1984 – a song popular in this month – Ghostbusters by Ray Parker
This was the theme song for the movie starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson and Sigourney Weaver.
Interesting facts about Ghostbusters & Ray Parker
The film’s director Ivan Reitman insisted that the title of the film be in the song, which made Ray Parker Jr. leery of the assignment. Once he started working on it, Parker wrote it in just a few days.
The video featured short appearances by a bunch of random celebrities, including George Wendt, Carly Simon, and John Candy.
This was nominated for an Oscar for Best Song From A Movie. It lost to “I Just Called To Say I Love You” by Stevie Wonder.
In the 2016 documentary Hired Gun, Ray Parker, Jr. said: “To this day, people ask me, ‘Are you tired of hearing people say, who you gonna call?’ Well, no! It’s like, am I tired of holding the best lotto ticket or the best thing to ever happen? No.”
Huey Lewis sued Parker for plagiarizing the medley to his song “I Want A New Drug” on this track.
This information was provided by Songfacts.com
Love this Terry! I remember that movie well and the song!
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Thanks Lynn, I thought appropriate for this time of the year. Happy Sunday. 🙂
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Hey Terry! hope your well today!
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It is a great day Lynn! 🙂
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so glad dear xx
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Did Huey win? I remember this song…and my children singing it over and over and over! 🙂
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He did! I like this original song, but do not like the remake that came out several months ago. Thanks Laurel, Happy Sunday! 🙂
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I haven’t heard the re-make. I have a hard time getting a radio signal to come in clearly enough to listen to music. I just mainly play my CDs. I probably wouldn’t like it either. I don’t know of many remakes that surpass the originals. 🙂
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Very very appropriate Terry 🙂 I like it. It’s been awhile since I have heard that. Hope you are well and having a great day. 🙂
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I decided I needed some songs the next couple of weeks to relate to the season! Thanks Lynne, the day is great – hope yours is as well. 🙂
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I loved the movie and the song. Thanks for the great memories. The new Ghostbusters movie is terrific. I highly recommend it.
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Thanks Jennie, I do want to see the new movie – hopefully soon I will. Hope your weekend was wonderful – I appreciate you stopping by. 🙂
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loved the movie….it was just fun to watch……lol kat
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This was a fun movie and song – a blast from the past! Happy Monday kat! 🙂
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Aww – so many memories! I just loved “Ghostbusters” when I was a kid – and I still do 😉 The song is just awesome!
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