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Their version of the song was produced by the duo and included a sparse arrangement contrasting with the lavish Righteous Brothers original version. "[38] However, despite the initial reservations, the song would become highly popular on radio. “When he raised her up in the air, I knew it had to be joyful, and that’s why there’s a real spirit and joy in the vocals. ... You've Lost That Lovin Feeling - the Righteous Brothers . 13 on the Billboard R&B singles chart. 57 in Netherlands in 2002 for, This page was last edited on 6 May 2021, at 15:10. - [13] (1989) avec Bill Medley comme Chanteur Most of all you. The November peak of no. That’s not fake. Soon after, Medley began singing with Bobby Hatfield as the Righteous Brothers, a partnership that spawned hits like "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" and "Unchained Melody." One reason for the song's resurgence during the mid-1980s was the song's inclusion in the iconic '80s film Top Gun. I saw her at the Academy Awards, and I said, "Good luck." I was ready to quit the music business, but this has inspired me to write again. Send us a tip using our anonymous form. “This one had a minimal budget.”, 2. Medley said no – and later changed his mind.When Ienner reached out to him, Medley says he was initially skeptical. North wrote the music as a theme for the little-known prison film Unchained (January 1955), hence the song title. 9. [12] They recorded the vocal many times – Medley sang the opening verse over and over again until Spector was satisfied, and the process was then repeated with the next verse. And in stats that are unimaginable these days, the album would sell 11 million copies and cling to the Number One spot on the Billboard album chart for over four months. I gave some of them out as Christmas presents.”. The songs in the movie don’t always sound the same as on the album.Thank the movie’s setting, 1963, for that. Lloyd says he approached Donna Summer and Lionel Richie for “(I’ve Had) the Time of My Life”; they passed, as did Daryl Hall and Kim Carnes. 9 in the list of Songs of the Century released by the Recording Industry Association of America and the National Endowment for the Arts. Brazil 31. [1] The form of the song is of verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge-chorus or ABABCB form. 34 on the list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time by Rolling Stone. 12 on the US Hot 100. [68] Cilla Black then reportedly cabled her congratulations to the Righteous Brothers on their reaching number one. “We needed different mixes for the film and record,” Ienner recalled in the book Risky Business: Rock in Film. Watch Queue Queue You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling: 4:24 ... referencing Dirty Dancing - Live In Concert, 2xLP, Album, 9660-1-R. tracklist not in proper order - needs to be formatted to "2" LP Reply Notify me Helpful [m120917] Master Release. “It was a freight train,” recalls music supervisor Michael Lloyd, who by then had racked up hits with Belinda Carlisle, the Osmonds, Shaun Cassidy and others. When Hatfield asked Spector just what he was supposed to do during Medley's solo, Spector replied, "You can go directly to the bank! [40] In its third week on the February 3, 1965 chart, Black jumped to no. He is noted for his bass-baritone voice, exemplified in songs such as "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'". 57 in the Cash Box Top 100 Singles and peaked at no. “We sang to each other and to the movie,” Warnes says. Todd Duncan sang the vocals for the film soundtrack. 2. "[15] However, Medley initially felt that the song did not suit their more uptempo rhythm and blues style, and Mann and Spector had sung the song in a higher key: "And we just thought, 'Wow, what a good song for The Everly Brothers.' Spector took these as criticisms and later said: "I didn't sleep for a week when that record came out. [6] In 2001 the song was chosen as one of the Songs of the Century by RIAA, and in 2003 the track ranked no. “But chicks loved that movie. Trivia: Their hit "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" is, to date (2007), the most played song in the history of radio and television: in excess of 8,000,000 spins since its release in 1965, according to Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI) licensing statistics. As the end credits begin to roll, the main character, Maverick, literally flies off into the sunset as the Righteous Brothers harmonic chorus continues in the background. More images. 87. You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling: D4 – Bill Medley: Old Time Rock N' Roll: D5 – Bill Medley (I've Had) The Time Of My Life: D6 – Bill Medley, Eric Carmen, Merry Clayton, The Contours (I've Had) The Time Of … Bill Medley - You´ve Lost That Lovin´Feelin (Original) 4:31; Bill Medley - YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELING (Dirty Dancing Live In Concert 1988) 4:28; Lists. “The movie was being made by a new company that no one had heard of and the stars weren’t big stars, so I couldn’t get anybody to sing on it,” says Lloyd. It topped the Billboard Hot 100 on February 6, 1965, and remained there for another week; its 16-week run on the Hot 100 was unusually lengthy at that time. [27][28] Spector himself was deeply concerned about the reception to a song that was unusual for its time, worrying that his vision would not be understood. [86] Baldry had first recorded the song – as "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" – for his 1966 album Looking at Long John. 34 by Rolling Stone magazine in their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling Artist: Bill Medley Album: Dirty Dancing (Live In Concert), 1989 Has been played on. [12][13] The line "you've lost that lovin' feelin'" was originally only intended to be a dummy line that would be replaced later, but Spector liked it and decided to keep it. Jack Nitzsche usually arranged the songs for Spector, but he was absent, and the arrangement was done by Gene Page. It has since become a standard and one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century, most notably by the Righteous Brothers in July 1965. In 1980, the American musical duo Hall & Oates recorded a cover version of "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" for their ninth studio album Voices. The recording was done mono so Spector could fix the sound exactly as he wanted it. 55 in the UK Singles Chart. