作者 loverboymix (交看TAIPEI TIMES的為友) 看板 Mariah
標題 HERO列名英國百大銷售歌曲NO.4！
時間 Tue Jun 1 19:58:10 2004
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/soldonsong/songlibrary/hero.shtml
4 | Top 100 'Hero'
Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey is nothing short of an entertainment phenomenon - her fifteen #1
hits in America making her one of the few serious rivals to Elvis Presley.
‘Hero’ gave this prolific New Yorker her eighth chart-topper, when she was
just 23 years-old. Originally the song was intended as the closing theme for
a film starring Dustin Hoffman and Geena Davis, but when Sony Music boss Tommy
Mottola - whom Mariah later married - heard the song, he told her: “Are you
kidding? You can’t give this song to a movie!”The studio had to settle for
a song by Luther Vandross for their film, while Mariah’s ‘Hero’ went on to
become one of her fans’ concert favourites. Initially, Mariah was not happy
about tackling such an old-fashioned ballad, feeling that it was at odds with
her image. But Mottola persisted, and ‘Hero’ remained at the top for a month
at the end of 1993. Mariah was delighted with her Christmas No.1 and donated
all her royalties from the song to the families of the victims of a Long Island
railway shooting.
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