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"She's Like the Wind"
Song
B-side"Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs - Stay"

"She's Like the Wind" is a 1987 power ballad from the film Dirty Dancing performed by Patrick Swayze. Though Swayze is the primary vocalist on the single, it was billed as being performed by "Patrick Swayze featuring Wendy Fraser"; Fraser is heard throughout much of the song, specifically in the final chorus. The single reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Adult Contemporary chart.[1]

Production

Swayze and Stacy Widelitz co-wrote the song in 1984.

It was originally for the soundtrack of Grandview, U.S.A. and was meant to be about Jamie Lee Curtis's character in the film. However, the song was not used in that film. During production of Dirty Dancing in 1987, Swayze played the demo for producer Linda Gottlieb and director Emile Ardolino. They loved it and passed it on to Jimmy Ienner and Bob Feiden, the soundtrack's executive producers. It was recorded for the soundtrack in November 1986, with Michael Lloyd producing. The song, like the film in which it was featured, was a success, reaching number three on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on Adult Contemporary, and was a hit around the world. It is still in circulation on radio. The soundtrack album was number one for 19 weeks.

History

Swayze co-wrote and performed two tracks on the soundtrack to the film Road House, plus he co-wrote and performed a duet with Larry Gatlin for Next of Kin.

Music video

The music video in black and white features clips from the movie Dirty Dancing. The video can be seen on the Ultimate Dirty Dancing DVD.

Track listing

Charts

Chart (1988) Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart[2] 15
Dutch Mega Top 100[2] 13
German Singles Chart[3] 14
Irish Singles Chart[4] 4
New Zealand Singles Chart[2] 27
Norwegian Singles Chart[2] 7
South African Singles Chart[5] 13
Swedish Singles Chart[2] 8
Swiss Singles Chart[2] 23
UK Singles Chart[6] 17
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[7] 3
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 1
Chart (1992/93) Peak
position
French SNEP Singles Chart[2] 7
Chart (2009) Peak
position
Swiss Singles Chart[8] 67
Preceded by Billboard Adult Contemporary number-one single (Patrick Swayze version)
February 27, 1988 		Succeeded by
"She's Like the Wind"
Song

Lumidee

"She's Like the Wind" is a cover recorded by American recording artists Lumidee and Tony Sunshine for Lumidee's second album, Unexpected (2007). It was released as the lead single from Unexpected in the U.S. and Europe on April 3, 2007.

Background

According to Lumidee, the idea to record a remake of Patrick Swayze's 1987 song "She's Like The Wind" was inspired by her European label when she recommended a collaboration with fellow New York recording artist Tony Sunshine.[9] She also said, "We'd been talking about working together but hadn't been able to. But he loved the idea of doing something with this song."[10]

Music video

The music video for this version was directed by Dayo.[11]

Track listing

  1. "She's Like The Wind (Radio Edit)" - 4:17
  2. "She's Like The Wind (Spanglish Version)" - 3:53
  3. "She's Like The Wind (Instrumental)" - 4:18
  4. "She's Like The Wind (A Capella)" - 4:15

Charts

Chart (2007) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[12] 14
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia)[13] 22
Denmark (Tracklisten)[14] 6
US Billboard Hot 100[15] 43
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[16] 18
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[17] 75

Other versions

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 238.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "She's Like the Wind", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved January 12, 2009)
  3. ^ German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de (Retrieved January 12, 2009)
  4. ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved January 12, 2009)
  5. ^ South African Singles Chart [1] (Retrieved 4 December 2013)
  6. ^ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved January 12, 2009)
  7. ^ Billboard allmusic.com (Retrieved January 12, 2009)
  8. ^ Acahrts.us
  9. ^ (Posted: March 26, 2007) Elena del Valle, Puerto Rican singer Lumidee launches second album in April 2007 hispanicmpr.com. Poyeen Publishing. Retrieved 10-31-2010.
  10. ^ (Posted: March 24, 2007) Gail Mitchell, "R&B singer Lumidee rejects one-hit-wonder tag" reuters.com. Retrieved 1-31-2010.
  11. ^ Lumidee, "She's Like The Wind" (Feat. Tony Sunshine) - Music videos BET.com. Retrieved 10-31-10.
  12. ^ "Lumidee feat. Tony Sunshine – She's Like The Wind" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
  13. ^ "Lumidee feat. Tony Sunshine – She's Like The Wind" (in French). Ultratip.
  14. ^ "Lumidee feat. Tony Sunshine – She's Like The Wind". Tracklisten.
  15. ^ "Lumidee Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  16. ^ "Lumidee Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard.
  17. ^ "Lumidee Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.
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