Making Love (Out of Nothing At All)
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| "Making Love (Out of Nothing At All)" | ||
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| Single by Air Supply | ||
| Released | 1983 | |
| Genre | Power ballad | |
| Length | 4:59 | |
| Writer(s) | Jim Steinman | |
| Producer(s) | Jim Steinman | |
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| Air Supply singles chronology | ||
| "Two Less Lonely People in the World" | Making Love (Out of Nothing At All) | "Just As I Am" |
"Making Love (Out of Nothing At All)" is a song written and composed by Jim Steinman and has been released by Air Supply and Bonnie Tyler. There have also been numerous other versions that have not been as commercially successful.
It was first performed by Air Supply, gaining them a number two hit in the US. The song subsequently became the title track of their 1983 album. The B-side of the single was a song called "Late Again".[1] They have included the song on their numerous greatest hits and live albums, and recorded an acoustic version for their 2005 album The Singer and the Song.[2] The original is also featured on the Mr. and Mrs. Smith soundtrack album.
Steinman gave the song, along with "Total Eclipse of the Heart", to Meat Loaf for his Midnight at the Lost and Found album. However, Meat's record company refused to pay for Steinman and he wrote the songs himself. Steinman's songs were then given to Bonnie Tyler and Air Supply.[3]
It was later covered by Bonnie Tyler on her album Free Spirit. It opens with a word-less choral voice, before the melody begins, played on piano. All Music Guide call this version "fantastic, clocking in at nearly eight minutes, and seems perfectly suited for her voice. [Air Supply's] version was already great, but hers is awesome."[4] It was produced by Steinman, with Steven Rinkoff as co-producer, at The Hit Factory, New York City. Ma-Elsie Hopkins provided some vocals.[5]
Karine Hannah recorded a demo of the song when she was working with Steinman on an album. The project fell through, but her version has been leaked onto the internet.
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[edit] Lyrics
The first part of the song lists several things that the vocalist knows how to do, followed by something that they do not. The structure is similar to Steinman's "I'd Do Anything for Love (but I Won't Do That)", where the chorus consists things that the vocalist would and then wouldn't do.
- And I know just where I touch you
- And I know just what to prove
- I know when to pull you closer
- And I know when to let you loose
The final part of the verse laments:
- But I don't know how to leave you
- And I'll never let you fall
- And I don't know how you do it
- Making love out of nothing at all
The title is repeated six times, with background vocals supplying the "making love" part, and the lead vocalist singing the last part of the line.
Strong drumbeats begin the next section of the song, which concentrates upon the attributes of its subject:
- Every time I see you all the rays of the sun
- Are Streaming through the waves in your hair
- And every star in the sky is taking aim at your eyes like a spotlight
- The beating of my heart is a drum and it's lost
- And it's looking for a rhythm like you
There is an instrumental interlude, dominated by the melody of the title line played by piano. The final verse returns to the structure of the first. The original Air Supply version had a baseball analogy, with "I can make the run or stumble, I can make the final block; And I can make every tackle at the sound of the whistle, I can make all the stadiums rock."
These lines were changed for the Tyler version, and also for the subsequent Hannah version, to:
- I can make you find your power
- I can make you lose your fear
- I can make your body do some very magical things
- I'll make your inhibitions all disappear
[edit] Video
The video begins with a couple driving to an airport. The male singer is leaving for "one more tour" and asks the woman to join him, as he "can give you anything". The remainder of the video intersperses the singer on stage with a microphone with various scenes of the relationship. Graham and Russell, who comprise Air Supply, leave their dressing room for the stage. As they sing with the band, the female is shown packing and leaving their home, placing their photograph face down on the table in the process. However, she changes her mind and does a u-turn on the freeway, and now drives to the airport. She meets him at the side of the stage near the end of the song.
[edit] Charts
- Air Supply 1983
USA #2
UK #80
Belgium #2
NL #12
UK #45
[edit] References
- ^ Special Sub-Topic: 'Making Love Out Of Nothing At All'. FunTrivia.com. Retrieved on 2006-12-09.
- ^ Air Supply: The Singer And The Song. CD Baby. Retrieved on 2006-10-22.
- ^ Adams, Cameron. "Meat Loaf's a Hell raiser", Herald Sun. Retrieved on 2006-10-26.
- ^ Bonnie Tyler: Free Spirit. All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2006-10-22.
- ^ Free Spirit, (1995), Bonnie Tyler, notes from: booklet. East West Records, 0630-12108-2.
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