The first “Power Of Love” song pitch to “Back To The Future” writer/director Robert Zemekis was a demo Huey and Chris Hayes worked up, now long lost. It didn’t get an outright ‘rejection’ - more along the lines of 'keep working on it, maybe make it a little more upbeat and peppy’ - those hazy suggestions non-musicians like to use. Huey proposed bringing me onboard to rework the tune, and Chris and I produced a subsequent demo with ‘UP!’ in mind. As small as my contribution was, those two chord stabs on beats 4 & 1 at the intro, choruses and outro (along with a different production ‘attitude’) radically changed the complexion of the song, and Zemekis bought the program.
And now it is part of the London Theater scene...