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and charted at no. In 1971, American singers Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway recorded a cover version of "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'". The hits from the album – Medley and Jennifer Warnes’ “(I’ve Had) the Time of My Life,” Carmen’s “Hungry Eyes,” Swayze’s “She’s Like the Wind” and the Contours’ 1962 “Do You Love Me,” given a second wind by the soundtrack – will be familiar to anyone who listened to pop radio in the Eighties. Format: CD, Single. Bill Medley – You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' Label: Curb Records – 662 169. Just A Closer Walk (With Thee) (my jazzed up version) Just Can't Help Believing - B. J. Thomas. '” Like Medley and others, Johnston was shocked when the soundtrack became a sensation. Black remade "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" for her 1985 Surprisingly Cilla album. [38][40], The following week Black remained in ascendancy at no. [22] Spector, however, refused to shorten it. His next major production, Ike & Tina Turner’s “River Deep, Mountain High,” was a commercial flop in the U.S. and Spector abruptly quit the business — at the age of 25. [9], Spector commissioned Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil to write a song for them, bringing them over from New York to Los Angeles to stay at the Chateau Marmont so they could write the song. The Flack/Hathaway take on "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" reached no. Watch Queue Queue. According to Oates, this was the last song recorded for the album, as it had been deemed complete with the other ten tracks. Yet Dirty Dancing, both the movie and the album, went on to become pop-culture juggernauts. [15][26], The production of the single cost Spector around $35,000, then a considerable amount. “We were at a party after a screening of the movie and Jimmy and I were standing there and they were saying, ‘So what are you going to put out as the next single?’ It was like, ‘Oh, my gosh. [37] In Britain, Sam Costa, a DJ on the BBC Light Programme, said that The Righteous Brothers' record was a dirge, adding, "I wouldn't even play it in my toilet. [10] Mann wrote the melody first, and came up with the opening line, "You never close your eyes anymore when I kiss your lips", influenced by a line from the song "I Love How You Love Me" that was co-written by Mann – "I love how your eyes close whenever you kiss me". [1] The background singers were mainly the vocal group The Blossoms, joined in the song's crescendo by a young Cher. “I had just done a duet with Gladys Knight for Cobra,” says Medley, “and I was on the road with the Righteous Brothers and the DJ introducing us one day said, ‘They’re playing hell out of your song!’ I said, ‘What song?’ He said, ‘That song with the girl.’ And I said ‘Gladys Knight?’ By the time we got off the road about two weeks later the song was Number One all over the world.” To this day, Lloyd says he has not heard from any of the pop acts who passed on it: “I’ve bumped into a couple of them over the years, and there’s never a mention of it. '”, But once the movie was released, the song, featured in the crowd-pleasing dance scene with Swayze and Grey, quickly took off. [That oldie was featured on its soundtrack.] '” With his wife expecting a baby any day, and the recording session set for New York, the Orange County–based Medley opted out. "[1], The song started slowly in the recording, with Medley singing in a low baritone voice. “(I’ve Had) the Time of My Life” almost bombed.The single was scheduled for release shortly before the movie – but when the movie was delayed an extra month, the song was left out to dry and wilted on the charts. “I worried a lot about Bobby’s feelings,” Warnes says. Andrew Oldham, who was then the manager of The Rolling Stones and a fan and friend of Spector, chanced upon Spector listening to a test pressing of the song that had just been delivered. Phil Spector was born on December 26, 1939 in The Bronx, New York, USA as Harvey Philip Spector. On 14 September 2013, Bill Medley visited Forest's City Ground to meet supporters before a match against Barnsley.[115]. Medley is a successful solo artist, and his million-selling #1 duet with Jennifer Warnes " … Bill Medley – You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' Label: Curb Records – 112 169. Spector experimented on the piano with a "Hang On Sloopy" riff that they then built on for the bridge. I’ve never brought it up.”. "[31] Later, when Cilla Black recorded a rival version of the same song and it was racing up the British charts ahead of The Righteous Brothers' version, Oldham was appalled, and took it upon himself to run a full-page ad in Melody Maker: This advert is not for commercial gain, it is taken as something that must be said about the great new PHIL SPECTOR Record, THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS singing "YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELING". Contributors. “It was a paper-mill town that just reeked,” he laughs. Released as a single, Baldry's "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" charted at no. Warnes felt bad for Medley’s former partner Bobby Hatfield.When “(I’ve Had) the Time of My Life” broke out, it had been over a dozen years since Medley and Bobby Hatfield, his original partner in the Righteous Brothers, had had a hit together. [7], In 1964, music producer Phil Spector conducted the band at a show in San Francisco where the Righteous Brothers was also appearing, and he was impressed enough with the duo to want them to record for his own label, Philles Records. 