Loverboy "Heaven In Your Eyes (7'' Promo Vinyl Single & Video, USA, Columbia Records, 38-06178)"

"Heaven in Your Eyes" is a song recorded by Canadian rock band Loverboy for the soundtrack to the film Top Gun. It later appeared on Loverboy's 1989 hits compilation Big Ones. The power ballad reached No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the US.

The song was originally written by Mae Moore and John Dexter, both Vancouver-area musicians. As recorded, it is credited to Moore, Dexter and Paul Dean and Mike Reno from Loverboy.

Cash Box called it a "powerful, emotional rock ballad." Billboard called it a "routine power ballad."

Noteworthy is the fact that Loverboy keyboardist Doug Johnson does not appear in the song's music video. His absence was intentional, as he felt that the Top Gun film over-glamorized war and military service.

Loverboy "Working For The Weekend (7'' Vinyl Single & Video, Netherlands, CBS Records, CBSA 1778)"

"Working for the Weekend" is a song by Canadian rock band Loverboy from their second studio album, Get Lucky (1981). It was written by guitarist Paul Dean, vocalist Mike Reno, and drummer Matt Frenette and produced by Bruce Fairbairn and Dean. The song was released as the lead single from the album in 1981 and reached number 29 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, as well as number two on Billboard's Rock Top Tracks chart in February 1982. "Working for the Weekend" was ranked at number 100 on VH1's "100 Greatest Songs of the 80s".

The song originated when guitarist Paul Dean was out walking one Wednesday afternoon, looking for inspiration in his songwriting. He noticed that much of the area was deserted, as most people were at work. "So I'm out on the beach and wondering, 'Where is everybody? Well, I guess they're all waiting for the weekend,'" he later said. Mike Reno, the band's vocalist, suggested they change the title to "Working for the Weekend". According to Dean, he first began writing the song in a hotel room following a Montreal concert. At the time, the band were still playing bars to little response from patrons. After completing the song, they used it to open one set, and Dean recalled that "the dance floor was packed".

The song was covered by former American Idol contestant and country music singer Josh Gracin on the 2005 soundtrack to the final installment of the Herbie franchise, Herbie: Fully Loaded, starring Lindsay Lohan and Justin Long in the scene where the team works to fix Herbie overnight in time for the final race.

American virtuoso guitarist Paul Gilbert included an instrumental cover of this song as the first track on his 2014 album Stone Pushing Uphill Man.

Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell) performed a parody version of the song on Conan on November 20, 2013, suggesting he had been asked by Rob Ford to cover the song as Ford's campaign song for re-election as Mayor of Toronto, the lyrics parodying Ford's substance abuse scandal.

Working for the Weekend was used in the Saturday Night Live sketch Chippendales Audition featuring Chris Farley and guest host Patrick Swayze. The sketch aired on October 27, 1990.

Loverboy "Turn Me Loose (7'' Vinyl Single & Video, Netherlands, CBS Records, CBS 9557)"

"Turn Me Loose" is a hit song recorded by Canadian rock band Loverboy. It was released on their eponymous debut album in 1980, and as a single in 1981. With a strong rock synthesizer start to the song, followed by a steady build on the guitars, it peaked at #7 on the RPM singles chart in 1981 and #6 on the Billboard Top Rock Tracks chart in the US.

Record World attributed the song's success to "Mike Reno's vocal plea, a guitar grind, and marvelous production."

Loverboy "Big Ones (Austria, Columbia Records, 466006 2)"

Big Ones is a compilation album released in 1989 by the Canadian rock band Loverboy. The album was the band's first compilation, including hit tracks such as "Working for the Weekend" and "Lovin' Every Minute of it". The compilation includes 3 new studio tracks: "For You", "Ain't Looking for Love" and "Too Hot". It was also released in the same year that the band decided to break up a second time, and another compilation would not be released until five years later.

