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unusual facts about power ballad



Kōjō no Tsuki

The song was sung and recorded live in the form of a power ballad by the German heavy metal band Scorpions, during a concert at the Nakano Sun Plaza in Tokyo.

Legend of the Eight Samurai

The colorful film score features a mixture of synthesizers and "real" strings produced by Nobody, and a couple of power ballads performed by John O'Banion: Satomi Hakkenden, composed by Joey Carbone and written by Kathi Pinto, and Hakkenshi no Tēma (White Light) (八剣士のテーマ), composed by Joey Carbone and Richie Zito, written by David Palmer.

Love Ain't No Stranger

"Love Ain't No Stranger" is a power ballad by the English hard rock band Whitesnake, and is taken from the band's US-breakthrough album Slide It In.

Set Fire to the Rain

Written by Adele and Fraser T Smith and produced by Smith, the power ballad was released as the second single from the album in Europe.

Sometimes She Cries

A power ballad, it was released in 1989 as the fourth single from Warrant's debut album Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich.


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Everybody Cries

Whilst discussing the single during the ITV2 documentary The Big Reunion, band member Kelli Young revealed that the band were worried that releasing "Everybody Cries" as a single would be a risk, and she wasn't sure whether the fans "would get it", as the song was a power ballad.

Ledina Çelo

In 19 November 2006, Ledina Celo won 2nd place in the Kënga Magjike song festival with the song "Jemi Të Huaj", a power ballad.

Sing Along

When Expressen's Andreas Nunstedt reviewed the Party Crasher album he noted that «Helena Josefsson, who sang like a British nightingale from the '60s on Son Of A Plumber, is prominent. Power ballad à la Joyride».