5 single of 1965. 89. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1969. I was so sick, I got a spastic colon; I had an ulcer."[29]. [42] Billboard ranked the record as the no. 8. “For example, the guitars were dropped way down for the film because guitars weren’t a dominant instrument back then – saxophones were. Phil Spector, Soundtrack: Top Gun. 8 in March 1965, with three versions ranked together as one entry: those of the Righteous Brothers, Cilla Black (a UK no. 2) and Dutch singer Trea Dobbs (nl). 2 in the UK Singles Chart. Hall recalled meeting at a party Brian Epstein, the manager of Black, who said that Black's version would be number one and told Hall, "You haven't a hope in hell. Some of the musicians on the album knew nothing about the movie.Zappacosta, who hadn’t seen the movie or read a script when he cut “Overload,” wasn’t the only one in the dark. In other ads, Oldham also coined a new term to describe the song, "Phil Spector's Wall of Sound", which Spector would later register as a trademark. He also added a false ending which made the recording more dramatic, and also tricked radio DJs into thinking it was a shorter song. [46] In the Netherlands "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin" reached no. 11 on the Billboard 200 album chart. "[30] He added, "I'd never heard a recorded track so emotionally giving or empowering. The single ranked no. [44], In Ireland, "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" charted twice, first in January 1965, when it peaked at no. 45 on the Canadian RPM singles chart, and spilled over into the US Billboard Hot 100 chart at no. "Unchained Melody" is a 1955 song with music by Alex North and lyrics by Hy Zaret. She was. My Guestbook “It was ‘Are you kidding me?’ It was unstoppable.” True to that phrase, the album begat a sequel soundtrack, a tour, another film (2004’s Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights), a 20th-anniversary deluxe-edition soundtrack, and a recent, largely forgettable TV-musical remake. After Maverick (assisted by Goose) serenades his love interest with the tune, she returns the favor by selecting it on the jukebox at his old hangout to catch his attention and reunite. The desperation for new material resulted in the inclusion of Swayze’s “She’s Like the Wind.”As the album was nearing completion, says Lloyd, “We were looking for songs and Patrick said, ‘I have a song we could do,’ and we said, ‘Bring it on,'” says Lloyd. You can’t play to kids if you’re singing a love song.’ He said, ‘Play to the moms and take the money and run.’ I had never faced anything like that before. [26] The radio industry trade publication Gavin Report offered the opinion that "blue-eyed soul has gone too far". Jennifer Grey, Patrick Swayze, The Righteous Brothers. 3. This video is unavailable. Medley and Warnes were supposed to represent adult versions of Johnny and Baby, Swayze and Grey’s respective characters.Recalls Medley, “I’m kind of supposed to be Swayze on the record, and Jennifer’s voice kind of fit Jennifer Grey’s character. He canvassed a few opinions – his publisher Don Kirshner suggested that the song should be re-titled "Bring Back That Lovin' Feelin'", while New York DJ Murray the K thought that bass line in the middle section, similar to that of a slowed-down "La Bamba", should be the start of the song. The single also reached no. Dirty Dancing, they just thought ... Is it true she was a backup singer on You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling? "[1][33] Mick Brown, author of a biography of Spector, Tearing Down the Wall of Sound, considered the song to be "Spector's defining moment" and his "most Wagnerian production yet - a funeral march to departed love". 30 on the September 26, 1980 issue, after seven weeks it reached and peaked at no. They went back to the studio, cut it in a period of four hours, and placed on the album.[90]. Top Gun has remained one of our favorite movies of all time not just for its jet-fueled dogfights and bevy of sweet nicknames (you can call us Iceman anytime), but also for its unforgettable soundtrack. Based on the title, he thought the movie sounded like “a bad porno.” “Then I said, ‘Who’s in it?’ and he said Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey,” says Medley, “and I said, ‘Who’s that? [32] Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys heard the song and rang Mann and Weil in January 1965 to say: "Your song is the greatest record ever. [51] In 2005, "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" was awarded the Songwriters Hall of Fame's Towering Song Award presented to "the creators of an individual song that has influenced the culture in a unique way over many years". In 1979, English blues singer Long John Baldry recorded a cover version of "You've Lost That Loving Feeling'" as a duet with Kathi McDonald for his album Baldry's Out, the Jimmy Horowitz-produced disc which was Baldry's first recording in his newly adopted homeland of Canada. You've lost that loving feeling Oh, that loving feeling You've lost that loving feeling Now it's gone, gone, gone Whoa-oh Now there's no tenderness In your eyes when I reach for you And girl you're starting to criticize little things I do It makes me just feel like crying baby 'Cause baby, something beautiful's dying You've lost that loving feeling Oh that loving feeling [8] All the songs previously produced by Spector for Philles Records featured African-American singers, and the Righteous Brothers would be his first white vocal act. Already in the American Top Ten, this is Spector's greatest production, the last word in Tomorrow's sound Today, exposing the overall mediocrity of the Music Industry. 20. [1] In 1999 the performing-rights organization Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) ranked the song as the most-played song on American radio and television in the 20th century, having accumulated more than 8 million airplays by 1999,[4] and nearly 15 million by 2011. [93] It also reached no.