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"Breakaway" is a #powerBallad song recorded by American singer #KellyClarkson. The song, written by #MatthewGerrard, #BridgetBenenate, and #AvrilLavigne, was originally intended for Lavigne's debut studio album, #LetGo (2002). After being deemed unsuitable for the album, it was passed to Clarkson to be recorded as a soundtrack for the film #ThePrincessDiaries2RoyalEngagement (2004). Clarkson, who was finishing her second studio album at that time.
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"Hard to Say I'm Sorry" is a 1982 #powerBallad by American #rock band Chicago. It was written by bassist #PeterCetera, who also sang the #leadVocals on the track, and producer #DavidFoster. It was released on May 17, 1982, as the lead single from the album #Chicago16. On September 11 of that year, it reached No. 1 for two weeks on the #Billboard Hot 100. It was the group's second No. 1 single. It was their first top 50 hit since "#NoTellLover" in 1978.
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"(I Just) Died in Your Arms" is the debut single by the English #popRock band #CuttingCrew, released on 25 July 1986 as a single from their debut studio album, #Broadcast. The song was written by #frontman #NickVanEede, produced by #TerryBrown, #JohnJansen and the band, and mixed at Utopia Studios in #London by #TimPalmer. The #powerBallad is the band's biggest hit, peaking at No. 1 in the United States, #Canada, Norway, and Finland.
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"Incomplete" is a song by American vocal group #BackstreetBoys from their fifth studio album, #NeverGone (2005). The #powerBallad was released on April 11, 2005, as the group's first single since they decided to reunite after a two-year hiatus. It was written by #DanMuckala, #LindyRobbins, and #JessCates, and it was produced by Muckala with #KevinRichardson on #piano. According to #Billboard magazine's #ChuckTaylor, the song is an "emotion-packed.
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"Don't Stop Believin'" is a song by American #rock band #Journey. It was released in October 1981 as the second single from the group's seventh studio album, #Escape (1981), released through #ColumbiaRecords. "#DontStopBelievin" shares writing credits between the band's vocalist #StevePerry, guitarist #NealSchon, and keyboardist #JonathanCain. It is a #midtempo rock #anthem and #powerBallad. At the dawn of the 1980s.
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"(I Just) Died in Your Arms" is the debut single by the English #popRock band #CuttingCrew, released on 25 July 1986 as a single from their debut studio album, #Broadcast. The song was written by #frontman #NickVanEede, produced by #TerryBrown, #JohnJansen and the band, and mixed at Utopia Studios in #London by #TimPalmer. The #powerBallad is the band's biggest hit, peaking at No. 1 in the United States, #Canada, Norway, and Finland.
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"When I See You Smile" is a song written by #DianeWarren and performed by American-British #glamMetal band #BadEnglish. It was released in September 1989 as the second single taken from their self-titled debut album released in 1989. The #powerBallad is the band's most successful song, reaching number-one in both the United States and Canada.
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"Waiting for a Girl Like You" is a 1981 #powerBallad by the British-American #rock band #Foreigner released as the second #single from the album 4 (1981) and was co-written by #LouGramm and #MickJones. The opening motif was written by #IanMcDonald and the distinctive #synthesizer theme was performed by the then-little-known #ThomasDolby.
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"Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" is a song co-written by #DianeWarren and #AlbertHammond and recorded by American #rock band #Starship for their second studio album, #NoProtection (1987). It is a #powerBallad duet featuring vocalists #GraceSlick and #MickeyThomas and is the theme to the romantic-comedy film #Mannequin. The song reached number one on the US #Billboard Hot 100, Warren's first single to do so. Elsewhere.
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"Making Love Out of Nothing at All" is a #powerBallad written and composed by #JimSteinman and first released by the British/Australian #softRock duo #AirSupply for their 1983 compilation album #GreatestHits. It reached number 2 on the U.S. #Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks (behind "#TotalEclipseOfTheHeart" by #BonnieTyler, giving Steinman a consecutive peak of two songs). The song has been covered and sampled by other artists.
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"Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" is a #powerBallad performed by the American musician #MeatLoaf. It is a track off his 1977 album #BatOutOfHell, written by #JimSteinman. It spent 23 weeks on the #Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 11, and earned a million-selling #GoldSingle from the #RIAA, eventually being certified platinum. It remains his second-highest-charting hit in the US, behind "#IdDoAnythingForLoveButIWontDoThat" (1993).
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"Wind of Change" is a song by #German rock band #Scorpions, recorded for their eleventh studio album #CrazyWorld (1990). A #powerBallad, it was composed and written by the band's lead singer, #KlausMeine, and produced by #KeithOlsen and the band. The lyrics were composed by Meine following the band's visit to the #SovietUnion at the height of #perestroika, when the enmity between the communist.
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"Nothing Else Matters" is a #powerBallad by American #heavyMetal band #Metallica. It was released in 1992 as the third single from their self-titled fifth studio album, Metallica. The song peaked at number 11 on the #Billboard #MainstreamRockTracks chart, number 6 on the #UKSinglesChart, number 1 in Denmark, and reached the top ten on many other European charts. Recognized as one of Metallica's best known and most popular songs.
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"Amanda" is a #powerBallad by American #rock band #Boston written by #TomScholz. The song was released as the first #single from the band's third album, #ThirdStage, in 1986, six years after it was recorded. Although the song did not have a promotional music video, "Amanda" became the band's highest-charting single in the #UnitedStates and #Canada. In the United States, the single entered #Billboard Hot 100 on September 27.
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"Hold On to the Nights" is a #powerBallad written and performed by #American #rock singer/songwriter/musician #RichardMarx. This was the fourth and final single released from his self-titled debut album, and his first to reach number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song has been re-released on numerous albums and is included on Marx's live performance DVD #ANightOutWithFriends (2012).
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"(I Just) Died in Your Arms" is the debut single by the English #popRock band #CuttingCrew, released on 25 July 1986 as a single from their debut studio album, #Broadcast. The song was written by #frontman #NickVanEede, produced by #TerryBrown, #JohnJansen and the band, and mixed at Utopia Studios in #London by #TimPalmer. The #powerBallad is the band's biggest hit, peaking at No. 1 in the United States, #Canada, Norway, and Finland.
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