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Interesting facts
- The Commitments soundtrack albums (Vols 1 & 2) have sold approximately 12,000,000 copies.
- The Commitments movie has been seen by an estimated 1 billion people world-wide.
- The Commitments have played over 1000 shows worldwide, performing live in front of more than 3,000,000 people. (This figure excludes TV, radio and Internet appearances).
- In March 1996. 'Pollstar' weekly charted The Commitments at number 33 of the top grossing touring acts in the USA.
- The British Film Industry has rated The Commitments 33rd in the top 100 films of all times.
- From the motion picture THE COMMITMENTS: Kenneth McCluskey, Robert Arkins, Dick Massey, Johnny Murphy, Dave Finnegan and Michael Ahearn can be heard on a new Live Album COMMITED TO SOUL, along with the following famed stars of soul :
Steve Cropper (The Blues Brothers / Booker T & The MG's)
Clarence Clemons (Bruce Springsteen / The E Street Band)
Denis Edwards (The Temptations)
Sandy McDonald (Sandy Mac & The Heartattacks)
- The bands Web Site statistics show that their site received 496,928 hits (Half A Million) from Jan 27 to Feb 24th 2003 ( 6 Million hits per year)
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