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Footloose: Original Soundtrack of the Paramount Motion Picture is the soundtrack album to the Paramount motion picture Footloose. The original nine-track album was released in 1984 and reached number one on the US Billboard 200 chart on April 21, 1984, where it stayed until June 23, 1984. [ 3 ]
"Footloose" is a song co-written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Kenny Loggins. It was released in January 1984 as the first of two singles by Loggins from the 1984 film of the same name (the other one being " I'm Free (Heaven Helps the Man) ").
The music from the soundtrack was released prior to the film's premiere. The filmmakers felt that songs produced a stronger emotional response from people already familiar with them, which heightened the experience of watching the movie. The music video for "Footloose" had scenes from the movie, rather than footage of Loggins. [29]
Ella Mae Bowen recorded a cover of the song for the 2011 Footloose remake. [12] In 2021, the song was noted for its appearances in a trailer for Masters of the Universe: Revelation, another trailer for the Guardians of the Galaxy video game, and in "The Variant" the second episode of the Disney+ series Loki, all of which premiered in the same ...
In 1998, the Broadway cast of Footloose performed the song, for the 1998 Broadway musical based on the film. In 2011, Victoria Justice and Hunter Hayes performed the song, for the 2011 remake of the original film. [18] Their cover was released on September 22, 2011 and was featured on the accompanying soundtrack. [19] [20]
During an appearance on Kevin Bacon’s podcast, “Six Degrees With Kevin Bacon,” the 59-year-old shared the story of his disastrous dance audition for the 1984 movie musical Footloose.
Kenny Loggins had a run of successful singles in the '80s, when he was known as the "King of the Movie Soundtrack." His 1984 No. 1 hit, "Footloose," from the movie of the same, was one of the ...
Footloose highlights a 1984 conservative town that outlaws music, dancing and "sinful" books.The parallels are strikingly similar to today's surge of book bans across schools and libraries, says ...