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TIL that Kenny Loggins was the third choice to record "Danger Zone" for the 1986 blockbuster movie Top Gun. The producers originally approached Toto and Corey Hart before settling on Loggins. The song went on to be one of the best-selling soundtrack singles of all time.

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