Year: 1987
Chart Position: #3
Last year's Worst Songs position: unranked
The original Dirty Dancer himself, Swayze had his one and only hit from the soundtrack. I’ve never been able to figure out of comparing a girl to “the wind” is a compliment or not. “Hey girl – has anyone ever told you that you are totally like the wind?” Someone’s getting some Swayze action tonight. Aw yeah.
The bigger puzzle is the song itself -- for a song on a soundtrack to a movie about the Sixties, it sounds very 1987. Not that "I've Had the Time of My Life" or "Hungry Eyes" rang true either -- all three songs could have found their way onto the Starship Knee Deep in the Hoopla album: weak synth-laden ballads that disintegrate before the first chorus. Lucky for us, Swayze never had another hit.
Fun Fact: I'm Crayze for Swayze!
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