We've heard two segments in our brand new special, The Top 200 Movie Songs of the Rock Era*. Refer to Part One for the ground rules. The songs keep getting better as we go--let's get started for Part Three!
#180--"What Was I Made For?" by Billie Eilish (from the movie Barbie--2023)
Billie Eilish and brother Finneas O'Connell wrote Song #180* for the fantasy movie Barbie in 2023. The movie stars Margot Robbie as Barbie and Ryan Gosling as Ken as the characters discover their true identities through Barbieland and the real world.
Gosling began his acting career at the age of 13 on
The All New Mickey Mouse Club from 1993-1995.
He gained fame for his role in The Notebook, starred in the great political thriller The Ides of March, and starred in The Big Short, La La Land and Blade Runner 2049.
The song hit #1 in the U.K. Australia, Ireland and Switzerland and #2 in New Zealand. Lagging behind the rest of the world was the Billboard's United States ranking at #14, despite one million sales there, half of its worldwide sales. Led by this song, the "Barbie" Soundtrack won a Grammy for Best Compilation Soundtrack at the Grammys.
The song earned spots on several year-end rankings including #2 on Billboard's "The 100 Best Songs of 2023" (with the staff publicly admitting their error with the publishing of this list, #1 on Variety's and #2 on The Washington Post's "Best Songs of 2023".
"What Was I Made For?" became the first movie tune since Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" to win Song of the Year honors at the Grammy Awards. It also won for Best Song Written for Visual Media and was nominated for the prestigious Record of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance. Eilish won the Triple Crown of movie songs when "What Was I Made For?" also captured the Academy and Golden Globe Awards for Best Original Song.
In addition to the win for Best Original Song, Barbie was also nominated for four other Oscars including Best Motion Picture of the Year and Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for Gosling. Gosling and Robbie were both nominated at the Golden Globes. The movie swept the People's Choice Awards, winning for Movie of the Year, Comedy Movie of the Year, and Female and Male Movie Star of the Year, respectively, for Robbie and Gosling.
I used to float, now I just fall downI used to know but I'm not sure nowWhat I was made forWhat was I made for?
Takin' a drive, I was an idealLooked so alive, turns out I'm not realJust something you paid forWhat was I made for?
'Cause I, II don't know how to feelBut I wanna tryI don't know how to feelBut someday, I mightSomeday, I might
When did it end? All the enjoymentI'm sad again, don't tell my boyfriendIt's not what he's made forWhat was I made for?
'Cause I, 'cause II don't know how to feelBut I wanna tryI don't know how to feelBut someday I mightSomeday I might
Think I forgot how to be happySomething I'm not, but something I can beSomething I wait forSomething I'm made forSomething I'm made for
#179--"This Is Me" by Keala Settle (from the movie The Greatest Showman--2017)
This great performance by Keala Settle, with songwriting by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, comes in at #179*. Settle is part of the sensational singing and dancing cast of the great 2017 movie The Greatest Showman that includes a career-best performance by Hugh Jackman as P.T. Barnum, Zac Efron as Barnum's eventual partner Phillip Carlyle, Michelle Williams as Barnum's wife Charity, Settle as the bearded lady Lettie Lutz, Rebecca Ferguson as famous Swedish swinger Jenny Lind and Zendaya, acrobat and trapeze artist Anne Wheeler, Carlyle's love interest.
The movie is very much loosely based on the life of legendary showman, businessman and politician P.T. Barnum. Barnum gained a reputation for featuring bizarre "freaks of nature" (some said exploiting) in his shows and later. The Greatest Showman shows the growth of the lead character from the time he is part of a poor, disrespected family and seeks fame and fortune, overdoing it and neglecting his wife and family until he comes to his senses and realizes what is really important.
Regardless of the complete remaking of Barnum, The Greatest Showman is a deep look into the extreme value of each person, regardless of what defects, physical or otherwise, that they may have. It has tremendous historical value as well for showing the vast appeal of a musical in modern movie releases warped by gratuitous violence and sex for today's shallow American audience. The dancing and high-wire choreography in the movie are superb.
Barnum served two terms in the Connecticut legislature and spoke before the body for the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which abolished slavery. "A human soul," Barnum said, "that was created and Christ died for, is not to be trifled with. It may tenant the body of a Chinaman, a Turk, an Arab, or a Hottentot--it is still an immortal spirit."
