The 1980s featured plenty of crooning A-list actors – Bruce Willis, Eddie Murphy, even Don Johnson – but the talented Swayze was arguably the best of them all. Patrick Swayze (featuring Wendy Fraser), ‘She’s Like the Wind’ Kudos for including these stone-cold doo-wop classics from 19 respectively that, alongside things like Billy Joel’s “The Longest Time,” gave ’80s kids an important lesson on the awesomeness of old-school multi-part harmonization. (tied) The Five Satins, ‘In the Still of the Night’ / Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs, ‘Stay’ ‘Never loved him more’:Jennifer Gray reclaims her story in ‘Out of the Corner,’ talks Clark Gregg divorce 4. You only hear a bit in the movie, as Baby’s sister finds out that aforementioned jerky guy is cheating on her, but it gets the spotlight in the closing credits. There’s a hip and funky Pointer Sisters vibe to the soul singer’s biggest hit. Eric Carmen, ‘Hungry Eyes’Įvery good ’80s movie needs a montage, even the heartfelt ones, and this power ballad is a sensual needle drop for when shirts come off, leotards are put on, sweat happens and Johnny shows Baby all the right dance moves for an important performance. ‘Dirty Dancing’:Why we’re still obsessed 7. Gray and Swayze lip sync the bluesy pop song – plus he does a little air guitar – as they first cha-cha and then playfully seduce each while taking a break from their dancing lessons. In a precursor to Swayze’s penchant for fisticuffs in “Road House,” Johnny beats up a jerky co-worker (who totally deserves it, honestly) to the British new wave band’s cover of a Lesley Gore staple. Which makes sense considering the summer setting, though it’s aggressively bland. Johnston, a founding member and lead singer of the Doobie Brothers, turned in a little beach music ditty for the soundtrack. However, others of us played it way, way too many times in our college pep band. Some folks are really into the perky, harmonica-flavored 1961 one-hit wonder that peppers the scene when Johnny and Baby have to keep their balance dancing on a log. This pumping, poor man’s Robert Palmer-type jam is better suited for, say, a buddy cop action comedy than here, where it plays in the background as Johnny commits a little grand theft auto (on his own car, by the way). ‘Dirty Dancing’ returns!:Jennifer Gray will star in new movie version of the 1987 classic 12. In honor of the “Dirty” birthday, we’re ranking every song on the soundtrack: Sparks fly, life lessons are had and Johnny hoists Baby in an iconic movie moment, all set to a mix of original ’80s tunes (including one sung by Swayze himself) and some classic oldies to evoke the film’s retro setting.
21, 1987) told the timeless tale of young Frances “Baby” Houseman (Jennifer Grey) vacationing at a swanky Catskills resort in the summer of 1963 with her family when she meets supremely cool dance instructor Johnny Castle (the late Patrick Swayze). Nobody puts Baby in a corner, and no one better disrespect the “Dirty Dancing” soundtrack.Ĭelebrating its 35th anniversary on Sunday, the throwback romance/dance drama (released in theaters Aug.
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