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The Berlin recording is known for epitomizing the new wave genre as a blending of punk rock and pop, with heavy use of the Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 synthesizer. [5] Vocalist Terri Nunn said the song, which was a breakthrough hit for Berlin, "defined us and defined that period of music." [6]
"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.
This list of songs about Berlin is an addition to the main article Music in Berlin and contains any songs about or involving the city of Berlin, the capital of Germany. Sorting is after the year of publication (in brackets). [1] [2] [3]
Berlin is an American new wave/synth-pop band formed in Los Angeles in 1978. The band gained commercial success in the 1980s with singles including " The Metro ", " Sex (I'm a ...) ", " No More Words " and the chart-topping " Take My Breath Away " from the 1986 film Top Gun , which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and a Golden Globe ...
"Sex (I'm a ...)" is a song by American new wave band Berlin from their second studio album, Pleasure Victim (1982). The song was co-written by group members John Crawford, Terri Nunn, and David Diamond and sung as a duet by Crawford and Nunn.
In 1943, Smith's rendition was featured in the patriotic musical film This is the Army along with other Berlin songs. The manuscripts in the Library of Congress reveal the evolution of the song from victory to peace. Berlin gave the royalties of the song to The God Bless America Fund for redistribution to Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts in New York ...
"Easter Parade" is a popular song, written by Irving Berlin and published in 1933. Berlin originally wrote the melody in 1917, under the title "Smile and Show Your Dimple", as a "cheer up" song for a girl whose man has gone off to fight in World War I. A recording of "Smile and Show Your Dimple" by Sam Ash enjoyed modest success in 1918. [1]
[2] [11] The song was a centerpiece of the show; both it and Berlin's performance received favorable reviews. [2] According to reviewers, Berlin's voice was thin but his timing was perfect and he presented a hilarious stage persona. [2] 24 years later, The New York Times declared Yip "an immediate hit." [8]