Track listing

1. "Working for the Weekend" Paul Dean/Mike Reno/Matt Frenetta  Get Lucky (1981) 3:39
2. "For You" Paul Dean/Mike Reno/Kenny Kaos  New song 5:46
3. "The Kid Is Hot Tonite" Paul Dean/Bernie Aubin   Loverboy (1980) 4:21
4. "Lovin' Every Minute Of It" Robert John Lange Lovin' Every Minute of It (1985) 3:31
5. "Lucky Ones" Paul Dean/Mike Reno/Scott Smith/Denise Thurlow   Get Lucky 3:48
6. "Hot Girls in Love" Paul Dean/Bruce Fairbairn   Keep It Up (1983) 3:56
7. "This Could Be the Night" Paul Dean/Mike Reno/Bill Wray/Jonathan Cain  Lovin' Every Minute of It 4:55
8. "Ain't Looking for Love" Paul Dean/Mike Reno   New song 4:34
9. "Turn Me Loose" Paul Dean/Mike Reno  Loverboy 5:35
10. "Notorious" Paul Dean/Mike Reno/Jon Bon Jovi/Richie Sambora/Todd Cerney   Wildside (1987) 4:36
11. "When It's Over" Paul Dean/Mike Reno   Get Lucky 5:02
12. "Too Hot" Paul Dean/Mike Reno  New song 4:19
13. "Take Me to the Top" Paul Dean/Mike Reno/Doug Johnson   Get Lucky 6:09
14. "Heaven in Your Eyes" Paul Dean/Mike Reno/Mae Moore/John R. Dexter   Top Gun soundtrack (1986) 4:00

Total length: 64:11

Tracks 7 and 14 are bonus tracks on the CD and cassette versions.

Track 14, while previously released as a single and on the soundtrack to the film Top Gun, makes its first appearance on a Loverboy album here.

Keyboard player Doug Johnson's photo does not appear on the album's back cover, although all four other members do.

Track information and credits verified from AllMusic, and the album's liner notes.

Recording information:

Bruce Fairbairn - Producer

Paul Dean - Producer

Tom Allom - Producer

Mark Dodson - Engineer

Michael Fraser - Engineer, Assistant Engineer

Ken Lomas - Assistant Engineer

Bob Rock - Producer, Engineer

Randy Staub - Engineer

Keith Stein - Engineer

Chris Taylor - Assistant Engineer

Dave Ogilvie - Assistant Engineer

John Dexter - Producer

Mark Burdett - Art Direction

James O'Mara - Photography

Ron Obvious - Assistant Engineer

Sandee Bathgate - Production Coordination

Rob Porter - Assistant Engineer

Loverboy "Lovin' Every Minute Of It (Canada, Columbia Records Canada, CK-39953)"

Lovin' Every Minute of It is the fourth studio album, released in 1985 by the rock band Loverboy. The album became a hit thanks to the title track which reached #9 at US Billboard Hot 100, while "This Could Be the Night" peaked at #10, "Dangerous" #65 and "Lead a Double Life" #68. The album went double platinum, being the last of the band's to do so.

Due to scheduling conflicts this is the first album the band did not use Bruce Fairbairn as their producer. In October 1984, they did sessions with Mike Shipley producing at Le Studio in Morin Heights, but were dissatisfied with the results so the recordings were scrapped. Tom Allom was eventually hired as a replacement.

Cash Box said of the single "Lead a Double Life" that "Loverboy’s trademark straightforward pop/rock angle is given a slight 'new music,' Devo-ish bent here." Billboard said it borrowed "aggressive mannerisms from the new wave."

Track listing

1. "Lovin' Every Minute of it" Robert John "Mutt" Lange 3:30
2. "Steal the Thunder" Paul Dean, Mike Reno, Davitt Sigerson, Bill Wray 4:09
3. "Friday Night" Patrick Mahassen, Wray, Dean, Sigerson 3:33
4. "This Could Be the Night" Jonathan Cain, Dean, Reno, Wray 4:56
5. "Too Much Too Soon" Dean, Sigerson, Wray 4:07
6. "Lead a Double Life" Doug Johnson, Sigerson, Ted Johnson, Wray, Dean, Reno 4:20
7. "Dangerous" Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance 3:29
8. "Destination Heartbreak" Scott Smith, Wray, Reno, Dean 4:42
9. "Bullet in the Chamber" Dean, Sigerson, Wray, Reno 5:11

Recording information:

Tom Allom – producer

Mark Dodson – engineer

Bernie Grundman – mastering

James O'Mara – photography

Ron Obvious – assistant engineer

Holland MacDonald – art direction

Elizabeth Legge – artwork

Loverboy "Loverboy (Canada, CBS Records Canada, CK-36762)"

Loverboy is the debut studio album by Canadian rock band Loverboy. It was released in August 1980.