In 1875, Barnum was elected mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut (where he is buried) and improved the water supply, brought gas lighting to streets and was key in the founding of Bridgeport Hospital.
Hawai'i's Keala Settle first turned heads when she starred in Hands on a Hardbody, for which she was nominated for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.
Settle hit #2 in Scotland and #3 in the U.K. but only #58 in the United States where the bulk of the population doesn't understand human value. That #58 ranking, however, is exposed when one sees the four million in sales in the United States, with "This Is Me" also selling three million in the United Kingdom and over eight million worldwide.
"This Is Me" won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and was nominated for an Academy Award in the same category. The song was later nominated for a Grammy for Best Song Written for Visual Media.
The Greatest Showman garnered $458 million in worldwide box office receipts and was nominated for two other Golden Globes--Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy and Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy for Jackman.
I am not a stranger to the dark"Hide away, " they say"'Cause we don't want your broken parts"I've learned to be ashamed of all my scars"Run away, " they say"No one'll love you as you are"
But I won't let them break me down to dustI know that there's a place for usFor we are glorious
When the sharpest words wanna cut me downI'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown 'em outI am brave, I am bruisedI am who I'm meant to be, this is meLook out 'cause here I comeAnd I'm marching on to the beat I drumI'm not scared to be seenI make no apologies, this is me
Oh-oh-oh-ohOh-oh-oh-ohOh-oh-oh-ohOh-oh-oh-ohOh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh
Another round of bullets hits my skinWell, fire away 'cause today, I won't let the shame sink inWe are bursting through the barricades andReaching for the sun (we are warriors)Yeah, that's what we've become (yeah, that's what we've become)
I won't let them break me down to dustI know that there's a place for usFor we are glorious
When the sharpest words wanna cut me downI'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown 'em outI am brave, I am bruisedI am who I'm meant to be, this is meLook out 'cause here I comeAnd I'm marching on to the beat I drumI'm not scared to be seenI make no apologies, this is me
Oh-oh-oh-ohOh-oh-oh-ohOh-oh-oh-ohOh-oh-oh-ohOh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, ohThis is me
and I know that I deserve your love(Oh-oh-oh-oh) there's nothing I'm not worthy of(Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh)When the sharpest words wanna cut me downI'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown 'em outThis is brave, this is bruisedThis is who I'm meant to be, this is me
Look out 'cause here I come (look out 'cause here I come)And I'm marching on to the beat I drum (marching on, marching, marching on)I'm not scared to be seenI make no apologies, this is me
Whenever the words wanna cut me down (oh-oh-oh-oh)I'll send a flood to drown 'em out (oh, oh-oh, oh-oh)I'm gonna send a flood (oh-oh-oh-oh)Gonna drown them 'em out (oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh)OhThis is me
#178--"The Circle Of Life" by Elton John (from the movie The Lion King--1994)
"The Circle Of Life", written by Elton John with lyrics from Tim Rice and additional help from Hans Zimmer, is from the classic 1994 movie The Lion King and appears as the movie's opening song performed by Carmen Twillie and Lebo M.
With Andrew Lloyd Webber, Rice wrote lyrics for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita and wrote for the shows Chess, Beauty and the Beast, Aida, and Aladdin among others. Rice was inducted
into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1999.
The cast includes the voices of Matthew Broderick as Simba, Jonathan Taylor Thomas as young Simba, James Earl Jones as Mufasa, Jeremy Irons as Scar, Moira Kelly as Nala, Simba's best friend and later his mate and Queen of the Pride Lands, Ernie Sabella as the warthog Pumbaa, Nathan Lane as the meerkat Timon, and Whoopi Goldberg, Cheech Marin and Jim Cummings as the three leaders of a clan of spotted hyenas.
Elton recorded his version for the movie soundtrack and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song and for a Grammy for Song of the Year. It reached #2 in Switzerland, #3 in Sweden, #11 in the U.K. and #18 in the United States.
With an initial worldwide box office of $763 million, The Lion King was the top film of 1994 and the second-highest-grossing film of all-time behind Jurassic Park at the time. The movie is the most successful animated film of all-time and the top-selling movie on home video with over 55 million copies sold worldwide. The Lion King won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy (with Zimmer also winning for Best Original Score), American Music Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Album and Top Soundtrack, a Grammy for Best Musical Album for Children and was nominated for four Academy Awards (including a win for Best Original Score by Zimmer). It is considered to be one the greatest animated film ever made.
