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Ranking All The Songs from The Austin Powers Soundtrack

Austin Powers International Man of Mystery, the first installment in the Austin Powers series was released in 1997. Mike Myers wrote the film as well as starred as the titular character. The rest of the cast was also stellar, Elizabeth Hurley plays one of Powers’ love interests Vanessa Kensington and Seth Green plays Dr. Evil. According to IMDB , the shushing scene between Myers and Green was improvised. Alongside those, and other cast performances, the movie has a great soundtrack . In one of the songs, Myers even commissioned for the film. This is a ranking of all the songs from the Austin Powers Soundtrack.

17. Call Me – The Mike Flowers Pops

There’s no easy way to say this, Vanessa is completely out of Austin Powers league. Moviegoers will hear this song when the International Man of Mystery is trying to captivate her by making the round bed spin. I doubt the answer is yes to his iconic question.

16. The Look of Love – Susanna Hoffs

There is another Burt Bacharach song later on the list which the timeless performer does. For this song, Hoffs takes on a classic and executes it admirably. Even though there are quite a few covers of the song, this version only appears on The Austin Powers Soundtrack. Another character in the movie is Alotta Fagina. During the scene when Powers waits for her to get changed so they can get into the hot tub this song plays.

15. Female of the Species (Fembot Mix) – Space

The initial inspiration for this song was the frontman, Tommy Scott’s father who didn’t like his son’s style of music. The combination of Latin and Swing music was just hitting a second act in 1996 when this song was released.

14. BBC – Ming Tea

After a movie full of great humor and the incomparable Mike Myers, there isn’t a lot more you can do to make it a great movie. However, if you wait for the credits and listen to this song, it may be sweeter. The group’s leader is none other than the International Man of Mystery himself. While on Saturday Night Live, Myers started the group with Susanna Hoffs and Matthew Sweet.

13. Soul Bossa Nova – Quincy Jones

This song is used during the chase scene when Austin Powers is being chased through London streets during the 1960s .

12. Austin Powers – Wondermints

Before Mike Myers chose Soul Bossa Nova as the theme song for the movie, he asked the Wondermints to write this song. After changing directions, then it remained in the film but for only a short scene. It’s the backdrop when Austin and Vanessa are taking off in his jet.

11. Austin’s Theme – James Taylor Quartet

This group is also known as JTQ and was formed in 1985. The primary genres of music are jazz and so they added an authentic sound to the swinging sixties vibe of the movie. Aside from adding a track to this soundtrack, they also did the theme from Starsky and Hutch.

10. Carnival – The Cardigans

The song was initially the second single from the group’s album Life released in 1995. It was also the first of the group’s songs where Nina Persson, the Swedish band’s lead singer received a songwriting credit.

9. Mas Que Nada – Sergio Mendes

The song was originally recorded by Jorge Ben in 1936. Mendes recorded his cover in 1966 which quickly became one of the greatest songs. Rolling Stone named it one of the top five Latin songs of all time. It plays when Austin and Vanessa land in Las Vegas.

8. The “Shag-adelic” Austin Powers – George S. Clinton

There are many unexpected things in the movie and George Clinton doing the film score is certainly one of them. The lead vocalist for Parliament Funkadelic puts a wonderful spin on the music he built his career on when he composed this score.

7. The Magic Piper (of love) – Edwyn Collins

Austin Powers fancies himself a lady’s man and somehow, despite how ridiculous he looks he has that certain je ne sais quoi. So, it’s only natural that a song celebrating a lady’s man would wind up on the Austin Powers Soundtrack.

6. The Book Lovers – Broadcast

Austin Powers is a character rooted in mod London and because of this, he looks even more out of place in other decades adding to the zaniness of the film. Broadcast’s lilting song caters to the otherworldly feel you have when looking at that period in London.

5. These Days – Luxury

If you’ve noticed throughout this list, the entire Austin Powers Soundtrack was a win and this song is no exception. So, even if you’re ready to get up and stretch your legs give it a couple of extra minutes so you can hear this song at the end of the movie.

4. You Showed Me – The Lightning Seeds

One of the things that Austin and Vanessa do together is play twister. If it weren’t Austin Powers, it might seem more strange it led to a hot tub encounter afterward. Nonetheless, the sequence is fun to watch and You Showed Me is a good addition to the scene’s backdrop.

3. Incense and Peppermints – Strawberry Alarm Clock

Mrs. Kensington was Austin Powers’, original partner. Mimi Rogers plays the character in the movie and holds her ground well next to Mike Myers. You’ll hear Strawberry Alarm Clock’s tune during the scene when Austin Powers and Mrs. Kensington are dancing.

2. What The World Needs Now Is Love – Burt Bacharach and The Posies

Burt Bacharach makes a cameo in the movie to sing to Austin and Vanessa over dinner. After the singer performs The Beautiful Blue Danube Waltzes by Johann Strauss he goes straight into this number.

1. I Touch Myself – The Divinyls

You can’t reread the meaning of this song. The lyrics certainly fit the randy theme of the movie. There is one slightly deeper meaning you can take from the lyrics, self-confidence. Either way, if you look at this song it fits the movie soundtrack.

No, do not confuse this Thomas Newman with the composer. But I'm still a music lover nonetheless. You'll catch me mostly writing articles about the artists and bands I love. Maybe some theory. Maybe some analysis. Whatever lands in the world of music is something I'm likely interested in. In particular I'm a huge fan of classic rock and the oldies. Zeppelin are among my favorites and Foghat's "Slowride" is one of my favorite tracks.

