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"You Take My Breath Away" is a ballad performed by American singer-actor Rex Smith, released as the lead single from his third studio album Sooner or Later (1979). The track was also featured in the 1979 made-for-television film of the same title starring Smith and Denise Miller .
"Take My Breath Away" is a song written by Giorgio Moroder and Tom Whitlock for the 1986 film Top Gun, performed by American new wave band Berlin. [3] It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song [ 3 ] as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song in 1986.
Rex Smith (born September 19, 1955) is an American actor and singer. Smith made his acting debut in the Broadway musical Grease in 1978. He is noted for his role as Jesse Mach in the 1985 television series Street Hawk; being the first actor to play the Marvel Comics superhero Daredevil in live action; and being a singer and stage actor.
“Take My Breath Away” is, without a doubt, Berlin’s calling card. In 2020, the group released an orchestral version of the song for their album Strings Attached .
[4] [5] The song "Take My Breath Away" by Berlin went on to win both the Academy Award for Best Original Song [6] and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. [7] According to Allmusic , the album "remains a quintessential artifact of the mid-'80s", and the album's hits "still define the bombastic, melodramatic sound that dominated the ...
Rex Smith's self-titled LP, released by Columbia Records, is basically a soundtrack album featuring the pop/rock songs he performed in the film. The album's first four tracks are the soundtrack songs from the film composed by Stephen Lawrence and Bruce Hart: "You Take My Breath Away" "Sooner or Later" "Simply Jessie" "Better Than It's Ever Been ...
Berlin officially disbanded in 1987, because of both the lack of success of their album Count Three & Pray and personal disagreements over the single "Take My Breath Away". Nunn viewed it as a fresh new song that allowed the band to perform globally, while others disliked it as it had not been written or composed by any of them. [13]
The album spawned three singles, including "Take My Breath Away", which was featured in the film Top Gun. The single topped the Billboard Hot 100 and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1986.