In August of 1985, John Parr's "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)" from the coming-of-age Brat Pack drama St. Elmo's Fire went to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, where it stayed for two weeks. It was the breakout hit from the movie's soundtrack, though it could be said that the track has sort of a different vibe than the film, which starred Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy and Andie MacDowell, among others.
Of course, St. Elmo's Fire wasn't about athletes, it was about a group of friends struggling to find their way in the world, but Parr found parallels in the film's themes and the story of disabled athlete Rick Hanson, who went around the world in a racing wheelchair.
“He wanted a song about kids who are growing up and have to make decisions about what to do with their lives. That’s what the movie is about," he said.
And even though Schumacher didn't want "St. Elmo's Fire" in the lyrics, Parr put the words in anyway.
Reviews for the 'St. Elmo's Fire' movie were mixed
Though St. Elmo's Fire was a success at the box office (and on the charts), critics were less than impressed with the actual movie, for the most part.
''St. Elmo's Fire is most appealing when it simply gives the actors a chance to flirt with the camera, and with one another," Maslin continued. "When it attempts to take seriously the problems of characters who are spoiled, affluent and unbearably smug, it becomes considerably less attractive."
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