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"The Heat Is On" is a song written by Harold Faltermeyer and Keith Forsey, and recorded by Glenn Frey for the American film Beverly Hills Cop (1984). The song was published as a single and as the sixth track of the album Beverly Hills Cop: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack (1984).
According to Frey, he was invited to an early screening of the film, and about two months later was sent a demo of a song written by Keith Forsey and Harold Faltermeyer to be used in the film to see if he was interested in singing the song. Frey agreed, and recorded the vocal part in one day. The following day he played the guitar and recorded the background vocals, and was paid $15,000 for the work.
The mid-to-up-tempo recording featured a steady drumbeat, synthesizer, and guitar, with a repeated saxophone riff framing the lyrical message. The guitar solo is played by Frey himself.
The song became a major hit single, reaching No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in March 1985, behind "Can't Fight This Feeling" by REO Speedwagon. It was also popular internationally, reaching No. 2 on the Australian Singles Chart in 1985 and gaining peaks of No. 8 on the Canadian Singles Chart and No. 12 on the UK Singles Chart. In the United States, it is the highest charting solo single by any member of the Eagles.
The music video for the song received heavy MTV airplay. It showed a film editor assembling scenes for Beverly Hills Cop while Frey and a band played the song in the adjacent room, with action scenes from the movie then directly interspersed. Among the musicians shown in the video is saxophone player Beverly Dahlke-Smith (the actual recording being made by session horn player David Woodford) and Frey's long-time drummer, Michael Huey.

"Midnight Lady" is a song by English soft rock musician Chris Norman, released as a single in 1986. The song, produced and written by Dieter Bohlen, one half of Modern Talking, reached number one on the German singles chart in May 1986. Norman is popular in Germany where he scored his most hit records during the 1980s. "Midnight Lady" was also successful in Switzerland and Austria, where it also reached the number one spot. The song also went Top 20 in the Netherlands and Belgium, reaching No. 9 and No. 16, respectively.

"Always on My Mind" is a love song by Johnny Christopher, Mark James, and Wayne Carson first recorded by B.J. Thomas in 1970, and first released by Gwen McCrae (as "You Were Always on My Mind") in 1972. Brenda Lee also released a version in 1972. The song has been a crossover hit, charting in both the country and western and pop categories.
AllMusic lists over 300 recorded releases of the song in versions by dozens of performers. While Brenda Lee's version had stalled at number 45 on the country charts in 1972, other performers reached the top 20 in the United States and elsewhere with their own versions: Elvis Presley in 1972; John Wesley Ryles in 1979; Willie Nelson's Grammy Award-winning version in 1982; and Pet Shop Boys in 1987.

[Verse 1]
D A
Maybe I didn't love you
Bm D G A
Quite as often as I could have
D A
And maybe I didn't treat you
Bm D Em7
Quite as good as I should have

[Verse 2]
G D
If I made you feel second best
G D Em
Girl, I'm sorry I was blind
A Bm A7 D Em F#m
But you were always on my mind
G A7 D G A
You were always on my mind

[Verse 3]
D A
Maybe I didn't hold you
Bm D G A
All those lonely, lonely times
D A
And I guess I never told you
Bm D Em7
I'm so happy that you're mine

[Verse 4]
G D
Little things I should have said and done
G D Em
I just never took the time
A Bm A7 D Em F#m
You were always on my mind
G A7 D G A
You were always on my mind

[Bridge]
D A Bm D

[Outro]
N.C.
Tell me
G D Em G A7
Tell me that your sweet love hasn't died
D A Bm
Give me
D G D Em
Give me one more chance to keep you satisfied
A D
I'll keep you satisfied

Vehicle is the debut studio album by The Ides of March, released in 1970. The single and title of the album, "Vehicle," became the fastest selling single in Warner's history. The title song is featured in the 1989 movie Lock Up while Frank Leone (Sylvester Stallone) refurbishes a Ford Mustang.

"Come Back and Stay" is a song that was first recorded in 1981 by its writer Jack Lee.
In 1983, singer Paul Young released his version as a single from his album, No Parlez, and it became an international hit.

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