NeverEnding Story (song)
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| “NeverEnding Story” | |||||
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| Single by Limahl from the album Don't Suppose |
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| B-side | "Ivory Tower" or Instrumental version | ||||
| Released | 1984 | ||||
| Format | 7" single 12" maxi |
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| Genre | Pop | ||||
| Length | 3:31 | ||||
| Label | EMI | ||||
| Writer(s) | Giorgio Moroder Keith Forsey |
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| Producer | Giorgio Moroder | ||||
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"NeverEnding Story" is the title song from the American version of the 1984 film The NeverEnding Story, performed by Limahl, lead singer of Kajagoogoo.
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[edit] Original version
[edit] Background and writing
This song composed by Giorgio Moroder with lyrics by Keith Forsey, along with other "techno-pop" treatments to the soundtrack are not present in the German version of the film, which features Klaus Doldinger's score exclusively.
In 1984, the single peaked at #4 in the UK singles chart and at #6 in the US Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.
As a reference to the film and its title, the song has no distinctive beginning, nor an end. While many songs fade out, NeverEnding Story also fades in, thus making it "never ending".
[edit] Track listing
- 7"-Single
- "The NeverEnding Story"
- "Ivory Tower" - by Giorgio Moroder
- 7"-Single
- "The NeverEnding Story" (Club Mix) (6:09)
- "The NeverEnding Story" (Instrumental Version) (5:28)
- "The NeverEnding Story" (12" Mix) (5:17)
- "The NeverEnding Story" (7" Mix) (3:32)
- "Ivory Tower (Instrumental) (5:49)
- 12"-Maxi
- "The NeverEnding Story" (12" Mix) (5:17)
- "The NeverEnding Story" (7" Mix) (3:30)
- "Ivory Tower" (Instrumental) by Giorgio Moroder (5:54)
[edit] Chart
| Chart (1984-1985)[1] [2] [3] [4] | Peak position |
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| Austrian Singles Chart | 2 |
| French Singles Chart | 7 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 4 |
| Japanese Singles Chart | 5 |
| Norwegian Singles Chart | 1 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 1 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 3 |
| UK Singles Chart | 4 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 17 |
| US Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks | 6 |
| US Hot Dance Club Play | 10 |
| US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | 23 |
[edit] Covers
The American theme song has been covered by Erasure, The Birthday Massacre, Creamy, Dragonland, New Found Glory and violinist/singer Omar Lopez. For The NeverEnding Story II the song was performed by Joe Minler during the closing credits. This version was a guitar driven song and is now considered to be a rarity. German techno group Scooter covered the song on their 2007 album Jumping All Over the World.
[edit] Parodies
The theme song was parodied in Homestar Runner when Homestar notices that a bottle of Mountain Dew he's up-ended has yet to run out, and proceeds to change the song's lyrics to "Neverending Soda".
| Preceded by "I Just Called to Say I Love You" by Stevie Wonder |
Swedish number one single November 23, 1984 - December 7, 1984 |
Succeeded by "Forever Young" by Alphaville |
| Preceded by "I Just Called to Say I Love You" by Stevie Wonder |
Norwegian number one single 48/1984 - 2/1985 |
Succeeded by "Do They Know It's Christmas?" by Band Aid |
[edit] References
- ^ "NeverEnding Story", various Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 24, 2008)
- ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved February 24, 2008)
- ^ UK Singles Chart Everyhit.com (Retrieved February 24, 2008)
- ^ Billboard Billboard.com (Retrieved February 24, 2008)
