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1984 single by Mike Reno and Ann Wilson
Because both of their respective bands were successful during the 1980s, Reno and Wilson were approached to record a duet for the film Footloose and its accompanying soundtrack.
Background
"Almost Paradise" was one of three top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart found on the Footloosesoundtrack album; it peaked at No. 7 and spent 13 weeks in the top 40. An alternate version of the song with a slightly different musical arrangement, which has never been released, is used in the film.
Other hits from this soundtrack include the film's title track by Kenny Loggins and "Let's Hear It for the Boy" by Deniece Williams, both of which went to No. 1 on the pop chart. "Almost Paradise" was also a hit on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart in the United States, where it spent one week at No. 1. Both singers Mike Reno and Ann Wilson resumed their respective roles within their bands Loverboy and Heart following this one-off recording.
In 2017, Royce da 5'9, Kxng Crooked, Truth Ali, Iliana Eve, Jonathan Hay, Mike Smith and King Graint all collaborated on "Almost Paradise", a hip-hop interpolation of the original. The song is from The Sins of a Father Playlist compilation and it reached #28 on the Canadian Spotify Charts.
Around 2018, Mike Reno began performing the song with his band Loverboy with Reno's wife, Cathy St. Germain, taking Ann's place on vocals.
In popular culture
The use of "Almost Paradise" on the daytime soap opera All My Children was a significant factor in the song's success.