From the day we arrive on the planet
And blinking, step into the sun
There's more to be seen than can ever be seen
More to do than can ever be done
Some say eat or be eaten
Some say live and let live
But all are agreed as they join the stampede
You should never take more than you give
In the circle of life
It's the wheel of fortune
It's the leap of faith
It's the band of hope
Till we find our place
On the path unwinding
In the circle, the circle of life
Some of us fall by the wayside
And some of us soar to the stars
And some of us sail through our troubles
And some have to live with the scars
There's far too much to take in here
More to find than can ever be found
But the sun rolling high through the sapphire sky
Keeps great and small on the endless round
#177--"Sweet Freedom" by Michael McDonald (from the movie Running Scared--1986)
Rod Temperton of the group Heatwave wrote this song for Michael McDonald, which he recorded for the 1986 "Running Scared" Soundtrack. McDonald reached #7 in the U.S., his final Top 10 overall, and he hit #4 on the Adult Contemporary chart. Siedah Garrett, who joined Michael Jackson on the #1 hit "I Just Can't Stop Loving You", sings backing vocals.
Billy Crystal and Gregory Hines star as two police officers in Chicago, Illinois who try to apprehend a drug dealer before they retire. They had captured him earlier in the movie but in a sloppy fashion. Their captain orders them to take a vacation and while in Key West, Florida, the two decide to retire and open a bar.
But when they return to Chicago, they find out that the drug dealer has been released from prison and is free on bail. Incensed, the two officers vow to get the drug dealer once and for all.
Crystal is known as one of the best standup comedians of his generation as well as one of the most-loved awards show hosts of all-time. He appeared on several shows in the 70's,
including The Tonight Show, All in the Family, Saturday Night Live, and the game shows The Hollywood Squares and The $20,000 Pyramid. Crystal holds the record for getting his partner to the top of the pyramid in the fastest time--an amazing 26 seconds!
Crystal landed his first major role in the television show Soap and hosted the Academy Awards nine times from 1990-2012. Billy began to turn more to films, with his first major success being in the romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally with Meg Ryan, Bruno Kirby and Carrie Fisher. Crystal also appeared in movies such as City Slickers, Father's Day and Analyze This, before landing another landmark role as James "Sulley" Sullivan's one-eyed partner Mike Wazowski in the animated blockbuster Monsters, Inc.
Running Scared grossed $38 million at the box office.
No more runnin' down the wrong road
Dancin' to a diff'rent drum
Can't you see what's goin' on
Deep inside your heart
Always searchin' for the real thing
Livin' like it's far away
Just leave all the madness in yesterday
You're holdin' the key
When you believe it
Shine sweet freedom
Shine your light on me
You are the magic
You're right where I wanna be
Oh sweet freedom carry me along
We'll keep the spirit alive on and on
Oh-oh-oh
We'll be dancin' in the moonlight
Smilin' with the risin' sun
Livin' like we've never done
Goin' all the way (go)
Reachin' out to meet the changes
Touchin' every shining star
The light of tomorrow is right where we are
There's no turnin' back
From what I'm feeling
Shine sweet freedom
Shine your light on me
You are the magic
You're right where I wanna be
Oh sweet freedom carry me along
We'll keep the spirit alive on and on
Hoo-oh-oh-oh
'Cause there'll be starlight all night
When we're close together
Share those feelings dancin' in your eyes tonight
They're guiding us
Shinin' till the mornin' light
Oh-oh-oh
Shine sweet freedom
Shine your light on me
You are the magic
You're right where I wanna be
Oh sweet freedom carry me along
We'll keep the spirit alive on and on
Shine sweet freedom
Shine your light on me
You are the magic
Magic baby
Oh sweet freedom carry me along
Come on, on and on
Shine sweet freedom
Shine your light on me
On and on, on and on, on and on
Oh sweet freedom carry me along
We'll keep the spirit alive on and on, oh
Shine sweet freedom
Oh-oh, baby
Ba ba ba ba oh
Shine sweet freedom (hey, hey)
Oh my, on and on, on and on
Oh, eh hey
(Oh-oh-oh)
Oh sweet freedom
Shine sweet freedom
Shine sweet freedom (oh-oh-oh)
On and on, baby
On and on (oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)
Oh sweet freedom (oh-oh-oh)
Yeah, baby oh-oh
Hey, hey
Ba ba ba ba bu
Shine sweet freedom
Shine sweet freedom (oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)
(Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)
Oh sweet freedom
Shine sweet freedom
No, no, no, no, no, no, du, du
Ba du ba du ba ba ba da
Ba da du ta tu da da ba
Shine sweet freedom
Ta du ta do da da ba ba
Ba da du ba ba ba du
Oh sweet freedom
Hey baby, hey na (oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)
(Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)
Shine sweet freedom
Oh-oh, oh no baby
Oh-oh, oh-oh baby
Shine sweet freedom
Ba ba ba ba, oh-oh-oh
On and on, on and on
Shine sweet freedom
Oh sweet freedom
Sweet freedom
Sweet freedom
On and on, yeah
Shine sweet freedom
(Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh) on and on
Hey, hey, hey (oh-oh-oh)
Oh sweet freedom (oh-oh-oh)
#176--"No Time To Die" by Billie Eilish (from the movie No Time to Die--2020)
Billie Eilish and brother Finneas once again teamed up to write this second entry in The Top 200*, the theme song from the 2020 James Bond movie No Time to Die featured in its opening credits. Only 17 when she recorded the song, Eilish is the youngest artist to have recorded a James Bond theme in the history of the franchise.
