The songs that make up the soundtrack were carefully selected to form a "musical commentary" within the film.

[1] The album of the soundtrack was released by ABC-Dunhill Records in August 1969 (catalog no.

[2] It peaked at #6 on the Billboard album charts in September of that year,[3] and was certified gold in January 1970.

[1] The songs on the soundtrack album are sequenced in the same order as they appear in the film, with the following differences: Distribution of the album transferred from the ABC-Dunhill label to Warner Bros. Records' Reprise Records subsidiary (catalog no.

[5] Most of the tracks on the Easy Rider soundtrack were previously released on other albums by their respective artists.