1984Released
6:02

Did You Know?

Interesting facts and trivia about Nowhere Fast. By Songfacts®.

Jim Steinman, who wrote Meat Loaf's hits, wrote this for the 1984 movie Streets Of Fire. The movie, which got its title from the Bruce Springsteen song, stars Diane Lane as a young singer with dreams of stardom. The song captures her restless energy as she sings about getting away but not caring about where she goes, as long as she goes there fast.

Fire Inc. is a studio group created to play the songs in the movie. While Diane Lane mimed this in the movie, the vocals were done by Holly Sherwood, who has appeared on many of Jim Steinman's productions and sang backup on tracks by Barbra Streisand, Billy Joel and Barry Manilow. Other musicians in Fire, Inc. include Rick Derringer, Max Weinberg and Davey Johnstone.

Steinman also wrote the song "Tonight Is What It Means To Be Young" for the movie. Also appearing on the soundtrack was "I Can Dream About You," which was a hit for Dan Hartman.

Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Nowhere Fast.
C♯Key
MinorMode
4/4Time Signature
82BPM

Album

The album Nowhere Fast is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Nowhere Fast.
Geffen*
© 1984 Universal City Studios Inc.
This Compilation ℗ 1984 Geffen Records

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