In 1986, the band recorded ” Heaven in Your Eyes “, a song featured in the movie Top Gun , which peaked at No. 12 on the Billboard charts. Keyboardist Doug Johnson refused to appear in the video as he felt that the film glorified war , which he opposed.
Lovin’ Every Minute of It , the band’s fourth album and first not produced by Fairbairn (it was produced by Tom Allom, best known for producing Judas Priest ), was released in August 1985, with the title single written by Mutt Lange and “This Could Be the Night” co-written by…
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Also in 1984, Loverboy recorded a song called “Destruction” which appeared on the 1984 soundtrack of a re-edited version of the film Metropolis (1927).
In 1984, Loverboy recorded the United States Team theme for the 1984 Summer Olympics , “Nothing’s Gonna Stop You Now”. The song originally appeared on The Official Music of the 1984 Games but not on any of its albums or compilations to date. The band would often play it on…
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Loverboy released its third album, Keep It Up , in June 1983. Its first single ” Hot Girls in Love ” became their most successful to that date, reaching No. 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100 . The video for the song as well as for the follow-up single…
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The single, artwork and accompanying music video – with a montage of a Loverboy program from the band’s 1983 Keep It Up tour – prominently features the late bassist Scott Smith. “It was one of the first tunes we ever recorded,” he said. “He’s playing his ass off on it.…
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The band’s follow-up album, Get Lucky , released in October 1981 when it was opening for Journey , included the hit tracks ” Working for the Weekend “, ” When It’s Over “, and “Lucky Ones”. It became the group’s best selling album in the U.S., reaching No. 7 on…
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Over that summer, the record became a huge hit with eventually over one million records sold in Canada alone. The album made its American debut in November 1980, and went on to sell over two million copies in the US. The band went on a touring spree that year putting…
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Originally rejected by all the major record labels in the United States, the band signed with Columbia Records of Canada, and on March 20, 1980, Loverboy went into the studio with producer Bruce Fairbairn and engineer Bob Rock to record what would be its self-titled debut album .
Dean’s manager, Lou Blair, then brought in the biggest rock manager in Canada at that time, Bruce Allen , who took on the band and arranged for them to make their live debut opening for Kiss at Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, British Columbia , on November 19, 1979.