Song Lyric Sunday was created by Helen Vahdati from This Thing Called Life One Word at a Time and author Jim Adams from A Unique Title For Me is our current guest host. For complete rules or to join in the fun, click here.
This week’s theme is “Songs from/connected to television shows.”
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My selections this week aren’t from television shows, but they are connected to one.
Originally a Movie of the Week entry, Starsky and Hutch aired from 1975-1979. The cop-drama paired the streetwise New Yorker, David Starsky (played by Paul Michael Glaser) with the more wholesome, Minnesota transplant, Ken “Hutch” Hutchinson (played by David Soul), as LAPD detectives fighting crime with never a hair out of place!
Riding high on the success of playing in the hit TV show, Soul returned to one of his early career choices as a singer. His debut, Don’t Give Up on Us was a worldwide smash, spending four weeks at No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart in January and February 1977, and a single week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 1977. In addition, the song spent one week at No. 1 on the U.S. adult contemporary chart.
FUN FACTS:
- Don’t Give Up on Us was rated No. 93 in VH1’s 100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders because, despite having more hits in the UK, Soul was never again able to reach the top forty in the US.
- In September 2004, Soul became a British citizen, while retaining his U.S. citizenship.
- The crime-fighting duo’s vehicle of choice was Starsky’s two-door Ford Gran Torino, which was bright red, with a large white vector stripe on both sides. Approximately four different cars were used for filming.
- .Forty years after its television run Starsky and Hutch continues to enjoy world-wide success as a syndication favorite.
- Soul hasn’t recorded since the 90s, but frequently acts on the British stage.
Enjoy!
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Don’t Give Up On Us
Don’t make the wrong seem right
The future isn’t just one night
It’s written in the moonlight
Painted on the stars
We can’t change ours
We’re still worth one more try
I know we put a last one by
Just for a rainy evening
When maybe stars are few
Don’t give up on us, I know
We can still come through
You’ve got a right to start believin’
There’s still a little love left, even so
Lord knows we’ve come this far
Can’t we stay the way we are?
The angel and the dreamer
Who sometimes plays a fool
Don’t give up on us, I know
We can still come through
and painted on the stars
We can’t change ours
We’re still worth one more try
I know we put a last one by
Just for a rainy evening
When maybe stars are few
Don’t give up on us, I know
We can still come through
Don’t give up on us, baby
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New song to me, but it actually sounds like it could have been used in a movie soundtrack. It has that kind of sound. Never knew he was a singer, too. Thanks for sharing! 🙂
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How sweet of you to mention you weren’t born yet. *Grumbles…kicks rocks.*
Oh! And thanks for stopping by! 😁
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*Sets fresh cup of dark roast coffee on table… backs away slowly*
“Oh and by the way, that show was waaaaaaay before my time.”
*books ass out of the room!* 😀 ❤
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BWAHAHAHAHA! BWAHAHAHAHA! 😂😂😂
May the Bird of Paradise build a nest in your nose! 😜😜
Thanks for the java! It makes me less crabby…in theory. 😁
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LMAO! Ouch, vicious. So much for that theory! LOL 😂 I just figured I’d officially “mention” it, since you know, you were already kicking rocks lol
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😂😂😂
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I haven’t heard this song in years! Thanks for posting this. 🙂
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Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for stopping by! 😊
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Loved this song.
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Again, not a show we watched, but this was a pretty good song.
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Loved the song, fanatic for the show, absolutely hated the movie! 😜😂
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Starsky was my favorite too, although I did have pictures of both of them on my bedroom wall – lol. Pretty song.
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Starsky hung on my walls from 1975 until I met my late husband in 1981…and he insisted I take it down. 😂😂😂
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I had no idea who sang this song, but it is really nice. Thanks for sharing it and adding the background story.
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Knowing him as a TV-cop first, I didn’t think the voice “fit” him, but it quickly grew on me! 😊
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OMG!!! I loved this song!!💜💜
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I think every teenage girl loved this song back in the day! 😁
Even though Starsky was my favorite, I did buy this song…and played it on repeat! 😂
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