Mission: Impossible 2 (soundtrack)

For the film's score, see Mission: Impossible 2 – Music from the Motion Picture Score.

Music from and Inspired by Mission: Impossible 2 is the soundtrack album for the 2000 film Mission: Impossible 2. It was certified gold in Austria, Germany, Japan and New Zealand; silver in the United Kingdom; Platinum in the United States, and 2× Platinum in both Australia and Canada.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]}

Music from and Inspired by Mission: Impossible 2
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released	May 9, 2000
Genre	Nu metal alternative metal alternative rock hard rock
Length	63:14
Label	Hollywood
Mission: Impossible chronology
Mission: Impossible (1996) Music from and Inspired by Mission: Impossible 2 (2000) Mission: Impossible 2 (2000)
Singles from Music from and Inspired by Mission: Impossible 2
"I Disappear" Released: May 9, 2000 "Take a Look Around" Released: July 31, 2000 "Scum of the Earth" Released: 2000

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Take a Look Around" (Limp Bizkit)	Lalo Schifrin Fred Durst	Limp Bizkit	5:19
2.	"I Disappear" (Metallica)	James Hetfield Lars Ulrich	Bob Rock Hetfield (co.) Ulrich (co.)	4:26
3.	"Scum of the Earth" (Rob Zombie)	Rob Zombie Scott Humphrey	Humphrey Zombie	2:55
4.	"They Came In" (Butthole Surfers)	Butthole Surfers	Butthole Surfers	4:41
5.	"Rocket Science" (The Pimps)	Stuart Johnson Anthony Crisman Dave DeRosso	The Pimps Jimmy Johnson	3:30
6.	"Have a Cigar" (Foo Fighters and Brian May)	Roger Waters	Foo Fighters Brian May Justin Shirley-Smith	4:02
7.	"Mission 2000" (Chris Cornell)	Alain Johannes Natasha Shneider Chris Cornell	Johannes Shneider Cornell	3:42
8.	"Going Down" (Godsmack)	Sully Erna Tony Rombola Robbie Merrill	Erna	3:23
9.	"What U Lookin' At?" (Uncle Kracker)	Matt Shafer Robert James Ritchie	Kid Rock	5:10
10.	"Backwards" (Apartment 26)	Apartment 26	Ulrich Wild Apartment 26 (co.)	3:09
11.	"Karma" (Diffuser)	Tomas Costanza	Don Gilmore Diffuser	3:16
12.	"Alone" (Buckcherry)	Buckcherry Hans Zimmer	Buckcherry Joe Barresi	3:23
13.	"Immune" (Tinfed)	Tinfed	Ed Buller	3:49
14.	"Not My Kinda Scene" (Powderfinger)	Powderfinger	Powderfinger	4:26
15.	"Carnival" (Tori Amos)	Luiz Bonfá Hugo Peretti Luigi Creatore George David Weiss	Tori Amos	4:16
16.	"Nyah" (Hans Zimmer featuring Heitor Pereira)	Zimmer	Zimmer	3:33

Many versions of the soundtrack include additional songs that are not available on the North American releases. For example:

• The UK version includes the song "Iko-Iko" from Zap Mama.
• The Japan version includes 2 extra songs: "S.O.S" by Oblivion Dust and "Iko-Iko" from Zap Mama.
• The Australia version includes 3 extra songs: 17) Zap Mama – "Iko Iko"; 18) 28 Days – "Sucker"; 19) Josh Abrahams – "Theme From Mission Impossible".
• The Latin American version includes 2 extra songs, including "Deslizándote" by Saúl Hernández.
• The Brazilian version includes 1 extra song: "Give my Bullet Back" by Raimundos.
• The Asian version includes 2 extra songs: "Iko-Iko" by Zap Mama and "Afraid of What?" by Leon Lai, which contains a mixture of English and Mandarin.

Court case

The illegal online availability of a demo of the song "I Disappear" prior to the release of the soundtrack led to the 2000 U.S. district court case Metallica v. Napster, Inc.

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for Music from and Inspired by Mission: Impossible 2

Chart (2000)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[11]	3
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[12]	3
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[13]	18
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[14]	14
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[15]	32
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[16]	6
French Albums (SNEP)[17]	14
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[18]	3
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[19]	6
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[20]	14
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[21]	26
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[22]	6

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for Music from and Inspired by Mission: Impossible 2

Chart (2000)	Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[23]	33
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[24]	10
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[25]	93
Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[26]	26
European Albums (Music & Media)[27]	48
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[28]	48
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[29]	45
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[30]	69
US Billboard 200[31]	59

Certifications and sales

Certifications and sales for Music from and Inspired by Mission: Impossible 2

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[6]	2× Platinum	140,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[2]	Gold	25,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[7]	2× Platinum	200,000^
Germany (BVMI)[9]	Gold	150,000^
Japan (RIAJ)[4]	Gold	100,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[5]	Gold	7,500^
United Kingdom (BPI)[8]	Silver	60,000^
United States (RIAA)[3]	Platinum	1,000,000^ / 1,440,000[32]
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.