Eilish says that she and her brother used to write songs they thought might make possible themes for the Bond film series, only to be invited to compose the film's theme song for real by Bond producer Barbara Broccoli, who met them after Eilish's concert on August 30 in Ireland.
Eilish has become one of the most-respected singer-songwriters of the years following this song. Her first studio album in 2019 debuted at #1 on the Album chart with her single "Bad Guy" selling over 10 million copies. Four singles since all made the Top 10 on both sides of the Atlantic.
So immediately successful was it that "No Time To Die", which includes guitar from Johnny Marr, debuted at #1 in both the U.K. and Ireland. A Top 10 smash nearly everywhere else in the world, it only reached #16 in the U.S. despite selling over one million copies there and 2.5 million worldwide.
The film is noteworthy for being Daniel Craig's final portrayal of the fictional British MI6 agent James Bond. In the movie, Bond has left active service and is recruited by the CIA to find a kidnapped scientist. No Time to Die also stars Lea Seydoux as Dr. Madeleine Swann, Bond's love interest who also assisted him in the movie Spectre, Rami Malek as the villain Lyutsifer Safin, Lashana Lynch as Nomi, the new agent assigned 007, Ralph Fiennes as Head of MI6, Ben Whitshaw as Q, Naomie Harris as Eve Moneypenny and Jeffrey Wright as Felix Leiter, Bond's friend and tie-in to the CIA.
"No Time To Die" is ranked #6 on The Top James Bond Themes* of all-time and won the movie song Triple Crown: the Grammy for Best Song Written for Visual Media and the Golden Globe and Academy Awards for Best Original Song, making Eilish the first person born in the 21st century to win an Oscar.
The movie also picked up Academy Award nominations for Best Visual Effects and Best Sound, a Grammy nomination for Best Score Soundtrack for Zimmer and People's Choice Award nominations for Best Movie, Best Action Movie, and Best Male Movie Star and Action Movie Star of the Year for Craig.
I should've knownI'd leave aloneJust goes to showThat the blood you bleedIs just the blood you owe
We were a pairBut I saw you thereToo much to bearYou were my lifeBut life is far away from fair
Was I stupid to love you?Was I reckless to help?Was it obvious to everybody else
That I'd fallen for a lie?You were never on my sideFool me once, fool me twiceAre you death or paradise?Now you'll never see me cryThere's just no time to die
I let it burnYou're no longer my concernFaces from my past returnAnother lesson yet to learn
That I'd fallen for a lieYou were never on my sideFool me once, fool me twiceAre you death or paradise?Now you'll never see me cryThere's just no time to die
No time to dieNo time to die
Fool me once, fool me twiceAre you death or paradise?Now you'll never see me cry
There's just no time to die
#175--"Pinball Wizard" by Elton John (from the movie Tommy--1975)
Written by Pete Townshend and originally performed by the Who, Elton John turned in one of the best remakes of the Rock Era when he recorded "Pinball Wizard" for the 1975 movie Tommy. Elton also made quite a splash in the movie playing the role of the Pinball Wizard, wearing stilts that were actually giant Doc Martens boots that made him 20 feet tall. These fiberglass stilts were designed to give him the character's signature tall and imposing look.
