“Take My Breath Away” is, without a doubt, Berlin’s calling card. In 2020, the group released an orchestral version of the song for their album Strings Attached .

“'Take My Breath Away’ is just so brilliantly written,” Lang tells Taste of Country about her cover of Berlin's 1986 hit song from the iconic movie Top Gun.

Top Gun possessed all the hallmarks of an 1980s movie classic. For all the film's heroics and histrionics, it wouldn't have been quite the same without "Take My Breath Away," the ballad that ...

Tom Whitlock, Lyricist Behind ‘Top Gun’ Hit ‘Take My Breath Away,’ Dies at 68. He also wrote the lyrics for the film's "Danger Zone," performed by Kenny Loggins.

Tom Whitlock, who won a Best Song Oscar for co-writing the 'Top Gun' song 'Take My Breath Away' and also the film's "Danger Zone," died February 18. He was 68.

Mr. Whitlock wrote the words for that song and the chart-topping “Take My Breath Away,” central elements in the success of the hit 1986 movie.