There is no two ways about it. This song is extremely catchy, it has a choir of backup singers, and it really gets you pumped up. Shrek 2 used this song to good effect, but it really stands well on its own as well. Listening to it always fills me with an odd geeky joy.
As if the song weren't epic enough, the music video (which you can see below) is flat out epic. What's a music video? Oh, for crying out loud. Okay, gather round children, Uncle David's going to give you a quick history lesson.
You see, back in the 80's a television station launched that played nothing but music videos. This historic art form was a way for musicians use the visual medium of television to promote their music. This station was called Music Television, or MTV for short. As time progressed, MTV started airing more and more non-music related material. It got to the point where the only time you saw music on MTV was 4 in the morning. Even TRL, a show that was based around the top 10 most voted for songs, became more about the talk show hosts taking up air time. Even when extended to an hour and a half, music videos were cut short to make way for more talking.
As a way of appeasing fans, they decided to launch MTV2, this time it would be all about the music. This seemed like an ideal setup. One station would have all music and the other would have the other shows. That didn't last long as the shows that took over MTV soon spread to MTV2 so now neither one really shows music videos anymore.
Back to Bonnie Tyler, there are times in the song where it sounds like she needs to clear her throat, but it actually seems to work here. Given the power she puts behind her lyrics, it's not surprising that her throat gets a bit raspy once in a while.
The music video is rather awesome. It has cowboys, explosions, a backup choir, neon lights, the whole nine. There's a quick nod to Superman, and I always enjoy Superman references, being a fan.
It's a bit retro. You can tell that this is a product of the 80's but it's awesomeness has withstood the test of time.
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