<Table> <Tr> <Td> "I'll Be There" (1985) </Td> <Td> "Danger Zone" (1986) </Td> <Td> "Playing with the Boys" (1986) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "I'll Be There" (1985) </Td> <Td> "Danger Zone" (1986) </Td> <Td> "Playing with the Boys" (1986) </Td> </Tr> <P> "Danger Zone" is a song, with music composed by Giorgio Moroder and lyrics written by Tom Whitlock, which American singer - songwriter Kenny Loggins recorded and released in 1986 . The song was one of the hit singles from the soundtrack to the 1986 American motion picture Top Gun, the best selling soundtrack of 1986 and one of the best selling of all time . According to Allmusic.com, the album "remains a quintessential artifact of the mid -' 80s" and the album's hits "still define the bombastic, melodramatic sound that dominated the pop charts of the era ." </P> <P> Film producers Jerry Bruckheimer and Don Simpson, along with music supervisor Michael Dilbeck, had over 300 songs to employ on Top Gun . Testing compositions against the dailies of the opening scenes at the aircraft carrier, nothing satisfied them, and Bruckheimer asked soundtrack producer Giorgio Moroder to write something . With the help of songwriter Tom Whitlock, he composed "Danger Zone" and had Joe Pizzulo record a demo . With the approval of the producers, soundtrack distributor Columbia Records requested Moroder to have "Danger Zone" performed by an artist signed by the label . </P>

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