I couldn’t move, and nobody heard my calls for help because the room was so loud with the crowd chanting, “Keh-NEE, Keh-NEE, Keh-NEE!” In my memory, it was quite the Shakespearean moment: the star dying as the audience screams his name. Yep, I fell right off the side of that goddamned stage and landed on my back atop some gear crates, breaking three ribs. Well, there wasn’t quite as much stage left as I expected and … let’s just say that ever since, if it’s dark onstage, I don’t take a single step until someone shines a flashlight onto the floor. I was up there just before showtime, walking around to my normal entry spot from stage left. The stage was about ten feet off the gym floor and, before the lights hit it, completely in the dark. One of the first stops on my itinerary was the sports arena at Brigham Young University in Salt Lake City. Then fate intervened - if one chalks up poor stage management and my own clumsiness to fate. That didn’t suit Jerry’s timeline, so I regretfully had to withdraw. What I came up with was the melody for a song I called “No Dancin’ Allowed.” Problem was, I was about to go on tour and wouldn’t have time to record it properly for a couple of months. I’d loved my experience with Caddyshack and was eager for another shot at a soundtrack. Back then, anything Bruckheimer touched was gold.
When Jerry brought me to his Hollywood office and showed me a rough cut on his Moviola, I got excited. It was produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, who I knew was a fan of “I’m Alright.” The film’s musical director was Phil Ramone, the producer on Celebrate Me Home. The soundtrack song everyone remembers, of course, is “Footloose.” My “Footloose” story doesn’t start with Footloose the movie, however, but with another iconic film from the early 1980s: Flashdance.įlashdance was set up perfectly for me.
(By the time Loggins landed “Danger Zone” on the Tom Cruise vehicle Top Gun, his soundtrack reputation was solidified.) Of course, the story behind making “Footloose” - as the 74-year-old singer details in this exclusive excerpt from his forthcoming memoir, Still Alright - isn’t quite as straightforward as kicking off your Sunday shoes. 1 slot on “The Hot 100,” but it became one of the most popular singles of the decade. Loggins netted only one of the two gigs, but it was more than enough: The title track to Footloose not only scored him his first and only No.
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When it became a top-ten hit, Loggins began fielding additional movie offers, including Pitchford’s soon-to-be-renamed Footloose and another era-defining dance film: Flashdance. But he was more than willing to branch out, having written the anthemic “I’m Alright” for the 1980 comedy Caddyshack. At the time, Loggins was mostly known for his soft-rock stylings in his duo with Jim Messina as well as a handful of breakout solo hits. The Broadway vet was working on the script for Cheek to Cheek, a movie about a town that had banned dancing, and was hoping Loggins would write the music. Kenny Loggins had yet to be crowned the King of ’80s Soundtracks when Dean Pitchford came calling.