Fame

Album: Fame (Original Soundtrack) (1980)
Charted: 1 4
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  • Baby, look at me
    And tell me what you see
    You ain't seen the best of me yet
    Give me time
    I'll make you forget the rest

    I got more in me
    And you can set it free
    I can catch the moon in my hand
    Don't you know who I am

    Remember my name, fame
    I'm gonna live forever
    I'm gonna learn how to fly, high

    I feel it comin' together
    People will see me and cry, fame
    I'm gonna make it to heaven
    Light up the sky like a flame, fame
    I'm gonna live forever
    Baby, remember my name
    Remember, remember, remember, remember
    Remember, remember, remember, remember

    Baby, hold me tight
    'Cause you can make it right
    You can shoot me straight to the top
    Give me love and take all I got to give

    Baby, I'll be tough
    Too much is not enough, no
    I can ride your heart 'till it breaks
    Ooh, I got what it takes

    Fame
    I'm gonna live forever
    I'm gonna learn how to fly, high
    I feel it comin' together
    People will see me and cry, fame

    I'm gonna make it to heaven
    Light up the sky like a flame, fame
    I'm gonna live forever
    Baby, remember my name
    Remember, remember, remember, remember
    Remember, remember, remember

    Fame
    I'm gonna live forever
    I'm gonna learn how to fly, high

    I feel it comin' together
    People will see me and cry, fame
    I'm gonna make it to heaven
    Light up the sky like a flame, fame
    I'm gonna live forever
    Baby, remember my name
    Remember, remember, remember, remember
    Remember, remember, remember, remember (remember my name)

    Fame
    I'm gonna live forever (fame)
    I'm gonna learn how to fly, high

    I feel it comin' together (fame)
    People will see me and cry, fame
    I'm gonna make it to heaven (fame)
    Light up the sky like a flame, fame
    I'm gonna live forever (fame)
    Baby, remember my name

    Fame
    I'm gonna live forever (fame)
    I'm gonna learn how to fly, high
    I feel it comin' together (fame)
    People will see me and cry, fame Writer/s: Dean Pitchford, Michael Gore
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 5

  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyAs stated above; in 1982 Irene Cara took "Fame" to #1 on the United Kingdom's Singles chart; and that was on July 11th of 1982 and it stayed in the top spot for three weeks, then for the next two weeks it was at #2.
  • Karen from Manchester, NhThe 2009 remake was positively terrible, both matching some scenes almost frame for frame (the befriending on the stairwell outside the lunch room, for instance) and completely sanitizing the stories. To make matters worse, the final performance was totally MTV-ed, with slo-mo and quick cuts. I regret seeing it, and watched the original (again) soon after.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyShe followed up on 'Fame' with another song from the film; "Out Here On My Own" peaked at No. 19 and stayed in the Top 100 for 23 weeks!!!
  • Lalah from Wasilla, AkThe lyrics have a double drug-addict/aspiring performer meaning. In the musical t character, Coco Hernandez, dies of an overdose. She represents those performers who "Flame Out" in their pursuit of Fame.
  • Terry from Northampton, EnglandThis song was made to sound better than it actually was.This was because of the superb vocals by Irene Cara.Nobody else could have done a better job.
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