Danger Zone

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Danger Zone
Kenny loggins
publication May 13, 1986
length 3:35
Genre (s) skirt
text Tom Whitlock
music Giorgio Moroder
Label Columbia Records
album Top gun

Danger Zone is a song by Kenny Loggins that was released in 1986. The music is by Giorgio Moroder , the text by Tom Whitlock . The song is part of the soundtrack of the film Top Gun .

background

The band Toto was originally intended for this song, but legal differences between the producers of Top Gun and the band's lawyers prevented this.

Bryan Adams was approached to contribute Only the Strong Survive to the soundtrack and sing Danger Zone , but Adams declined to participate as he felt the film glorified war and did not want his work to be associated with it.

REO Speedwagon were also asked to interpret the song, but declined because the band was not allowed to contribute their own songs to the soundtrack.

Even Corey Hart was asked Danger Zone to sing, but he refused, as saying that he only sang his own songs. Eventually the film producers agreed that Danger Zone would be interpreted by Kenny Loggins .

Instruments

Then Huff , lead singer and guitarist for the hard rock group Giant , played guitar on that song. The bass line was generated by a Yamaha DX7 synthesizer, the drum music was provided by a LinnDrum drum machine. A tenor saxophone is used towards the end of the song.

Music video

The music video was released in May 1986 to promote the single. Directed by Tony Scott . Loggins is shown singing the song between clips from the film Top Gun , also directed by Scott. The music video was viewed over 53 million times on YouTube (as of March 2020).

According to the Pop-Up Video show , the US Navy described the video as "the most effective recruiting video ever produced."

Cover versions

  • Alvin and the Chipmunks covered the song in 1990 for The Chipmunks Go to the Movies episode Batmunk .
  • The song is sung in the episode Girls (And Boys) On Film of the Glee series .
  • The album The Cover-Up EP by The protomes includes a cover of Danger Zone .
  • The comedy metal band Psychostick sang the song in various live performances and recorded a studio version for their album IV: Revenge of the Vengeance .
  • In the series Archer , Danger Zone has become a gag. In the episode Archer Vice: Baby Shower , Kenny Loggins speaks a version of himself.

Charts

Charts Highest position
Germany 12
Great Britain 45
United States 2
Switzerland 9

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Encyclopedia . toto99.com. April 29, 2007. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
  2. ↑ Corey Hart ( English, French ) In: The Canadian Encyclopedia . Retrieved July 28, 2019.
  3. ↑ Music video on YouTube

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