Singer Limahl, whose hit music The NeverEnding Story grew to become one of many standout tracks in Netflix sci-fi drama Stranger Issues, again for a fifth season, has launched a festive single
Limahl, the Wigan native who was beforehand frontman of 80s hitmakers Kajagoogoo, has re-released his solely Christmas music, One Want For Christmas. It marks his first musical launch in over 5 years and a reimagining of the 70s traditional ‘A Horse With No Identify’.
The 63 12 months previous loved a profitable solo profession past the 80s popband – in nice half as a result of enormous success of the title observe for 1984 film, The NeverEnding Story.
The traditional household journey movie grossed $100 million within the States- and was then given a complete new lease of life in 2019, when it was utilized in season three of Stranger Issues.
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The NeverEnding Story scene in Stranger Issues broke data with the brand new episodes of the sci-fi collection attaining 59.6m views within the first 5 days of launch. Followers shall be conscious that the scene appeared within the Season 3 finale, in the course of the high-stakes episode, The Battle of Starcourt as the principle characters tried to shut the gate to the Upside Down.
A split-screen sequence adopted, the place Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo) and Suzie (Gabriella Pizzolo) carried out a full, heartfelt duet of the music, to the whole shock and exasperation of the opposite characters.
Limahl stated beforehand, “The songs have gotten their very own life now, and sometimes good issues occur like NeverEnding Story popping up within the third season of Stranger Issues.
“That was completely sensible, and I cherished what they did with it. My music, Too Shy, has been utilized in loads of issues as nicely, together with the Adam Sandler film, The Marriage ceremony Singer.”
Limahl (actual identify Christopher Hamill) additionally appeared as a late entry on I’m A Celeb in 2012, when he famously struggled with the jungle surroundings – particularly preserving his trademark spiky hair en pointe.
Discussing his new single, the star stated he grew up with ‘little or no cash’ however tells the Mirror that Christmas was all the time magical for him. “Rising up in Wigan with two older brothers and a youthful sister, Christmas was pure magic.
“We’d deck the halls (typically a bit too enthusiastically!) and are available Christmas morning, we’d be up at some ungodly hour, barging into Mum and Dad’s room to beg for ‘official present-unwrapping clearance.’
“The refrain lyric of my music sums it up completely: “December is that point of 12 months, the place reminiscences change into souvenirs” … and we actually made loads of these”.
The singer additionally appeared on this 12 months’s Comedian Aid for the BBC performing Too Shy’ dwell, to assist elevate £34m to assist fight poverty within the U.Okay. and across the world.
One Want For Christmas is out now (Christopher Music).
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