Time After Time (The S.F.E. version)
Performed by Tara
Morice
Written by C. Lauper & R Hyman/Warner Chappell Music/Sony Music Publishing
Produced by BLAM, Mixed by Paul Mac
Original version appears on Strictly Ballroom
This song is heard as Scott and Fran dance on the roof of their dance studio in front of the huge Coca Cola sign. It is the perfect romantic ballad to accentuate the growing bond between the two lead characters.
This beautiful rendition of the classic Cyndi Lauper track is sung by Tara Morice, the star of Strictly Ballroom. I did not realise that Tara actually performed this song until buying the Something For Everybody album, and I think she does an excellent job. This track is labelled as 'the S.F.E. version', obviously meaning the Something For Everybody version. Unfortuantely, I do not own the soundtrack of Strictly Ballroom, so I cannot compare any other versions to this S.F.E. version. However, Time After Time has been a lingering song in my mind ever since I saw Strictly Ballroom in the early 90's, and I think it is a very uplifting and inspiring song.
Here's what Baz Luhrmann had to say about Time After Time (The S.F.E. version) [from hollywoodandvine.com]:
"Time after Time has been a part of the Strictly Ballroom story since it first hit the airwaves in 1983. I know this because I was staging the original 20 minute student production at NIDA (National Institute of Dramatic Art) and while shopping for my student rations a brand new video by Cyndi Lauper was playing on a wall of televisions displayed in the electronics area. The "tick tick tick" of the clock in the song immediately resolved in my mind the staging problem of showing how the dancing relationship of Scott and Fran advanced very quickly. The funny re-occurring soundtrack in my life. That lyric "if you fall I will catch you, I will be waiting, time after time" always fills me with a sense of "just keep going."
