Take My Breath Away

"Take My Breath Away"
Single by Berlin
from the album Top Gun and Count Three & Pray
B-side"Radar Radio"
ReleasedJune 1986 (1986-06)
Recorded1986
GenreSynth-pop
Length4:13
LabelColumbia
Composer(s)Giorgio Moroder
Lyricist(s)Tom Whitlock
Producer(s)Giorgio Moroder
Berlin singles chronology
"Dancing in Berlin"
(1984)
"Take My Breath Away"
(1986)
"Like Flames"
(1987)
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"Take My Breath Away" on YouTube
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"Take My Breath Away" is a song written by Giorgio Moroder and Tom Whitlock for the 1986 film Top Gun's soundtrack, performed by American new wave band Berlin and included on their album Count Three & Pray. The song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 59th Academy Awards, as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song at the 44th Golden Globe Awards in 1986.