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"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.
"You Take My Breath Away" is a ballad performed by American singer-actor Rex Smith, released as the lead single from his third studio album Sooner or Later (1979). The track was also featured in the 1979 made-for-television film of the same title starring Smith and Denise Miller .
It was the best selling soundtrack of 1986 and one of the best selling of all time. [4] [5] The song "Take My Breath Away" by Berlin went on to win both the Academy Award for Best Original Song [6] and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. [7]
The Gold-certified “Take My Breath Away” sold over half-a-million copies and spent 21 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, hitting No. 1. It won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for Best ...
Count Three & Pray is the fourth studio album by American new wave band Berlin, released on October 13, 1986, by Geffen Records.The album spawned three singles, including "Take My Breath Away", which was featured in the film Top Gun.
In an interview, Rex Smith recalled his experience of achieving instant fame simultaneously with Sooner or Later and the hit single "You Take My Breath Away": On March 25, 1979, my life changed overnight. I was one of the stars of a made-for-TV movie called Sooner or Later, along with Barbara Feldon and Denise Miller.
Berlin officially disbanded in 1987, because of both the lack of success of their album Count Three & Pray and personal disagreements over the single "Take My Breath Away". Nunn viewed it as a fresh new song that allowed the band to perform globally, while others disliked it as it had not been written or composed by any of them. [ 13 ]
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