St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)

St. Elmo 's Fire ( Man in Motion) is a pop / rock ballad of the English musician John Parr. The song reached on 7 September 1985 for a week number one in the U.S. and number six in the UK.

History

The song was originally written by David Foster and John Parr for the Canadian athlete Rick Hansen, who was at that time in a wheelchair and traveled around the world. He called his journey the Man in Motion Tour. This information served as the inspiration for the content and the title of the song.

The song served as the theme song for the film St. Elmo 's Fire ( with the title on the film and the information described above, the title song was written for ). It was the first and only number -one hit for John Parr in the USA. In addition, the song was nominated for a Grammy at the Grammy Awards 1986.

The song was originally not appear on John Parr's eponymous album, but by the great success of the single in the U.S., the song was later added as a bonus song.

Some members of the U.S. band Toto sing as a choir in the background of the song and provide the backing vocals.

Others

The song is heard in The Simpsons episode Sideshow Bob Roberts; it is the favorite song of Lisa Simpson.

The text line " Gonna be your man in motion" is repeated from Jason Sklar in an episode of Cheap Seats.

The song was featured in the film The Brothers Solomon 2007.

The song was listening to an episode of The Facts Of Life.

Music Video

The music video for the song contains some excerpts from the movie St. Elmo 's Fire. In the other scenes we see John Parr with the entire crew of the film. Parr looks out the window on a foggy morning and looks after a short time that the St. Elmo 's Bar has caught fire and is burning now. He then alerted the others, and they try to extinguish the fire by any means.

Cover versions

A cover version of the song was recorded in 1989 by REO Speedwagon. REO Speedwagon 's guitarist, Dave Amato, the song coverte also for his solo album Still Got It, which was published in 1995.

The Ventures recorded a instrumental cover version of the song for her 2006 released album Major Motion Picture.

A remix version of the song was produced in May 2006 with the title of Tommyknockers New Horizon, which made ​​it to number 43 in the UK charts, but the Billboard Hot 100 missed.

2-4 Grooves who covered the song in 2006 titled Writing on the Wall.

Commercial success

Charts

• Number -one hit
• Pop song
• Rock song
• Song 1985