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"Danger Zone" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Kenny Loggins in 1986, with music composed by Giorgio Moroder and lyrics written by Tom Whitlock. The song was one of the hit singles from the soundtrack to the 1986 American film Top Gun. It was the best-selling soundtrack of 1986 and one of the best-selling of all time.
[a] It consists of the film's score as well as two original songs, "Hold My Hand" by Gaga and "I Ain't Worried" by OneRepublic, which were released as singles prior to the album. [3] [4] The soundtrack contains the song "Danger Zone" by Kenny Loggins, which was also featured in the first film. [5]
Eventually, the film's producers agreed that "Danger Zone" would be recorded and performed by Kenny Loggins. [10] Members of Toto also wrote and intended to perform a song called "Only You" that would have been used as the film's love theme instead of "Take My Breath Away", but legal conflicts prevented doing so. [10]
"But he wanted the original vibe that song had. It was recorded at Musicland Studios so it was well-recorded, but it would have had a lot more punch if I could have done it in 5.0.
[16] [17] The soundtrack spawned two top 10 singles on the US charts, with the song "Danger Zone" by Kenny Loggins peaking at number two and the song "Take My Breath Away" by Berlin reaching number one, the latter of which would also go on to win both the Academy Award for Best Original Song [18] and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original ...
Movie title Song title Artist Writer US charts UK charts Miscellaneous July 21 The High and the Mighty “The High and the Mighty” LeRoy Holmes: music by Dimitri Tiomkin, lyrics by Ned Washington: 9 20 also charted in the US in 1954 by Victor Young, # 8, Les Baxter #6 and Johnny Desmond # 28
His two biggest hit singles were both from movie soundtracks: "Footloose," from the 1984 movie of the same name, hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100. "Danger Zone," from the 1986 movie Top Gun, hit number two. In all, five of Loggins' singles reached the top ten.
"Take My Breath Away" is a song written by Giorgio Moroder and Tom Whitlock for the 1986 film Top Gun, performed by American new wave band Berlin. [3] It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song [3] as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song in 1986.