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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 ]
The song spent three weeks at number one, March 31—April 14, 1984, on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Loggins' only chart-topper, and was the first of two number-one hits from the film. Billboard ranked it at the No. 4 song for 1984. [5] The song was very well received, and is one of the most recognizable songs recorded by Loggins.
The film was released on February 17, 1984, by Paramount Pictures, and received mixed reviews from the critics and was a box office success, grossing $80 million in North America, becoming the seventh highest-grossing film of 1984. The songs "Footloose" by Kenny Loggins and "Let's Hear It for the Boy" by Deniece Williams were nominated for the ...
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.
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]
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The song was released as a single from both the soundtrack and her album of the song's same name Columbia Records. It was written by Tom Snow and Dean Pitchford and produced by George Duke . The song became Williams' second number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 on May 26, 1984.
Footloose (1984) In this musical drama, Kevin Bacon became famous for portraying Ren McCormack, a Chicago teenager who moves to a town that outlawed any dancing.