GOT TO BELIEVE IN MAGIC (ZAPPED!, 1982)

Zapped! may be cheesy but nevertheless has come up with the very memorable movie themes that outshine the film itself. Great balladeer David Pomeranz lends his voice twice in the movie and one of the songs featured is Got To Believe In Magic. The song grew up to be one of most played on the radio during the '80's up until now. The popular theme has been covered many times by local artists.

GOT TO BELIEVE IN MAGIC

sung by: David Pomeranz

Take me to your heart

Show me where to start

Let me play the part of your first love

All the stars are right

Ev’ry wish is ours tonight, my love

Pity those who wait

Trust in love to faith

Findin’ out too late that they've lost it

Never letting go

They will never know the ways of love

Got to believe in magic

Tell me how two people find each other

In a world that’s full of strangers

You’ve got to believe in magic

Somethin’ stronger than the moon above

‘Cause it’s magic when two people fall in love

I may never know

Why I need you so

All I need to know is this feeling

Handle it with care

We were born to share this dream, my love

Got to believe in magic

Tell me how two people find each other

In a world that’s full of strangers

You’ve got to believe in magic

Somethin’ stronger than the moon above

‘Cause it’s magic when two people fall in love

(INSTRUMENTAL)

Got to believe in magic

Tell me how two people find each other

In a world that’s full of strangers

You’ve got to believe in magic

Somethin’ stronger than the moon above

‘Cause it’s magic when two people fall in love

FINDING OUT THE HARD WAY (STAYING ALIVE, 1983)

Though it pales much in comparison to the now classic Saturday Night Fever, its sequel Staying Alive still provides great soundtrack. One of which is the ballad Finding Out The Hard Way sung by one of the stars of the movie itself, Cynthia Rhodes wherein she acts, dances and sings. Hers was one of the great vocals during the ’80’s.


FINDING OUT THE HARD WAY
sung by: Cynthia Rhodes

I can’t take all the blame, now can I
It takes more than one to lose
Such a fine line
That lies between but holds together
I turn to night, turn to the time

Whoa, whoa, and I’m findin’ out the hard way
It’s gonna take some tears, little bit of heartache
We’re like islands in the stream
Watchin’ all our dreams start to fade, fadin’ away

A moment gone is gone forever
It’s like water through the hands
And you spin the wheel of misfortune
Watching the time, we’re livin’ in love

No, better find another hallway
It’s gonna take some tears, a little bit of heartache
We’re like islands in the stream
Watchin’ all our dreams start to fade, fadin’ away

I keep reachin’ out, come up empty handed
Didn’t I let you down or did I leave you stranded

And I’m findin’ out the hard way
It’s gonna take some tears, little bit of heartache
We’re like islands in the stream
Watchin’ all our dreams start to fade, fadin’ away

Oh, and I’m findin’ out the hard way
It’s gonna take some tears, a little bit of heartache
We’re like islands in the stream
Watchin’ all our dreams start to fade, fadin’ away

Start to fade, fadin’ away
Start to fade, fadin’ away
Fade away

LIVE TO TELL (AT CLOSE RANGE, 1986)

Yet another Madonna-sung themed during the ‘80’s from the movie At Close Range that starred her then-partner Sean Penn and Christopher Walken. Based on the true story of Bruce Johnston Sr., about the crime that bonds between a father and his sons. The wonderfully composed ballad Live To Tell became one of Queen Of Pop’s biggest hits.


LIVE TO TELL
sung by: Madonna

I have a tale to tell

Sometimes it gets so hard to hide it well

I was not ready for the fall

Too blind to see the writing on the wall

A man can tell a thousand lies

I’ve learned my lesson well

Hope I live to tell

The secret I have learned, till then

It will burn inside of me

I know where beauty lives

I’ve seen it once, I know the warm she gives

The light that you could never see

It shines inside, you can’t take that from me

A man can tell a thousand lies

I’ve learned my lesson well

Hope I live to tell

The secret I have learned, till then

It will burn inside of me

The truth is never far behind

You kept it hidden well
If I live to tell

The secret I knew then

Will I ever have the chance again

If I ran away, I’d never have the strength

To go very far

How would they hear the beating of my heart

Will it grow cold

The secret that I hide, will I grow old

How will they hear

When will they learn

How will they know

A man can tell a thousand lies

I’ve learned my lesson well

Hope I live to tell

The secret I have learned, till then

It will burn inside of me

The truth is never far behind

You kept it hidden well

If I live to tell

The secret I knew then

Will I ever have the chance again

LONG AS WE BELIEVE (FAST FORWARD, 1985)

Actor Sidney Poitier directed the 1985 film Fast Forward, about eight young dancers from Ohio trying to make it big as professional dancers by joining a major competition. Though directed by the legendary actor, the film was less known than those other dance movies that were shown during the ‘80’s. Siedah Garrett and David Swanson provided the vocals for the ballad Long As We Believe.


