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Lady Freedom Returns

(14,120 posts) Sun May 12, 2013, 09:55 PM May 2013

St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)

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St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion) (Original Post) Lady Freedom Returns May 2013 OP

Did you know? ohiosmith May 2013 #1

Thanks! This ditty was in my head this past week and I kept asking myself, WTF? freshwest May 2013 #2

ohiosmith

(24,262 posts)

1. Did you know?

Reply to Lady Freedom Returns (Original post)

Sun May 12, 2013, 10:18 PM

May 2013

The song was originally written by David Foster and John Parr for the Canadian athlete Rick Hansen, who at the time was going around the world in his wheelchair to raise awareness for spinal cord injuries. His journey was called the "Man in Motion Tour.

The song was used as the theme song for the film St. Elmo's Fire, and became a number-one hit for John Parr around the world and provided many awards and a Grammy nomination.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)

2. Thanks! This ditty was in my head this past week and I kept asking myself, WTF?

Reply to Lady Freedom Returns (Original post)

Sun May 12, 2013, 11:25 PM

May 2013

Didn't know the name of the song, the musicians or the movie. And I wanted to know!

Now at least I know the first two. What movie was that?

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