Berlin--Take My Breath Away (1986)

     Am not an expert on movies, but if I recall, the 80's became the first decade where the lines between popular music and film were blurred. Much of the emphasis in the decade has been on MTV and it's influence on music, but there was a great impact on movies as well. The cross pollination between the two is not unusual, as Elvis made a career of it in the 60s, but the movie was the usually the vehicle for selling the music. In the 80's, with the advent of the mini (and inexpensive) movie ads that were videos being pumped it televisions throughout the world, the music became advertisements for the movie.

     I'm not suggesting that the movies or music wouldn't have done well without the other (at the time Cruse was a red hot up and comer), but there is no doubt that the 80's were a time that's difficult to separate the music from the film that it is found on. Twenty-five years later, many think of Berlin as a one hit wonder, and it was their only #1 hit, but they had a top 40 song just two years before, and had been hitting the lower end of the charts since 1983. On the flip side, you cannot watch the movie without thinking of the song.....