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The literal subject of the Song of Songs is love and sexual longing between a man and a woman, and it has little (or nothing) to say about the relationship of God and man; in order to find such a meaning it was necessary to turn to allegory, treating the love that the Song celebrates as an analogy for the love between God and Church. [8]
The song is a medley of the songs "Power of Love," written by Vandross and Marcus Miller, and "Love Power," a minor hit in 1968 for the one-hit wonder R&B group The Sandpebbles. The Sandpebbles version of "Love Power" had made it number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 , and number 14 on the R&B singles chart.
Musical quotation is to be distinguished from variation, where a composer takes a theme (their own or another's) and writes variations on it.In that case, the origin of the theme is usually acknowledged in the title (e.g., Johannes Brahms's Variations on a Theme by Haydn).
"The Power of Love" is a 1985 single by Huey Lewis and the News, written for the soundtrack of the 1985 blockbuster film Back to the Future. The song became the band's first number-one hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [4] [5] and their second number-one hit on the U.S. Mainstream Rock chart.
“Love is not love until love’s vulnerable.”— Theodore Roethke “Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.”— 1 Peter 4:8
"The Power of Love" (Charley Pride song) (1984) "The Power of Love" (Jennifer Rush song) (1984), and notably covered by Air Supply (1985), Laura Branigan (1987), and Celine Dion (1993) "The Power of Love" (Frankie Goes to Hollywood song) (1984) "The Power of Love" (Huey Lewis and the News song) (1985) "Power of Love" (Deee-Lite song) (1990 ...
The song has been recorded by many artists. It was the signature theme of the 1967 film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, performed by nightclub singer Jacqueline Fontaine on camera, as well as over the opening and closing credits. [4] Bette Midler included the song in the film Beaches (1988) and it appears on the soundtrack album.
"The Power of Love" is a pop song co-written and originally recorded by American singer-songwriter Jennifer Rush in 1984. It was released in December 1984 by CBS Records as the fifth single from her debut album, Jennifer Rush (1984), and has since been covered by Air Supply , Laura Branigan , and Celine Dion .