Don't Fight It (Kenny Loggins & Steve Perry song)

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources:  –  ·  ·  · scholar · JSTOR (April 2021) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

"Don't Fight It"
Single by Kenny Loggins & Steve Perry
from the album High Adventure
B-side	"The More We Try"
Released	Aug 1982
Genre	Rock, soft rock[1]
Length	3:37
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Kenny Loggins, Steve Perry, Dean Pitchford
Producer(s)	Bruce Botnick, Kenny Loggins
Kenny Loggins singles chronology
"I'm Alright" (1980) "Don't Fight It" (1982) "Heart to Heart" (1982)

"Don't Fight It" is a rock song performed by Kenny Loggins and Steve Perry, the lead singer for Journey at that time. It is included on Loggins' 1982 album High Adventure.

Background[]

Loggins has described the song as 'an experiment in pushing my limits to include rock', from the liner notes of his 1997 compilation Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow.

According to Loggins, the bullwhip sound effect in the song was created using a whip that was also used for the Indiana Jones movies.^[2]

It was released as a single in August 1982 and peaked at number 17 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and was nominated for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal at the 1983 Grammy Awards.

Track listing[]

US 7" single

1. "Don't Fight It" - 3:37
2. "The More We Try" - 3:59

Credits and personnel[]

• Kenny Loggins - Co-lead Vocals & Rhythm Guitar
• Steve Perry - Co-lead Vocals
• Neil Giraldo - Lead Guitar
• Mike Hamilton - Bass
• Dennis Conway - Drums
• Tris Imboden - Percussion

Chart performance[]

Cover versions[]

In 1984, Kids Incorporated covered "Don't Fight It" in the Season 1 episode "The Ghost of the P*lace."^[3] Kids Incorporated covered the song again in 1986 in the Season 3 episode "Boy Wonder".^[4]

References[]

This 1980s rock song–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

• v
• t