John Parr

Songwriter: Harold Faltermeyer John Parr

Producer: Harold Faltermeyer

This is no game, standing in the dark, I swear I heard you calling my name
And I knew things had changed

No pain no gain
Something in your eyes just told me that this nightmare would end
And I had found a friend

Shout it from the highest steeple, let it out to all the people
Play it on the loudest speaker, burnin like the highest fever
You hit the right spot

No more lonely nights, with a restless heart
Roll the dice, make a brand new start
When the world you knew got shattered, you and me were all that mattered
Just one way Im gonna lose this restless heart, running away with you

Human again, I take you in my arms and hold you till the fear is all gone
And now the race is won

Shout it from the highest steeple, let it out to all the people
Scream it on the loudest speaker, burnin like the highest fever
You hit the right spot

No more lonely nights, with a restless heart
Roll the dice, make a brand new start
When the world you knew got shattered, you and me were all that mattered
Just one way Im gonna lose this restless heart, running away with you

Theres a new horizon that were both heading to
Its out there in the distance, and its playin our tune, runnin away

John Parr (born 18 November 1952) is a Grammy-nominated English musician, best known for his 1985 US #1 single “St. Elmo’s Fire (Man in Motion)” and for his 1984 single “Naughty Naughty” (US Rock #1). Parr was nominated for a Grammy award for “St Elmo’s Fire” in 1985.

Parr first entered the music scene when he was 12 years old and formed a band with two fellow schoolmates, which they named The Silence. The band had achieved some success. They eventually became professional and started to tour Europe. He then joined a band named Bitter Suite who were a huge success in the working men’s clubs in Yorkshire, he then formed a “Super Band” with musicians from other working men’s club bands, and named the band Ponders End , a band that set a new precedent for the bands in the north.

Parr secured a publishing deal with Carlin America in 1983 and in the same year Meat Loaf asked him to write some songs for his new album. It led to a fateful meeting with John Wolff, who was tour manager for The Who. Foreseeing the initial demise of The Who, Wolff was looking for a new venture and considered Parr to be a suitable partner. Parr first visited America in 1984 and worked with Meat Loaf on Bad Attitude. Meanwhile, Wolff secured Parr’s solo Atlantic recording deal in New York.

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Man with a Vision

From the albums

Man with a Vision (1992)
Letter to America (2011)

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