It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song (1986).
Giorgio Moroder has said that of all the hits he has had in his career, he is most proud of this song.
In 2017, ShortList's Dave Fawbert listed the song as containing "one of the greatest key changes in music history".
United Kingdom (BPI) Silver certification with 200,000 sales.
(at 1 min 9 seconds) When Rob Brill walks by the aircraft graveyard, that Brill gives John Crawford a pilot badges he found, close to Crawford can be seen a turned on lantern and a red backpack, implying to be hikers that they entered in the aircraft graveyard to spend the night.