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Is this song about eternal friendship, the indomitable human spirit, or the competitive drive within us all? All three.
Who is Koreana? If you don’t know them from their album Discorea, then did you ever even go to a Korean discotheque in the late ’70s?
Reasons why it sounds like “Reach Out”: 1. Girgio Moroder also wrote it.
Shape of sunglasses frames worn by entire band: Circular.
Times the entire band joins hands and raises them: 2.
Better song featured in 1988 Olympic Games that I didn’t want to be snarky about: Whitney Houston’s “One Moment In Time”
Choice YouTube comment: “Like an Asian Rick Astley?” — nickkarlrocks
Relevant Olympic Moment tied to this song: In the song, they sing “Breaking down the walls that come between us for all time,” and neither the U.S. or Soviet Union boycotted the games this year and in 1989 the Berlin Wall was torn down so did Koreana play a part? Absolutely they did.