With the single exception of 1972's Smokin' O.P.'s, re-released on CD with remastered sound by Capitol in 2005, all of Seger's albums prior to 1975's Beautiful Loser (the pre-Silver Bullet Band releases) have long remained out of print. The albums Ramblin' Gamblin' Man (1969), Mongrel (1970) and Seven (1974) were briefly available on CD in 1993. Noah (1969), Brand New Morning (1971) and Back in '72 (1973) were available only on vinyl/tape formats and have never been officially reissued on CD,[2][3] but all three were unofficially reissued in 2008 in Argentina on the Lost Diamonds label.[4]
Seger sang backing vocals on this song from the Kiss bassist Gene Simmons' solo album also featuring guitarist Joe Perry of Aerosmith. It was also released as a single.
Bob Seger was considered for quite a few more film soundtracks that he ultimately did not appear on. In 1983, after the success of "Old Time Rock and Roll" in Risky Business (1983) starring Tom Cruise, the song "No Man's Land" was slated for Cruise's next film All the Right Moves (1983).
In 1985, Seger was asked to write the title track for Back to the Future (1985), but eventually "The Power of Love" by Huey Lewis and the News was used instead and became a massive hit. Seger's song was called "Yesterday Rules"; he performed the song live on his 1986 tour. That same year the unreleased song "Can't Hit the Corners No More", which had been recorded for Against the Wind (1980), was scheduled to appear on the soundtrack to The Color of Money (1986), again starring Tom Cruise, but that never happened.
In 1989, Seger was invited to record Roy Orbison's "Pretty Woman" as the title track for the movie of the same name (1990), but he turned the offer down, because he was doing recordings for his upcoming album, The Fire Inside (1991), at the time.
The song "Roll Me Away" was used in the 1984 movie Reckless and "Feel Like a Number" was used in the 1993 movie Striking Distance.[34]
Music videos
1983
"Makin' Thunderbirds"
1986
"Like a Rock"; "American Storm"
1987
"Shakedown"
1991
"The Fire Inside"; "The Real Love"
1994
"Night Moves"
1998
"Chances Are"
2003
"Turn the Page"
2006
"Wait for Me"
Notes
^"Still the Same" also peaked at #30 on the German Singles Chart and #18 on the Austria Top 40 chart.
^"Shame on the Moon" also peaked at number 15 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles chart, number 10 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart, and number 50 on the German Singles Chart.
^"Lock and Load" also peaked at number 57 on the UK Singles Chart.
^"Chances Are" also peaked at number 70 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.
^"Wait for Me" also peaked at number 52 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.
