
Making Love Out Of Nothing At All is a Pop album by Air Supply, originally released in 1983. On Gatefold: 36 pressings tracked.
About
"Making Love Out of Nothing At All" is a song written and composed by Jim Steinman and has been released by Air Supply and Bonnie Tyler. The song was first recorded by Air Supply, gaining them a number two hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States of America (US). 70's glam-rock icon Rick Derringer, supplied the electric guitar solo that made the sound of Making Love Out Of Nothing At All stand so drastically apart from most other Air Supply productions. The song opens with a few bars of the melody played on piano. The first part of the song lists several things that the vocalist knows how to do, followed by something that they do not. The structure is similar to Steinman's "I'd Do Anything for Love (but I Won't Do That)", where the chorus consists of things that the vocalist would and then would not do. There is an instrumental interlude, dominated by the melody of the title line played by piano. The final verse returns to the structure of the first. The original Air Supply version had an American football analogy, with "I can make the runner stumble, I can make the final block; And I can make every tackle at the sound of the whistle, I can make all the stadiums rock." The video for the Air Supply version begins with a couple driving to an airport. The male singer is leaving for "one more tour" and asks the woman to join him, as he "can give you anything". The remainder of the video intersperses the singer on stage with a microphone with various scenes of the relationship. Graham and Russell, who comprise Air Supply, leave their dressing room for the stage. As they sing with the band, the female is shown packing and leaving their home, placing their photograph face down on the table in the process. Nevertheless, she changes her mind and does a u-turn on the freeway, and now drives to the airport. She meets him at the side of the stage near the end of the song and they embrace.
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Sound DNA
- Pop
Includes the 2- and 3-track versions.
Credits
The people behind it.
Production & Engineering
- Clive DavisEXECUTIVE-PRODUCER
- Jim SteinmanWRITTEN-BY, PRODUCER
- Harry MaslinPRODUCER
- Harry MaslinPRODUCER, ENGINEER
- Jim SteinmanPRODUCER
- Jim SteinmanPRODUCER, DIRECTED BY
- Jim SteinmanPRODUCER, WRITTEN-BY, ARRANGED BY, DIRECTED BY
- Jim SteinmanPRODUCER, WRITTEN-BY, DIRECTED BY
- Jim SteinmanWRITTEN-BY, PRODUCER, DIRECTED BY
- Jim SteinmanWRITTEN-BY, PRODUCER, DIRECTED BY, ARRANGED BY
- John JansenCO-PRODUCER [ASSOCIATE]
- John JansenPRODUCER [ASSOCIATE]
Songwriting
- Graham Russell
- Rex Goh
- Roy Bittan
36 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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