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• Mike Myers as Austin Powers/Dr. Evil/Fat Bastard/Goldmember; Beyoncé Knowles as Foxxy Cleopatra; Michael York as Basil Exposition; Michael Caine as Nigel Powers; Seth Green as Scott Evil; Robert Wagner as Number Two; Verne Troyer as Mini-Me/Mini-Austin; also Tom Cruise, Danny DeVito, Gwyneth Paltrow, Quincy Jones, Britney Spears, Steven Spielberg and the Osbourne family as Themselves

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Time travel is becoming something of a fall-back gag for Austin Powers . In 1999’s The Spy Who Shagged Me , the always funky “International Man of Mystery” traveled back to the 1960s to save the world and recover his stolen “mojo.” In Goldmember (do I need to take the time to point out this franchise’s gleeful abuse of James Bond titles?), Austin utilizes a time travel-enhanced Caddy to bounce his way back to 1975. Once there, he reunites with an old flame (Foxxy Cleopatra, played by Beyoncé Knowles of the R&B trio Destiny’s Child), chases after the diabolical Dutchman Goldmember (who is so obsessed with the glittering metal that he has replaced his genitals with a golden key), and of course, saves the world. Goldmember is intent on destroying the earth by diverting a huge golden asteroid into our planet’s path. Austin Powers is determined to stop him. Along the way, Austin meets up with his father, Nigel, unearths the mysteries of his youth, and battles the infamous Dr. Evil and his clone, Mini-Me, who have predictably sided with Goldmember. Or have they? [Insert maniacal laugh here.] “We felt Austin Powers 1 was a TV experience,” star Mike Myers told Entertainment Weekly . “ The Spy Who Shagged Me was the film version of the TV experience, and that we wanted to make the Godfather II of broad comedy sequels in Goldmember .”

positive elements: Though played strictly for grins, Austin’s search for parental approval speaks to the very real hurt and abandonment many people have to deal with. Austin accuses his dad of never being there for him. He’s embarrassed and upset when his father fails to show up for his “spy academy” graduation and his knighting ceremony. Meanwhile, Scott Evil, Dr. Evil’s son, desperately seeks to win his father’s approval. It’s a bizarre and twisted presentation, but the pursuit of family unity and love is central to the plot.

sexual content: Where does one begin? I suppose “shag” is as good a place as any. It’s a slang term for sex—as in, “to have sex with” someone. And Goldmember utilizes the word in every way imaginable. The movie also serves up every euphemism I’ve ever heard for male and female genitalia—and dozens more. Austin prepares to bed a set of twins. Nigel takes on four women at once. Both attempts are interrupted before the men can fully act on their impulses—but not before they unleash dozens of sexually charged jokes.

One extended scene involves Austin and Mini-Me cavorting behind a back-lit screen. Their shadows make it appear as if Austin is, among other things, fondling his penis and bending down to kiss himself. Mini-Me makes a vulgar proposition to Foxxy. Several scenes later, he latches onto Foxxy’s leg and makes dog-like sexual motions against it. Verbal and visual gags dig into topics such as masturbation, oral sex, group sex, bestiality, homosexual attraction, cross-dressing, premature ejaculation and extraordinarily large sexual organs (male and female).

Goldmember and Nigel slap women on their backsides. Fat Bastard remarks that the sagging skin under his chin looks like a vagina. Foxxy spends all of her screen time baring the majority of her body (high slits and tiny tops). Britney Spears makes a cameo appearance in which she asks Mini-Me for his cell phone number because she’s heard about his “kickstand.”

violent content: Spoofs of typical spy movie-style action. A helicopter and a car blow up. Gunfire is exchanged. A laser gun (mounted on a shark’s head) kills a man. The sharks devour another the old-fashioned way. A fight between Austin and Mini-Me quickly deteriorates into an opportunity for Austin to maim the tiny clone. He hits him, trips him, kicks him, crushes his head in a refrigerator door and throws him around the room before stuffing him into a pillow case and smashing the bundle against everything in sight. Besides coming on to Mini-Me, Britney Spears also dances with Austin (she shoots bullets from her bra and her head explodes before the song ends). Fat Bastard grabs a Sumo wrestler’s private parts and forcefully twists them before picking him up and tossing him into the crowd.

crude or profane language: A half-dozen uses of the s-word (one in subtitles). Jesus’ name is taken in vain at least four times. God’s name is combined with a profanity. Twin Asian girls with the names Fook Mi and Fook Yu show up for the sole purpose of allowing Austin to repeatedly say the f-word “without actually saying it.” Other milder profanities also crop up and numerous bleeped profanities are included in segments that feature the Osbournes. All of that is coupled with an inestimable number of crudities.

drug and alcohol content: People drink alcohol at clubs and at Nigel’s apartment. Goldmember offers Austin and Nigel a smoke (he then proffers a cigarette, a cigar, a pipe and a bong).

other negative elements: A tractor-beam weapon is dubbed “Preparation H.” PowerPoint-style illustrations of how the weapon works evoke unwanted images of a suppository being used. A man with an unsightly facial mole is singled out for ridicule. Several characters loft their middle fingers in obscene gestures. Goldmember peels skin from his neck and then eats it (he also has a small box filled with skin flakes). Fat Bastard is shown (through a translucent screen) going to the bathroom (he then throws his Sumo underwear onto Austin joking about the residue on them). An extraordinarily long scene finds Austin relieving himself into a fountain (one camera angle makes it look like he is urinating into a man’s mouth). Indeed, defecation, urination, vomit and flatulence are Goldmember staples.

