Today’s track is from one of my favourite 1980s movies – Short Circuit. Who’s Johnny by El DeBarge was released in 1986 and reached number 3 in the US Billboard Top 100 Charts.
I remember the song not being as widely available in the UK (I don’t think it even charted here), and this was in a time before the internet, so opportunities to listen to it were rare. As I recall, the song only appeared a few times in the film (incomplete) – in a short scene when Stephanie Speck, played brilliantly by Ally Sheedy, is showing Johnny 5 around her home, and later when Johnny 5 has commandeered a Nova Robotics van.
A great tune, from a great movie.
