In day twelve of 30 days of Retro Radio music... today, we feature another 80s classic. St. Elmos Fire (Man in Motion) is a song recorded by John Parr. It hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 7, 1985, remaining there for two weeks. It was the main theme for Joel Schumachers 1985 film St. Elmos Fire. The song also peaked at number six in the UK, Parrs home country and became a number-one hit for John Parr around the world and provided many awards and a Grammy nomination. The song was originally written by David Foster and John Parr for the Canadian athlete Rick Hansen, who at the time was going around the world in his wheelchair to raise awareness for spinal cord injuries. His journey was called the Man in Motion Tour. This song only appeared on John Parrs self-titled album John Parr released in the UK in 1984 by London Records, and on a very rare 1985 CD re-release of his self-titled album from 1984 in West Germany. Source: Wikipedia
Posted on: Wed, 09 Apr 2014 14:25:56 +0000
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