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John Stephen Parr (born 18 November 1952) is an English musician, singer, and songwriter, best known for his 1985 single "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)", charting at No.1 in the US and No.6 in the UK, and for his 1984 US No.6 rock single "Naughty Naughty". [2]
David Foster and John Parr were contracted to write a song for the film, but Parr struggled with inspiration for the lyrics. Foster showed Parr a news clip about the Canadian athlete Rick Hansen, who at the time was going around the world in his wheelchair to raise awareness for spinal cord injuries. His journey was called the "Man in Motion Tour".
St. Elmo's Fire is a 1985 American coming-of-age film co-written and directed by Joel Schumacher and starring Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Andie MacDowell and Mare Winningham.
"Blame It on the Radio" is a song by English singer/musician John Parr, released in 1986 as the lead single from his second studio album Running the Endless Mile. It was written and produced by Parr, [1] and reached No. 88 on the US Billboard Hot 100. It remained on the charts for six weeks and became Parr's last entry on the chart. [2]
Running the Endless Mile is the second album by John Parr, released in 1986. The lead single " Blame It on the Radio " reached U.S. #88, the only song to reach the U.S. singles charts. The first track on the album, " Two Hearts ", was taken from the soundtrack to the film American Anthem .
John Parr is the debut album by John Parr, released in 1984.It contains 3 Billboard Top 100 songs: "Magical" which peaked at #73, "Love Grammar" at #89, and the biggest of the three, "Naughty Naughty", which peaked at #23 and was a top 10 AOR hit.
"Two Hearts" was released as a single from the soundtrack of the 1986 American sports drama film American Anthem.Although Parr had scored a worldwide hit in 1985 with "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)" from the soundtrack of the film of the same name, "Two Hearts" was a commercial failure and American Anthem a box office flop.
The majority of the album was produced by Parr, except "Man With a Vision", produced by John Wolff, and "Restless Heart", produced by Harold Faltermeyer. [2] The album was released in the UK by Music for Nations , in Germany by Edelton, Switzerland by Blue Martin Records, and Austria and Scandinavia by Generation Records.