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'Footloose' at 40! Every song on the soundtrack, ranked (including that Kenny Loggins gem)

From the iconic shoe-filled opening to Kevin Bacon angrily doing gymnastics in a warehouse, “Footloose” is an all-timer of a movie that explores youthful enthusiasm vs. repressive morality – and boy, ...
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Review | 40-year-old ‘Footloose’ soundtrack holds well, lack of diversity doesn’t

Saturday marked the 40th anniversary of one of the most iconic films of the ’80s: “Footloose,” starring Kevin Bacon. The film opens strong with the titular song by Kenny Loggins alongside a colorful ...
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Happy Birthday Kenny Loggins! 5 ways Footloose's king of the movie soundtrack defined the '80s

Footloose's Kevin Bacon may now be trading his '80s fame for a shot at noughties relevance and EE ad cash, but close your eyes, open your ears and it's the theme tune's singer Kenny Loggins who really ...
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'Footloose' screenwriter says movie's book-burning scene was 'rewriting the status quo.' Nearly 4 decades later, he's 'still waiting for the climate to change.’

In the 1984 classic Footloose, city boy Ren McCormack (Kevin Bacon) moves to a small town where dancing and rock music have been banned. Determined to challenge the status quo, he ignites a fiery, ...