Waiting for a Star to Fall
~ Recording by Boy Meets Girl
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 9.15 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:30 | Boy Meets Girl | The Pop Years: The 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | Crimson Productions (UK budget reissue label; imprint of Crimson Productions Ltd.) | CRIMPOP806 | |
| 1.6 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:34 | Boy Meets Girl | Pure… Movies | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 8697753052 | |
| 2.12 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:22 | Boy Meets Girl | Absolute Cinema | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EVA Records (Sweden) | EVACD 4113 |
| 1.17 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:33 | Boy Meets Girl | Back to the 80’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697818972 |
| 9.15 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:30 | Boy Meets Girl | The Pop Years: The 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Crimson Productions (UK budget reissue label; imprint of Crimson Productions Ltd.) | CRIMPOP807 |
| 1.16 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:28 | Boy Meets Girl | Guilty Pleasures | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Ministry of Sound | MOSCD249 |
| 3.3 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:31 | Boy Meets Girl | Pure… 80s Dance Party | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 3.3 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:31 | Boy Meets Girl | Pure… 80s Dance Party | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697906892 |
| 2.4 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:28 | Boy Meets Girl | Haynes: Ultimate Guide to the 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 2.4 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:29 | Boy Meets Girl | Haynes: Ultimate Guide to the 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Haynes Owner’s Workshop Manuals, Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697925332 |
| 1.18 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:27 | Boy Meets Girl | More 80 From the 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Australia | 5335368 |
| 2.6 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:31 | Boy Meets Girl | 101 Movie Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Music Australia (not for release label use!) | 4634222 |
| 5.6 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:32 | Boy Meets Girl | 101 More Housework Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 4.1 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:34 | Boy Meets Girl | Pure… America | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 88697906922 | |
| 3.7 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:24 | Boy Meets Girl | The 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88883757432 |
| 2.4 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:26 | Boy Meets Girl | Fantastiske 80’ere | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) | 88883707532 |
| 3.16 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:30 | Boy Meets Girl | Smooth FM: All Time Top 50 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88843037722 |
| 1.10 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:28 | Boy Meets Girl | 30 Stars: 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88843050852 | |
| 4.9 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:34 | Boy Meets Girl | Pure… Pop Anthems | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88843039832 | |
| 2.13 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:32 | Boy Meets Girl | Der letzte Bulle, Volume 5 | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
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| 1.2 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:30 | Boy Meets Girl | Reel Life (misprint) | Boy Meets Girl | Album |
| Cherry Pop (a division of Cherry Red Records Ltd.) | CRPOP151 |
| 1.2 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | ?:?? | Boy Meets Girl | Reel Life (corrected version) | Boy Meets Girl | Album |
| Cherry Pop (a division of Cherry Red Records Ltd.) | CRPOP151 |
| 1.4 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:28 | Boy Meets Girl | The Party Mix - Movies | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Crimson Productions (UK budget reissue label; imprint of Crimson Productions Ltd.) | |
| 1.12 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:29 | Boy Meets Girl | Top 40: Movies | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 4.5 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:34 | Boy Meets Girl | Pure… Dance Party | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88875006242 | |
| 2.10 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:30 | Boy Meets Girl | Formel Eins: Raritäten (Limited Edition) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88843 09576 2 |
| 1.19 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:32 | Boy Meets Girl | A Night at the Movies | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 8843032012 |
| 1.1 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:27 | Boy Meets Girl | Mastermix Classic Cuts, Volume 142: 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Music Factory (UK promotional remix service started in 1985) | CC142 |
| 3.4 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:33 | Boy Meets Girl | The Time of My Life: The Greatest Hits of the Movies | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88875006042 |
| 4.8 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:33 | Boy Meets Girl | Formel 80: 80 Perlen der 80er | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 88883738082 | |
| 4.3 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:34 | Boy Meets Girl | Ultimate: Movies | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.2 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:34 | Boy Meets Girl | Ultimate 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony CMG (subsidiary of SME UK, add only UK releases), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88875085602 |
| 2.4 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:33 | Boy Meets Girl | 30 Stars: Movies | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88875075042 |
| 4.3 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:34 | Boy Meets Girl | Ultimate Movies | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88875085822 |
| 2.12 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:33 | Boy Meets Girl | Chartboxx: Pop Anthems | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sonocord | 304 016 9 |
| 1.2 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:34 | Boy Meets Girl | Ultimate 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | CDSM623 |
| 3.10 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:34 | Boy Meets Girl | The Nation's Favourite Running Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music CG | |
| 3.10 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:34 | Boy Meets Girl | The Nation’s Favourite Running Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music CG | 88875180582 |
