The piece was originally released on the original 1971 Bless the Beasts and Children soundtrack, then a 1974 cover version by easy listening group Sounds of Sunshine was produced. After it became associated with Comăneci during the 1976 Olympics, the piece was later released as a single in August of that year. Other versions of "Nadia's Theme" have since been recorded. The piece has also been sampled by other artists, and has been used regularly by other radio and television programs.
De Vorzon and Botkin Jr. composed this piece of music, originally titled "Cotton's Dream", as incidental music for the 1971 feature film Bless the Beasts and Children. The instrumental version was commercially released on that film's soundtrack album on A&M Records. The soundtrack also included "Lost", a song set to this melody, performed by Renée Armand. The single release, under the new title, was electronically patched to extend the song by almost a minute for commercial airplay.
Botkin Jr. later composed a rearranged version of the instrumental theme for the long-running television soap opera The Young and the Restless, which premiered on March 26, 1973, on CBS. Although a soundtrack album for the television series was released by P.I.P. Records in 1974, the LP only contained a vocal cover version by easy listening group Sounds of Sunshine, rather than the original recording by De Vorzon and Botkin.
Association with Nadia Comăneci
In late July or early August 1976, ABC's sports anthology program Wide World of Sports produced a montage of Romanian gymnast Nadia Comăneci's routines during the 1976 Summer Olympics[1] and used "Cotton's Dream" as the background music. It was this national television montage that cemented the association of the tune with Comăneci in the public mind. (Comăneci herself never performed her floor exercises using this piece of music, however. She used a piano arrangement of a medley of the songs "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" and "Jump in the Line".)
On November 23, 1976, CBS further entrenched the song's association with Comăneci by using the melody in its broadcast of "Nadia—From Romania with Love", a one-hour television special hosted by Flip Wilson, co-produced by CBS and Televiziunea Romana. The De Vorzon & Botkin version of the song was not released on CD until Eric Records included it on the 2003 compilation Hard to Find Orchestral Instrumentals II. An extract from the tune is used regularly as a jingle by BBC Radio 2 disk jockey Steve Wright on his Steve Wright's Sunday Love Songs.
On May 18, 1997, Nadia Comaneci and Bart Conner guest-starred in the Season 3 finale of Touched by an Angel (titled "A Delicate Balance"), during which they performed a brief floor exercise within a montage scene to "Nadia's Theme".
1976 releases
Viewer inquiries about the music from the Wide World of Sports montage prompted a commercial release of the 1971 version of the song as a single through A&M Records on August 28, 1976. This recording was identical to "Cotton's Dream," with a repeat from the bridge to the end edited in to lengthen the piece. The single was titled "Nadia's Theme" and was a commercial success, charting for 22 weeks and peaking at No. 8 in the Billboard Hot 100 on the week ending December 11, 1976. A&M Records failed to credit De Vorzon as the co-writer on the first pressings of the single. He successfully sued the record label for $241,000.
In October 1976, as the De Vorzon–Botkin version released by A&M climbed the charts, P.I.P. Records re-released a 1974 single containing the Sounds of Sunshine's vocal and instrumental versions under the title "Nadia's Theme". The label also re-released the 1974 soundtrack LP, now stickered to say it contained "Nadia's Theme", although it still only contained the cover version. That same month, Barry De Vorzon capitalized on the success of the song by releasing it on his first album, Nadia's Theme. Soon after, Sounds of Sunshine released their own Nadia's Theme album.
Other versions of "Nadia's Theme" have been recorded, including easy listening renditions by such artists as Ray Conniff in 1976, the orchestra of The Lawrence Welk Show in 1976, Ronnie Aldrich in 1977, Roger Williams in 1976, Richard Abel in 1992, Ferrante & Teicher, and James Galway (original release year not yet determined).
There is a semi-rock version recorded by The Ventures in 1976.
The Young and the Restless began using a light remix of "Nadia's Theme" in 1988, then switched to a jazz arrangement from 1999 to 2003 before returning to the 1988 version in 2003.
Cuban Link samples Nadia's Theme in their song Flowers For The Dead on the album 24K (2000).
