empowerment, or both.

When Every Song Plays In Girls Trip

The Girls Trip Soundtrack Features More Than Two Dozen Songs

"Treat 'Em Right" by Chubb Rock - This is the first track to play in the Tiffany Haddish movie. It interrupts the music playing over the production logos and leads into the introduction of the Flossy Posse. In addition to the 1991 song setting the time period of the flashback and being introduced in-universe as the song guaranteed to get the group onto the dance floor, it kicks off the movie with a party mood right from the beginning.

"Good Times Roll" by GRiZ and Big Gigantic - This party tune is played over the title card of the movie and continues playing when the movie catches up with the modern-day lives of the Flossy Posse. Once again, it emphasizes the partygoing spirit of the movie in addition to cutting the tension of the scene where Ryan laments that she has lost touch with her friends. The song plays later on in the movie as well, when the girls are using a swing to cross Bourbon Street.

"I'm Every Woman" by Chaka Khan - This iconic 1978 track is the song that Dina begins to perform while passing out drinks on the plane, eventually leading to a singalong with all the passengers.

"Lovely Day" by The Soul Rebels - This jazzy cover of the 1977 Bill Withers song of the same name is performed live as part of a montage when the Flossy Posse arrives in New Orleans.

"Rebel on That Level" by The Soul Rebels - This song plays in the background while the Flossy Posse are exploring New Orleans.

"Let Your Mind Be Free" by The Soul Rebels - This is another track that plays in the background when the Flossy Posse are first exploring New Orleans, providing a jazz flavor to their first encounter with the city.

The Soul Rebels are a brass band based out of New Orleans, which explains their recurring presence in Girls Trip.

"Addiction" by FYIAH T - This track plays quietly in the background while the Flossy Posse are in their motel room preparing to go out for the night.

"If It Isn't Love" by New Edition - This song is performed live by New Edition themselves at the Essence Music Festival, which is attended by the Flossy Posse.

"Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)" by Maxwell - This smooth 1996 track is also performed live as part of the Essence Music Festival.

"The Light" by Common - This is the third song seen performed live during the Essence Music Festival.

"Feel So Good" by Mase - This is the fourth song performed live at the Essence Music Festival, featuring a guest performance by P. Diddy.

"Love Like This" by Faith Evans - This is the fifth song performed live at the Essence Music Festival.

Girls Trip was filmed at the real-life Essence Music Festival in 2016.

"Worship" by Lizzo - This song from the "Good as Hell" and "About Damn Time" hitmaker plays during a montage where the Flossy Posse explores the convention floor while Ryan conducts a book signing with her estranged husband.

"Nights (feat. W. Darling)" by Snow Tha Product - This is the song playing at the party where the Flossy Posse are dancing before the absinthe that Dina spiked their drinks with kicks in. The song then becomes distorted and slows down as they experience the effects of the drink.

"Woman" by Diana Gordon - This is the second song that plays while the Flossy Posse are on absinthe and attempting to prevent Ryan from embarrassing herself during a business meeting.

"Bling Bling" by B.G. - This is the song playing in the club when the Flossy Posse are going incognito in wigs and sunglasses and attempting to dance the effects of the absinthe away.

"Bad Bitches" by Lil Jon and Kronic feat. Keno - This is the song that plays during the dance-off at the club when Simone and her own posse perform.

"She's a Bitch" by Missy Elliott - This is the second song that plays during the club dance-off, while the Flossy Posse themselves are dancing.

"Get Down" by Amplify Dot - This song plays later in the evening at the same club, when the Flossy Posse gets in a physical altercation with Simone and her friends some time after the dance-off.

"Close the Door" by Teddy Pendergrass - This sensual song plays when Lisa's love interest appears carrying a single red rose.

"Because of You (Girls Trip Remix)" by Ne-Yo - Ne-Yo performs this new version of his 2007 song during a live set at the House of Blues.

"Ain't No Way" by Aretha Franklin - This classic downtempo song plays during a montage showing the split-up Flossy Posse following their blowout fight.

"It's Like That" by Mariah Carey - This song is performed live after the Flossy Posse have made up, with the lyrics like "no stress, no fights, I'm leaving it all behind," perfectly mirroring the journey of the central characters.

"Do Whatcha Wanna, Pt. 2" by Rebirth Brass Band - This is the song that is played during the New Orleans street parade seen at the end of the movie, which leads into the closing credits.

"Thank You" by Kehlani - This is the song that plays during the credits once they begin to roll over a black screen rather than scrolling next to footage of the cast.

Where To Listen To Girls Trip's Soundtrack & Score

The Girls Trip Soundtrack Doesn't Feature Every Song From The Movie

The official Girls Trip soundtrack, which features 11 of the songs that play over the course of the movie, can be streamed on Spotify, as seen below. The album also features one piece of the movie's instrumental score by David Newman, which is otherwise not available to stream in full. Additionally, the tracks "If It Isn't Love" and "Bling Bling" are not available to stream off the Spotify tracklist at the time of writing. Similarly, part of the soundtrack album is available to stream on Amazon Music. The full album is available for purchase via Apple Music.

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