A tractor-beam weapon is dubbed “Preparation H.” PowerPoint-style illustrations of how the weapon works evoke unwanted images of a suppository being used. A man with an unsightly facial mole is singled out for ridicule. Several characters loft their middle fingers in obscene gestures. Goldmember peels skin from his neck and then eats it (he also has a small box filled with skin flakes). Fat Bastard is shown (through a translucent screen) going to the bathroom (he then throws his Sumo underwear onto Austin joking about the residue on them). An extraordinarily long scene finds Austin relieving himself into a fountain (one camera angle makes it look like he is urinating into a man’s mouth). Indeed, defecation, urination, vomit and flatulence are staples.

conclusion: There are a lot of dull, stupid, lifelessly crass movies being made these days. Austin Powers in Goldmember is not one of them. Is it crasser than even the first two Austin Powers flicks? Yep. Is it stuck in a groovy groove and incapable of dumping the disco theme for fresh scenery? Absolutely. But is it dull, stupid and lifeless? No way, baby! Goldmember is slickly produced, creatively conceived, and riotously acted (Mike Myers’ versatility and talent are undeniable). It excels when it spews out spoofs and social satire (everything from old movie musicals to rap videos are hilariously tweaked). And it confidently reels in audiences, holding them firmly in the palm of its hand. At the packed screening I attended, moviegoers laughed, roared, sighed and tittered right on cue— every time there was a cue. From the elderly couple sitting a few rows above me, to the 11-year-old boy two seats to my right, they loved every minute.

And now I’m going to slam the door on all those kudos. Mike Myers seems determined to use his ferocious talent to push fans down rather than lift them up. And we as a movie-loving culture are all but begging him to do it. After all, we’re the ones sitting in semi-dark theaters laughing ourselves silly. “Once upon my time,” writes Time magazine editorialist Richard Corliss, “dirty jokes were passed from older child to younger like sacred texts from the Gnostic Bible. They had the frisson of the forbidden. Now they are the official culture, imposed by film stars, sanctioned by a PG rating.” Put bluntly, Goldmember pushes the PG-13 boundary harder than any film I can think of. But it does it so artfully that millions of laugh-starved families will feel that it’s okay not to notice. The entertainment emperor has truly shed his clothes.

Steven Isaac

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Note: Below is a complete playlist of all 19 songs that can be heard in the movie “Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery”. Some of these commercial songs are not included on the official soundtrack album but are used in the movie.

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What’s the movie about? A world-class 1960s playboy and part-time secret agent resurfaces after thirty years in a cryogenic state to take on his nemesis, Dr. Evil.

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The Entire Austin Powers Timeline Explained

Groovy British spy  Austin Powers  isn't exactly known as the debonair secret agent he considers himself to be. Austin lacks the fourth-wall breaking self-awareness to understand himself as a satire of spy movie protagonists from a bygone era. " Saturday Night Live " veteran Mike Myers embodies the flashy Americanized send-up of a British secret agent pitted against parodies of James Bond 's rogues' gallery. Like other films of the '90s led by comedy legends — specifically, Eddie Murphy's "Nutty Professor" endeavors — the "Austin Powers" trilogy places Myers in multiple key roles: the eponymous shagedelic spy, and Austin's villainous opposites Dr. Evil, Fat Bastard, and Goldmember.

There was never any hope of Myers obtaining any recognition from the Academy for these movies, because they are very, very silly. However, the "Austin Powers" franchise gained a hefty mainstream following, making a seismic splash at the box office and collecting multiple MTV Movie Awards . Most of the plot points throughout the overarching story come out of left field, and all three films involve liberal use of time travel, potentially creating messy continuity. However, at one point, both Austin Powers and his handler Basil Exposition (Michael York) break the fourth wall and implore audiences to not overthink things too much and simply have fun. After all, these films practically beg viewers to switch their brains off to get the most out of the experience. 

But in order to piece together a clear, definitive timeline of the trilogy's events for your reading pleasure, we're going to do the exact opposite of switching our brains off.

1967: Dr. Evil escapes Austin Powers in a rocket and is cryogenically frozen

Like Batman and the Joker , Dr. Evil and Austin Powers are destined for a seemingly eternal struggle. The first film, 1997's "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery," sets the stage for this hero-villain relationship as Austin Powers attempts to apprehend Dr. Evil in 1967 London. However, the madman escapes via a rocket that enters Earth's orbit where he is cryogenically frozen. Dr. Evil plans to return to Earth and thaw out at some future time when free love is over, and greed and brutality are once again the dominant forces on Earth. 

If Dr. Evil freezes himself in order to reappear and terrorize the world again, it's only right that his archnemesis Austin Powers voluntarily freeze himself as well, so he can continue to knock around Evil's evil plans when that time arrives. Of course, that's exactly what Austin does. 

Strangely enough, "Austin Powers" shares this plot point with 1993's "Demolition Man" instead of any '60s Bond film we're aware of. In "Demolition Man," enemies played by Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes stay on ice for more than three decades before emerging to battle again.

1969: Dr. Evil steals Austin's mojo and is intimate with Frau Farbissina

Austin foils Dr. Evil's awful agenda in "International Man of Mystery," but technically, that doesn't happen until 1997. The next chronological events in the "Austin Powers" trilogy take place in 1999's "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me," which largely transpires in 1969. It starts when the smooth-skulled megalomaniac Dr. Evil returns to the past following the events of "International Man of Mystery." Once he's back in the '60s, Dr. Evil commissions a turncoat operative inside the Ministry of Defense to steal Austin's mojo. The man, known as Fat Bastard, is a disgruntled Scottish gardener with a feisty temper who weighs a metric ton. While assigned to guard Austin, he incapacitates the other guards with a toxin emitted from his bagpipe. He then drills into Austin's cryogenic freezing chamber and steals his mojo.

