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Theme song of the 1987 film Dirty Dancing, performed by Pecker Medley and Jennifer Warnes

1987 unmarried past Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes

"(I've Had) The Time of My Life"
Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes - (I've Had) The Time of My Life single cover.jpg
Single by Pecker Medley and Jennifer Warnes
from the anthology Dirty Dancing: Original Soundtrack from the Vestron Motion Picture
B-side
  • "Love Is Strange"
  • by Mickey & Sylvia
Released July 10, 1987
Recorded 1986
Genre Soft rock[i]
Length
  • 6:46
  • 4:l (LP and single version)
Label RCA
Songwriter(due south)
  • John DeNicola
  • Donald Markowitz
  • Franke Previte
Producer(s) Michael Lloyd
Music video
"(I've Had) The Time of My Life" on YouTube
Alternative cover
7" - U.S.

7" - U.Southward.

"(I've Had) The Time of My Life" is a 1987 song composed by Franke Previte, John DeNicola, and Donald Markowitz.[2] It was recorded by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes, and used equally the theme song for the 1987 film Dirty Dancing.[2] The vocal has won a number of awards, including the Academy Laurels for All-time Original Vocal, the Golden Globe Award for All-time Original Song, and the Grammy Laurels for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.

History [edit]

Vocalist-songwriter Previte was the lead singer of the ring Franke and the Knockouts. He had success with the song "Sweetheart" in 1981, but past 1986 was without a recording contract. In late 1986 or early on 1987, producer and head of Millennium Records, Jimmy Ienner, asked Previte about writing some music for "a little movie called Dirty Dancing". Previte initially turned the request downward because he was all the same trying to become a tape deal,[iii] and he idea the movie was a pornographic picture show based on the title,[4] but Ienner was persistent, declaring that it would "alter his life", and got Previte to write several songs for the film, including "Hungry Eyes", after recorded past singer Eric Carmen, which as well became a height 10 hitting.

Previte wrote the lyrics, and the music was written past John DeNicola and Don Markowitz. He compared writing the vocal to the writing process of "MacArthur Park". The title was conceived at random while he was traveling down the Garden State Parkway. He suggested that Ienner's pleading inspired the lyric.[v] Subsequently getting farther approving, Previte, along with DeNicola and Markowitz, created a demo of the song, performing on information technology himself, along with singer Rachele Cappelli. The demo showcased how the harmonies were to be used, employing a "cold open", or a slow build-upwards of the song to its finale.

A song by Lionel Richie was initially planned to be used as the finale of Dingy Dancing,[vi] just choreographer Kenny Ortega and his assistant Miranda Garrison (who as well played Vivian in the pic) selected "The Fourth dimension of My Life" instead. This demo wasn't used in the terminal cutting of the film − the more polished version with Warnes and Medley was. However, considering the Warnes/Medley rails was not fix by the fourth dimension the finale was filmed (it was shot first, due to the tight budget), Previte and Capelli'southward much lighter and more youthful version was used as a backing runway, and so that the actors, Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Greyness, and the dancers, could have something to dance to. (Swayze later remarked that it was his favorite version, even including all the subsequent remakes.) The demo version finally appeared on the 1998 CD reissue of Previte'due south 1981 album Franke and the Knockouts, only is merely listed as "Bonus Rails".

The movie'south writer, Eleanor Bergstein, wanted a famous 1960s vocalist to perform it to blend then-gimmicky musical elements with the aesthetics of the period.[7] The song was initially intended for Donna Summer and Joe Esposito, but Summertime turned it downwards because she didn't like the title of the pic.[viii] In response, Bill Medley of the Righteous Brothers was approached by Jimmy Ienner repeatedly over two months to do the recording, just he also turned it down because his daughter McKenna was due to be born, and he had promised his wife he would exist there. He was too concerned virtually actualization in another song that would bomb (as had happened with "Loving on Borrowed Fourth dimension" with Gladys Knight, from the soundtrack for Cobra) and likewise thought the title was "like a bad porno movie".[6]

Ienner then approached Jennifer Warnes, who had released a cover of Leonard Cohen songs the previous twelvemonth. She initially expressed reluctance upon hearing Previte's demo, just was persuaded (because of Ienner offering a big sum of coin) past her so-boyfriend to take the offer, on the condition that she could sing it with Medley, whom she admired.[7] As a consequence, after the nativity of his daughter, Medley was approached again, this time with Warnes' offer.[9] Medley and then agreed to record the track, having also admired her singing, on the condition the he record the song in Los Angeles.

