She's Like The Wind

This song features in the 1987 film Dirty Dancing in a scene where Patrick Swayze says goodbye to Jennifer Grey after their summer fling, telling her, "I'll never be sorry." Her reply: "Neither will I." Swayze doesn't sing it on camera, making it a rare case where the star of a film soundtracks his own scene.

This wasn't written for Dirty Dancing; Swayze wrote the song with his friend Stacy Widelitz for a movie he was shooting in 1984 called Grandview, U.S.A. Swayze had the basic chords and the opening lyrics ("She's like the wind, through my tree..."). They hashed out the song over the next few days, but it was rejected for the film. Two years later, Swayze was working on Dirty Dancing, and he played the demo of the song for the producers, who gave it the green light. They recorded a proper version with Michael Lloyd producing, and the song became a big part of the soundtrack, which sold over 30 million copies and spent 18 weeks at #1 in the US.

The song is about a guy with some self-esteem issues: there's a girl he's after, but he thinks she's out of his league. She's close by, but elusive - like the wind. You kinda hope the guy will grow some confidence when he sings, "Just a fool to believe I have anything she needs." Man up!