In the present, Austin attempts to have intimate relations with Dr. Evil's spy Ivana Humpalot (Kristen Johnston) but realizes he can't rise to the occasion, as his mojo is gone. Intel from the Ministry reveals to Austin that Dr. Evil has used a time machine to travel to the year 1969 and steal Austin's mojo. Basil explains that the Ministry has developed a time travel device of its own — a Volkswagen capable of sending Austin back to the '60s to retrieve his mojo. 

Meanwhile, after Dr. Evil obtains Austin's mojo from Fat Bastard, he takes a sip and instantly connects with his henchwoman Frau Farbissina (Mindy Sterling) having apparently gained a hyperactive libido. The two awkwardly get frisky in a moment that marks the conception of their son, Scott Evil (Seth Green).

1969: Austin meets Felicity and pursues Fat Bastard

Upon arriving in 1969, Austin meets Felicity Shagwell (Heather Graham), an American CIA agent. Predictably, the British agent and the American spy develop a lustful chemistry. Austin always has sex on the brain, and Felicity shares this disposition. Unfortunately, Austin can't act on their connection due to the large void deep within his soul where his mojo is supposed to be.

Attraction aside, the two form an effective professional partnership. Dr. Evil's henchman Mustafa (Will Ferrell) pursues the pair but is injured horribly when he falls off a cliff. Those of us who recall Mustafa's fate in "International Man of Mystery" know he doesn't have much better luck in the future.

Later, after Austin pushes Felicity away for fear of her finding out about his lost mojo, she accepts an objective from Basil to plant a tracker on Fat Bastard. This is an icky prospect, as she must sleep with the Scottish operative in order to place the tracker... erm... inside his tailpipe, so to speak.

1969: Austin and Felicity thwart Dr. Evil's moon laser scheme

The tracker planted by Felicity leads the Ministry to a supremely disgusting surprise in a remote bathroom toilet. But after analyzing Fat Bastard's stool sample, it's determined that the feces contain remnants of a vegetable only grown on a particular Caribbean Island. Austin and Felicity arrive on the beach of that island — the location of Dr. Evil's volcanic lair — but are captured by the villain's henchman. Felicity flashes her breasts at the only guard watching them in order to trick him and secure escape.

Meanwhile, Dr. Evil, Mini-Me (Verne Troyer), and his minions board a conspicuously phallic-looking rocket ship heading for the moon, where Dr. Evil has a base and a giant laser with which he intends to destroy Washington D.C. from space. Austin and Felicity board Apollo 11, hitching a ride to the moon. Upon their arrival, Mini-Me gives Austin a run for his money, but the snappy spy still manages to find Dr. Evil. That's when the villain gives our hero a choice — save the world or save a recently re-captured Felicity from a gas chamber. Austin attempts to save the world and then Felicity, but she dies. Recognizing Austin's mad enough to kill him, Dr. Evil reminds Austin he can still save Felicity by using the time portal. Austin jumps back 10 minutes, which creates two Austins; one Austin saves the world while the other Austin saves Felicity. Once again, Dr. Evil escapes in his shlong rocket into the cold void of space.

1975: Austin partners with Foxxy Cleopatra against Goldmember

Discovering that his father, Nigel Powers ( Michael Caine ), has been kidnapped by the scheming Dutchman known as Goldmember in 2002 and taken back to 1975, Austin grabs a new time-traveling vehicle from the Ministry of Defense and heads back to the past to confront Goldmember in 2002's appropriately titled "Austin Powers in Goldmember." The groovy spy infiltrates the Dutchman's roller disco club where he runs into former flame Foxxy Cleopatra ( Beyoncé Knowles ). Let's keep in mind that Austin missed the '70s — he was frozen in 1967 and unfrozen in 1997 — so when Foxxy mentions that Austin hasn't called her in eight years, that gives us a general idea when they hooked up. As of the beginning of "Goldmember," Foxxy works undercover for the FBI. Once Austin tracks down Goldmember, the villain attempts to kill Austin and Foxxy before taking Nigel back to 2002.

Austin and Foxxy escape the roller disco club and evade Goldmember's henchwomen. After jumping into Austin's time-traveling ride, Foxxy agrees to go into the future with Austin to help nab Goldmember. The course is set for 2002.

1997: Dr. Evil returns and holds the world hostage with nuclear weapons

The proper year for Dr. Evil's return after freezing in 1967 is none other than the actual release year of "International Man of Mystery," 1997. Dr. Evil berates Mustafa for failing to perfect the cryo-freezing process, ultimately causing Dr. Evil's favorite feline Mr. Bigglesworth ( Ted Nudegent ) to emerge from stasis totally bald. As punishment, Dr. Evil attempts to incinerate Mustafa, who clings to life to the bitter end despite his many very severe burns.

Getting down to business, Dr. Evil introduces his minions to each other. These include an Irish assassin named Patty O'Brien (Paul Dillon); founder of a militant faction of the Salvation Army, Frau Farbissina; and Dr. Evil's right-hand man, business tycoon Number Two (Robert Wagner). Dr. Evil also introduces his enforcer Random Task (Joe Son), a character whose name and persona are an obvious reference to the James Bond villain Oddjob (Harold Sakata). 

