{"id":765,"date":"2025-07-14T19:04:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T19:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/?p=765"},"modified":"2025-07-14T19:04:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T19:04:10","slug":"mm-1987","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/2025\/07\/14\/mm-1987\/","title":{"rendered":"MM &#8211; 1987"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Patrick Swayze - She&#039;s Like The Wind (Official HD Video) ft. Wendy Fraser\" width=\"1140\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lU9p1WRfA9w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>She\u2019s Like The Wind<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Released in December 1987 and featured on the Dirty Dancing soundtrack, this heartfelt ballad\u2014co-written and performed by Patrick Swayze\u2014became a surprise hit. It reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cShe\u2019s Like the Wind\u201d became one of the most unexpected hits of the decade \u2014 not just because it was a love song, but because it was sung by Patrick Swayze, the star of Dirty Dancing. Co-written with his friend Stacy Widelitz back in 1984, the song was originally meant for the film Grandview, U.S.A. but was shelved \u2014 until Swayze played the demo for Dirty Dancing\u2019s producers, who immediately saw its potential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A Love Song with Real-Life Roots<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Swayze said the song was inspired by his relationship with his wife, Lisa Niemi \u2014 a love that felt both grounding and elusive. That emotional core runs through the lyrics, which describe a woman who\u2019s close yet somehow out of reach: \u201cShe\u2019s like the wind, through my tree\u2026\u201d It\u2019s a ballad full of longing, admiration, and quiet heartbreak.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She\u2019s Like The Wind Released in December 1987 and featured on the Dirty Dancing soundtrack, this heartfelt ballad\u2014co-written and performed by Patrick Swayze\u2014became a surprise hit. It reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. &nbsp;\u201cShe\u2019s Like the Wind\u201d became one of the most unexpected hits of the decade \u2014 not just because it was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/92"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}