AllMusic gave the album a rave retrospective review, making particular note of the hybridization of musical styles on most of the songs, and picking out "The Kid Is Hot Tonite" and "Turn Me Loose" as especially strong tracks.

Track listing

1. "The Kid Is Hot Tonite" Bernie Aubin, Paul Dean 4:24
2. "Turn Me Loose" Dean, Mike Reno 5:35
3. "Always On My Mind" Dean, Reno 3:31
4. "Lady of the 80's" Dean, Doug Johnson, Reno, Vernon Wills 5:05
5. "Little Girl" Dean 3:55
6. "Prissy Prissy" Dean, Matt Frenette 4:21
7. "Teenage Overdose" Dean, Johnson, Reno 4:14
8. "D.O.A." Dean, Johnson, Reno 3:38
9. "It Don't Matter" Dean, Reno 4:56

Total length: 39:39

Recording information:

Bruce Fairbairn – producer

Bob Rock – engineer

Mike Fraser – assistant engineer

Lou Gramm "Long Hard Look (2013 Reissue, Rock Candy Collector's Edition Remastered & Reloaded, UK, Rock Candy Records, CANDY225)

Long Hard Look is the second solo album from original Foreigner lead vocalist Lou Gramm, released in 1989.

Tracklist:

1. "Angel with a Dirty Face" (Gramm, Ina Wolf, Peter Wolf) - 5:14
2. "Just Between You and Me" (Gramm, Holly Knight) - 4:56
3. "Broken Dreams" (Gramm, Ina Wolf, Peter Wolf) - 5:54
4. "True Blue Love" (Gramm, Peter Wolf) - 4:58
5. "I'll Come Running" (Gramm, Bruce Turgon) - 4:06
6. "Hangin' on My Hip" (Gramm, Bruce Turgon) - 3:38
7. "Warmest Rising Sun" (Gramm) - 5:11
8. "Day One" (Gramm, Bruce Turgon, Peter Wolf) - 3:17
9. "I'll Know When It's Over" (Gramm, Bruce Turgon) - 4:35
10. "Tin Soldier" (Ronnie Lane, Steve Marriott) - 3:24

Recording information:

Arranged by Peter Wolf, Lou Gramm and Bruce Turgon.

Produced by Peter Wolf, except "Tin Soldier" (produced by Peter Wolf and Eric "E.T." Thorngren).

Recorded by Gonzalo Espinoza and Paul Ericksen, except bass on "Warmest Rising Sun" recorded bu Jules Bowen and Eric Thorngren.

Additional recording assistance by Carlos Gollisher, Chris Bubacz and Doug Oberkircher.

Mixed by Gonzalo Espinoza and Peter Wolf, except "I'll Know When It's Over" mixed by Paul Ericksen. Mixed at 418 Studios.

Mastered by Stephen Marcussen at Precision Lacquer (Los Angeles, CA).

Production Coordinator – Carlos Gollisher, assisted by Stephen Nider.

Art Direction and Design – Bob Defrin

Photography – Roy Volkmann

Lenny Kravitz "Lady (Single & Video)"

"Lady" is a song by American rock musician Lenny Kravitz, released as the final single from his seventh studio album, Baptism (2004), in August 2004. In an interview with Hello!, Kravitz revealed that it was inspired by his then-girlfriend, Nicole Kidman. The song reached number 27 in the United States and number 99 in the Netherlands.

"Lady" was the most successful song from Baptism on the US Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at number 27. It also charted briefly in the Netherlands, reaching number 99 in July 2005.

The video was directed by Philip Andelman. It consists of Lenny Kravitz playing guitar and singing in a circular stage, while women are dancing around him. There are lights that change depending on the intensity of the sound of the song.

Track listings

European CD single

1. "Lady"
2. "Are You Gonna Go My Way" (live at WXRK, New York City)

European maxi-CD single

1. "Lady"
2. "Are You Gonna Go My Way" (live at WXRK, New York City)
3. "Always on the Run" (live at WXRK, New York City)