Dr. Evil then suggests a few possible plots — specifically, manipulating Prince Charles into getting divorced, and putting a hole in the Earth's ozone layer — only to learn those things have already occurred in the 30 years he's been gone. Ultimately, Dr. Evil decides to stick with the same old thing he's always done and hold the world hostage with illicitly obtained nuclear weapons.

1997: Dr. Evil learns he has a son

Still in 1997, Frau tells Dr. Evil that she and the rest of his henchpeople wondered what would become of his legacy after he was frozen. Claiming the team grew impatient, Frau explains that they used Dr. Evil's semen samples to create a progeny for the diabolical mastermind. Frau then introduces Dr. Evil to Scott — a temperamental young man who correctly despises his father. 

Of course, due to the chronological arrangement of this timeline, those of us here in the present already know that "The Spy Who Shagged Me" reveals Scott is the lovechild of Frau and Dr. Evil. In "International Man of Mystery," Frau opts to be less than entirely honest with her boss about this matter. Seeing as how he recently ordered a horrifying fiery death for one of his other employees, she's probably making the right call.

Humorously, Dr. Evil quickly becomes dismissive of Scott, unable to tolerate his offspring's petulant behavior. Often, Scott sits in the background of evil meetings, childishly mocking his dad as he works to organize his evil operations.

1997: Austin Powers ends his time in cryostasis

Austin is unfrozen by the British Ministry of Defense in an effort to combat Dr. Evil, who recently reentered the world of the unfrozen. Austin is partnered with Agent Vanessa Kensington (Elizabeth Hurley), who is assigned to help Austin adapt to the present day but is simultaneously the object of his heart's desire. Quickly, the two get to work and pose as a couple in an effort to meet Number Two in a casino. There, Number Two introduces them to his secretary, Alotta Fagina (Fabiana Udenio) –- a parody of Pussy Galore from 1964's "Goldfinger."

Austin and Alotta get hot and heavy in a hot tub, allowing Austin to discover Dr. Evil's plans of implanting a warhead in the Earth's core that will bring about a fiery apocalypse from the world's active volcanos. Alotta also learns Austin's identity and relays this information back to Dr. Evil, who creates an army of fembots to defeat him. Fembots look like beautiful, seductive women, but they're secretly murder robots.

Austin and Vanessa are captured while attempting to infiltrate Dr. Evil's hideout. During his escape, Austin is cornered by the fembots, but uses his own wily charms in an unconventional striptease dance that causes the robots' heads to explode from his animal magnetism. Austin and Vanessa succeed in deactivating the warhead, but Dr. Evil blows up his own base, forcing the heroic duo to make another quick escape. Of course, Dr. Evil also evades death or capture and launches himself back into orbit.

1997: Austin marries Vanessa, then learns she is a fembot

Three months after Austin's dicey confrontation with Dr. Evil in 1997, Vanessa and Austin settle down and get married. As the newlyweds enjoy their honeymoon, Basil calls to inform Vanessa that she has been instated as a full agent. Shortly thereafter, Random Task arrives and attempts to assassinate Austin with his shoe ... which isn't quite the lethal attack Dr. Evil made it sound like earlier in "International Man of Mystery." Vanessa and Austin easily subdue the assassin and continue enjoying their honeymoon.

At the onset of 1999's "The Spy Who Shagged Me," Vanessa begins exhibiting odd ticks, including repeating phrases and adhering to the commands — rewind, mute, etc. — of a TV remote. At this point, Austin realizes that Vanessa is a fembot. 

You might be wondering about how, from what we've seen so far, Vanessa existed long before Dr. Evil even had the idea for fembots. You might also remember how "International Man of Mystery" establishes her as the daughter of Austin's old partner Ms. Kensington (Mimi Rogers), not a robot. Luckily, Basil Exposition clears everything up for viewers when he states that the Ministry of Defense knew Vanessa was a fembot all along. And of course they did. Why wouldn't they know that? 

Vanessa self-destructs, leaving Austin to quite literally pick up the pieces of his shattered marriage. Although, his sadness lasts only a few seconds or so. Then he realizes he is once again single and ready to mingle. 

1999: Dr. Evil meets Mini-Me and unveils his time-traveling plan

Despite his humiliating defeat in "International Man of Mystery," it's only a matter of time before Dr. Evil returns to Earth. He does so at the beginning of "The Spy Who Shagged Me," publicly appearing on "The Jerry Springer" show to confront his son Scott for not being evil enough for the family business. Back at the lair, Number Two tries to convince Dr. Evil to continue making landmark business deals like Number Two's investment in Starbucks. However, Dr. Evil insists on doing the classic bad guy thing instead. Number Two then explains that Dr. Evil's organization attempted to clone the maniacal villain and essentially succeeded, although the clone is only 1/8th Dr. Evil's actual size. After seeing the little version of himself, Dr. Evil names him Mini-Me.

Dr. Evil unveils his plan to travel back in time to steal Austin's mojo — the very essence of his confident demeanor and overzealous libido. The villain believes that mojo must be the reason Austin always defeats him. The target destination will be the year 1969 — two years after Austin enters cryostasis. Dr. Evil and Mini-Me jump through the time portal to find a younger, spryer Number Two (Rob Lowe) waiting on the other side.

1999: Austin and Felicity return to the '90s, Scott learns the truth

Even though Dr. Evil smashed Austin's mojo, Felicity convinces Austin that he had it all along. After all, he defeated Dr. Evil again, and Felicity informs him that he is definitely going to get the girl at the end of the story. Austin then persuades Felicity to return to the late '90s with him. Fat Bastard follows them into the future in an attempt to kill them, however he is quickly and emphatically dispatched by a kick to the crotch from Felicity. 

