#39 of VJ Samsonite's Top 100 80's Dance Hits Countdown: "Footloose" by Kenny Loggins (1984)

And now we're in the 30's section of the countdown. And, to begin at, #39 is....Footloose, by none-other than American singer-songwriter Kenny Loggins. Kenny Loggins was born on January 7th, 1948 (62 years old now) in Everett, Washington, USA. He started out as an adult contemporary/soft-rock artist in a duo with Jim Messina, which was masterfully named Loggins and Messina. Once the 80's rolled around, Loggins went solo and began doing tracks for movie soundtracks, which is really where he experienced the bulk of his musical success. These included such 80's classics as Top Gun, Caddyshack, Over the Top, and obviously Footloose. There may be some other artists from the 80's who can claim they produced big hits for that many big 80's movies, but I can't think of any on the spot, so we will just suggest that it is impressive, although there are a few people who read this vlog that will no doubt be unhappy that I included it on the countdown and for you folks I must say that I did knock it down a few notches to #39 with you in mind. But, regardless of what a few people think, most people out there would agree that Footloose was one of the biggest dance-hit singles from the 1980's decade, and there is no doubt that the movie is also one of the most well-known of that decade. As I said just above, and for those of you who are totally clueless about 80's media, Footloose obviously was the star track off of the Footloose movie soundtrack, which came out in January of 1984. Footloose spent 3 weeks at #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and it was one of 3 #1's off of the soundtrack, and the album itself reached #1 on the USA Billboard 200.

Now, for those of you who haven't already heard the disturbing news, a director named Craig Brewer is actually remaking the Footloose movie as I write this, which I think is a bad idea, but when it comes to movies they just want to make money. Not to mention the fact that they have been remaking every 80's movie as of late, which is just one those things that Hollywood does with movies, and it usually butchers the original, although occasionally they can end up better. Just looking at the cast reveals that it probably is not going to be very good, but who knows, I encourage you youngins' to check out the original. , And on to the next....