R&B musician Mary J. Blige included the instrumental version as a backdrop in her 2001 single, "No More Drama". Botkin, who had never heard of Blige prior to this was delighted to get a writing credit, saying: "I woke up one morning and I'm on the cutting edge of R&B,” says the composer, who now specializes in electronic music. ”These days, I'm completely removed from pop music — except when [royalty] checks arrive.".[9]
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Nadia s Theme news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Nadia s Theme originally titled Cotton s Dream is a piece of music composed by Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr in 1971 It was originally used as incidental music for the 1971 film Bless the Beasts and Children and is better known as the theme music to the television soap opera The Young and the Restless since the series premiered in 1973 Cotton s Dream was renamed Nadia s Theme after it became associated with Olympic gymnast Nadia Comăneci during and after the 1976 Summer Olympics The piece was originally released on the original 1971 Bless the Beasts and Children soundtrack then a 1974 cover version by easy listening group Sounds of Sunshine was produced After it became associated with Comăneci during the 1976 Olympics the piece was later released as a single in August of that year Other versions of Nadia s Theme have since been recorded The piece has also been sampled by other artists and has been used regularly by other radio and television programs Contents 1 Origins 2 Association with Nadia Comăneci 3 1976 releases 4 Chart history 4 1 Weekly charts 4 2 Year end charts 5 Alternate versions 6 Awards 7 References 8 External linksOrigins EditDe Vorzon and Botkin Jr composed this piece of music originally titled Cotton s Dream as incidental music for the 1971 feature film Bless the Beasts and Children The instrumental version was commercially released on that film s soundtrack album on A amp M Records The soundtrack also included Lost a song set to this melody performed by Renee Armand The single release under the new title was electronically patched to extend the song by almost a minute for commercial airplay Botkin Jr later composed a rearranged version of the instrumental theme for the long running television soap opera The Young and the Restless which premiered on March 26 1973 on CBS Although a soundtrack album for the television series was released by P I P Records in 1974 the LP only contained a vocal cover version by easy listening group Sounds of Sunshine rather than the original recording by De Vorzon and Botkin Association with Nadia Comăneci EditIn late July or early August 1976 ABC s sports anthology program Wide World of Sports produced a montage of Romanian gymnast Nadia Comăneci s routines during the 1976 Summer Olympics 1 and used Cotton s Dream as the background music It was this national television montage that cemented the association of the tune with Comăneci in the public mind Comăneci herself never performed her floor exercises using this piece of music however She used a piano arrangement of a medley of the songs Yes Sir That s My Baby and Jump in the Line On November 23 1976 CBS further entrenched the song s association with Comăneci by using the melody in its broadcast of Nadia From Romania with Love a one hour television special hosted by Flip Wilson co produced by CBS and Televiziunea Romana The De Vorzon amp Botkin version of the song was not released on CD until Eric Records included it on the 2003 compilation Hard to Find Orchestral Instrumentals II An extract from the tune is used regularly as a jingle by BBC Radio 2 disk jockey Steve Wright on his Steve Wright s Sunday Love Songs On May 18 1997 Nadia Comaneci and Bart Conner guest starred in the Season 3 finale of Touched by an Angel titled A Delicate Balance during which they performed a brief floor exercise within a montage scene to Nadia s Theme 1976 releases EditViewer inquiries about the music from the Wide World of Sports montage prompted a commercial release of the 1971 version of the song as a single through A amp M Records on August 28 1976 This recording was identical to Cotton s Dream with a repeat from the bridge to the end edited in to lengthen the piece The single was titled Nadia s Theme and was a commercial success charting for 22 weeks and peaking at No 8 in the Billboard Hot 100 on the week ending December 11 1976 A amp M Records failed to credit De Vorzon as the co writer on the first pressings of the single He successfully sued the record label for 241 000 In October 1976 as the De Vorzon Botkin version released by A amp M climbed the charts P I P Records re released a 1974 single containing the Sounds of Sunshine s vocal and instrumental versions under the title Nadia s Theme The label also re released the 1974 soundtrack LP now stickered to say it contained Nadia s Theme although it still only contained the cover version That same month Barry De Vorzon capitalized on the success of the song by releasing it on his first album Nadia s Theme Soon after Sounds of Sunshine released their own Nadia s Theme album Chart history EditWeekly charts Edit Chart 1976 77 PeakpositionCanada RPM Adult Contemporary 2 7Canada RPM Top Singles 3 6U S Billboard Hot 100 4 8U S Billboard Adult Contemporary 8U S Cash Box Top 100 5 5 Year end charts Edit Chart 1976 RankCanada 6 74U S Joel Whitburn s Pop Annual 7 73U S Cash Box 8 53Alternate versions EditOther versions of Nadia s Theme have been recorded including easy listening renditions by such artists as Ray Conniff in 1976 the orchestra of The Lawrence Welk Show in 1976 Ronnie Aldrich in 1977 Roger Williams in 1976 Richard Abel in 1992 Ferrante amp Teicher and James Galway original release year not yet determined There is a semi rock version recorded by The Ventures in 1976 David Hasselhoff did a vocal rendition which incorporated De Vorzon s and Botkin Jr s lyrics performed on The Merv Griffin Show in 1977 and released on his 1987 album Lovin Feelings The Young and the Restless began using a light remix of Nadia s Theme in 1988 then switched to a jazz arrangement from 1999 to 2003 before returning to the 1988 version in 2003 The song was sampled in a piece of music from the 1993 video game Aero the Acro Bat citation needed Cuban Link samples Nadia s Theme in their song Flowers For The Dead on the album 24K 2000 R amp B musician Mary J Blige included the instrumental version as a backdrop in her 2001 single No More Drama Botkin who had never heard of Blige prior to this was delighted to get a writing credit saying I woke up one morning and I m on the cutting edge of R amp B says the composer who now specializes in electronic music These days I m completely removed from pop music except when royalty checks arrive 9 Sonshine Media Network International in the Philippines used the piece as background music following a series of montages for the Glory Mountain in Mt Apo Davao City Awards EditGrammy Awards Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement 1978 10 References Edit Nadia Comăneci at Olympic org Item Display RPM Library and Archives Canada Collectionscanada gc ca 1976 12 25 Retrieved 2019 03 14 Item Display RPM Library and Archives Canada Collectionscanada gc ca 1976 12 11 Retrieved 2019 03 14 Joel Whitburn s Top Pop Singles 1955 1990 ISBN 0 89820 089 X Cash Box Top 100 Singles December 4 1976 Canada Library and Archives January 16 2018 Image RPM Weekly Whitburn Joel 1999 Pop Annual Menomonee Falls Wisconsin Record Research Inc ISBN 0 89820 142 X Cash Box Year End Charts Top 100 Pop Singles December 25 1976 Archived from the original on October 20 2018 Retrieved March 14 2019 Evan Serpick 2002 03 27 Daytime Drama EW com Retrieved 2012 03 13 Grammy Awards of 1978External links Edit Nadia s Theme on YouTube Rings n Things 10 Best Facts About the Olympics in Pop Culture Time August 2 2012 Did Nadia Comaneci compete to Nadia s Theme in the 1976 Olympics Los Angeles Times July 23 2012 failed verification Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nadia 27s Theme amp oldid 1130651103, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
