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A.N.T. Farm (soundtrack)

Disney Channel soundtrack from the TV series A.N.T. Farm

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionNov 2, 2025
Entity authorityQ1940067 ↗
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A.N.T. Farm is the soundtrack album for the Disney Channel television series of the same name. It was released on October 11, 2011 by Walt Disney Records. Most of the soundtrack features songs performed in the first season of the series by the lead actress China Anne McClain, as well as new songs performed by cast members Carlon Jeffery and Stefanie Scott, and China Anne and her two sisters, known as the McClain Sisters. The soundtrack was successful, spending five weeks on the Billboard kids chart in 2011. It sold 14,000 copies within the first week of release.

Overview

Most of the songs on the soundtrack are performed by the show's lead actress, China Anne McClain, including the show's theme song, "Exceptional," and covers of Taio Cruz's "Dynamite" and Christina Aguilera's "Beautiful". "Dynamite" and McClain's original song, "Calling All the Monsters," were released as singles from the soundtrack. "Calling All the Monsters" was the first single to chart, peaking at number 86 on America and charting in two more countries.

There are also two songs by cast member Carlon Jeffery: a kid-friendly cover of DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince's "Summertime" and an original song, "Pose," with fellow cast member Stefanie Scott. There are two songs performed by McClain and her sisters Lauryn and Sierra, together known as the McClain Sisters.

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“A.N.T. Farm (soundtrack)” enters the record as disney Channel soundtrack from the TV series A.N.T. Farm. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Farm, soundtrack and Disney can confirm, complicate or overturn.

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