{"id":9833,"date":"2020-05-29T12:20:51","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T16:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/?p=9833"},"modified":"2020-05-29T12:25:24","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T16:25:24","slug":"corey-hart-releases-new-version-of-never-surrender-and-its-amazing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/blogs\/afternoons\/2020\/05\/corey-hart-releases-new-version-of-never-surrender-and-its-amazing\/","title":{"rendered":"Corey Hart Releases New Version Of &#8220;Never Surrender&#8221; And It&#8217;s AMAZING"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What girl that grew up with 80&#8217;s music DIDN&#8217;T have a crush on <strong>Corey Hart<\/strong>?\u00a0 He brought us some incredible music.<\/p>\n<p>One of the biggest songs of his career was <strong>Never Surrender<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>That song, those lyrics, have never been so meaningful.\u00a0 So fitting for what our world is going through.\u00a0 <em><strong>&#8220;A little uncertainty can bring you down. &#8230;\u00a0 And when the night is cold and dark, you can see light.\u00a0 No one take away your right to fight&#8230; and never surrender&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Corey Hart is back.\u00a0 \u00a0With an updated version of that 1985 hit that won him Single of the Year at the Junos and spent four weeks at the top of the charts in Canada.\u00a0 Inspired by the Covid-19 pandemic.\u00a0 He says since the pandemic began, he has received so many heartfelt messages from people all over the world telling him just how much the song continues to inspire them.\u00a0 That inspired <em>him<\/em> to create a new version of the song.\u00a0 It&#8217;s beautiful.\u00a0 And it made me cry.<\/p>\n<p>The power of a song.\u00a0 A piano.\u00a0 A voice.\u00a0 A lyric that speaks to the heart.<\/p>\n<p>Corey explains in a press release &#8211;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><em>\u201cAspirational dreams of youth coupled with na\u00efve, unaffected simplicity led me to write a song called \u2018Never Surrender\u2019 some 35 years ago. Today as I gaze out onto the uncertain sea of change, I&#8217;m reminded of the kind, resilient people in our world who keep moving forward with steely determination and steady stride \u2014 that yes indeed, \u2018just a little more time is all we\u2019re asking for.\u2019<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cNever Surrender (Angels) 2020,&#8221; featuring Rob Wells on piano, was recorded in Bahamas, where Hart lives. It comes with a video directed by his wife, singer Julie Masse.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"610\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C08gOyASz2U\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What girl that grew up with 80&#8217;s music DIDN&#8217;T have a crush on Corey Hart?\u00a0 He brought us some incredible music. One of the biggest songs of his career was Never Surrender. 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