(I've Had) The Time Of My Life - From Dirty Dancing
Song Lyrics, Chart History, Artist Information

  • From the 1987 movie "Dirty Dancing" starring Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, and Jerry Orbach (best known as detective Lenny Briscoe on the TV series "Law & Order")
  • The soundtrack from the movie is one of the best selling soundtracks of all time
  • With a budget of only 6 million dollars, the movie was a huge success earning over $213 million 
  • The film has even been described as, "the Star Wars for girls" and "the ultimate 'chick flick'"
  • The song was written by Franke Previte, John DeNicola, and Donald Markowitz
  • It won the Academy Award for Best Achievement in Music; Best Song for 1987 at the 60th Annual Academy Awards presentation
  • The song also also won a 1988 Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • (I've Had) The Time Of My Life reached #1 on the US Billboard Top 40 chart in 1987
  • It was also #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart for 4 weeks
  • In the UK it reached #6 in it's initial outing, and then in 1991 when the movie was shown on British television it returned to the charts at #8
  • Originally performed by Bill Medley (born William Thomas Medley 9/19/40 in Los Angeles, California), & Jennifer Warnes (born Jennifer Jean Warnes on  3/3/47 in Seattle, Washington)
  • Bill Medley is probably best known as one half of the Righteous Brothers
  • Jennifer Warnes has been singing since the '60s, but struck gold in the '80s with two #1 hits, this one and "Up Where We Belong" from the movie "Officer & A Gentleman"
A sample of this song as performed by Oracle is available by clicking on either of the links below.  The RealAudio file will stream to your computer rather quickly assuming you have the RealAudio player installed.  The MP3 file must download completely first, but is of a higher audio quality.
   
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Soundtrack from Dirty Dancing

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Tracks Include:

*  I've Had The Time of My Life
*  Hungry Eyes
*  Be My Baby
*  She's Like The Wind
*  Stay
* Plus 7 more

 

Song Lyrics - (I've Had) The Time of My Life

Now I've had the time of my life
No I never felt like this before
Yes I swear it's the truth
And I owe it all to you
'Cause I've had the time of my life
And I owe it all to you

I've been waiting for so long
Now I've finally found someone to stand by me
We saw the writing on the wall
As we felt this magical fantasy

Now with passion in our eyes
There's no way we could disguise it secretly
So we take each other's hand
'Cause we seem to understand the urgency 
Just remember

You're the one thing
I can't get enough of
So I'll tell you something
This could be love because

I've had the time of my life
No I never felt like this before
Yes I swear, it's the truth
And I owe it all to you

With my body and soul
I want you more than you'll ever know
So we'll just let it go
Don't be afraid to lose control
Yes I know what's on your mind
When you say, "Stay with me tonight"
Just remember

You're the one thing
I can't get enough of
So I'll tell you something
This could be love because

I've had the time of my life
No I never felt like this before
Yes I swear, it's the truth
And I owe it all to you

I've had the time of my life
No I never felt like this before
Yes I swear it's the truth
And I owe it all to you

I've had the time of my life
No I never felt like this before
Yes I swear it's the truth
And I owe it all to you

I've had the time of my life
No I never felt like this before

Note that the lyrics posted here are those as interpreted and performed by The Oracle Band. In a few cases we have taken some liberties with the lyrics to make them more appropriate for tasteful gatherings. Their use here is intended as an aid for people in selecting music for their wedding reception or private party, and may not be reproduced for any commercial, for-profit use.

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