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In the US, the title song "Fame" was released as a single in May 1980, and reached number 4 on Billboard ' s Hot 100 chart while the album reached number 7 on the Billboard 200 chart. [3] A second single, " Out Here on My Own ", was released in August and reached number 19 on the Hot 100 chart, while the third single "Red Light" by Linda ...
"Fame" is a song by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie. It was released on his 1975 album Young Americans and was later issued as the album's second single by RCA Records in June 1975. Written by Bowie, Carlos Alomar and John Lennon , it was recorded at Electric Lady Studios in New York City in January 1975.
Irene Cara Escalera (March 18, 1959 [note 1] – November 25, 2022) was an American singer and actress [13] who rose to prominence for her role as Coco Hernandez in the 1980 musical film Fame, and for recording the film's title song "Fame", which reached No. 1 in several countries. In 1983, Cara co-wrote and sang the song "Flashdance...
[1] [2] It uses the main riff from the David Bowie song "Fame", released earlier the same year. [3] Guitarist Carlos Alomar, who created the borrowed riff and was a co-writer on "Fame", was briefly in Brown's band in the late 1960s. Alomar said, "[Bowie] was extremely flattered that James Brown would take one of his songs."
"State of Love and Trust" is a song by the American rock band Pearl Jam. Featuring lyrics written by vocalist Eddie Vedder and music co-written by guitarist Mike McCready and bassist Jeff Ament , "State of Love and Trust" first appeared on the soundtrack to the 1992 film, Singles .
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The song was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. This was the first time two songs from the same film had both been nominated in this category. Fame went on to win the prize over Out Here on My Own, though both became hit singles of 1980. [12] Out Here on My Own became a "multi-platinum soundtrack record". [13]