The movie is based on the familiar story told by the Who's 1969 rock opera of the same name about a deaf, mute and blind boy who seems to have a special gift. He becomes a pinball champion and a religious leader.
The members of the Who star in the movie along with Ann-Margret, Oliver Reed, Jack Nicholson, Eric Clapton and Tina Turner. Margret won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical, while the film earned a nomination for Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical and Daltrey was nominated for Best Acting Debut in a Motion Picture. Turner is especially impressive in a brief role as the Acid Queen.
Several pinball machines have been manufactured using the Pinball Wizard theme. Although money made by the pinball machine industry is difficult to pinpoint, worldwide sales estimates topped $80 million in 2004. It is believed that there are over 42,000 pinball machines worldwide.
"Pinball Wizard" hit #7 in the U.K. and #9 on the Radio & Records chart in the U.S.
The "Tommy" Soundtrack rocketed to #2 in the United States and Canada, #5 in New Zealand, #6 in Australia and #7 in Italy and sold over 500,000 copies. Townshend was nominated for his Original Song Score at the Oscars.
Tommy pulled in a gross of $34 million.
Ever since I was a young boy I played the silver ballFrom Soho down to Brighton I must have played them allBut I ain't seen nothing like him in any amusement hallThat deaf, dumb and blind kid sure plays a mean pinball
He stands like a statue, becomes part of the machineFeeling all the bumpers, always playing cleanHe plays by intuition, the digit counters fallThat deaf, dumb and blind kid sure plays a mean pinball
He's a pinball wizard, there has to be a twistA pinball wizard's got such a supple wrist(How do you think he does it) I don't know(What makes him so good)
Ain't got no distractions, can't hear no buzzes or bellsDon't see lights a-flashing, he plays by sense of smellAlways has a replay, never tilts at allThat deaf, dumb and blind kid sure plays a mean pinball
He can't beat me nowI've always been the champI know every trickNo freak's gonna beat my hand
Even on my favourite table, he can beat my bestHis disciples lean him in and he just does the restHe's got crazy flipper fingers, I've never seen him fallThat deaf, dumb and blind kid sure plays a mean pinball
He's a pinball wizard, there has to be a twistA pinball wizard's got such a supple wrist
He's a pinball wizard, he's scoring even moreA pinball wizard for the girls who dig pinball loreHe's scoring moreHe's scoring more
I thought I was the Bally table kingBut I just handed my pinball crown to himTo himTo him!
#174--"Town Without Pity by Gene Pitney (from the movie A Town Without Pity--1961)
"Town Without Pity" from the 1961 movie A Town Without Pity, was written by lyricist Ned Washington and composer Dimitri Tiomkin. It is one of six songs from 1961 to make this exclusive countdown.
The movie was based on the 1960 novel Das Urteil (The Verdict) by Gregor Dorfmeister. The movie opens in occupied West Germany, where four drunk American soldiers leave Florida Bar, where "Town Without Pity" is playing on the jukebox. The soldiers walk to a nearby countryside as two German teenagers are arguing on the banks of the river.
The 16-year-old girl Karin Steinhof (played brilliantly by Christine Kaufmann) swims back to her starting point and strips out of her wet bikini, only to be confronted and gang-raped by Sergeant Chuck Snyder (played by Frank Sutton), Corporal Birdwell Scott (Richard Jaeckel), Corporal Jim Larkin (Robert Blake) and Private Joey Haines (Mal Sondock).
The men are quickly apprehended and Major General Stafford orders that their court martial be held in public at the local high school gymnasium. Lieutenant Colonel Jerome Pakenham (played by E.G. Marshall) prosecutes the case and seeks the death penalty. Major Steve Garrett, played by Kirk Douglas, is assigned to defend the four accused rapists.
The recently-departed Douglas was one of the top stars of the 1950's. The American Film Institute named Kirk as the 17th-greatest male star of Classic Hollywood cinema. Some of his best roles were Champion in 1949, Young Man with a Horn, Detective Story, Lust for Life (his portrayal of Vincent van Gogh), 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and later The Man from Snowy River. Douglas also produced films such as the classic Spartacus from 1960
Pitney rose only to #13 in the U.S., easily making it one of The Top Underrated Songs of the Rock Era*. "A Town Without Pity" won the Golden Globe Award for Best Song and was nominated for a Academy Award in the same category, losing to "Moon River" from Breakfast at Tiffany's.
