"They said they'd just written this film whose lead character was a guy called Marty McFly, and whose favourite band would be Huey Lewis and the News. They asked: How about writing a song for the film? I said: I'm flattered but I don't know how to write for film necessarily. And frankly, I don't fancy writing a song called Back to the Future."
"Chris Hayes, our guitarist and songwriter, had already written a chord progression, which he'd recorded on to a tape, and he gave it to me. I was going through a jogging phase and was out running one day when the song's lyric just came to me. We sent them the demo but when Zemeckis heard it, he said it wasn't upbeat enough. So I went back to the guys and we worked on it."
Steven Spielberg, Bob Zemeckis, Bob Gale and Neil Canton requested a song from Huey Lewis and the News for Back to the Future. The band declined to write a title song and offered an existing composition instead. Guitarist Chris Hayes supplied a chord progression and the lead vocalist wrote lyrics while jogging. The demo was revised after Zemeckis asked for a more upbeat feel. Saxophonist Johnny Colla altered the arrangement by reducing the repeated bridge and adding a large three-chord major-key intro. The resulting single, 'The Power of Love,' became a radio hit and accelerated the film's release.
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