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"Waiting for a Star to Fall" is a song by American pop music duo Boy Meets Girl in 1988, written by the duo's members, Shannon Rubicam and George Merrill. They wrote the song after witnessing a falling star at a Whitney Houston concert and originally offered the song to Houston, but Arista Records CEO Clive Davis rejected it.
Boy Meets Girl is an American pop-music duo consisting of keyboardist and vocalist George Merrill and singer Shannon Rubicam.They are perhaps best known for their hit song "Waiting for a Star to Fall" from 1988 and for writing two of Whitney Houston's number one hits: "How Will I Know" and "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)".
Sunset Strippers were an electronic music group from the UK. They are best-known for their 2005 song "Falling Stars", which samples the 1988 hit song "Waiting for a Star to Fall" by Boy Meets Girl and was involved in a sampling battle with Cabin Crew. [1] "Falling Stars" reached number 3 on the UK Singles Chart in March 2005.
The 1980s produced chart-topping hits in pop, hip-hop, rock, and R&B. Here's a list of the best songs from the time, ranging from Toto to Michael Jackson.
"Would You Catch a Falling Star" is a tongue in cheek look at the pitfalls of stardom and fame, describing a one-time superstar whose drawing power and appeal to fans is fading. The song opens with the former superstar finishing a country music show attended by a small crowd. He then departs backstage half drunk and meets a woman.
An instrumental version of the song was used during the 1980s as the introduction music of the San Diego Sockers (1978-1996). The song was used in AMC 's Breaking Bad , in a scene where Hank Schrader, Walter White, and Walter Jr. watch a video of the drug chemist Gale Boetticher singing the song at a karaoke bar on a vacation to Thailand.
The Falling Star, an album by B!Machine, 2007 "Falling Stars" (Lidia Isac song), 2015 "Falling Stars" (Sunset Strippers song), 2005 "Falling Stars", a song by Serj Tankian from Elect the Dead Symphony, 2010
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