Let's Hear It for the Boy Let's Hear It for the Boy "Let's Hear It for the Boy" was the second number-one song for Deniece Williams and appeared on the soundtrack to the feature film "Footloose". It climbed to number one on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 on May 26, 1984, as well as number one on the dance and R&B charts, and peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song, and was certified platinum in the US, gold in Canada and silver in the UK by the RIAA, Music Canada and the British
Til I Hear It from You Til I Hear It from You "Til I Hear It from You" is a song by the Gin Blossoms that was released as the lead single from the soundtrack to the film "Empire Records" in August 1995. In January 1996, it was re-released as a double-A side single with "Follow You Down". "Billboard" magazine described "Til I Hear It from You" as "the closest thing to a perfect pop song to hit radio in recent memory" lauding its "breezy and wonderfully infectious melody, the boy-needs-girl lyrics, and the earnest execution." Gin Blossoms' guitarist Jesse Valenzuela would write an embryonic version