@muchlopi That song was copyrighted 1985, so the former is correct.
Sir David Wise seems to draw more of an influence from his fellow Brits at Duran Duran than anyone (i.e. several of the themes in Donkey Kong Country seem to have instruments and segments from Save a Prayer.)
@oragin All those remixes in those games seem to have something missing--mostly because they start with that refrain around 0:26-0:33 here. I like the way this song starts where it's supposed to. The OCRemix of it by Ziwtra also captures it nicely, although it doesn't capture all the channels t...
@Mycupofjoe91 It's supposedly loosely based on Japanese anthems over the years, although I don't see that much similarity.