Violet and Blue

[Macfan4life]

Originally Posted by bwboy

I can see why it wasn’t released as a single. The chorus isn’t especially catchy and the song is quite long. I think it would have required major remixing and editing in order to have gotten radio airplay. Against All Odds by Phil Collins really set a high threshold for the soundtrack; plus wasn’t 1984 the year Madonna and Cyndi Lauper hit it big? It’s hard for me to imagine Violet and Blue being played alongside Crazy For You or Time After Time, for example.

I’m not criticizing the song itself, just offering some ideas as to why it wasn’t a single. 1984 would have been an ideal time for a Stevie song on a soundtrack to be released as a single, as it was in between the Wild Heart and Rock a Little.

OMG you better check your meds. Attacking Stevie songs? Before you go all anti-Stevie on us go listen to the rest of the songs on the soundtrack then come back here. Pretend its your job to release the next single and make the album more popular.
Its a great song. It has passion and the music and drumming is really good. Comparing it to Madonna is so insulting. The song is not long at all. Its typical. You deserve to be whipped with chiffon.