Maureen McGovern: DIFFERENT WORLDS (Theme from "Angie") - 1979 Single Version

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MUSIC: Charles Fox / LYRICS: Norman Gimbel

Let the time flow; Let the love grow
Let the rain shower; Let the rose flower
Love, it seeks; Love, it finds
Love, it conquers; Love, it binds

We come to each other from different worlds
Drawn to each other by the love inside of us
We give to each other our different worlds
Long as we can do it
Life, we're gonna breeze right through it

Let the time flow; Let the love grow
Let the rain shower; Let the rose flower
Love, it seeks; Love, it finds
Love, it conquers; Love, it binds

We reach for each other from different worlds
With love for each other that will stand the test of time
We're up to the challenge of different worlds
With this love inside us
There is nothing can divide us

Let the time flow; Let the love grow
Let the rain shower; Let the rose flower
Love, it seeks; Love, it finds
Love, it conquers; Love, it binds
Love, it seeks and Love, it finds
Love, it conquers
Love, it binds-ahhhhhh
Love, it seeks; Love, it finds
Love, it conquers; Love, it binds

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Maureen McGovern sings the single version of "Different Worlds," the bouncy theme song from the TV series, "Angie" (ABC-TV, 1979-80). This song peaked at #18 on the charts.

Maureen had already recorded the popular theme songs for the 70s movies THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE ("The Morning After"), THE TOWERING INFERNO ("We May Never Love Like This Again"), and SUPERMAN ("Can You Read My Mind?") before she recorded "Different Worlds." She was later mentored by singer/songwriter Mel Torme, and went on to sing in the New York club/cabaret scene and to star on Broadway. She continues to perform and record.

Photos are from Maureen's website:
http://www.maureenmcgovern.com/

Video is from the Season 1 opening credits of "Angie," over which "Different Worlds" was heard.

Audio from "Tube Tunes, Volume Two - The 70s and 80s" (Rhino Records, 1995).

Song written by Charles Fox & Norman Gimbel.
(They also wrote the theme songs for "Happy Days," "Laverne & Shirley" and "Wonder Woman";
Fox also wrote the "Love Boat" theme with Paul Williams).

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"Angie" was a sitcom about a working-class waitress (Donna Pescow) who meets and marries one of her customers, a rich doctor (Robert Hays, who would soon star in the 1980 movie satire "Airplane"). The show was quite popular in its first season, but surprisingly lost its audience in its second (and final) season.

Pescow was a well-known star at the time, having just co-starred opposite John Travolta in "Saturday Night Fever." After "Angie," she went on to play daytime TV's first lesbian character on "All My Children."

Her TV mom, Doris Roberts, would go on to greater success in the 90s as Ray Romano's overbearing mother Marie on "Everybody Loves Raymond."

Debralee Scott, who played Angie's sister, had previously appeared on "Welcome Back Kotter" (as Hotsie Totsie, where she, too, played opposite John Travolta) and on "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" (as Mary's sister).

Debralee's life took a tragic turn in 2001 when her fiance, New York Port Authority Police Officer John Dennis (J.D.) Levi, died in the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center:
http://www.legacy.com/Sept11/Story.as...

In 2005, Debralee collapsed and spent several days hospitalized in a coma. She awoke and was discharged, and then died in her sleep at home several days later. She was 52. RIP.

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[OceanKingNY]

200,000 views!

Thanks to all of you for watching!

[OceanKingNY]

150,000 views!

Thanks to everyone for supporting Maureen's song, and my little video.

And a Happy July 4th Weekend to all....

[lordarion1]

After watching this video, I sighed so long that the wind was knocked out of me! I am 46 years old and was in my early teens when this came out. Man, did I have a crush on Donna Pescow and DebraLee Scott!!! Thanks for letting me relive a special time in my life. Now I've got to go on Facebook and see what my old friends are up to...

[OceanKingNY]

Glad you liked this little trip back to the Swinging 70s. Donna Pescow has continued to act over the years. But sadly, Debralee Scott passed away in 2005. She led a difficult life after her fiance, a Port Authority police officer, was killed at the WTC on 9/11. RIP.

[Christophe Philippe]

Love at six! Love at five!

[74bshs]

I agree that '79 wasn't the greatest of years, but I was a young 23 and in love at that time, and even though I visited Eastern Europe that year, and got to bear witness to the crap going on back there, well, there was music like this that kept one going. Given what we have nowadays, both musically and politically, I'd rather be back in the '70's...

[fahnke]

I remember the show and this theme from when I was a child, and even know, all these years later the song holds up. The show doesn't, but the song does. I think a slow, spare jazz ballad could be made out of this song. It has some nice chord changes and peppy lyrics.

[Uccello05]

Timeless tune.

[lanceflatul]

Thank God for stringed instruments. They lend so much beauty to music. They're a wonderful complement to this tune. Maureen's beautiful voice and the strings.

[luis contreras ramirez]

que tema mas bello.me encanta y no me aburro de escucharlo

that beautiful song!i love it and i'm bored of hearing.

[johninsalisbury2010]

9 years old when it was on.I wish we had shows like that now.

[Vic Damico]

Maureen was the queen of the theme songs that is for sure. One the greatest voices of my time.

[kerryincolumbus]

100% agree!

[dmisslourdes69]

I remember this.i was about 4!i loved it!