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"The Heat Is On"
Single by Glenn Frey
from the album Beverly Hills Cop: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
B-side	"Shoot Out" by Harold Faltermeyer
Released	December 1984 (U.S.)
Genre	Hard rock pop rock Table of Contents Show History[edit] Track listing[edit] Personnel[edit] Charts[edit] References[edit] External links[edit] What movie is the song The Heat Is On? Who played saxophone in The Heat Is On with Glenn Frey? When was Glenn Frey The Heat Is On released? Did Kenny Loggins sing The Heat Is On?
Length	3:45 (7-inch and album) 5:51 (12-inch)
Label	MCA
Songwriter(s)	Harold Faltermeyer Keith Forsey
Producer(s)	Harold Faltermeyer Keith Forsey
Glenn Frey singles chronology
"Sexy Girl" (1984) "The Heat Is On" (1984) "Smuggler's Blues" (1984)

"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 sixth track of the album Beverly Hills Cop: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1984).

History[edit]

According to Frey, he was invited to an early screening of the film, and about two months later was sent a demo of a song written by Keith Forsey and Harold Faltermeyer to be used in the film to see if he was interested in singing the song. Frey agreed, and recorded the vocal part in one day. The following day he played the guitar and recorded the background vocals, and was paid $15,000 for the work.[1]

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.[2]

Cash Box called it "a hard rocking outing featuring the distinctive vocals of ex-Eagle Frey" and added that it contains "a signature horn riff and some effective dynamics."[3]

The song became a major hit single, reaching No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in March 1985, behind "Can't Fight This Feeling" by REO Speedwagon.[4] It was also popular internationally, reaching No. 2 on the Australian Singles Chart in 1985 and gaining peaks of No. 8 on the Canadian Singles Chart and No. 12 on the UK Singles Chart.[5] In the United States, it is the highest charting solo single by any member of the Eagles.

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[6]) 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 St. Louis Cardinals did a remix of this song when they went to the World Series in 1985 to face the Kansas City Royals.[7]

Track listing[edit]

7" single

12" single

Personnel[edit]

• Glenn Frey – lead and backing vocals, guitar solo
• Harold Faltermeyer – keyboards, bass
• Richie Zito – guitars
• Keith Forsey – drums, backing vocals
• David Woodford – saxophone

Charts[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^ Tavis Smiley - View transcript. "Glenn Frey Tribute – Part 1". PBS. Archived from the original on 2017-07-23.
2. ^ site [1]. Musicradar.com. Retrieved 29 Maggio 2012.
3. ^ "Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. December 8, 1984. p. 11. Retrieved 2022-07-26.
4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 244.
5. ^ Official Charts Company info OfficialCharts.com. Retrieved 3 April 2009.
6. ^ "saxophonejournal".
7. ^ "Glenn Frey - The Heat is On - Cardinals Remix". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15.
8. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
9. ^ "Glenn Frey – The Heat Is On" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
10. ^ "Glenn Frey – The Heat Is On" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
11. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 0497." RPM. Library and Archives Canada.
12. ^ "Glenn Frey – The Heat Is On" (in French). Les classement single.
13. ^ "Glenn Frey – The Heat Is On" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
14. ^ "Glenn Frey – The Heat Is On". Top 40 Singles.
15. ^ "Glenn Frey – The Heat Is On". VG-lista.
16. ^ "Glenn Frey – The Heat Is On". Singles Top 100.
17. ^ "Glenn Frey – The Heat Is On". Swiss Singles Chart.
18. ^ "Glenn Frey: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
19. ^ "Glenn Frey Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
20. ^ "Glenn Frey Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard.
21. ^ "Glenn Frey Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
22. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Glenn Frey – The Heat Is On". GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
23. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
24. ^ "RPM's Top 100 Singles of 1985". RPM. Vol. 43, no. 16. 28 December 1985. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
25. ^ "1985 The Year in Music & Video: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. Vol. 97, no. 52. December 28, 1985. p. T-21.

External links[edit]

• "The Heat Is On" at Discogs

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