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"Meet Me Half Way"

Single by Kenny Loggins

from the album Over The Top: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack; Back to Avalon

B-side

"Semifinal (Giorgio Moroder)"

Released

March 7, 1987^{[citation needed]}

Recorded

1986

Genre

Length

3:39 (album version)
3:31 (single version)

Label

Columbia

Songwriter(s)

Giorgio Moroder
Tom Whitlock

Producer(s)

Giorgio Moroder

Kenny Loggins singles chronology

"Playing with the Boys"
(1986)

"Meet Me Half Way"
(1987)

"Nobody's Fool"
(1988)

Music video

"Meet Me Half Way" on YouTube

"Meet Me Half Way" is a song by American singer Kenny Loggins written by Giorgio Moroder and Tom Whitlock for the film Over the Top. It also appears as the final track on his sixth studio album Back to Avalon.^[1] It was his sixth soundtrack single and also his 13th Top 40 single, peaking at number 11, while it was more successful on the Adult Contemporary chart, peaking at number two.

Release

The single debuted at number 95 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent twenty-five weeks on the chart, peaking at number 11 in the week of June 13, 1987.^[2] It was ranked 96th on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1987. It also peaked at number 28 on the Canadian RPM 100 chart.^[3]

Music video

The music video shows Loggins walking to a bar where he starts singing, then walks on a highway carrying his guitar. He then stops to sit at a nearby stand and walks into the desert. Clips from the movie play throughout the music video.

Track listing

"Meet Me Half Way" – 3:31
"Semifinal" (Giorgio Moroder) – 3:45

Personnel

Kenny Loggins – vocals
Giorgio Moroder – synthesizers, producer
Richie Zito – guitar
Dann Huff – guitar
Brian Banks – synthesizers
Anthony Marinelli – synthesizers
Terry Wilson – synthesizers
Brian Reeves – engineer and mixing
Brian Gardner – mastering

Charts

Chart (1987)	Peak position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[3]	28
US Billboard Hot 100^[2]	11
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)^[4]	2

References

^ "www.allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Kenny Loggins Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
^ ^a ^b "Top RPM Singles: Issue 0832." RPM. Library and Archives Canada.
^ "Kenny Loggins Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.

v t e Kenny Loggins
Studio albums	Celebrate Me Home Nightwatch Keep the Fire High Adventure Vox Humana Back to Avalon Leap of Faith Return to Pooh Corner The Unimaginable Life December More Songs from Pooh Corner It's About Time How About Now All Join In
Compilation and live albums	Kenny Loggins Alive Outside: From the Redwoods Love Songs of Kenny Loggins Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow The Essential Kenny Loggins
Soundtrack appearances	Caddyshack Footloose Top Gun Over the Top Caddyshack II The Jungle Book One Fine Day The Tigger Movie Tigger & Pooh and a Musical Too Top Gun: Maverick
Singles	"I Believe in Love" "Celebrate Me Home" "Whenever I Call You "Friend"" "What a Fool Believes" "This Is It" "Keep the Fire" "I'm Alright" "Don't Fight It" "Heart to Heart" "Welcome to Heartlight" "Footloose" "I'm Free (Heaven Helps the Man)" "Vox Humana" "Forever" "Danger Zone" "Playing with the Boys" "Meet Me Half Way" "Nobody's Fool" "Conviction of the Heart" "For the First Time"
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