On this day in music history: August 24, 1985 - The Power Of Love by Huey Lewis & The News hits #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks. Written by Huey Lewis, Chris Hayes, and John Colla, it is the first chart topping single for the Marin, CA based rock band fronted by lead singer Huey Lewis (born Hugh Anthony Cregg III). In late 1984, film producers Bob Gale and Neil Canton will approach Huey Lewis about writing and performing a song for the film Back To The Future directed by Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump, Cast Away) and executive produced by Steven Spielberg. Initially, the band writes a song called In The Nick Of Time which Gale and Canton love. But the song will be given away to the Richard Pryor comedy Brewsters Millions, when negotiations between Lewis manager, lawyers and Universal take too long. In place of In The Nick Of Time, Lewis and the band will offer up the songs Back In Time and The Power Of Love for the Back To The Future soundtrack. The producers of the film are not fond of Love initially, but will quickly warm up to it. Lewis will even make a brief cameo appearance in the film as a school administrator that rejects Michael J. Foxs band, who in a bit of tongue in cheek irony are playing a hard rock cover of The Power Of Love in an audition to the play the schools dance. Released in tandem with the films June 1985 opening, the song is an immediate smash. Entering the Hot 100 at #46 on June 29, 1985, it will climb to the top of the chart eight weeks later. The single will also receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song in 1986, though it will lose to Lionel Richies Say You, Say Me. The Power Of Love is certified Gold in the US by the RIAA.
Posted on: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 00:53:57 +0000
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