What was the title of the music used by Torvill & Dean for their free dance at the 1994 Lillehammer games?
Let's Face the Music and Dance Torvill and Dean in the 1994 Winter Olympics) this version was reissued and reached number 30 in the UK charts in March 1994. Barbra Streisand performed a line in her "Color Me Barbra Medley" from the TV special and album "Color Me Barbra". In "New Killer Star", song from David Bowie 2003 album "Reality", there's a reference of the title before the chorus. The BBC used Nelson Riddle's spectacular arrangement of the song, performed by Nat King Cole, as their theme music for the mockumentary series "Twenty Twelve". Let's Face the Music and Dance "Let's Face the Music and Dance"
Torvill and Dean of the rules, though they had danced the routine at the European Championships with no indication from the judges of any problems. According to their joint autobiography, "Facing the Music", the lift was technically legal because the rule prohibited lifts "above the shoulders," and the lift they used was "not" above the shoulders. The judges placed Torvill and Dean third, giving the second to perennial silver medalists Usova and Zhulin, and the gold medal to Grishuk and Platov, who continued to win gold through the next four years. After the disappointing finish at Lillehammer, Torvill and Dean "retired from competitive