Kenny Loggins on how the 'Top Gun' theme song 'Danger Zone' came about

“I wrote a different song for “Top Gun,” which is a song called ‘Playing with the Boys,’ for the volleyball scene. Cause when I was at the screening of the movie, before it came out, there were at least 20 other acts that were considered to write something or perform something for the movie. And so, I figured we should write for the volleyball scene because I didn’t think anybody else would, so, we wrote ‘Playing with the Boys.’ I was in recording that and I got a call from Giorgio [Moroder] and his office and they said, ‘We need a singer by Wednesday’ because whoever was going to sing it had dropped out. I’ve talked to a number of acts who said they were in line for that. ‘Toto,’ ‘R.E.O. Speedwagon’ and Kevin Cronin. Kevin said, ‘I couldn’t hit the high notes, so I passed.’ And Mickey Thomas of the Starship said he didn’t like it, so he passed. So, I got lucky in that way.”- Kenny Loggins