“You Mild Up My Life” is a ballad written by Joseph Brooks, and initially recorded by Kasey Cisyk for the soundtrack to the movie of the identical identify. The track was lip synched within the movie by its lead, Didi Conn. Background Cisyk’s unique soundtrack recording was launched as a single to bolster gross sales of the soundtrack, after Debby Boone included her model on her first solo album additionally entitled You Mild Up My Life. (Though the soundtrack was licensed gold, peaking at No. 17 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, it by no means included Boone’s model of the track.) Cisyk’s single was credited to “Unique Solid”, to not Cisyk herself, and solely reached No. 80 on the Billboard Scorching 100.
Brooks additionally launched an instrumental model of the track from the soundtrack as a single, however his model didn’t chart. Boone’s success resulted in Grammy nominations for Finest Pop Vocal Efficiency Feminine and Report of the Yr and received her the 1977 Grammy for Finest New Artist and the 1977 American Music Award for Favourite Pop Single.
The track earned Brooks the 1977 Finest Unique Tune awards Golden Globe and Academy Awards. The track ranks #7 on Billboard’s All Time High 100.
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