MIKE RENO & ANN WILSON - ALMOST PARADISE

ALMOST PARADISE

MIKE RENO & ANN WILSON

SONGWRITERS: Eric Carmen & Dean Pitchford

MOVIE: FOOTLOOSE

COUNTRY: U.S.A.

ALBUM: FOOTLOOSE

LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS

GENRE: SOUNDTRACK

YEAR: 1984

"Almost Paradise... Love Theme from Footloose" is the title of a duet by singers Mike Reno of Loverboy and Heart's frontwoman Ann Wilson. It is one of two major hits with music by singer Eric Carmen and lyrics by Dean Pitchford, the other being Carmen's hit, "Make Me Lose Control".

Reno is best known as the lead singer of the rock band Loverboy, while Wilson is the lead singer of the rock band Heart. Both bands achieved a significant amount of success in the 1980s, and Reno and Ann Wilson were approached to record a duet for the film Footloose (1984).

Officially listed as the "Love Theme from Footloose" on the film's soundtrack, "Almost Paradise" was one of three top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart found on the soundtrack; it peaked at No. 7 and spent 13 weeks in the top 40. An alternate version of the song with a slightly different musical arrangement, which has never been released, is used in the film. The other hits from this soundtrack include "Footloose" by Kenny Loggins and "Let's Hear It for the Boy" by Deniece Williams, both of which went to No. 1 on the pop chart. "Almost Paradise" was also a hit on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart in the United States, where it spent one week at No. 1. Both singers resumed their respective roles within their bands following this one-off recording.

I thought that dreams belonged to other men

´Cuz each time I got close

They´d fall apart again

I feared my heart would beat in secrecy

I faced the nights alone

Oh, how could I have know

That all my life I only needed you

[Chorus:]

Almost paradise

We´re knocking on heaven´s door

Almost paradise

How could we ask for more?

I swear that I can see forever in your eyes

Paradise!

It seems like perfect love´s so hard to find

I´d almost given up

You must have read my mind

And all these dreams I saved for a rainy day

They´re finally comin´ true

I´ll share them all with you

´Cus now we hold the future in your hands

[Chorus:]

And in your arms salvation´s not so far away

We´re gettin' closer, closer every day

[Chorus:]