Youre watching the official music video for Laura Branigan — «Self Control» from the album Self Control (1984). This cover of Rafs «Self Control» reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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Producer: Giorgio Moroder
Producer: Pete Bellotte
Associated Performer, Vocals: Donna Summer
Studio Personnel, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer: Jürgen Koppers
Studio Personnel, Recording Engineer: Steven D. Smith
Associated Performer, Recording Arranger: Harold Faltermeyer
Composer Lyricist: Harold Faltermeyer
Composer Lyricist: Keith Forsey
Composer Lyricist: Pete Bellotte
Arranger, Orchestrator: Dave Arch
Oh I cannot explain
Every time its the same
Oh I feel that its real
Take my heart
Ive been lonely too long
Oh I cant be so strong
Take a chance for romance
Take my heart
I need you so
Theres no time
Ill ever go
Cheri Cheri Lady
Goin through emotion
Love is where you find it
Listen to your heart
Cheri Cheri Lady
Livin in devotion
Always like the first time
Let me take a part
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℗ 1982 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Released on: 1982-02-01
Composer, Lyricist: Anita Pointer
Composer, Lyricist: June Pointer
Composer, Lyricist: Ruth Pointer
Composer, Lyricist, Producer: Trevor Lawrence
Producer: Richard Perry
Engineer, Mixing Engineer: Gabe Veltri
Mixing Engineer: James C. Tract
Drums: Carlos Vega
Producer: Jack White
Vocals: Laura Branigan
Guitar: Michael Landau
Bass Guitar: Nathan East
Piano, Synthesiser: Robbie Buchanan
Composer: Giancarlo Bigazzi
Composer: Raffaele Riefoli
Lyricist: Stephen Vincent Piccolo
Lyrics:
I need a hero
Im holding out for a hero til the end of the night
Hes gotta be strong, and hes gotta be fast
And hes gotta be fresh from the fight
I need a hero
Im holding out for a hero til the morning light
Hes gotta be sure, and its gotta be soon
And hes gotta be larger than life
Jennifer Beals
Irene Cara is best known as a singer of movie themes, though she worked as an actress since childhood. Raised in New York City, she appeared on Broadway in 1967 in the musical Maggie Flynn at age eight and can be heard on the cast album for the show The Me Nobody Knows. From the age of 16, she was turning up on television and in films, including a part in the TV mini-series Roots 2 in 1979. In 1980, she was catapulted into stardom and a singing career by her appearance in the film Fame, for which she sang the title song, an Oscar-winning Top Ten hit. Also from the film was her Top 40 hit «Out Here on My Own.» In 1983, she topped the charts with «Flashdance...What a Feelin» from the movie Flashdance, a song she co-wrote that won another Oscar, and Cara won a couple of Grammys for her contributions to the soundtrack. Her What a Feelin album included the hits «Why Me?» and «Breakdance,» and she also made the Top 40 with a third movie theme, «The Dream (Hold on to Your Dream),» from DC Cab. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
Jennifer Beals stars as Alex Owens, a Pittsburgh steel-mill welder by day, and bar dancer by night. Harboring dreams of a career in ballet, she is given financial support in this endeavor by her boss Nick Hurley (Michael Nouri) and moral support by demanding but big-hearted instructor Hanna Long (Lilia Skala). The films signature scene is, of course, Alexs water-drenched dance audition, largely performed in long shot by her dance double Marine Jahan. Essentially an old-fashioned backstage yarn, Flashdance was given a contemporary spin by its pulsating, musical score featuring the Oscar-winning Best Song, Flashdance...What a Feeling, (music by Giorgio Moroder, lyrics by Keith Forsey and Irene Cara).
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