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The song spent three weeks at number one, March 31—April 14, 1984, on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Loggins' only chart-topper, and was the first of two number-one hits from the film. Billboard ranked it at the No. 4 song for 1984. [5] The song was very well received, and is one of the most recognizable songs recorded by Loggins.
"I'm Free (Heaven Helps the Man)" is a song recorded by American recording artist Kenny Loggins, composed by Loggins and Dean Pitchford, and produced by Loggins and David Foster. It was released in June 1984 as the second of two singles by Loggins from the film, Footloose that are included on the film's soundtrack.
Footloose: Original Soundtrack of the Paramount Motion Picture is the soundtrack album to the Paramount motion picture Footloose. The original nine-track album was released in 1984 and reached number one on the US Billboard 200 chart on April 21, 1984, where it stayed until June 23, 1984. [ 3 ]
Kenneth Clark Loggins (born January 7, 1948) [3] is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. [4] His early songs were recorded with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in 1970, [5] which led to seven albums recorded with Jim Messina as Loggins and Messina from 1972 to 1977. [6]
The music from the soundtrack was released prior to the film's premiere. The filmmakers felt that songs produced a stronger emotional response from people already familiar with them, which heightened the experience of watching the movie. The music video for "Footloose" had scenes from the movie, rather than footage of Loggins. [29]
Kenny Loggins’s new autobiography Still Alright chronicles his entire career, from his days as one-half of Loggins & Messina through that duo’s revival via the stranger-than-non-fiction satire ...
Footloose is a 1998 musical based on the 1984 film of the same name. The music is by Tom Snow (among others), the lyrics by Dean Pitchford (with additional lyrics by Kenny Loggins ), and the book by Pitchford and Walter Bobbie .
Footloose highlights a 1984 conservative town that outlaws music, dancing and "sinful" books.The parallels are strikingly similar to today's surge of book bans across schools and libraries, says ...