Austin and Felicity profess their love for one another. A bit later, Austin returns home to find Felicity in bed with another man. However, it turns out to be the Austin from 10 minutes ago created when Austin used time travel to rescue Felicity earlier in "The Spy Who Shagged Me." Neither Austin can be angry, as they're instantly infatuated with each other and agree that Felicity sleeping with a displaced time paradox version of them does not count as cheating.

Meanwhile, Scott Evil returns to "The Jerry Springer Show" and learns a shocking truth — Frau is actually his mother. Scott always thought he was created in a lab using Dr. Evil's DNA, but Frau confesses that was a lie. Scott is the lovechild resulting from Frau and Dr. Evil's mojo-fueled dalliance from 1969.

2002: Dr. Evil partners with Goldmember for world domination

As of 2002's "Austin Powers in Goldmember," Dr. Evil has made himself a cozy new lair right behind the Hollywood sign in Southern California. Dr. Evil reveals that he has a new plan for world domination. Once again, it involves time travel. 

Dr. Evil aims to jump back to 1975 and partner with Johann van der Smut, who goes by the alias of Goldmember. He obtained the title after his private parts became an inadvertently gold-plated casualty of a smelting catastrophe. Dr. Evil intends to use a tractor beam that the shiny Dutchman has developed called Preparation H — an ignorantly appointed designation that Scott points out is the name of a hemorrhoid cream. The endgame is to use the beam to yank a meteor out of deep space and pull it to the Earth. As is his custom, Dr. Evil fully intends to exploit the threat for financial gain.

2002: Austin arrests Dr. Evil and finds out that his father has been kidnapped

Before Dr. Evil can enact his Preparation H-related plan, Austin and the British Ministry of Defense arrive and arrest Dr. Evil and Mini-Me. Austin is knighted for his role in Dr. Evil's capture, but disappointed when he notices his dad, Nigel Powers, isn't in the crowd to see the big event. Of course, this is only one in a series of similar father-related disappointments that Austin has experienced throughout his life. However, this time it isn't exactly Nigel's fault. Basil tells Austin that his father has been captured by a mystery assailant from aboard his own yacht. The yacht crew were all left behind with their genitals painted ... gold.

Austin visits Dr. Evil in prison to see if he can provide any insight on the mystery. Of course, Dr. Evil weasels a deal out of Austin, stating that he will help under the condition that he's moved to a traditional prison setting where he can be with Mini-Me. Austin reluctantly agrees, and Dr. Evil reveals that the culprit is Goldmember, who has time travelled to the year 1975 with Austin's captive father.

2002: Dr. Evil escapes prison and bonds with Scott, Mini-Me defects

Meanwhile, Dr. Evil and Mini-Me start a prison riot just after a rousing musical number in order to make their grand escape. Dr. Evil then establishes a new lair in Tokyo. Once Austin learns that Dr. Evil has relocated to Tokyo, he and Foxxy — having recently made the trip from the mid-'70s — head to Tokyo to gain intel from Fat Bastard. The beefy Scottish operative is now working as a professional Sumo wrestler. Foxxy and Austin sneak into the wrestlers' changing room where they interrogate the boisterous villain and learn that Mr. Roboto (Nobu Matsuhisa) now works for Dr. Evil and Goldmember.

The pair find Roboto and attempt to squeeze him for information. However, the businessman divulges nothing and dismisses Austin and Foxxy. When the two spies sneak around Roboto's factory, they find that Roboto is loading a tractor beam operating system into Goldmember's car. He also provides Goldmember with a key to activate the device. Before the pair can apprehend Goldmember, the villain reveals Nigel Powers is trapped and about to be burned to death by liquid gold. Of course, Austin runs to save his father, and Goldmember escapes via Dr. Evil's submarine.

Aboard the sub, Scott makes an attempt to bond with his father and gifts him sharks with lasers on their heads — something the megalomaniac has wanted since "International Man of Mystery." Dr. Evil begins favoring Scott over Mini-Me. Feeling scorned, Mini-Me defects and joins Austin and Foxxy.

2002: Dr. Evil and Austin learn they are brothers

Austin, Nigel, and Foxxy gain entry to Dr. Evil's submarine. After attempting to pose as a crewmember alongside Mini-Me, Austin's cover is blown. The swingin' spy is detained while Mini-Me escapes through a vent. As Dr. Evil prepares to finally kill Austin, Foxxy foils the villain's plans by freeing our hero. Austin then points a gun at Dr. Evil, set on ending the madman once and for all. 

However, Nigel steps between the two of them and reveals that Dr. Evil is also his son, Douglas "Dougie" Powers. This means that Austin and Dr. Evil are twin brothers who were separated during an assassination attempt on Nigel when they were infants. Nigel incorrectly presumed Dougie to have been killed by a car bomb meant for him. 

Dr. Evil-slash-Dougie, Austin, and Nigel all hug each other as a reunited family while Scott bitterly leaves vowing revenge on all of them. With a new lease on life, Dr. Evil abandons his evil scheme.

2002: Goldmember is thwarted

Goldmember isn't distracted by the family reunion and still plans to carry out his Earth-smashing plot. He unzips his pants and removes a spare key he had attached to his groin and activates the meteor-attracting tractor beam. Austin prods Dr. Evil to use his genius to figure out how to stop the tractor beam. Dr. Evil, aka Dougie, decides to reroute the output capacitor, which causes the tractor beam to overload and forces the meteor to explode instead of striking the Earth.

