Love Is In The Air (Fran Mix)
Performed by John Paul
Young
Written by Vanda & Young/J Albert & Sons Pty Ltd (publishing)
Mix conceived and directed by BLAM, Mixed by Josh Abrahams
Original version appears on Strictly Ballroom
This interpretation of Love Is In The Air is sung by John Paul Young and the original version is heard at the end of the film as everyone climbs onto the dance floor. It is an emotional ballad that highlights the feelings shared by Fran and Scott, and is also upbeat enough to provide some great ballroom dancing music.
This remix featured on Something For Everybody is interlaced with a line of dialogue from the film. We hear Fran state what was to become the Bazmark motto, "A life lived in fear is a life half lived." She says this not once, but twice during the song, indicating that these words are a major statement that Bazmark Inq. is trying to express in this album.
Here's what Baz Luhrmann had to say about Love Is In The Air (Fran Mix) [from hollywoodandvine.com]:
"Love is in the Air has the most personal memories for me of all the songs on Something for Everybody. During the early development of Strictly Ballroom, I worked with someone who has been a lasting influence on my thinking ever since. Ted Albert was one half of the producing team of M&A. His company Albert Music and Albert Records was responsible for extraordinary growth in the Australian pop music scene in the 60's and 70's signing and developing bands like the Easybeats, Vander and Young, AC/DC and of course John Paul Young. Josh Abrahams, Anton Monsted and I wanted to make an extremely strong interpretation of the song that released it from everybody's perception of what it is. We conceived it as almost a sequel to the film, a sort of melancholic Richard Cladeyman-like ballad. It was Josh who put us onto the idea of re-using those cold 80's string sounds that one associates with David Silvian and Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence."
