Almost Paradise (Love Theme From Footloose)
~ Recording by Mike Reno and Ann Wilson
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track Artist | Release Title | Release Artist | Release Group Type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.3 | Almost Paradise (Love Theme From Footloose) | 3:51 | Mike Reno and Ann Wilson | Footloose | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | CDCBS 70246 |
| 1.3 | Almost Paradise (Love Theme From Footloose) | 3:51 | Mike Reno and Ann Wilson | Footloose | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CK 39242 |
| 1.3 | Almost Paradise (Love Theme From Footloose) | 3:51 | Mike Reno and Ann Wilson | Footloose | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CD 70246 |
| 1.3 | Almost Paradise… Love Theme From Footloose | 3:50 | Mike Reno and Ann Wilson | Footloose: Original Soundtrack of the Paramount Motion Picture | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | JS 39242 |
| 1.2 | Almost Paradise | 3:52 | Mike Reno and Ann Wilson | Ciné Slows | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| BMG France | 74321172122 |
| 1.9 | Almost Paradise | 3:51 | Mike Reno and Ann Wilson | Loverboy Classics: Their Greatest Hits (club edition) | Loverboy | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | CCK 80198 |
| 1.9 | Almost Paradise | 3:51 | Mike Reno and Ann Wilson | Loverboy Classics: Their Greatest Hits | Loverboy | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | CK 66648 |
| 1.9 | Almost Paradise | 3:51 | Mike Reno and Ann Wilson | Loverboy Classics: Their Greatest Hits | Loverboy | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | CGK 80198 |
| 1.13 | Almost Paradise | 3:49 | Ann Wilson & Mike Reno | Love Classics Vol. 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | COL 480290 2 |
| 1.3 | Almost Paradise | 3:49 | Mike Reno and Ann Wilson | Decades: Hits of the 80's | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Special Editions (budget compilation label by Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc.) | IDK 85091 |
| 1.9 | Almost Paradise | 3:51 | Mike Reno and Ann Wilson | Loverboy Classics: Their Greatest Hits (Remastered) | Loverboy | Album + Compilation |
| Epic Records (J-Pop label, established 1978; use ONLY for releases by Japanese domestic artists after 2001!) | ESCA 7643 |
| 1.3 | Almost Paradise | 3:50 | Mike Reno and Ann Wilson | Footloose (15th Anniversary Collector's Edition) | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | CK 65781 |
| 1.3 | Almost Paradise (love theme from “Footloose”) | 3:48 | Mike Reno feat. Ann Wilson | Footloose: Original Soundtrack of the Paramount Motion Picture (15th anniversary collector’s edition) | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.3 | Almost Paradise (Love Theme from Footloose) | 3:50 | Mike Reno & Ann Wilson | Footloose (15th Anniversary Collectors' Edition) | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | COL 493007 2 |
| 1.4 | Almost Paradise | 3:50 | Mike Reno and Ann Wilson | Monster Ballads | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Razor & Tie, Sony Music Special Products | 7930189024-2, A-31055 |
| 2.9 | Almost Paradise | 3:51 | Mike Reno and Ann Wilson | Monster Ballads | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.3 | Almost Paradise | 3:50 | Mike Reno and Ann Wilson | Footloose: Original Soundtrack of the Paramount Motion Picture (15th Anniversary Collector’s Edition) | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 493007 2 |
| 1.3 | Almost Paradise | 3:50 | Mike Reno and Ann Wilson | Footloose: 15th Anniversary Collector's Edition | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 4930072 |
| 2.9 | Almost Paradise | 3:51 | Mike Reno and Ann Wilson | Monster Ballads | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.6 | Almost Paradise | 3:48 | Mike Reno and Ann Wilson | Love Lights 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| WPCR-11150 | |
| 1.3 | Almost Paradise | 3:50 | Mike Reno and Ann Wilson | Footloose (15th Anniversary Collector's Edition) | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | CS 65781 |
