The Lady in Red (Chris de Burgh song)

The Lady in Red (Chris de Burgh song)

"The Lady in Red" is a love song from Chris de Burgh's 1986 album "Into The Light". The song went to #1 in 25 countries.Fact|date=May 2007

Creation

The song was written in reference to (though not specifically about) his first wife Diane and was released on the album "Into The Light", reaching #1 in the UK charts in July 1986, and peaking on the Billboard charts at #3 in May 1987.Fact|date=May 2007

In other media

It was the love theme for the characters of Steve "Patch" Johnson and Kayla Brady Johnson on the NBC daytime drama Days of our Lives.Fact|date=May 2007 The song appears briefly in the 2000 film adaptation of "American Psycho" when Patrick Bateman, played by Christian Bale, is listening to it in his office on his walkman [cite web |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0144084/soundtrack |title=Soundtracks for "American Psycho" |accessdate=2008-08-30 |publisher=IMDb |date= ] . It also appears in the 1988 movie, "Working Girl". [cite web |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096463/soundtrack |title=Soundtracks for "Working Girl" (1988) |accessdate=2008-08-30 |publisher=IMDb |date= ] It is also heard in the 2004 comedy film [cite web |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364725/soundtrack |title=Soundtracks for "Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story" |accessdate=2008-08-30 |publisher=IMDb |date= ] . It was also used in episodes of Drop the Dead Donkey and That Mitchell and Webb Look.

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