According to Frey, he was invited to an early screening of the film, and about two months later was sent a demo of a song written by Keith Forsey and Harold Faltermeyer to be used in the film to see if he was interested in singing the song. Frey agreed, and recorded the vocal part in one day. The following day he played the guitar and recorded the background vocals, and was paid $15,000 for the work.[1]
The mid-to-up-tempo recording featured a steady drumbeat, synthesizer, and guitar, with a repeated saxophone riff framing the lyrical message. The guitar solo is played by Frey himself.[2]
Cash Box called it "a hard rocking outing featuring the distinctive vocals of ex-Eagle Frey" and added that it contains "a signature horn riff and some effective dynamics."[3]Billboard said it "features a bustling rock 'n' roll beat, electric organ (or equivalent) and a wailing sax."[4]
The music video for the song received heavy MTV airplay. It showed a film editor assembling scenes for Beverly Hills Cop while Frey and a band played the song in the adjacent room, with action scenes from the movie then directly interspersed. Among the musicians shown in the video is saxophone player Beverly Dahlke-Smith (the actual recording being made by session horn player David Woodford[7]) and Frey's long-time drummer, Michael Huey.
The recording subsequently appeared on Frey's albums Glenn Frey Live (1993) and Solo Collection (1995) as well as on some various-artists "top hits" collections.
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For other uses see The Heat Is On The Heat Is On is a song written by Harold Faltermeyer and Keith Forsey and recorded by Glenn Frey for the American film Beverly Hills Cop 1984 The song was published as a single and as the sixth track of the album Beverly Hills Cop Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 1984 The Heat Is On Single by Glenn Freyfrom the album Beverly Hills Cop Original Motion Picture SoundtrackB side Shoot Out by Harold FaltermeyerReleasedDecember 1984 U S GenreHard rock pop rockLength3 45 7 inch and album 5 51 12 inch LabelMCASongwriter s Harold Faltermeyer Keith ForseyProducer s Harold Faltermeyer Keith ForseyGlenn Frey singles chronology Sexy Girl 1984 The Heat Is On 1984 Smuggler s Blues 1984 Contents 1 History 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 Charts 4 1 Weekly charts 4 2 Year end charts 5 References 6 External linksHistory editAccording to Frey he was invited to an early screening of the film and about two months later was sent a demo of a song written by Keith Forsey and Harold Faltermeyer to be used in the film to see if he was interested in singing the song Frey agreed and recorded the vocal part in one day The following day he played the guitar and recorded the background vocals and was paid 15 000 for the work 1 The mid to up tempo recording featured a steady drumbeat synthesizer and guitar with a repeated saxophone riff framing the lyrical message The guitar solo is played by Frey himself 2 Cash Box called it a hard rocking outing featuring the distinctive vocals of ex Eagle Frey and added that it contains a signature horn riff and some effective dynamics 3 Billboard said it features a bustling rock n roll beat electric organ or equivalent and a wailing sax 4 The song became a major hit single reaching No 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in March 1985 behind Can t Fight This Feeling by REO Speedwagon 5 It was also popular internationally reaching No 2 on the Australian Singles Chart in 1985 and gaining peaks of No 8 on the Canadian Singles Chart and No 12 on the UK Singles Chart 6 In the United States it is the highest charting solo single by any member of the Eagles The music video for the song received heavy MTV airplay It showed a film editor assembling scenes for Beverly Hills Cop while Frey and a band played the song in the adjacent room with action scenes from the movie then directly interspersed Among the musicians shown in the video is saxophone player Beverly Dahlke Smith the actual recording being made by session horn player David Woodford 7 and Frey s long time drummer Michael Huey The recording subsequently appeared on Frey s albums Glenn Frey Live 1993 and Solo Collection 1995 as well as on some various artists top hits collections The St Louis Cardinals did a remix of this song when they went to the World Series in 1985 to face the Kansas City Royals 8 Track listing edit7 singleNo TitleWriter s Length1 The Heat Is On Keith Forsey Harold Faltermeyer3 452 Shoot Out Harold Faltermeyer2 44Total length 06 29 12 singleNo TitleRemixerLength1 The Heat Is On extended version 6 042 The Heat Is On dance version Brian Reeves5 403 The Heat Is On dub version Brian Reeves2 39Total length 14 23Personnel editGlenn Frey lead and backing vocals guitar solo Harold Faltermeyer keyboards bass Richie Zito guitars Keith Forsey drums backing vocals David Woodford saxophoneCharts editWeekly charts edit Weekly chart 1984 1985 PeakpositionAustralia Kent Music Report 9 2Ireland Irish Singles Chart 10 full citation needed 6Austria O3 Austria Top 40 11 27Belgium Ultratop 50 Flanders 12 27Canada Top Singles RPM 13 8France SNEP 14 47Netherlands Single Top 100 15 19New Zealand Recorded Music NZ 16 22Norway VG lista 17 2Sweden Sverigetopplistan 18 5Switzerland Schweizer Hitparade 19 5UK Singles OCC 20 12US Billboard Hot 100 21 2US Mainstream Rock Billboard 22 4US Adult Contemporary Billboard 23 36West Germany Official German Charts 24 4 Year end charts edit Year end chart 1985 RankAustralia Kent Music Report 25 26 22Canada 27 65US Top Pop Singles Billboard 28 19References edit Tavis Smiley View transcript Glenn Frey Tribute Part 1 PBS Archived from the original on 2017 07 23 site 1 Musicradar com Retrieved 29 Maggio 2012 Reviews PDF Cash Box December 8 1984 p 11 Retrieved 2022 07 26 Reviews Billboard December 8 1984 p 62 Retrieved 2023 02 10 Whitburn Joel 2004 The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits 8th Edition Billboard Publications page 244 Official Charts Company info OfficialCharts com Retrieved 3 April 2009 saxophonejournal Glenn Frey The Heat is On Cardinals Remix YouTube Archived from the original on 2021 12 15 Kent David 1993 Australian Chart Book 1970 1992 St Ives NSW Australian Chart Book ISBN 0 646 11917 6 Placement www irishcharts ie Retrieved 2023 08 01 Glenn Frey The Heat Is On in German O3 Austria Top 40 Glenn Frey The Heat Is On in Dutch Ultratop 50 Top RPM Singles Issue 0497 RPM Library and Archives Canada Glenn Frey The Heat Is On in French Les classement single Glenn Frey The Heat Is On in Dutch Single Top 100 Glenn Frey The Heat Is On Top 40 Singles Glenn Frey The Heat Is On VG lista Glenn Frey The Heat Is On Singles Top 100 Glenn Frey The Heat Is On Swiss Singles Chart Glenn Frey Artist Chart History Official Charts Company Glenn Frey Chart History Hot 100 Billboard Glenn Frey Chart History Mainstream Rock Billboard Glenn Frey Chart History Adult Contemporary Billboard Offiziellecharts de Glenn Frey The Heat Is On in German GfK Entertainment charts Retrieved March 6 2020 Kent Music Report No 599 30 December 1985 gt National Top 100 Singles for 1985 Kent Music Report Retrieved January 23 2023 via Imgur Kent David 1993 Australian Chart Book 1970 1992 Australian Chart Book St Ives N S W ISBN 0 646 11917 6 RPM s Top 100 Singles of 1985 RPM Vol 43 no 16 28 December 1985 Retrieved 18 February 2018 1985 The Year in Music amp Video Top Pop Singles Billboard Vol 97 no 52 December 28 1985 p T 21 External links edit The Heat Is On at Discogs Retrieved from https en 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