BEAT BOX

Beatles soundtrack to debut Jan. 8

“I Am Sam,” a soundtrack album comprised of Beatles cover tunes, is due on retail shelves on Jan. 8. Sheryl Crow is the most recent addition to the lineup, which already includes Eddie Vedder, Ben Harper, the Black Crowes, Sarah McLachlan and the Wallflowers.

“I Am Sam” is a film starring Sean Penn and Michelle Pfeiffer about a mentally challenged man with an obsession for Beatles paraphernalia.

And Vedder’s already- released version of “You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away” has garnered significant radio play.

The following is the tentative track listing for the soundtrack, according to billboard.com:

Sarah McLachlan “Blackbird”

Aimee Mann and Michael Penn “Two of Us”

Wallflowers “I’m Looking Through You”

Rufus Wainwright and Sean Lennon “Across the Universe”

Ben Harper “Strawberry Fields Forever”

Eddie Vedder “You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away”

Black Crowes “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds”

Ben Folds “Golden Slumbers”

Paul Westerberg “Nowhere Man”

Nick Cave “Let It Be”

Stereophonics “Don’t Let Me Down”

Heather Nova “We Can Work It Out”

Vines “I’m Only Sleeping”

Howie Day “Help!”

Grandaddy “Revolution”

Chocolate Genius “Julia”

– Information gathered by Bethany Kohoutek from billboard.com