| 1.3 | Almost Paradise | 3:50 | Mike Reno and Ann Wilson | Footloose: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (15th anniversary collector’s edition, BMG club edition) | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions) | CK 65781, D126725 |
| 6.8 | Almost Paradise (love theme from “Footloose”) | 3:51 | Mike Reno & Ann Wilson | The Power of Love | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Special Products | 990599-2, 9905992000 |
| 1.9 | Almost Paradise | 3:51 | Mike Reno and Ann Wilson | Loverboy Classics: Their Greatest Hits (Remastered, Reissue) | Loverboy | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | CK 66648 |
| 1.7 | Almost Paradise (Love Theme From 'Footloose') | 3:51 | Mike Reno and Ann Wilson | We Are the '80s | Loverboy | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.18 | Almost Paradise (Love Theme “Footloose”) | 3:46 | Mike Reno feat. Ann Wilson | Duets Vol.3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past) | |
| 2.7 | Almost Paradise | 3:50 | Mike Reno and Ann Wilson | The Ultimate Rock Ballads Collection: Love Hurts | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TL URB/04 |
| 1.7 | Almost Paradise (Love Theme From 'Footloose') | 3:51 | Mike Reno and Ann Wilson | Playlist: The Very Best of Loverboy | Loverboy | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697 33556 2 |
| 1.16 | Almost Paradise | 3:48 | Mike Reno feat. Ann Wilson | NOW That’s What I Call Power Ballads Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.16 | Almost Paradise | 3:48 | Mike Reno and Ann Wilson | NOW That’s What I Call Power Ballads Hits: The Definitive Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Group (has logo with just “Universal Music Group”), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88875190412 |
| 1.3 | Almost Paradise | 3:50 | Mike Reno feat. Ann Wilson | Footloose: Original Soundtrack of the Paramount Motion Picture (mastered for iTunes) | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | |
| 1.27 | Almost Paradise (love theme from “Footloose”) | 3:50 | Mike Reno feat. Ann Wilson | 80’s Passion | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.38 | Almost Paradise | 3:48 | Mike Reno feat. Ann Wilson | Românticas Anos 80 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.3 | Almost Paradise (Love Theme From Footloose) | 3:51 | Mike Reno and Ann Wilson | Footloose: Original Soundtrack of the Paramount Motion Picture (Columbia House club edition 533331T) | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CCK 39242 |
| 1.3 | Almost Paradise (Love Theme From Footloose) | 3:51 | Mike Reno and Ann Wilson | Footloose: Original Soundtrack of the Paramount Motion Picture | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | CBS 463000 2 |
| 1.3 | Almost Paradise (Love Theme From Footloose) | 3:51 | Mike Reno and Ann Wilson | Footloose: Original Soundtrack of the Paramount Motion PIcture | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| CBS/Sony (imprint used in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia 1968–1991; also used in Spain until 1997) | 35DP 129 |
| 1.11 | Almost Paradise | 3:51 | Mike Reno and Ann Wilson | High School Crush | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | |||
| 2.15 | Almost Paradise | 3:49 | Mike Reno and Ann Wilson | The Official American Bandstand Library of Rock & Roll: 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | |||
Relationships
| producer: | Keith Olsen (US producer and engineer) |
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| mixer: | Brian Foraker Keith Olsen (US producer and engineer) Dennis Sager (engineer) |
| acoustic guitar and bass guitar: | Keith Olsen (US producer and engineer) |
| drums (drum set): | Jim Keltner |
| electric guitar: | Chas Sandford |
| keyboard and synthesizer: | Bill Cuomo |
| saxophone: | Jerry Peterson |
| lead vocals: | Mike Reno Ann Wilson (lead singer of Heart) |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1984) Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1984) |
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| recording of: | Almost Paradise |
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Related works
Almost Paradise
| lyricist: | Dean Pitchford |
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| composer: | Eric Carmen |