The album reached number one in the US charts for five nonconsecutive weeks in the summer and autumn of 1986. It was the best selling soundtrack of 1986 and one of the best selling of all time.[5][6] The song "Take My Breath Away" by Berlin went on to win both the Academy Award for Best Original Song[7] and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song.[8] According to Allmusic, the album "remains a quintessential artifact of the mid-'80s", and the album's hits "still define the bombastic, melodramatic sound that dominated the pop charts of the era."[6]
In 1999, the album was reissued as a "Special Expanded Edition" with additional songs, and in 2006, it was reissued again as Music From and Inspired by Top Gun: Deluxe Edition, containing additional songs not in the film.
Toto was originally intended to perform the track "Danger Zone", but legal conflicts between the film's producers and the band's lawyers prevented this. Bryan Adams was approached to perform it, but refused any involvement in the film, feeling that it glorified war and, as such, not wanting any of his work linked to it. (Adams also refused to allow his song "Only the Strong Survive" to be featured in the film.) REO Speedwagon was approached but declined, due to not being allowed to contribute any of their own compositions to the soundtrack. Corey Hart also declined, preferring to write and perform his own compositions. Eventually, the film's producers agreed that "Danger Zone" would be recorded and performed by Kenny Loggins.[9]
Members of Toto also wrote and intended to perform a song called "Only You" that would have been used as the film's love theme instead of "Take My Breath Away", but legal conflicts prevented doing so.[9]The Motels were originally considered to perform "Take My Breath Away", and a demo version exists on their 2001 compilation Anthologyland.[10]
Judas Priest was also approached to allow their song "Reckless" in the film but declined when the proposed contract stipulated that the filmmakers have exclusive rights to the song, which would have necessitated the band omitting the song from their forthcoming album Turbo (1986). Former Judas Priest guitarist K.K. Downing later called their opting out of the film "a big mistake". The band offered the producers three other songs for the soundtrack, all of which were rejected.[11]
ABC members Martin Fry and Mark White were invited to see the director's rough cut version of Top Gun in 1986. "They were looking to offer a few British bands soundtrack opportunities. Mark and I weren't impressed with the film and chose not to contribute any music to it."[12][better source needed]
Bobby Blotzer of Ratt proposed using the song "Reach for the Sky", an outtake from Ratt's 1984 album Out of the Cellar. Although the rest of the band seriously considered the idea, they declined under the belief that their long-time fans would not like the song and would accuse the group of selling out.[13] Although the song title "Reach for the Sky" would become the title of the band's 1988 album, the track itself was never officially released.
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
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Top Gun is the soundtrack from the film of the same name released in 1986 by Columbia Records Top GunSpecial Expanded Edition cover which is mostly identical to the original cover apart from the longer tracklist Soundtrack album by various artistsReleasedMay 15 1986 1 GenrevariousLength38 38LabelColumbiaProducerDon Simpson exec Jerry Bruckheimer exec Top Gun soundtracks chronologyTop Gun 1986 Top Gun Maverick 2022 Singles from Top Gun Danger Zone Released May 1986 Take My Breath Away Released June 1986 Mighty Wings Released June 1986 Heaven in Your Eyes Released June 1986 US 2 Playing with the Boys Released August 1986 3 Top Gun Anthem Released 1986Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 4 The album reached number one in the US charts for five nonconsecutive weeks in the summer and autumn of 1986 It was the best selling soundtrack of 1986 and one of the best selling of all time 5 6 The song Take My Breath Away by Berlin went on to win both the Academy Award for Best Original Song 7 and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song 8 According to Allmusic the album remains a quintessential artifact of the mid 80s and the album s hits still define the bombastic melodramatic sound that dominated the pop charts of the era 6 In 1999 the album was reissued as a Special Expanded Edition with additional songs and in 2006 it was reissued again as Music From and Inspired by Top Gun Deluxe Edition containing additional songs not in the film Contents 1 Other artists considered 2 Track listing 2 1 Music from and Inspired by Top Gun Deluxe Edition 3 Charts 3 1 