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"Two Hearts" was released as a single from the soundtrack of the 1986 American sports drama film American Anthem.Although Parr had scored a worldwide hit in 1985 with "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)" from the soundtrack of the film of the same name, "Two Hearts" was a commercial failure and American Anthem a box office flop.
John Stephen Parr (born 18 November 1952) is an English musician, singer, and songwriter, best known for his 1985 single "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)", charting at No.1 in the US and No.6 in the UK, and for his 1984 US No.6 rock single "Naughty Naughty". [2]
The music video begins with Parr quitting his job as an auto mechanic, after being chewed out by his boss for spending time admiring the Rolls Royce he's fixing. Parr drives recklessly through the streets of San Francisco , with his girlfriend by his side, played by Lisa Rinna , later of Melrose Place .
"Rock 'n' Roll Mercenaries" is a song by Meat Loaf and John Parr, which was released in 1986 as the lead single from Meat Loaf's fifth studio album Blind Before I Stop. The song was written by Al Hodge and Michael Dan Ehmig, and produced by Frank Farian .
"Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" is a song co-written by Diane Warren and Albert Hammond [4] and recorded by American rock band Starship for their second studio album, No Protection (1987). It is a power ballad [ 5 ] duet featuring vocalists Grace Slick and Mickey Thomas and is the theme to the romantic-comedy film Mannequin .
David Foster and John Parr were contracted to write a song for the film, but Parr struggled with inspiration for the lyrics. Foster showed Parr a news clip about 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".
In mid-1985, "Love Grammar" was issued in the United States as the third single from Parr's self-titled debut album. It failed to receive much attention on radio as stations were all playing a different Parr song, "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)" from the soundtrack of the film St. Elmo's Fire. [2] "
"Magical" is a song written by American musician Meat Loaf and British musician John Parr, and it was released as a 1985 single by Parr as a part of his self-titled debut album. A few months later, an alternative version of the song was released in the U.K. as a single by pop group Bucks Fizz.