The Lady in Red (Chris de Burgh song)

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"The Lady in Red" is a love song from Chris de Burgh's 1986 album Into The Light. The song went to #1 in 25 countries.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Creation

The song was written in reference to (though not specifically about) his first wife Diane and was released on the album Into The Light, reaching #1 in the UK charts in July 1986, and peaking on the Billboard charts at #3 in May of 1987.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] In other media

It was the love theme for the characters of Steve "Patch" Johnson and Kayla Brady Johnson on the NBC daytime drama Days of our Lives.^{[citation needed]} The song appears briefly in the 2000 film adaptation of American Psycho when Patrick Bateman, played by Christian Bale, is listening to it in his office on his walkman. It also appears in the 1988 movie, Working Girl.^{[citation needed]} It is also heard in the 2004 comedy film Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story. It was also used in episodes of Drop the Dead Donkey and That Mitchell and Webb Look.

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Preceded by "Papa Don't Preach" by Madonna

UK number one single (Chris De Burgh version) July 29, 1986

Succeeded by "I Want to Wake Up with You" by Boris Gardiner