Broken Wings (song)
| Broken Wings | |
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| Mr. Mister | |
| publication | June 1985 (US, Canada) July 1985 (Europe) |
| length | 5:45 (album version / 12 "-Maxi) 4:43 (radio edit) 4:29 (7" single) |
| Genre (s) | Pop rock |
| Author (s) | Richard Page, Steve George, John Lang |
| Producer (s) | Mr. Mister, Paul DeVilliers |
| Label | RCA Records |
| album | Welcome to the Real World |
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Broken Wings is a song by Mr. Mister from the year 1985 , which was written by Richard Page, Steve George and John Lang. It appeared on the album Welcome to the Real World .
history
Broken Wings was released in June 1985 in the US and Canada , in July 1985 in Europe, and was a number one hit in the US and Canada. It was voted 19th in a list of the “worst songs of all time” by the American music magazine Blender in 2004.
The trio that wrote the song were inspired by Khalil Gibran 's book of the same name. The intro begins with an effect played by cymbals . The line “Take these broken wings and learn to fly again” is an allusion to the Beatles classic Blackbird from 1968. Broken Wings lasts 5:42 minutes, was played with drums , synthesizer and bass guitar ; the outtro is characterized by falsetto singing .
Music video
Oley Sassone directed the music video. It shows the lead singer Richard Page driving through the desert in a Ford Thunderbird and sitting in a church in the next scene when suddenly an eagle appears and flies down to him from the windowsill. For a moment the eagle and page exchange looks. This motif occurs a few more times in the clip. In addition, you can see a man and a woman dancing tango in three short scenes, but they are only shown from the waist down. The video was shot in black and white.
Cover versions
- 1986: Gloria Gaynor
- 1989: Mayte Garcia
- 1998: C block
- 2001: Inner Circle
- 2001: Tupac Shakur ( Until the End of Time )
- 2001: Foxy Brown
- 2005: Rick Springfield
- 2006: Melanie Safka
- 2006: Clay Aiken
- 2007: Northern Kings
- 2009: Naturally 7
- 2013: Anubis Gate
- 2014: Nils Landgren
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sources chart positions: DE AT CH UK US
- ↑ Mr. Mister - Broken Wings , hitparade.ch
- ↑ Songs so so bad they're on a list all their own in Houston Chronicle , April 21, 2004
- ^ Notes on Broken Wings
- ↑ Entry in MVdbase