[31], According to Rotten Tomatoes, 61% of critics have given the film positive feedback (based on 18 reviews). They manage to climb into an empty box car, where they finally unite in person and share a kiss. This is the original version of the song In Your Eyes by Peter Gabriel off the 1986 album So.
Music by various artists. Twenty years later, Rebecca (Zoe Kazan) is married to a successful doctor, Phillip Porter (Mark Feuerstein), while Dylan (Michael Stahl-David) has just recently gotten out of prison. This song was scrapped early on, although some elements, including the vocal melody and chord changes, were transferred over to "In Your Eyes". "In Your Eyes" is a song by English rock musician Peter Gabriel from his fifth solo album So (1986). I guess it's a pretty clear sign of a song's impact when it has the power to show up 20 years later in advertising. 1 on the U.S. Connected 3. The combination of the very special manifestation of '80s cinema with contemporary music was often an exhilarating one, as some of the most memorable tunes and films of that decade have become almost inseparable. Peter Gabriel - "In Your Eyes" Album Cover Image Courtesy of Sony This song has the distinction of being a major hit in its own right prior to its association with an '80s film, but there's no doubt it reached an entirely new plane with its inclusion in … The song became a huge hit, but it's likely that it would have never reached the heights it did without its ties to the film, both through repeated appearances on the soundtrack and, of course, during Judd Nelson's fist-pumping walk across the football field as the credits roll. One of her friends, thinking that Becky is either having an affair or is cracking up, brings her suspicions to him, and he and a medical colleague have her forcibly institutionalized. Use the HTML below. 97 in November 1986.[4]. '80s music, in general, had a propensity for soaring choruses and anthemic bombast, but when combined with great visuals and an inspiring narrative, a song like this one from the soundtrack to the film of the same name proved that there was basically no limit for uplift in movie themes. It was included on the US version of his 2003 compilation Hit, but not the European or Japanese versions. We're sort of trapped together in a minuscule moment of contemporary culture. As the sound of the score was coming together, Joss and the other producers were all part of the approval process". View production, box office, & company info, my playlist of Music Videos - Pop - 1980s.