To requite emotional depth to the vocal, Warnes had a video playback machine and footage of the terminal scene brought in to synchronize her singing with the movie's ending scene, particularly "the lift". After completing the main vocals, Medley and Warnes were asked past Lloyd to add additional harmonies and flourishes for the song.[seven] The vocal was completed in around ane 60 minutes.[iv] The resulting mix was described as a "Righteous Brothers-type vocal" by DeNicola.[seven]

The song was originally released on July ten, 1987; information technology was intended to exist released alongside the moving-picture show, but the film's producer Vestron Pictures had moved the American release date to August without notifying RCA Records. Ienner speedily edited the song from the original vi:46 to four:50 for radio airplay.[7] With the release of the pic it became a worldwide hit, and is one of the most oft played songs on radio.

Music video [edit]

A music video was produced for this song in October 1987. The video features several couples dancing like in the movie, and it too featured clips from information technology.

Personnel [edit]

  • Bill Medley - vocals
  • Jennifer Warnes - lead vocal and additional backing vocals
  • Gary Herbig - saxophone solo[10]
  • Laurence Juber - guitar[11]
  • Dennis Belfield - bass[12]
  • Paul Leim - drums[12] [13]
  • Marcy Levy - backing vocals
  • Produced by Michael Lloyd
  • Arranged by Factor Page; additional arrangements by Michael Lloyd and John D'Andrea
  • Recording (at The Hamlet Recorder) and Mix by Carmine Rubino; First engineer: Dan Nebenzal (2d engineer: Jeff DeMorris)
  • Remixed by Ruddy Rubino, Dan Nebenzal, Jimmy Ienner and Michael Lloyd
  • Published by Knockout Music Inc., Jemava Music Corp., Donald Jay Music and R U Cyrius Music.

Chart performance [edit]

In the Usa, the single topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart in November 1987 for one week and too reached number one on the Adult Gimmicky for four weeks.[xiv] In the U.k. the song had two chart outings: in Nov 1987, after the moving picture's initial release, the song peaked at No. 6;[2] in January 1991, after the film was shown on mainstream idiot box, the song reached No. 8.[15]

Awards [edit]

  • Academy Laurels for Best Original Song, 1987[2]
  • Grammy Accolade for All-time Pop Functioning by a Duo or Grouping with Vocals, 1988
  • Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, 1988
  • ASCAP "Most Performed Songs from Motion Pictures" and "ASCAP Songwriter Of The Year" for its writer.[16]

In 2004 AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey placed it #86 among the top tunes in American cinema.

Formats and runway listings [edit]

  • 7" single
  1. "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" (four:47)
  2. "Dear Is Foreign" by Mickey & Sylvia (ii:52)
  • 12" maxi and CD unmarried
  1. "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" (four:47)
  2. "In the Notwithstanding of the Nighttime" by The V Satins (2:59)
  3. "Love Is Strange" by Mickey & Sylvia (2:53)
  4. "Overload" by Zappacosta (3:39)
  • Cassette
  1. "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" (4:47)
  2. "In the Still of the Night" past The V Satins (ii:59)
  3. "Love Is Strange" by Mickey & Sylvia (2:53)
  4. "Overload" by Zappacosta (three:39)

Charts [edit]

Certifications [edit]

Other versions [edit]

  • The Black Eyed Peas' 2010 unmarried "The Time (Dirty Bit)" features interpolations of the song performed by Volition.i.am and Fergie.
  • In the 9th episode of the second flavour of Glee, "Special Education", the New Directions performed this vocal equally part of their setlist for Sectionals with featured solos past Quinn Fabray (Dianna Agron) and Sam Evans (Chord Overstreet) with small-scale parts from Mercedes Jones (Amber Riley). It was released equally a single from Glee: The Music, Book 4 and peaked at No. 38 in the Billboard Hot 100.[53] One of the writers of the vocal, John DeNicola, released his own version of "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" on his debut album The Why Considering, released in 2019.[54]

Run into also [edit]

  • Listing of Hot 100 number-ane singles of 1987 (U.Due south.)
  • List of number-1 developed gimmicky singles of 1987 (U.S.)
  • List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1980s
  • List of Dutch Summit 40 number-i singles of 1988

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