Nadia's Theme

"Nadia's Theme" is a piece of music composed by Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin, Jr. that currently serves as the theme music to the American soap opera The Young and the Restless.

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Barry De Vorzon - Perry Botkin, Jr. - American - Soap opera - The Young and the Restless

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The melody, originally called "Cotton's Dream," was written by De Vorzon and Botkin as incidental music for the 1971 film Bless the Beasts and the Children. Two years later, Botkin wrote a rearranged version of the piece for The Young and the Restless; the show debuted on March 23, 1973. The melody was later renamed "Nadia's Theme" after Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci used it as accompanying music for her floor exercises in the 1976 Summer Olympics.{{ref|Nadia}}

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1971 - Bless the Beasts and the Children - March 23 - 1973 - Nadia Comaneci - 1976 Summer Olympics

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About one month after the 1976 Olympics, the song was released as a single by A&M Records. It soared to up to position number 8 on the Billboard Music Charts by December of 1976, in part because of Comaneci's use of it. However, A&M Records failed to credit De Vorzon as the co-writer on the first pressings of the single. And thus the composer successfully sued the record label for $241,000 USD.{{ref|lawsuit}} Currently, the single has never been released on CD.

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A&M Records - Billboard Music Charts - USD - CD

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Other versions of "Nadia's Theme" have been recorded, including David Hasselhoff's rendition for his 1987 album Lovin' Feelings.

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David Hasselhoff - 1987

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"Nadia's Theme" is sampled in Mary J. Blige's single No More Drama from her album with the same name. In the tune, Blige's persona describes herself as "young and restless".

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Mary J. Blige - No More Drama

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