The demo showcased how the harmonies were to be used, employing a "cold open", or a slow build-up of the song to its finale.Ī song by Lionel Richie was initially planned to be used as the finale of Dirty Dancing, but choreographer Kenny Ortega and his assistant Miranda Garrison (who also played Vivian in the film) selected "The Time of My Life" instead. After getting further approval, Previte, along with DeNicola and Markowitz, created a demo of the song, performing on it himself, along with singer Rachele Cappelli. He suggested that Ienner's pleading inspired the lyric. The title was conceived at random while he was traveling down the Garden State Parkway.
He compared writing the song to the writing process of " MacArthur Park". Previte wrote the lyrics, and the music was written by John DeNicola and Don Markowitz. Previte initially turned the request down because he was still trying to get a record deal, and he thought the film was a pornographic film based on the title, but Ienner was persistent, declaring that it would "change his life", and got Previte to write several songs for the film, including " Hungry Eyes", later recorded by singer Eric Carmen, which also became a top 10 hit.
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In late 1986 or early 1987, producer and head of Millennium Records, Jimmy Ienner, asked Previte about writing some music for "a little movie called Dirty Dancing".
He had success with the song " Sweetheart" in 1981, but by 1986 was without a recording contract. Singer-songwriter Previte was the lead singer of the band Franke and the Knockouts.
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