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Elmo's Fire," now "Tim Tebow's Fire." John, thanks so much. And it just inspired me.īLOCK: John Parr, the songwriter behind "St. And I just like it that here is a man that believes in something, his teammates believe in him. I mean, everybody doesn't share his religious belief, but I think we live in a world where people have lost faith in anything. I think he's a complete maverick, and he believes in something. I'm definitely a Tim Tebow fan because of two things. And I can see - really see the attraction.īLOCK: Are you a fan of Tim Tebow and the Broncos? I mean, we Brits don't get NFL and NASCAR, but living in America these past seven months, I've really, really enjoyed getting into it. We're all trying to achieve something in our own way.īLOCK: Now, John, coming from where you're coming from as an Englishman, are you really an American football fan?

I just thought so much of it fits it, you know? And because it was an every man lyric or an every woman lyric, you know, we've all got a dream. I mean, you know, I didn't want to pull the whole song apart. Now, it's blazing on the Mile High, Mile High Stadium. Instead of a few miles down the road from the original, now it's just four downs to go.īLOCK: Underneath the blazing sky, that was the original. Life is like that, isn't it?īLOCK: You know, it's interesting when you look at the lyrics, the references that you dropped in - let's see - let's figure out a couple here. And then Saturday, everything changed, and he's the largest thing again. I mean, the last three weeks, I've seen Tim, you know, be the greatest thing on the planet. It's about one man kind of against the world. So I made the lyrics seemed like the wheels with Demi Moore's jeep, but really, it's Rick. And I thought we've got to lend this guy a hand. The Rick was just setting out on the Man in Motion tour for Vancouver.

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And David showed me a little five-minute TV segment. Elmo's Fire," the movie, and I really just couldn't get inspired, you know, to write the lyrics. What happened was David Foster and I were writing the theme song for "St. So you originally wrote it for a Canadian Paralympian, right? It was written about Rick Hansen, the wheelchair athlete.īLOCK: Yeah. But then, as I've, you know, seen Tim play and seen the man he is, I thought maybe he deserves better than this because, obviously, that song is written about another athlete. Elmo's Fire"? Which I did.Īnd just as they were going to roll the cameras, they said: You couldn't call it "Tim Tebow's Fire," could you? So I did it just for fun way back then. And they said to me: Have you got your guitar? Would you go on set and play "St. And they asked me if - and so I did - I want to pitch a song for "Monday Night Football." So I wrote a song for the vacant slot for that, went up to ESPN to pitch the song. Really, what happened was I've been living in America for the last seven months, doing shows for the American military, for the troops and their family. PARR: It's a strange set of circumstances, Melissa. John, Tim Tebow wasn't even born when this song came out in 1985.

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So why in the world would Parr dust off his pop gem and turn it into a valentine to pro football's flavor of the season? Well, John Parr joins me now from his home in northern England to explain.

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Elmo's Fire." It was a huge hit back in 1985 and the theme to the Brat Pack movie of the same name. Take me where the future's lying, Tim Tebow's fire.īLOCK: That's right, "Tim Tebow's Fire." The singer is John Parr, who wrote and recorded the original song, "St. I'll be where the eagle's flying higher and higher. JOHN PARR: (Singing) I can see a new horizon underneath the blazing sky. Football fans, if you're tired of hearing about Denver Broncos' quarterback Tim Tebow, about his multiple miraculous come-from-behind victories, his greatness, his Christian faith, we're sorry because this is happening.