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Soundtrack album by various artists
Released March 19, 1996
Recorded Various
Genre
Electronicrock
Length 72:55
Label Warner Bros.
Producer David Was
The X-Files chronology
Songs in the Key of X: Music from and Inspired by the X-Files
(1996) The Truth and the Light: Music from the X-Files
(1996)

Songs in the Key of X: Music from and Inspired by the X-Files is a 1996 compilation album released in association with the American science fiction television series The X-Files. The album contained a mixture of songs that were either featured in the series, or shared thematic elements with it. Songs in the Key of X peaked at No. 47 on the Billboard 200 album sales chart after its release. The album`s title is a play on the title of Stevie Wonder`s 1976 album Songs in the Key of Life.

The album has received positive reviews from critics, with one review describing it as `easily the most ambitious record ever assembled for a TV soundtrack`. The song `Hands of Death (Burn Baby Burn)` received a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 1997, losing to Rage Against the Machine. The album also features two songs hidden in the pregap before the start of the first track, both recorded by Nick Cave and The Dirty Three.

Production
When plans for the album were initially proposed, executives at both Fox Broadcasting Company—the network responsible for the series—and Warner Bros. Records began compiling a list of possible inclusions, most of which were eventually rejected. Artists such as Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen and Seal were approached to possibly contribute material. Although all three were admitted fans of the series, none were able to get involved in the project—Petty was unable to commit due to a tour, Springsteen was contractually tied to Sony Music Entertainment, while Seal was `snowboarding in South America or somewhere`.[1]

Elvis Costello and Brian Eno`s track, `My Dark Life`, came about as a result of album producer David Was asking Costello to provide a song that would sound like "you went into the studio with Brian Eno`—the two musicians had recently met at a film screening at Paul McCartney`s home, and reconvened to record the song the following week.[1] R.E.M. and author William S. Burroughs collaborated on a new version of `Star Me Kitten`, a song that had originally appeared on the band`s 1992 album Automatic for the People.[2] Rob Zombie has described his collaboration with Alice Cooper on the song `Hands of Death (Burn Baby Burn)` as one of the `great moments where you really feel like you`ve made your dreams come true`.[3] Zombie and Cooper were nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 1997 for the song, losing out to Rage Against the Machine`s `Tire Me`.[4]

Several of the songs on the album were used in episodes of the series. Soul Coughing`s `Unmarked Helicopters` appeared in the fourth season episode `Max`,[5] while Nick Cave`s `Red Right Hand` was heard during the second season episode `Ascension`,[6] Screamin` Jay Hawkins` `Frenzy` appeared in the second-season episode `Humbug`,[7] Danzig`s `Deep` was featured in the third season episode `Syzygy`, while the Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper song `Hands of Death (Burn Baby Burn)` was featured in the fourth season episode `Small Potatoes`. Three of the artists featured on the album would also go on to contribute songs to The X-Files: The Album, the soundtrack to the series` 1998 feature film adaptation—Foo Fighters` `Walking After You`, Soul Coughing`s `16 Horses` and Filter`s `One`.[8][9]
0. `Time Jesum Transeuntum Et Non Riverentum`/
`X-Files Theme` (includes pregap hidden tracks[note 1]) Nick Cave/Mark Snow Nick Cave & The Dirty Three/
The Dirty Three 10:18
1. `X-Files Theme (Main Title)` Mark Snow Mark Snow 3:24
2. `Unmarked Helicopters` Soul Coughing Soul Coughing 3:22
3. `On the Outside` Sheryl Crow, Jeff Trott Sheryl Crow 4:36
4. `Down in the Park` Gary Numan Foo Fighters 4:04
5. `Star Me Kitten` Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe William S. Burroughs & R.E.M. 3:30
6. `Red Right Hand` Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Thomas Wydler Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 6:11
7. `Thanks Bro` Richard Patrick, Brian Liesegang, Matt Walker, Geno Lenardo, Frank Cavanagh Filter 4:10
8. `Man of Steel` Frank Black Frank Black 4:59
9. `Unexplained` Curt Kirkwood Meat Puppets 3:44
10. `Deep` Glenn Danzig Danzig 3:50
11. `Frenzy` David Hess, Augustus Stevenson Screamin` Jay Hawkins 2:10
12. `My Dark Life` Elvis Costello Elvis Costello with Brian Eno 6:20
13. `Hands of Death (Burn Baby Burn)` Charlie Clouser, Rob Zombie, Alice Cooper Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper 4:12
14. `If You Never Say Goodbye` Chris Carter, Attrell Cordes, David Was P.M. Dawn 4:06
15. `The X-Files Theme` (P.M. Dawn remix) Snow P.M. Dawn 3:59
Total length: 72:55
Notes
Producers used the Compact Disc`s pregap, so a listener would have to actually manually rewind the first track a full nine minutes to hear two additional hidden tracks, `Time Jesum Transeuntum Et Non Riverentum` and a cover of The X-Files theme song, both performed by Nick Cave and Dirty Three.[20] This is hinted at in the album`s liner booklet, which notes `Nick Cave and the Dirty Three would like you to know that `0` is also a number`.[21] The use of these hidden tracks has been described as `just the sort of surprise one might have suspected from a show that deals in unexplainable mysteries`.[22] Not all CD or DVD players will allow the album to be `rewound` back to these tracks as this violates Red Book standards.[23]