LONG AS WE BELIEVE
sung by: Siedah Garrett & David Swanson

Time makes victims of us all
A window down the hall
Opens the past and fading fast
What used to be

You and me, as long as we hold on
To each other we’ll be strong
There’s no doubt about it
We’re destined to belong

Long as we believe
Love begins with dreaming
Never letting go of what we know
Long as we believe
Love can lasts forever
And together we can conquer all
We will never fall
As long as we believe

Space, a pris’ner of the line
Brings images to mind
That can be ours to close
A cannonball to fly

Soaring, as long as we hold on
To each other we’ll be strong
There’s no doubt about it
We’re destined to belong

Long as we believe
Love begins with dreaming
Never letting go of what we know
Long as we believe
Love can lasts forever
And together we can conquer all
We will never fall
As long as we believe

Oh, we have to just believe

Long as we believe (just believe)
Love can lasts forever (lasts forever)
And together we can conquer all (we can conquer all)
Long as we believe (long as we believe)
Love begins with dreaming (all you gotta do is believe)
Never letting go of what we know
Long as we believe (long as we believe)
Love can lasts forever
And together we can conquer all
Long as we believe

FOR YOUR EYES ONLY (FOR YOUR EYES ONLY, 1981)

The only James Bond theme that had the singer appear during the opening credits. Sheena Easton at her prime sung one of 007's famous themes. It also became one of her signature songs. The song were both nominated as best original song in the Oscars and the Golden Globe.

FOR YOUR EYES ONLY

sung by: Sheena Easton

For your eyes only

Can see me through the night

For your eyes only

I never need to hide

You can see so much in me

So much in me that's new

I never felt until I looked at you

For your eyes only

Only for you

You see what no one else can see

Now I'm breaking free

For your eyes only

Only for you

The love I know you need in me

The fantasy you freed in me

Only for you

Only for you

For your eyes only

The nights are never cold

You really knew me

That's all I need to know

Maybe I'm an open book

Because I know your mind

But you won't need

To read between the lines

For your eyes only
Only for you
You see what no one else can see
Now I'm breaking free
For your eyes only
Only for you
The love I know you need in me
The passions that collide in me

The wild abandoned side of me

Only for you

For your eyes only

FOR THE FIRST TIME (ONE FINE DAY, 1996)

One Fine Day is such a fine movie that the theme sung by Kenny Loggins were well-used and a fine song too during one of the film's 'finest' moments. They play their parts very well as single parents who met and eventually fall in love during 'one fine day.'

FOR THE FIRST TIME

sung by: Kenny Loggins

Are those your eyes?

Is that your smile?

I been looking at you for ever

Yet I never saw you before

Are these your hands?

Holding mine?

Now I wonder how

I could have been so blind

And for the first time

I am looking in your eyes

For the first time

I'm seeing who you are

I can't believe how much I see

When you're looking back at me

Now I understand what love is

Love is...For the first time

Can this be real?

Can this be true?

Am I the person I was this morning?

And are you the same you?

It's all so strange
How can it be?

All along this love was right in front of me

And for the first time

I am looking in your eyes

For the first time

I am seeing who you are

I can't believe how much I see

When you're looking back at me

Now I understand what love is

Love is...For the first time

Such a long time ago
I had given up on finding this emotion

Ever again

But you're here with me now

Yes I found you somehow

And I've never been so sure

For the first time

I am looking in your eyes

For the first time

I'm seeing who you are

Can't believe how much I see

When you're looking back at me

Now I understand what love is

Love is...For the first time

For the first time

FOR ALL WE KNOW (LOVERS AND OTHER STRANGERS, 1970)

Though the famous siblings The Carpenters the song For All We Know is most associated with, it was Larry Meredith who originally sung it and was used as the theme from the 1970 film, Lovers And Other Strangers. The theme won the best original song in the Oscars.

FOR ALL WE KNOW

sung by: Larry Meredith

Love, look at the two of us

Strangers in many ways

We've got a lifetime to share

So much to say

And as we go on from day to day

I'll feel you close to me

But time alone will tell

Let's take a lifetime to say

I knew you well

For only time will tell us so

And love may grow for all we know

Love, look at the two of us

Strangers in many ways

Let's take a lifetime to say

I know you well

But only time will tell us so

And love may grow for all we know