At the end of "Goldmember," Austin's entire Goldmember-related adventure is revealed to have been adapted into a feature film by director Steven Spielberg. John Travolta plays the role of Goldmember, while Tom Cruise plays the role of Austin. The film is called "Austinpussy," and Foxxy and Austin are seen sitting in the theater enjoying the finale to the film.

Meanwhile, Scott Evil sits in the lair behind the Hollywood sign swearing vengeance upon Austin Powers. Could the zany British spy make a return ? Who the heck knows? 

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Justin Allgaier powers to Xfinity Series win at Darlington

DARLINGTON, S.C. — Justin Allgaier finally beat Murphy‘s Law to the checkered flag in Saturday‘s Crown Royal Purple Bag Project 200 at Darlington Raceway.

This time, there were no bizarre circumstances to keep the driver of the No. 7 JR Motorsports Chevrolet out of Victory lane, like the late cut tire that deprived Allgaier of a near-certain win at Phoenix in the fourth race of the season.

After crossing the finish line 3.407 seconds ahead of runner-up Austin Hill, Allgaier had his first victory of the season, his third at the Lady in Black and the 24th of his career, tying him with his car owner, Dale Earnhardt Jr., for 10th-most in NASCAR Xfinity Series history.

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Allgaier, 37, also leaves Darlington as the career leader in top-10 finishes in the series with 267, breaking a tie with Kyle Busch in that statistical category.

“I just wanted (spotter) Eddie (D‘Hondt) to call ‘White flag,\"” said Allgaier, who had led laps in seven of 10 events this season without winning. “We‘ve had such a heck of a year. We‘ve led a ton of laps, and we haven‘t been able to do it…

“I think having a little gray hair today helped me out, though. Those long green-flag runs, and being able to know what‘s worked in the past here… I didn‘t know if the day would come when I‘d be able to match Dale Jr. Not only is he a great boss but a really good mentor.

“To come here and be able to tie him, to be able to take over the all-time top 10s, man, there‘s nothing better.”

Hill, who led six laps to Allgaier‘s 119 of 147, blamed himself for not being able to challenge his fellow Chevrolet driver for the victory.

“I just couldn‘t get into Turn 1 on restarts like I really needed to all day,” said the driver of the No. 21 Richard Childress Racing Camaro. “It was just me. I‘ve just got to figure out what to do differently getting into Turn 1.

“I did really good with my launches. That‘s something that I struggled with here where I‘d buzz the tires late in the zone. Didn‘t do that all day — I felt pretty good about my restarts — but I would get down into (Turn) 1 and I‘d get tight…

“More than anything, I‘ve just got to do a better job inside the race car. I thought we were just as good as the 7 all day. Congrats to those guys. We were just that little bit off today, and I think most of it was me.”

Polesitter Cole Custer recovered from a disastrous pit stop under an early competition caution to finish third, followed by Sam Mayer and Aric Almirola.

“Every time I get in this car, I plan to win and expect to win,” Almirola said. “Fifth is great, but I want to win — but Justin was so fast.”

Parker Kligerman, Riley Herbst, Sunoco rookie Jesse Love, Sheldon Creed and Brandon Jones completed the top 10. Rookie Shane van Gisbergen finished 15th in his first Darlington start. Carson Kvapil was 19th in his third race in the series and his first at Darlington.

Hill took the series lead by three points over Custer in second.

After a week off, the Xfinity Series returns to action at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Saturday, May 25 (FOX, PRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

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Madonna’s hits-filled celebration tour, dissected.

Hear five standouts from the set, and six we wish she’d played.

By Caryn Ganz

Dear listeners,

Lindsay is desperately seeking some time off this week, so I am the first of your guest playlisters: Caryn, the pop music editor. I’m going to tell you a secret — you could consider it one of my confessions on a dance floor. I saw Madonna’s Celebration Tour seven times; eight if you include the livestream from Rio de Janeiro on Saturday night, where the Queen of Pop wrapped her first-ever retrospective with a free show before an estimated 1.6 million people on Copacabana Beach.

Some have asked why, so a brief explanation: I believe Madonna is the most important and influential solo figure in pop history, and I don’t skip opportunities to see her onstage, where she has innovated and thrilled throughout her four-decade career. (If you’re wondering who was behind “ 60 Times Madonna Changed Our Culture ,” wonder no more.) I was too young to catch the Virgin or Who’s That Girl tours — and nobody took me to Blond Ambition or the Girlie Show (ahem, parents) — so my live history begins with Drowned World in 2001 and I have done my best to catch up.

The Confessions Tour from 2006 is the best I’ve seen in person, the Tears of a Clown revival at Art Basel in 2016 was the zaniest, and Celebration is the first one I’ve reviewed (on its U.S. leg’s opening night in October). Repeated viewings haven’t changed my initial critical overview, though some parts of the show grew on me, some vocal performances sharpened up, and some of the extemporaneous speeches Madonna gave during the two breaks each night designed for them were stunningly raw and moving. (See Bonus Tracks below for more on that.)

But the point of today’s playlist is to take a deeper (and deeper) look at the songs Madonna did — and didn’t — select for the tour. The first five tracks are my favorites from the show, which has a lot to do with how she staged them. The second six are songs that were sorely missed, so should you ever do a Celebration 2, M, please consider them official requests.

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1. “like a prayer”.

