'Time of My Life' released 29 years ago
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Today's Morning Edition music is from the song "Time of My Life" from "Dirty Dancing."
The film's soundtrack was released 29 years ago today, on Aug. 4, 1987.
The album was a knock-out success. It sold more than a million copies within about a month of its release. It ultimately became one of the best-selling albums of all time.
"Time of My Life," by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes, hit No. 1 on the Billboard chart in November 1987.
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