HOLLYWOOD (Variety) - An album featuring a Joni Mitchell song has suddenly become a hot collectible after it was hastily withdrawn because of a production snafu. MCA Records last week recalled more than 40,000 soundtracks to the new movie GRACE OF MY HEART, because the Mitchell-sung Man From Mars isn't supposed to be there.

Sources said the tune was added to the album, which was released Sept. 10, before permission to use the song could be obtained. MCA executives were unable to get the necessary rights clearances and were forced to recall the album.

MCA has since remastered the soundtrack and is shipping corrected copies to retailers this week. The song will be performed by the film's star Illeana Douglas, who plays a songwriter with an eye on becoming a performer.

The film, which had an opening-weekend gross of $174,000 on 47 screens, goes into wide release next week.

The new discs, which still will boast the single God Give Me Strength performed by Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello, are expected to be available in stores by then.