Songs by Wyclef Jean, Norah Jones, Justin Timberlake and Dido will be featured on the Love Actually soundtrack, due November 11th on J Records.

The movie, in theaters November 7th, stars Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson and Emma Thompson and is screenwriter Richard Curtis' (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Bridget Jones's Diary) first effort as director. "Without its music, Love Actually wouldn't work at all," says Curtis. "I know because I saw the film without the music and it was a shocker. It's the life and soul of the film. Joni Mitchell's extraordinary re-recording of 'Both Sides Now,' the words of youth rediscovered in her fifties -- was always the core of Emma Thompson's whole story . . . I played Hugh Grant seven records to dance to, and he chose [the Pointer Sisters'] 'Jump' and now I can't imagine another song."

Wyclef Jean contributes "Take Me As I Am," a track from his upcoming album The Preacher's Son. At a recent record release party in Los Angeles, he explained that, while the song may work on the silver screen, it has special real-life meaning to him. "My girl was about ready to get a divorce," he said. "I wrote this song because I was so glad she decided to stay with my bony ass."

The Love Actually track listing:

Kelly Clarkson, "The Trouble With Love Is"
The Pointer Sisters, "Jump (For My Love)"
Dido, "Here With Me"
Justin Timberlake, "Like I Love You"
Norah Jones, "Turn Me On"
Wyclef Jean, "Take Me As I Am" (featuring Sharissa)
Maroon 5, "Sweetest Goodbye/Sunday Morning"
Eva Cassidy, "Songbird"
The Calling, "Wherever You Will Go"
Joni Mitchell, "Both Sides Now"
Lynden David Hall, "All You Need Is Love"
The Beach Boys, "God Only Knows"
Texas, "I'll See It Through"
Sugababes, "Too Lost In You"
Craig Armstrong, "Total Agony Theme"
Otis Redding, "White Christmas"
Billy Mac, "Christmas Is All Around"
Olivia Olson, "All I Want For Christmas Is You"

COLIN DEVENISH
(October 16, 2003)