Weekly charts 3 2 Year end charts 4 Certifications 5 References 5 1 BibliographyOther artists considered EditToto was originally intended to perform the track Danger Zone but legal conflicts between the film s producers and the band s lawyers prevented this Bryan Adams was approached to perform it but refused any involvement in the film feeling that it glorified war and as such not wanting any of his work linked to it Adams also refused to allow his song Only the Strong Survive to be featured in the film REO Speedwagon was approached but declined due to not being allowed to contribute any of their own compositions to the soundtrack Corey Hart also declined preferring to write and perform his own compositions Eventually the film s producers agreed that Danger Zone would be recorded and performed by Kenny Loggins 9 Members of Toto also wrote and intended to perform a song called Only You that would have been used as the film s love theme instead of Take My Breath Away but legal conflicts prevented doing so 9 The Motels were originally considered to perform Take My Breath Away and a demo version exists on their 2001 compilation Anthologyland 10 Judas Priest was also approached to allow their song Reckless in the film but declined when the proposed contract stipulated that the filmmakers have exclusive rights to the song which would have necessitated the band omitting the song from their forthcoming album Turbo 1986 Former Judas Priest guitarist K K Downing later called their opting out of the film a big mistake The band offered the producers three other songs for the soundtrack all of which were rejected 11 ABC members Martin Fry and Mark White were invited to see the director s rough cut version of Top Gun in 1986 They were looking to offer a few British bands soundtrack opportunities Mark and I weren t impressed with the film and chose not to contribute any music to it 12 better source needed Bobby Blotzer of Ratt proposed using the song Reach for the Sky an outtake from Ratt s 1984 album Out of the Cellar Although the rest of the band seriously considered the idea they declined under the belief that their long time fans would not like the song and would accuse the group of selling out 13 Although the song title Reach for the Sky would become the title of the band s 1988 album the track itself was never officially released The Cars song Stranger Eyes from their 1984 album Heartbeat City was featured in an early teaser trailer for the film though it was absent from the film s final cut citation needed Track listing EditSide oneNo TitleWriter s PerformerLength1 Danger Zone Giorgio MoroderTom WhitlockKenny Loggins3 362 Mighty Wings Harold FaltermeyerMark SpiroCheap Trick3 513 Playing with the Boys Kenny LogginsPeter WolfIna WolfKenny Loggins3 594 Lead Me On MoroderWhitlockTeena Marie3 475 Take My Breath Away MoroderWhitlockBerlin4 11 Side twoNo TitleWriter s PerformerLength1 Hot Summer Nights Michael JayAlan Roy ScottRoy FreelandMiami Sound Machine3 382 Heaven in Your Eyes Paul DeanMike RenoJohn DexterMae MooreLoverboy4 043 Through the Fire MoroderWhitlockLarry Greene3 464 Destination Unknown Franne GoldePaul FoxJake HookerMarietta3 485 Top Gun Anthem FaltermeyerHarold FaltermeyerSteve Stevens4 12 1999 Special Expanded Edition bonus tracksNo TitleWriter s PerformerLength11 Sittin On The Dock of the Bay Steve CropperOtis ReddingOtis Redding2 4212 Memories Harold FaltermeyerHarold Faltermeyer2 5713 Great Balls of Fire Original Version Jack HammerOtis BlackwellJerry Lee Lewis1 5714 You ve Lost That Lovin Feelin Barry MannPhil SpectorCynthia WeilThe Righteous Brothers3 4415 Playing with the Boys Dance Mix LogginsP WolfI WolfKenny Loggins6 41 Music from and Inspired by Top Gun Deluxe Edition Edit In 2006 the Special Expanded Edition was repackaged in the UK with five additional songs not included in the motion picture 14 No TitleWriter s PerformerLength16 Can t Fight This Feeling Kevin CroninREO Speedwagon4 5417 Broken Wings Richard PageSteve GeorgeJohn LangMr Mister4 2418 The Final Countdown Joey TempestEurope3 5819 Nothing s Gonna Stop Us Now Albert HammondDiane WarrenRichard HulleStarship4 2520 The Power of Love Gunther MendeCandy DeRougeJennifer RushMary Susan ApplegateJennifer Rush4 27Charts EditWeekly charts Edit 1986 weekly chart performance for Top Gun Chart 1986 PeakpositionAustralian Albums Kent Music Report 15 3Austrian Albums O3 Austria 16 2Canada Top Albums CDs RPM 17 2Dutch Albums Album Top 100 18 5European Albums Music amp Media 19 2Finnish Albums Suomen virallinen lista 20 1German Albums Offizielle Top 100 21 1Icelandic Albums Tonlist 22 2Italian Albums Musica e dischi 23 6New Zealand Albums RMNZ 24 5Norwegian Albums VG lista 25 7Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 26 3Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 