(I've Had) The Time of My Life

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"(I've Had) The Time of My Life"
"(I've Had) The Time of My Life" cover
Single by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes
from the album Dirty Dancing (soundtrack)
Released 1987
Genre Pop
Length 07:00
Writer(s) Franke Previte
Chart positions

"(I've Had) The Time of My Life" is a song composed by Franke Previte and recorded by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes.

The song was included on the Dirty Dancing motion picture soundtrack album and the single hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on November 28, 1987. The song also won a 1988 Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and an Academy Award for Best Original Song.

In the United Kingdom the song had two chart outings. Firstly, in November 1987 after the film's initial release the song peaked at #6, and again when the film was shown on mainstream television the song reached as high as number 8 (January 1991).

The song was covered in 2006 by Taylor Hicks and Katharine McPhee for their final duet during the fifth season of American Idol


Preceded by:
"Mony Mony 'Live'" by Billy Idol
Billboard Hot 100 number one single
November 28, 1987
Succeeded by:
"Heaven is a Place on Earth" by Belinda Carlisle
Preceded by:
"Take My Breath Away" from Top Gun
Academy Award for Best Song
1987
Succeeded by:
"Let the River Run" from Working Girl