"Waiting for a Star to Fall" is a song by American pop music duo Boy Meets Girl in 1988, written by the duo's members, Shannon Rubicam and George Merrill...
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Shannon Rubicam. They are perhaps best known for their hit song "Waiting for a Star to Fall" from 1988 and for writing two of Whitney Houston's number one...
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mid-1980s to the present day, Merrill has been one half of vocal duo Boy Meets Girl, who are best remembered for the 1988 hit "Waiting for a Star to Fall". He...
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known for their 1988 hit "Waiting for a Star to Fall". Merrill and Rubicam first met in 1975 when both were performing at a friend's wedding. The couple...
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Records/BMG. The album features the duo's sole top ten hit as a recording act, "Waiting for a Star to Fall," as well as the minor follow-up hit, "Bring Down the...
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and Rob Kittler (p.k.a. RobKAY). In 2005 their remix, "Star2Fall", of Boy Meets Girl's 1988 single, "Waiting for a Star to Fall", reached the top 5 of...
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Sunset Strippers (section "Falling Stars" music video)
best-known for their 2005 song "Falling Stars", which samples the 1988 hit song "Waiting for a Star to Fall" by Boy Meets Girl and was involved in a sampling...
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Boy Meets Girl (Boy Meets Girl album) (category A&M Records albums)
record would provide them with their sole top-ten hit as a recording act, "Waiting for a Star to Fall." All songs written by Shannon Rubicam and George Merrill...
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follow-up album, Reel Life, including their most successful single, "Waiting for a Star to Fall," on which he is featured as one of two drummers. He also played...
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were overshadowed for the remainder of the film. One of the most widely recognized tracks from the film is "Waiting for a Star to Fall" by Boy Meets Girl...
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One-hit wonder (section "20 to 1: One Hit Wonders")
Alphaville "Broken Land" – The Adventures "Waiting for a Train" – Flash And The Pan "Waiting for a Star to Fall" – Boy Meets Girl "99 Red Balloons" – Nena...
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In My Arms (Mylo song) (category Single chart usages for Australia)
and "Waiting for a Star to Fall" by Boy Meets Girl. The song's music video was filmed in Los Angeles. The video opens with a woman departing a bus and...
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history. The last song played on the station was Boy Meets Girl's "Waiting For a Star to Fall". The Paul Ellery website, [1] has exclusive footage of the final...
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Destroy Rock & Roll (category Album articles lacking alt text for covers)
for the use of "Bette Davis Eyes" on "In My Arms", due to the requirement to offer 50% to the holders of "Waiting for a Star to Fall". Conversely, a sampled...
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"Waiting for a Star to Fall" (from Three Men and a Little Lady), "Leave Me Alone" (Moonwalker), "Batdance" (Batman), "Licence to Kill" (Licence to Kill), "Wind...
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Jason Donovan (category Australian emigrants to England)
chance to record the song "Waiting for a Star To Fall", later a hit for Boy Meets Girl. However he followed Minogue by signing a recording contract with...
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Waiting for Godot (/ˈɡɒdoʊ/ GOD-oh or /ɡəˈdoʊ/ gə-DOH) is a play by Irish playwright Samuel Beckett in which two characters, Vladimir (Didi) and Estragon...
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newspaper readers in Sweden blamed the song for being similar to the 1988 Boy Meets Girl song "Waiting For a Star to Fall" and the 2008 Jenny "Velvet" Petterssons...
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"Un Roman d'amitié (Friend You Give Me a Reason)" – Elsa Lunghini and Glenn Medeiros "Waiting For A Star To Fall" – Boy Meets Girl (released on December...
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Heaven on Earth (Belinda Carlisle album) (category Articles with music ratings that need to be turned into prose)
did not include on the album, are "Waiting for a Star to Fall" and "Some Hearts", which would become big hits for Boy Meets Girl and Carrie Underwood...
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saxophone solo in Boy Meets Girl's 1988 hit "Waiting for a Star to Fall". Snitzer has released several albums as a solo artist, including Ties That Bind, In...
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finally gave up on Top 40 and flipped to Hot AC as "Star 101.5." The first song on "Star" was "Waiting for a Star to Fall" by Seattle duo Boy Meets Girl. Kent...
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The following is a list of SingStar games released for the PlayStation 2 video game console. The tables list the songs available in each game, with the...
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Paul Smith (boxer) (category All articles with bare URLs for citations)
has remixed the song "Falling Stars (Waiting for a Star To Fall)" by Sunset Strippers, also with Di Scala. Paul Smith comes from a family of professional...
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"Catch a Falling Star" is a song written by Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss. It was made famous by Perry Como who recorded and released his version in late...
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Waiting for Santa, known as Barney's Happy Christmas in Australia, is a direct-to-video Christmas Eve special. Released on video on April 30, 1990 as...
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Places (Martin Solveig song) (category Single chart usages for Austria)
The song samples the Boy Meets Girl song "Waiting for a Star to Fall".[citation needed] A music video to accompany the release of "Places" was first...
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Fall in Love Like a Star (Chinese: 怦然星动) is a 2015 Chinese romantic drama film directed by Tony Chan, starring Yang Mi and Li Yifeng. It was released on...
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Black Box – "Ride On Time" Boy Meets Girl – "Waiting for a Star to Fall" Brother Beyond – "Can You Keep a Secret?" Neneh Cherry – "Manchild" Coldcut ft...
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both reached the charts with a remixed version of "Waiting for a Star to Fall", under the title "Star to Fall" and "Falling Stars" respectively. Fifty-two...
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