27 1UK Albums OCC 28 4US Billboard 200 29 11994 weekly chart performance for Top Gun Chart 1994 PeakpositionUK Compilation Albums OCC 30 252006 weekly chart performance for Top Gun Chart 2006 PeakpositionUK Soundtrack Albums OCC 31 22019 2022 weekly chart performance for Top Gun Chart 2019 2022 PeakpositionBelgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 32 35Belgian Albums Ultratop Wallonia 33 97Japanese Albums Oricon 34 19Japanese Hot Albums Billboard Japan 35 10Polish Albums ZPAV 36 46 Year end charts Edit 1986 year end chart performance for Top Gun Chart 1986 PositionAustralian Albums Kent Music Report 37 19Austrian Albums O3 Austria 38 22Canada Top Albums CDs RPM 39 8Dutch Albums Album Top 100 40 43European Albums Music amp Media 41 13German Albums Offizielle Top 100 42 21New Zealand Albums RMNZ 43 43Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 44 14UK Albums Gallup 45 27US Billboard 200 46 21US Soundtrack Albums Billboard 47 11987 year end chart performance for Top Gun Chart 1987 PositionAustralian Albums Kent Music Report 48 74Austrian Albums O3 Austria 49 25Canada Top Albums CDs RPM 50 66European Albums Music amp Media 51 82US Billboard 200 52 30US Soundtrack Albums Billboard 53 1Certifications EditCertifications for Top Gun Region Certification Certified units salesAustralia ARIA 54 5 Platinum 350 000 Canada Music Canada 55 5 Platinum 500 000 Finland Musiikkituottajat 56 Gold 29 553 56 France SNEP 57 2 Platinum 600 000 Germany BVMI 58 Platinum 500 000 Hong Kong IFPI Hong Kong 59 Platinum 20 000 Italy FIMI 60 sales since 2009 Gold 25 000 Japan RIAJ 61 1989 release 2 Platinum 400 000 Netherlands NVPI 62 Gold 50 000 New Zealand RMNZ 63 Gold 7 500 Switzerland IFPI Switzerland 64 2 Platinum 100 000 United Kingdom BPI 65 2 Platinum 600 000 United States RIAA 66 9 Platinum 9 000 000 Sales figures based on certification alone Shipments figures based on certification alone Sales streaming figures based on certification alone References Edit RIAA Loverboy singles Kenny Loggins singles Allmusic review Denisoff R Serge Romanowski William D December 31 2011 Risky Business Rock in Film Transaction Publishers ISBN 9781412833370 a b Top Gun Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Original Soundtrack Songs Reviews Credits AllMusic AllMusic Retrieved May 19 2017 The 59th Academy Awards 1987 Oscars org Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Retrieved March 3 2018 Winners amp Nominees 1987 www goldenglobes com Retrieved March 3 2018 a b TOP GUN soundtrack Toto Encyclopedia April 29 2007 Retrieved March 12 2012 Liner notes of Martha Davis and the Motels Anthologyland Archived from the original 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in Music amp Video Top Pop Album Soundtracks Original Cast Billboard Vol 99 no 52 December 26 1987 p Y 26 ISSN 0006 2510 via Google Books ARIA Charts Accreditations 2022 Albums PDF Australian Recording Industry Association Retrieved July 7 2022 Canadian album certifications Various Artists Top Gun Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Music Canada a b Elokuvamusiikkia in Finnish Musiikkituottajat IFPI Finland Retrieved September 3 2021 French album certifications B O F Top Gun in French Syndicat National de l Edition Phonographique Gold Platin Datenbank O S T Various Top Gun in German Bundesverband Musikindustrie IFPIHK Gold Disc Award 1988 IFPI Hong Kong Italian album certifications Artisti Vari Top Gun in Italian Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana Retrieved January 3 2021 Select 2021 in the Anno drop down menu Select Top Gun in the Filtra field Select Album e Compilation under Sezione Japanese album certifications Original Soundtrack Top Gun in Japanese Recording Industry Association of Japan Retrieved December 27 2020 Select 1994年5月 on the drop down menu Dutch album certifications Soundtrack Topgun in Dutch Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld en geluidsdragers Retrieved 9 July 2019 EnterTopgun in the Artiest of titel box Select 1998 in the drop down menu saying Alle jaargangen New Zealand album certifications Various Artists Top Gun Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Recorded Music NZ Retrieved July 10 2019 Gold amp Platinum Awards 1987 PDF Music amp Media December 26 1987 p 46 Retrieved June 2 2021 British album certifications Original Soundtrack Top Gun OST British Phonographic Industry Retrieved June 2 2021 American album certifications Soundtrack Top Gun Recording Industry Association of America Retrieved June 2 2021 Bibliography Edit Kent David 1993 Australian Chart Book 1970 1992 illustrated ed St Ives N S W Australian Chart Book ISBN 0 646 11917 6 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Top Gun 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