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Kenny Loggins & Steve Perry - "Don't Fight It"

from the album High Adventure (1982)

Billboard Hot 100 peak: #17 (two weeks)

Weeks in the top-40: 6

Today's Song of the Day is by the pairing of singer/songwriter Kenny Loggins and (now former) Journey frontman Steve Perry. Loggins, from the Seattle suburb of Everett, originally came onto the music scene in a recording duo with former Buffalo Springfield/Poco member Jim Messina, and together they recorded six studio albums and two live sets, and had a #4 pop hit in 1972 with "Your Mama Don't Dance".  After splitting amicably in 1976, Loggins released his first album, Celebrate Me Home, which contained his first solo minor chart hit, "I Believe In Love". A year later, with his sophomore record Nightwatch, he not only had his first top-10 album, but with help from Stevie Nicks he scored a top-5 single with "Whenever I Call You Friend". 

Kenny started the 80's out pretty well, with the first of his many movie soundtrack hit singles, the top-10 "I'm Alright" from Caddyshack. But it would be another two years before he would follow it up with another studio album. For High Adventure's first single, Loggins recruited Steve Perry, who joined arena-rock powerhouse Journey in 1977, and was just coming off of their biggest studio album to date, Escape. "Don't Fight It" was co-written by Loggins and Perry with songwriter Dean Pitchford, who earlier had a hand in Irene Cara's "Fame" and Melissa Manchester's "You Should Hear How She Talks About You", and it was a bit "harder" than Loggins' usual fare...

With the pull of Journey fans, the song was big on rock radio, peaking at #4 there, and the High Adventure album becoming a top-20 gold album as well.

Up tomorrow: One of Stevie Nicks' most personal songs.