Ultimate by Lindsay Lohan

Album: Freaky Friday Soundtrack (2003)

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"Ultimate" plays at the end of the 2003 Disney movie Freaky Friday, where Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis play a daughter and mother who switch bodies. Lohan, who was 17 at the time, performs the song in the film; it was also released as a single and appears on the soundtracks along with tunes by Simple Plan, Ashlee Simpson and Joey Ramone. The song has nothing to do with the film but is very marketable - it's upbeat and finds Lohan singing about finding the "ultimate" guy.
"Ultimate" was Lindsay Lohan's singing debut. She had been acting for years, notably playing both twins in the 1998 movie The Parent Trap. Freaky Friday was a big role for her, and it was used to launch her singing career. She issued albums in 2004 and 2005, a time when she was busy starring in Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, Mean Girls and Herbie: Fully Loaded. She didn't have any big hits but her debut album sold over a million copies in America.

Lohan's personal and professional life took a downturn in 2007 when she became a tabloid fixture who seemed to court chaos. She got her life back together around 2014 and remained a notable actress, but music was clearly secondary - she didn't release any more albums and recorded just occasionally.
Lohan doesn't play guitar, but she did learn all the chords to this song so she could perform it for the film.
A new version of "Ultimate" with altered lyrics plays at the end of Freakier Friday, the 2025 sequel to Freaky Friday with Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis reprising their roles. This version is by the Canadian rock band The Beaches, and appears on the soundtrack. Lohan recorded a song called "Baby" that was used in the movie.

Comments: 5

Jailene from K-town, WaI do like this song, a lot, and it's funny, cuz my boyfriend or my ex boyfriend or the guy-I'm-taking-a-break-from or whatever even likes the song and sometimes late at night we'll be talking and then we'll start singing this song and it makes me crack up every time. But yeah, it's a good song, and I like the lyrics. These lyrics remind me of the guy I mentioned earlier, and they still do. SO...yay song! ^^
Melanie from Milwaukee, WiI agree with brian you can totally tell thatshe can't play she doesn't even act like she can play. i thought that being such a "great actress" they could give her acting lessons on playing the guitar or somthing.
Brian from Boulder, Cohey listen up
first, she didnt play it because if she did her hand wouldnt be moved to a lower section on the fretboard when it has a high pitch
second, she didnt play it because if she did her hand wouldnt be moving during a bend or a hold
third, she didnt play it because if she did, on single notes and solos she wouldnt be using her hand, she'd be using her fingers
fourth, she didnt play it because if she did she'd be striking the strings at the right times, not just up and down randomly

how can you love her so much?? especially after her lipo??
listen to real music, and if ur gonna comment on her guitar, have some knowledge about it before you do
Bianca from Philippines, Mai miss lindsay lohan, but i know it is impossible for me to see her bec. she's too far away
Rhona from Corpus Christi, Txi love the song, love Lindsay, love the way she did the guitar on the movie.

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