Top Gun Anthem

Single infobox
Name = Top Gun Anthem
Artist = Steve Stevens
Album = Top Gun (soundtrack)
Released = 1986
Format = CD
Recorded = 1985
Genre = Instrumental rock
Length = 4:12
Label = Columbia Records
Producer = Harold Faltermeyer

"Top Gun Anthem" is an instrumental rock song played on guitar by Steve Stevens. It was the theme for the 1986 film "Top Gun" and was featured on the soundtrack. Many people have confused "Danger Zone" by Kenny Loggins, also featured on the soundtrack, as the theme song. "Top Gun Anthem" won a 1987 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance. The song's music video, directed by Dominic Sena, shows Harold Faltermeyer playing the piano and Stevens on electric guitar in a hangar with Naval aircraft. This video was re-released within the 2004 "Top Gun" Collector's Edition DVD. Since the advent of peer-to-peer filesharing networks, the song is often misattributed to Joe Satriani or Eddie Van Halen

A similar tune was found in the 1988 Amiga flight simulator F/A-18 Interceptor.

Rapper T.I. sampled the guitar riff for his song Big Things Poppin'.

On July 3, 2008, Activision released a free downloadable version of the "Top Gun Anthem" covered by Steve Ouimette for both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of "".cite web | url=http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/01/guitar-hero-iii-getting-free-top-gun-anthem-dlc | title=Guitar Hero III Getting Free Top Gun Anthem DLC | date=2008-07-01 | accessdate=2008-07-02 | author=Ludwig Kietzmann |publisher=Joystiq]

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