When you're young and so in love as we
And bewildered by the world we see
Why do people hurt us so
Only those in love would know
What a town without pity can do
If we stop to gaze upon a star
People talk about how bad we are
Ours is not an easy age
We're like tigers in a cage
What a town without pity can do
The young have problems, many problems
We need an understanding heart
Why don't they help us, try and help us
Before this clay and granite planet falls apart
Take these eager lips and hold me fast
I'm afraid this kind of joy can't last
How can we keep love alive
How can anything survive
When these little minds tear you in two
What a town without pity can do
How can we keep love alive
How can anything survive
When these little minds tear you in two
What a town without pity can do
No, it isn't very pretty what a town without pity
And bewildered by the world we see
Why do people hurt us so
Only those in love would know
What a town without pity can do
If we stop to gaze upon a star
People talk about how bad we are
Ours is not an easy age
We're like tigers in a cage
What a town without pity can do
The young have problems, many problems
We need an understanding heart
Why don't they help us, try and help us
Before this clay and granite planet falls apart
Take these eager lips and hold me fast
I'm afraid this kind of joy can't last
How can we keep love alive
How can anything survive
When these little minds tear you in two
What a town without pity can do
How can we keep love alive
How can anything survive
When these little minds tear you in two
What a town without pity can do
No, it isn't very pretty what a town without pity
#173--"You'll Be In My Heart" by Phil Collins (from the movie Tarzan--1999)
This song has the distinction of being Phil Collins' last U.S. Top 40 single, peaking at #21 overall. Collins wrote it for the 1999 movie Tarzan.
But the real story of this one is its appeal to adults, which of course is a much larger audience than the teen Top 40 crowd. "You'll Be In My Heart" went to #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart and went on to set a record at the time with an incredible 19 weeks at #1.
The #21 Billboard peak for the song is obviously wrong--it went on to sell 3 million copies, more than nearly every other song out at the time.
Tarzan is an animated coming-of-age animated film based on the 1912 story Tarzan of the of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The voices of Tony Goldwyn (as Tarzan), Glenn Close, Minnie Driver. Rosie O'Donnell and Wayne Knight ("Newman" on Seinfeld) are featured in the movie.
Close's career has spanned over five decades, with three Golden Globe Awards, eight Academy Award nominations, three Grammy Awards, three Tony Awards and three Primetime Emmy Awards to show for it. Her roles include The World According to Garp, The Big Chill, The Natural, Fatal Attraction, Dangerous Liaisons, The Paper and 101 Dalmations.
"You'll Be In My Heart" is used in a scene when Tarzan's adoptive gorilla mother Kala sings that her baby should stop crying because she will protect him.
Collins won the Oscar for Best Original Song, an award duplicated at the Golden Globe Awards, while he earned a Grammy for Best Soundtrack Album and was nominated for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media.
Tarzan grossed $448 million worldwide.
Come, stop your crying
It will be all right
Just take my hand
Hold it tight
I will protect you
From all around you
I will be here
Don't you cry
For one so small
You seem so strong
My arms will hold you
Keep you safe and warm
This bond between us
Can't be broken
I will be here
Don't you cry
'Cause you'll be in my heart
Yes, you'll be in my heart
From this day on
Now and forever more
You'll be in my heart
No matter what they say
You'll be here in my heart, always
Why can't they understand
The way we feel
They just don't trust
What they can't explain
I know we're different but
Deep inside us
We're not that different at all
And you'll be in my heart
Yes, you'll be in my heart
From this day on
Now and forever more
Don't listen to them
'Cause what do they know?
We need each other
To have, to hold
They'll see in time
I know
When destiny calls you
You must be strong
I may not be with you
But you've got to hold on
They'll see in time
I know
We'll show them together
'Cause you'll be in my heart
Believe me, you'll be in my heart
I'll be there from this day on
Now and forever more
Oh, you'll be in my heart
(You'll be here in my heart)
No matter what they say
(I'll be with you)
You'll be here in my heart, always
(I'll be there always)
Always
I'll be with you
I'll be there for you always
Always and always
Just look over your shoulder
Just look over your shoulder
Just look over your shoulder
I'll be there always
#172--"Somewhere Out There" by Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram (from the movie An American Tail--1986)
The famous songwriting team of Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil joined James Horner at the invitation of producer Steven Spielberg to write Song #172*, "Somewhere Out There" by Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram for the animated movie An American Tail. The song is heard in the movie's closing credits.