The Celebration Tour stage encompassed 4,400 square feet, including a spinning circular platform that was the focal point for several songs — including this standout, performed on a carousel that rose into the air as shirtless dancers in loincloths and masks draped themselves in crucifixion-like poses. The entire show was set to backing tracks rather than a live band, and for this 1989 hit, it was a remix featuring booming bass and a few seconds of Sam Smith and Kim Petras’s “Unholy” at the beginning and end. (The precise mix isn’t available, but the “7” Remix” edit gets you close.) Chills, I tell you! ▶ Listen on Spotify , Apple Music or YouTube

2. “Live to Tell”

Much has been written about the stunning performance of this 1986 song, which Madonna staged as a tribute to victims of AIDS. She floated above the crowd in a rectangular box gazing at black-and-white portraits of those lost to the disease (including many of her friends and collaborators) on massive screens around her, which multiplied to demonstrate the scale of the epidemic. Each night I saw the show, she had a genuine emotional response and delivered her strongest vocals here.

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3. “Nothing Really Matters”

Madonna started the show with this song from “Ray of Light” (1998), using it as a table setter before she went back in time and revisited the story of her career. It was a striking entrance: She held a few poses on the spinning platform at the base of the stage, and slowly rotated out toward the audience in a black kimono and halo headpiece. As a song choice, it was a pointed opening statement about maturing, life choices, different kinds of love, and beginnings and endings.

4. “Don’t Tell Me”

The videos for “Don’t Tell Me” and “Hung Up” feature my favorite Madonna choreography, and while I was extremely happy to get them both live on this tour, they were both abbreviated! (So were a lot of other songs, but these felt especially egregious.) Still: I love this one’s stubborn message, and it was a blast to see the group number recreated on the Celebration stage — and a reminder that Madonna, always ahead of the curve, went cowboy chic back in 2000.

5. “Open Your Heart”

The section of the show dedicated to Madonna’s early days in New York and her first hits underscored the grit it took to get noticed and the glee she took in escaping on the dance floor. “Everybody” and “Holiday” were delightful, but her live performance of “Open Your Heart” made me discover the song anew: beautifully constructed, simple and still dramatic in the best ways, a real piece of pop perfection.

OK, now for the requests: This 2000 song joined the set list for the finale in Rio, but it should have been there the whole time! It’s a statement of purpose that encapsulates Madonna’s entire career. It is electrifying heard over the speakers of an arena — we know this, because it was the centerpiece of her Confessions Tour, when she performed it as an ecstatic roller disco in a crisp white suit.

7. “Secret”

Personally, I would have traded “Human Nature” for this “Bedtime Stories” single, which has one of the more unusual chord progressions in the Madonna catalog — a satisfying blend of major and minor that actually sounds mysterious and alluring.

8. “Oh Father”

Motherhood was the defining theme of the Celebration show, a thread that ran from the opener “Nother Really Matters” through the many moments featuring Madonna’s children (four of them went on the road and appeared each night). She performed “Mother and Father,” a song about loss from her 2003 album “American Life,” with her son David, and it did grow on me as a result. (I would have preferred “Hollywood,” but that’s a whole other mood.) Still, I missed “Oh Father,” the dramatic ballad from “Like a Prayer” that was a highlight of Blond Ambition.

9. “Material Girl”

We had a lot of early hits in the show, so I get why it didn’t make the cut, but I will say this: Someone was playing this 1985 smash on a sound system outside of Barclays Center after the second show I saw in Brooklyn, and watching the crowd dance and shout along, I realized I missed this moment during the concert. Still a certified banger!

10. “Beautiful Stranger”

Some of Madonna’s best songs have arrived on soundtracks (that’s where we got “Vogue”!) and I have an enduring love of this kicky little tune from the 1999 album that accompanied “Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.”

11. “Frozen”

Madonna performed “Frozen” a handful of times on Celebration, subbing it in for “Rain,” but I got “Rain” all seven times and was thirsty for this “Ray of Light” track instead. It’s a masterpiece of downtempo electro with a beautiful vocal and ear-tickling synth flourishes. It brings the drama we crave! Next time, Madonna, please?

The Amplifier Playlist

“Madonna’s Hits-Filled Celebration Tour, Dissected” track list Track 1: “Like a Prayer” Track 2: “Live to Tell” Track 3: “Nothing Really Matters” Track 4: “Don’t Tell Me” Track 5: “Open your Heart” Track 6: “Music" Track 7: “Secret” Track 8: “Oh Father” Track 9: “Material Girl” Track 10: “Beautiful Stranger” Track 11: “Frozen”

Bonus Tracks

As I mentioned above, Madonna addressed the audience for two extended periods during each show. On Jan. 23 at Madison Square Garden, she spoke about AIDS in New York in the 1980s, singling out Ellen Matzer and Valery Hughes in the audience — two nurses, “heroes,” she said, on the front lines of the epidemic, working in wards where “there were no visitors.” She went on, describing her own stop in a hospital room where she encountered a young man on the brink of death. “I laid down on the bed next to him, and he held my hand and he said, ‘Mother, thank you for coming,’” she said, her voice starting to break. “And it just made me think, these women here tonight, they did this every [expletive] day. And they got no thanks. So please say thank you to them right now.” It was a moment of gratitude that had most of the arena in tears.

Also, Madonna used “I Don’t Search I Find” as the soundtrack to a spectacular video montage near the end of the show that captured what made her inescapable — and irresistible to the media — throughout her career. It’s the best song from her most recent studio album, “Madame X,” and I recommend it.

Caryn Ganz is The Times’s pop music editor. More about Caryn Ganz

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