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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.
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 ]
[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] According to Allmusic , the album "remains a quintessential artifact of the mid-'80s", and the album's hits "still define the bombastic, melodramatic sound that dominated the ...
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.
Thomas Ross Whitlock (February 20, 1954 – February 18, 2023) was an American songwriter, best known for co-writing the Academy Award– and Golden Globe–winning song "Take My Breath Away", performed by Berlin from the film Top Gun, with Giorgio Moroder. He wrote another song for the film, "Danger Zone", performed by Kenny Loggins. [2]
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An edited version of the song without the electric guitar is played in the opening sequence set aboard the aircraft carrier deck during launch preparations - the music is set so that after the F-14 Tomcat's engines are on full afterburner and the aircraft subsequently launches from the catapult, it immediately changes to "Danger Zone" by Kenny Loggins.
"Take My Breath Away" is a song by English singer Emma Bunton. It was written by Bunton, Steve Mac, and Wayne Hector for her debut solo album, A Girl Like Me (2001), while production was helmed by Max. The song was released by Virgin Records on 27 August 2001 as the album's second single.