Somewhere Out There (James Horner song)
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| Single by Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram | |
| from the album An American Tail | |
| Released | 1986 |
| Genre | Pop |
| Length | 3:54 |
| Label | MCA |
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"Somewhere Out There" is a duet recorded by American singers Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram for the 1986 animated film An American Tail, directed by Don Bluth. It was written by James Horner, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, with production done by Peter Asher and Steve Tyrell serving as associate producer.
Steven Spielberg, the producer of An American Tail, invited songwriters Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil to collaborate with James Horner on four songs for the film's soundtrack, to be completed in a four-week timeframe. The composers "felt no pressure to come up with a radio-friendly hit" and were surprised when Spielberg felt "Somewhere Out There" had Top 40 hit potential and recruited world-renowned recording artists, Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram, to record a pop version of the song for the film's closing credits. In the main body of the film, "Somewhere Out There" was performed by Phillip Glasser and Betsy Cathcart in the characters of the anthropomorphic mice Fievel and Tanya Mousekewitz.
Produced by Ronstadt's regular producer Peter Asher, the single release of the Ronstadt/Ingram track made its debut at number 31 on the Adult Contemporary chart in Billboard dated 15 November 1986, crossing over to the Billboard Hot 100 dated 20 December 1986 with a number 83 debut. In January 1987 "Somewhere Out There" returned Ronstadt to the Top 40 after a four-year absence to eventually peak at number 2 that March. The number 1 song at the time was "Jacob's Ladder" by Huey Lewis and the News.
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