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This arrangement of "Chariots Of Fire" by Vangelis is arranged as played by the legendary pianist, Liberace. He played this for the 54th Academy Awards Oscars Show of 1982. Now you can learn to play this inspirational song, which won the oscar for best song!
Vangelis wins the Oscar for Music (Original Score) for Chariots of Fire. Kathleen Turner and William Hurt present and accept the award; featuring a performance by Liberace.
"Chariots of Fire" stayed for one week at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in May 1982, after climbing steadily for five months (it made #1 in its 22nd week on the chart), and to date remains the only piece by a Greek artist to top the U.S. charts.
The single spent 64 weeks on the Australian charts, although it only peaked at #21. In Japan, "Chariots of Fire" was the biggest-selling single of 1981. The track proved moderately successful in the UK, where it reached #12, but its parent album peaked at #5 and spent 107 weeks on the album chart.
The single reached #3 (2012), #18 (2014), #16 (2015) position on the
Billboard Classical Digital Songs chart.
Owing both to its sweeping tune and the content of the movie in which it first appeared, "Chariots of Fire" has become somewhat synonymous with the Olympic Games. The BBC used the piece as its theme music for its coverage of the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles and also the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul. It was also used as a theme for the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo,[27] and it was played prior to the start of the men's 100m race final at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
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