- Eternal Flame (song)
Single infobox
Name = Eternal Flame
Artist =The Bangles
from Album = Everything
Released =February 11 ,1989
Format =Vinyl record (7"), CD (3"),Cassingle
Recorded = Ocean Way, Studio 551989
Genre = Pop
Length = 3:56
Label =Columbia Records
Writer =Susanna Hoffs Tom KellyBilly Steinberg
Producer =David Kahne
Last single = "In Your Room"
(1988)
This single = "Eternal Flame"
(1989)
Next single = "Be With You"
(1989)"Eternal Flame" is a song by
The Bangles , which became a hit single in 1989, peaking at number one in the charts in six countries, includingAustralia , theUnited Kingdom , and theUnited States . It was written by popular songwriters Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly and the Bangles' Susanna Hoffs.History
It was a
ballad , unlike the rest of the garage-band pop songs on their album "Everything". Co-writerBilly Steinberg describes it as "The Beatles meetThe Byrds ".The song was inspired by two
eternal flame s: one forElvis Presley that Michael Steele saw when the band was atGraceland , and one at a localsynagogue in Palm Springs which Steinberg attended as a child. [Stichting Nederlandse Top 40, 500 Nr. 1 hits uit de Top 40, page 261, 9023009444]It spent one week at number one on the
Billboard Hot 100 , preceded by "The Living Years" byMike + The Mechanics and followed by "The Look " byRoxette ; spent four weeks at number one on theUK singles chart , preceded by "Like a Prayer" by Madonna and followed by "Hand on Your Heart " byKylie Minogue ; and spent seven weeks at the #1 position in theDutch Top 40 . It also topped the U.S. adult contemporary chart for two weeks.The song was Australia's biggest selling single of '89 and was sent-up on Australian TV show "Fast Forward".
Track lists
Charts
Atomic Kitten made another massive success, it entered #1 in UK with over 140,000 in the first week and 70,000 in the second week. The single entered top 5 in over ten countries.
Other covers
Infobox Single
Name = Eternal Flame
Artist =Rollergirl
from Album =Now I'm Singin'... And the Party Keeps Rollin'
Genre = Pop
Released = 2000
Recorded = 2000
Writer =Susanna Hoffs Tom KellyBilly Steinberg
Producer =
Last single = "Luv U More " (1999)
This single = "Eternal Flame" (2000)
Next single = "Superstar" (2000)*The song has been covered in
Japanese language in 1997 byTomoya Nagase , the vocalist of theJapan ese idol rock group Tokio, featuring 3T. This song was used as the theme song of theNippon TV drama "DXD", which Nagase played the main role. He also wrote the Japanese lyrics of this song. This Japanese cover version was released as a single in Japan under the name of "Tomoya with 3T".
*The song has been covered in 1999 by theAustralia n group Human Nature on the "Counting Down " album.
*The song has been covered in 2000 byRollergirl on the "Now I'm Singin'... And The Party Keeps On Rollin"' and released as a single which peaked at #87 in the Swiss Charts [ [http://www.swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Rollergirl&titel=Eternal+Flame&cat=s SwissCharts.com] "Eternal Flame" (Rollergirl) page. Accessed: November 2, 2006]
*A cover version has been made in 2005 by the Filipino acoustic duo M.Y.M.P. on the "Versions" album.
* The song has been covered in 2005 by the Portuguese Power Metal band Oratory on the "Interludium" EP
* The song has been covered in 2006 byLena Hanenberg on the " [http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Deutschland+sucht+den+Superstar&titel=Love+Songs&cat=a Love Songs] " album
* The song has been covered in 2004 byBeni Arashiro on her "Infinite..." single
* The song has been covered in 2005 byJeremy Udden on his "Torchsongs" album
* The song has been covered in 2006 byLISA on her "LISABEST ~mission on earth 9307~" album
* The song has been covered in 2001 by the Argentine bandSmitten on them "Let me be" albumolo and Live Performances
*An
a cappella version of this song was performed by The Night Owls as a part of "Comedy Central Presents :Zach Galifianakis ", which was shown on September 17, 2001
*Areggae version of "Eternal Flame" was performed byWayne Wonder
*Ajazz version of this song was performed byLaura Fygi
*A Japanese rendition of "Eternal Flame" was performed bySeiko Matsuda
*The song was performed in 2006 by one of the "Canadian Idol ",Ashley Coulter
*It was performed in the Star Academy by Cynthia, Elfy, and Dominique
* ComedianJeremy Hardy , famous for his atrocious singing, 'sang' the song at the end of an episode of the BBC Radio4 series You'll have had your Tea.
*ActressMaggie Gyllenhaal 's character sang an abbreviated "a cappella" version in the independent film "Sherrybaby "
* Singer-actressKristin Chenoweth sang a humorous version of the song for the staged reading of the musical version of the film "Earth Girls are Easy ". It is reported that she might sing it again for an episode of "Pushing Daisies ".References
Additional sources used:
* The Billboard Book of Number One Hits (5th edition)External links
* [http://www.thebangles.com The Bangles official website]
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