Footloose

by

Kenny Loggins

Album: Footloose Soundtrack      Released: 1984

US Chart: 1     UK Chart: 6

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This was the theme from the movie of the same name starring Kevin Bacon. He plays a teenager who moves to a small town where dancing is illegal. We won't tell you how it ends.

This was the biggest hit and only #1 for Loggins. It exposed him to an international audience when the movie did well outside of America. Two years later, Loggins contributed "Danger Zone" to the Top Gun soundtrack. He also contributed "I'm Alright" to Caddyshack.

Loggins wrote the music for this in a hotel room in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. He was on tour, and had broken ribs from a fall he took at a show in Provo.

The lyrics were written by Dean Pitchford, who wrote the screenplay to Footloose. Pitchford also wrote the lyrics to "Fame" by Irene Cara and "Let's Hear It For The Boy" by Deniece Williams.

This was one of 2 US #1 hits on the Footloose soundtrack. "Let's Hear It For The Boy" by Deniese Williams is the other. The soundtrack knocked Michael Jackson's Thriller album from #1 in the US.

Loggins had a US #22 hit with "I'm Free (Heaven Helps The Man)," also from the Footloose soundtrack.

Footloose was made into a Broadway play that ran from 1998-2000.

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This was in the film Romy and Michele's High School Reunion. Also female singer Aoife sang it for the UK reality show "Maria" produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber, it's much more better when a guy sings it.
- Sara, Silver Spring, MD

Oddly enough at the Oscars ceremony the choreographer Debbie "Fame" Allen sang (or danced to Footloose) and Loggins didn't perform it at all. Perhaps it was the same reason Phil Collins didn't sing "Against All Odds" the writers were too old to know who he was...
- Sara, Silver Spring, MD

It was nominated for an Academy Award. The movie is not one of the worst ever made. The other Oscar nominated song was Deniece Williams who did perform her song at the Oscars!
- Sara, Silver Spring, MD

This is Kenny Loggins' signature tune and he always does it as an encore. I believe the Beastie Boys or some rap group sampled it
- Sara, Silver Spring, MD

Personally, I loved this movie. I still like watching it every once in a while...epecially now that the 80's are over. It's fun to watch them dance in it. And the clothes they wear. It's just a fun movie. 'Course I also loved Xanadu and Seargent Peppers (with the Bee Gees)Ha!
- Mary, Phoenix, AZ

If you think Footloose was Bad, try to find the Kevin and Kyra movie called Pyrates. A couple actually cause fires to start every time they try to make love(and they do it a lot).
- Larry, Des Moines, IA

we love footloose. greatest song ever invented.
- Backky, Baton Rouge, LA

If you think this is the worst movie ever made, you're being far too kind to thousands of other worse movies.
- rob, vancouver, Canada

if you really like Kevin Bacon, watch Sleepers! Such a good and creepy movie! The movie Footloose wasn't a bad movie - it was actually a fairly good movie but you've also gotta look at it from a musical perspective because the movie has a fair bit of music (and fairly good music) in it.
- lynz, Ontario, Canada

Well, he does have a really, really big.....um, screen presence.
- Ash, Charleston, WV

the songs fun to dance to if your in a crazy mood. the movies pretty good to...but i guess i just really like kevin bacon.
- kristina, houston, TX

Dani: please! This movie features a scene in which a game of "chicken" is played between two people riding tractors. TRACTORS!!
- Ash, Charleston, WV

all these comments totally dis this movie! personally i think this movie is awsome! the music in it is sooo up beat and it gets u in a good mood.
- Dani, Winnipeg, Canada

This song is a complete ripoff of Funk 49 by the James Gang.
- Joe, New York City, United States

I'm sure if I thought about it long enough, I could come up with a lot of movies that are worse than Footloose. I don't actually think it's THE worst movie. But boy, it's pretty damn bad.
- Ashley, Charleston, WV

Main melody ripped from The James Gang's Funk #49
- Rob, Heerlen, Netherlands

ash, there are far worse movies out there (try Space Muntiny or Alexander) heck there are worse Kevin Bacon movies out there (Hollow Man, that one where he is a bicicle messenger) This is however the worst Kevin Bacon film made into a broadway musical... Tremors on Ice coming in second
- MOnty, Omaha, NE

Quite possibly the worst movie ever made.
- ash, Charleston, WV

The video for this is notable in that it was one of the first music videos where the artist was nowhere to be seen.
- Kei, Salem, OR

Menatally chalenged singer songwriter Larry Melvin wrote "Larry Loose" based on this song.
- jonathan, saratoga sorings, NY

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