St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)

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"St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)" is a song recorded by John Parr. It hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 7, 1985 and peaked at number six in the UK, Parr's home country.

The song was originally written by David Foster 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 Parr around the world and provided many awards and a Grammy nomination.

The song is briefly heard in an episode of The Simpsons, Sideshow Bob Roberts; it is supposedly a favorite song of Lisa Simpson. The line "Gonna be your man in motion" is repeated by Jason Sklar in an episode of Cheap Seats.

It was remixed by Tommyknockers in May 2006 with the title "New Horizon", which hit #43 in Britain, but failed to chart in the United States.

The song can now be heard in the trailer of the 2007 movie The Brothers Solomon.

It was remade by REO Speedwagon in 1989. REO Speedwagon's guitarist, Dave Amato, re-created the song on his solo album, Still Got It, which was released in 1995. The sales were disappointing.

Music video

The music video features all seven of the main cast of the film St. Elmo's Fire looking sadly through the foggy windows of a run-down and fire-damaged version of the St. Elmo's Bar set. The Canadian version of the video intersperses images of Hansen's trek.

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