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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.
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 ]
The film was released on February 17, 1984, by Paramount Pictures, and received mixed reviews from the critics and was a box office success, grossing $80 million in North America, becoming the seventh highest-grossing film of 1984. The songs "Footloose" by Kenny Loggins and "Let's Hear It for the Boy" by Deniece Williams were nominated for the ...
The music video was released in mid-April 1984. [6] The song features background vocals from George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam, who would go on to form the duo Boy Meets Girl. In 2011, country singer Jana Kramer covered the song for the remake of Footloose and its accompanying soundtrack album.
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. It charted at number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 [1] and number 31 on the Canadian Hot 100. [2] The song was very well received, and is one of the most recognizable songs recorded by Loggins.
In 1998, the Broadway cast of Footloose performed the song, for the 1998 Broadway musical based on the film. In 2011, Victoria Justice and Hunter Hayes performed the song, for the 2011 remake of the original film. [18] Their cover was released on September 22, 2011 and was featured on the accompanying soundtrack. [19] [20]
In the 1984 classic Footloose, city boy Ren McCormack (Kevin Bacon) moves to a small town where dancing and rock music have been banned.Determined to challenge the status quo, he ignites a fiery ...
"Holding Out for a Hero" is a song recorded by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler for the soundtrack to the 1984 film Footloose. It later featured on her sixth studio album, Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire (1986).