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"The Heat Is On" is a song written by Harold Faltermeyer and Keith Forsey, and recorded by Glenn Frey for the American film ''Beverly Hills Cop'' (1984). The song was published as a single and as the fourth track of the album ''Beverly Hills Cop: Music From the Motion Picture Soundtrack'' (1984). ==History== It was a major hit single in its own right, reaching number two on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in March 1985, behind "Can't Fight This Feeling" by REO Speedwagon.〔Whitburn, Joel (2004). ''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits'', 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 244.〕 It was also quite popular internationally, reaching number two on the Australian Singles Chart in 1985 and gaining peaks of number 8 on the Canadian Singles Chart and number 12 on the UK Singles Chart.〔(UK Singles Chart info ) Chartstats.com. Retrieved 3 April 2009.〕 In the U.S., it is the highest charting solo single by any member of The Eagles. The mid-to-up-tempo recording featured a steady drumbeat, synthesizer, and guitar, with a repeated saxophone riff framing the lyrical message. The guitar solo is played by Frey himself.〔site (). Musicradar.com. Retrieved 29 Maggio 2012.〕 The music video for the song received heavy MTV airplay. It showed a film editor assembling scenes for ''Beverly Hills Cop'' while Frey and a band played the song in the adjacent room, with action scenes from the movie then directly interspersed. Among the musicians shown in the video is saxophone player Beverly Dahlke-Smith (the actual recording being made by session horn player David Woodford〔(''Saxophone Journal'' vol 33 no. 6 July/August 2009 )〕), and Frey's long-time drummer Michael Huey. The recording subsequently appeared on Frey's albums ''Glenn Frey Live'' (1993) and ''Solo Collection'' (1995) as well as on some various-artists 'top hits' collections. The song was ranked 784th out of 2006 songs by voting featured in the Triple M Essential 2006 Countdown. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Heat Is On (Glenn Frey song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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