An American Tail features the voices of Christopher Plummer, Dom DeLuise, Phillip Glasser, John Finnegan and Amy Green.
From the time we first heard Ingram, singing "Just Once" and "One Hundred Ways" for Quincy Jones, we recognized his as one of the smoothest and best-sounding out there who could deliver the power in an instant when he needed it. James worked with artists such as Kenny Rogers, Donna Summer, Ray Charles, Anita Baker and Kim Carnes and scored his biggest hits with "Baby, Come To Me" in 1983 with Patti Austin and "I Don't Have The Heart" in 1990.
"Somewhere Out There" reached #2 in the U.S. and Canada, #6 in Ireland and #8 in the U.K. It won Grammys for Song of the Year and Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television, but lost to "Take My Breath Away" from Top Gun at both the Academy and Golden Globe Awards. Ronstadt and Ingram were nominated for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal as well. "Somewhere Out There" has sold over 500,000 copies.
An American Tail grossed $84 million at the box office.
Somewhere out there beneath the pale moonlightSomeone's thinking of me and loving me tonightSomewhere out there someone's saying a prayerThat we'll find one another in that big somewhere out there
And even though I know how very far apart we areIt helps to think we might be wishin' on the same bright starAnd when the night wind starts to sing a lonesome lullabyIt helps to think we're sleeping underneath the same big sky
Somewhere out there, if love can see us throughThen we'll be together somewhere out thereOut where dreams come true
And even though I know how very far apart we areIt helps to think we might be wishin' on the same bright starAnd when the night wind starts to sing a lonesome lullabyIt helps to think we're sleeping underneath the same big sky
Somewhere out there, if love can see us throughThen we'll be together somewhere out thereOut where dreams come true
#171--"Young And Beautiful" by Lana Del Ray (from the movie The Great Gatsby--2013)
Rick Nowels joined Lana Del Ray to write this movie song for the 2013 movie The Great Gatsby, which stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan and Joel Edgerton. The film recounts the life of millionaire Jay Gatsby, played by DiCaprio, and neighbor Nick Carraway, played by Maguire.
Del Ray is respected for her amazing voice and her album Born to Die in 2012 became just the second album ever by a woman to spend over 500 weeks on the Album chart.
Meanwhile, DiCaprio showed his great talent at an early age when he played a developmentally disabled boy in What's Eating Gilbert Grape in 1993. Leo has gone on to star in some of the best movies of the last 30 years, such as Titanic, The Aviator, Catch Me If You Can, Inception and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. As of 2018, DiCaprio's movies have grossed over $7.2 billion.
"Young And Beautiful" hit the Top 10 in Australia but peaked at #22 despite five million units sold in the U.S. It earned a nomination for Best Song Written for Visual Media at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards.
The Great Gatsby grossed $353.6 million in its theatre run across the world. The film captured Academy Awards for Costume and Production Design while the soundtrack was nominated for an American Music Award.
I've seen the world, done it all, had my cake nowDiamonds, brilliant, and Bel Air nowHot summer nights, mid-JulyWhen you and I were forever wildThe crazy days, city lightsThe way you'd play with me like a child
Will you still love me when I'm no longer young and beautiful?Will you still love me when I got nothing but my aching soul?I know you will, I know you will, I know that you willWill you still love me when I'm no longer beautiful?
I've seen the world, lit it up as my stage nowChanneling angels in the new age nowHot summer days, rock and rollThe way you'd play for me at your showAnd all the ways I got to knowYour pretty face and electric soul
Will you still love me when I'm no longer young and beautiful?Will you still love me when I got nothing but my aching soul?I know you will, I know you will, I know that you willWill you still love me when I'm no longer beautiful?
Dear Lord, when I get to HeavenPlease let me bring my manWhen he comes, tell me that you'll let him inFather, tell me if you canAll that grace, all that bodyAll that face makes me wanna partyHe's my sun, he makes me shine like diamonds
Will you still love me when I'm no longer young and beautiful?Will you still love me when I got nothing but my aching soul?I know you will, I know you will, I know that you willWill you still love me when I'm no longer beautiful?
Will you still love me when I'm no longer beautiful?Will you still love me when I'm not young and beautiful?
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