| 5.16 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:33 | Boy Meets Girl | 100 Hits: Car Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 100 Hits | DMG 100 164 |
| 3.2 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:31 | Boy Meets Girl | Light Mellow ONE DAY | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Records International (Japanese TEXTLESS boxed Walking Eye imprint) | SICP-4791, SICP-4792, SICP-4793 |
| 1.2 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:32 | Boy Meets Girl | Reel Life | Boy Meets Girl | Album |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | SICP-4937 |
| 1.11 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:29 | Boy Meets Girl | 100 Hits: 80s Essentials | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Demon Music Group | DMGN100114 |
| 2.2 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:33 | Boy Meets Girl | Ultimate 80s Dance Party | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88985370082 |
| 3.11 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:31 | Boy Meets Girl | The Classic 80s Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 2.7 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:31 | Boy Meets Girl | The Very Best of the Breeze Playlist 2017 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 4.8 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:31 | Boy Meets Girl | Classic 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88985448612 |
| 2.6 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:33 | Boy Meets Girl | 100 Hits: Pop Essentials | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Demon Music Group | DMGN 100 188 |
| 5.6 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:33 | Boy Meets Girl | 100 Hits: The Best Eighties Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Demon Music Group | DMGN 100 204 |
| 2.16 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:31 | Boy Meets Girl | The Very Best of the Breeze: Playlist 2017 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment), The Breeze (New Zealand radio station) | 88985487012 |
| 1.10 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | ?:?? | Boy Meets Girl | 80s Back to School | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Demon Music Group | CRIMCD613 |
| 2.12 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:32 | Boy Meets Girl | 100 Hits: Sing! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 100 Hits | DMGN100214 |
| 3.5 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:34 | Boy Meets Girl | 100 Hits: Summer | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 100 Hits | DMGN100219 |
| 1.2 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:32 | Boy Meets Girl | Reel Life | Boy Meets Girl | Album |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | |
| 3.11 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:26 | Boy Meets Girl | I Love 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation + DJ-mix |
| Ministry of Sound | MOSCD523 |
| 2.8 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:31 | Boy Meets Girl | 80s Car Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| DMG TV | DMGTV075 |
| 2.4 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:33 | Boy Meets Girl | Haynes Ultimate Guide to the 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Haynes Owner’s Workshop Manuals, Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 19075834902 |
| 1.6 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:32 | Boy Meets Girl | 100 Hits: American Anthems | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Demon Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment UK | DMGN100229 |
| 3.11 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:27 | Boy Meets Girl | The #1 80s Love Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 19075953162 |
| 2.15 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:31 | Boy Meets Girl | NOW 100 Hits: Even More Forgotten 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment), Universal Music on Demand, NOW (bogus label; use the MusicBrainz Series instead) | CDNNNOW89 |
| 1.35 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:31 | Boy Meets Girl | NOW 100 Hits: Even More Forgotten 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 3.17 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:31 | Boy Meets Girl | The Hits Album: The 80s Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony CMG (subsidiary of SME UK, add only UK releases) | 19075945072 |
| 2.3 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:26 | Boy Meets Girl | The #1 Album: Power Ballads | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Entertainment UK | |
| 1.12 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:26 | Boy Meets Girl | The Best ’80s Car Songs Album in the World… Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label) | |
| 2.15 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:30 | Boy Meets Girl | The Best Car Songs Album in the World… Ever! | Various Artists | Album |
| Spectrum Audio UK | |
| 4.14 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:33 | Boy Meets Girl | Electric 80’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | |||
| 1.11 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:33 | Boy Meets Girl | Entertainment Weekly Greatest Hits Of 1988 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | |||
| 1.2 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:29 | Boy Meets Girl | Hit Wave | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | |||
| 1.3 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:31 | Boy Meets Girl | Summer in the City | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.8 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | 4:31 | Boy Meets Girl | TM Century: GoldDisc 161 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | |||
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 3.3 | Waiting for a Star Tol Fall | 4:27 | Boy Meets Girl | I Love 80’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Πρώτο Θέμα | 88697906892 |
Relationships
| drum machine programming: | George Merrill |
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| producer: | Arif Mardin |
| assistant mixer: | Jim Dineen |
| mixer: | David Leonard (US producer and engineer) |
| alto saxophone: | Andy Snitzer |
| bass guitar, piano and synthesizer: | George Merrill |
| drums (drum set): | Denny Fongheiser Michael Jochum |
| guitar: | John Goux |
| synthesizer [Crowning touch]: | Joe Mardin |
| additional vocals: | Susan Boyd |
| vocals: | George Merrill Shannon Rubicam |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | BMG Music (in 1988) |
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| mixed at: | The Grey Room in Hollywood, United States |
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| recording of: | Waiting for a Star to Fall |
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Related works
Waiting for a Star to Fall
| writer: | George Merrill Shannon Rubicam |
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| publisher: | ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 Boy Meets Girl Music (from 1987 to present) Irving Music (BMI) (from 1987 to present) |
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