Fame

Track 1 on Fame: 1980 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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“Fame” was Irene Cara’s debut single and first of six top 40 US hits, peaking at #4 on the Hot 100 in late 1980. Cara was cast in the role of Coco Hernandez for the film… Read More

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Fame Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Baby, look at me
And tell me what you see
You ain't seen the best of me yet
Give me time, I'll make you forget the rest

[Verse 2]
I got more in me
And you can set it free
I can catch the moon in my hands
Don't you know who I am?
Remember my name

[Chorus]
(Fame!)
I'm gonna live forever
I'm gonna learn how to fly
(High!)
I feel it coming together
People will see me and cry
(Fame!)
I'm gonna make it to heaven
Light up the sky like a flame
(Fame!)
I'm gonna live forever
Baby, remember my name

(Remember, remember, remember, remember)
(Remember, remember, remember, remember)

[Verse 3]
Baby hold me tight
'Cause you can make it right
You can shoot me straight to the top
Give me love and take all I've got to give

[Verse 4]
Baby I'll be tough
Too much is not enough
I can ride your heart til it breaks
Oooh I got what it takes

[Chorus]
(Fame!)
I'm gonna live forever
I'm gonna learn how to fly
(High!)
I feel it coming together
People will see me and cry
(Fame!)
I'm gonna make it to heaven
Light up the sky like a flame
(Fame!)
I'm gonna live forever
Baby, remember my name

[Post-Chorus]
(Remember, remember, remember, remember)
(Remember, remember, remember)

[Chorus]
(Fame!)
I'm gonna live forever
I'm gonna learn how to fly
(High!)
I feel it coming together
People will see me and cry
(Fame!)
I'm gonna make it to heaven
Light up the sky like a flame
(Fame!)
I'm gonna live forever
Baby, remember my name

[Post-Chorus]
(Remember, remember, remember, remember)
(Remember, remember, remember, remember)

Remember my name

[Chorus]
(Fame!)
I'm gonna live forever
I'm gonna learn how to fly
(High!)
I feel it coming together
People will see me and cry
(Fame!)
I'm gonna make it to heaven
Light up the sky like a flame
(Fame!)
I'm gonna live forever
Baby, remember my...

[Post-Chorus]
(Remember, remember, remember, remember)
(Remember, remember, remember, remember)

[Chorus]
(Fame!)
I'm gonna make it to heaven
Light up the sky like a flame
(Fame!)
I'm gonna live forever
Baby, remember my...

[Post-Chorus]
(Remember, remember, remember, remember)
(Remember, remember, remember, remember)
(Remember my name)

[Chorus]
(Fame!)
I'm gonna live forever
I'm gonna learn how to fly
(High!)
I feel it coming together
People will see me and cry
(Fame!)
I'm gonna make it to heaven...

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About

“Fame” was Irene Cara’s debut single and first of six top 40 US hits, peaking at #4 on the Hot 100 in late 1980.

Cara was cast in the role of Coco Hernandez for the film Fame and her character sang this song in it. “Fame” won an Academy Award, an Oscar and a Golden Globe.

The song was used a couple years later for a television show based on the film. It then topped the charts in several countries overseas including Belgium, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Ireland and the UK.