The track, “St. Elmo’s Fireplace”, was initially recorded by John Parr in 1985
You’ve seen the movie and heard the track on the Virgin TV advert, however do you know that British singer John Parr (b.1952) and producer David Foster (b.1949) wrote “St. Elmo’s Fireplace (Man In Movement)”? The observe was produced for the 1985 movie of the identical title that starred Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe and Demi Moore and went to No.1 in America and Canada, and No.6 within the UK that Summer season-Autumn. The track was a high ten hit in an additional twelve international locations worldwide and have become John’s greatest and greatest identified hit.
In 2006, British producers Dan Bewick and Simon Paul, calling themselves ‘Tommyknockers’, remixed the observe right into a Dance/membership anthem with the brand new title of “New Horizon” and launched it as ‘John Parr vs Tommyknockers’. This new model reached No.43 on the UK singles chart and had solely restricted enchantment elsewhere. John recorded a brand new dwell model of the unique in 2020 throughout lockdown at his house, the thirty fifth anniversary of the songs launch. This was produced by Brother In Rhythm Steve Anderson. Ensure you test it out on John’s YouTube web page!
However which model of “St. Elmo’s Fireplace” is the very best? THE ORIGINAL or THE REMIX?
