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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.
The song reached number 9 in the UK Singles Chart [4] and was also a top 40 Australian hit in April 1989. [5] It was featured in the 1990 movie Three Men and a Little Lady. [2] The song was inspired by an actual falling star that Rubicam had seen at one of Whitney Houston's concerts at the Greek Theatre. The duo submitted the song to Houston ...
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.
The '80s may be gone, but they’re far from forgotten. Relive the magic of the raddest decade with these best 1980s one-hit wonders that still get us singing!
"Would You Catch a Falling Star" is a song written by Bobby Braddock, and recorded by American country music artist John Anderson. It was released in April 1982 as the second single from the album I Just Came Home to Count the Memories. The song reached number 6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1]
From Beyoncé and Taylor Swift to Adele and classics like Etta James and Otis Redding, Insider ranked the best romantic songs across the decades. The 60 best love songs of all time, ranked Skip to ...
The song's melody is similar to a theme heard in Brahms' Academic Festival Overture. Perry Como's recording features the Ray Charles Singers , who sing the refrain as a repeated round. It was Como's last number one hit in the United States, [ 2 ] reaching number 1 on the Billboard "Most Played by Jockeys" chart, but not in the overall top 100 ...