"She's Like the Wind": A Sing-a-Long Quiz

Answer: tree

Patrick Swayze co-wrote "She's Like the Wind" with Stacy Widelitz. The song was originally written for Swayze's 1984 movie "Grandview, U.S.A."

Answer: moonlight

At the last minute, "She's Like the Wind" was cut from "Grandview, U.S.A." because it did not fit with the comedic and somewhat vulgar nature of the film. Patrick Swayze played Ernie "Slam" Webster in the movie about a woman, Michelle "Mike" Cody (Jamie Lee Curtis), owner of a demolition derby.

She has affairs with both a teenager, Tim Pearson, (C. Thomas Howell) who has the potential to go to college to become an oceanographer, and a married driver (Swayze).

Answer: sun

Patrick Swayze and Stacy Widelidz retained rights to "She's Like the Wind" even though they wrote it for "Grandview U.S.A." This was due to the low budget of "Grandview, U.S.A." A few years later, Swayze would be glad he had kept them.

Answer: heart

Patrick Swayze played Johnny Castle in "Dirty Dancing." Johnny is a dance instructor at Kellerman's, a summer resort. He tends to be looked down on by the owners because he does not have a lot of money, but he is rather popular with the women because he is incredibly gorgeous and an amazing dancer, so they keep hiring him each summer as he brings them more money.

Answer: eyes

Johnny meets Baby Houseman (Jennifer Grey), the daughter of one of the guests, when his cousin Billy (Neal Jones) brings him to where the workers hang out when they are not working. Baby is immediately smitten with Johnny, but Johnny is not happy Billy brought her there.

Answer: mirror

Later in the movie, Johnny is fired. Originally they were going to fire him for theft, but Baby informs them that he couldn't have done it, explaining, "he was in his room all night, and the reason I know, is because I was with him." He is fired anyway, however, because he is fraternizing with the guests.

There is a scene in which he and Baby say goodbye to each other by his car. He tells her, "I'll never be sorry." She agrees, and they kiss goodbye. He then gets in the car and drives off.

Answer: breath

As they were filming "Dirty Dancing" they still needed a song for the "goodbye" scene. Swayze suggested they use "She's Like the Wind" which was written for "Grandview, U.S.A." since it was never used. He thought it fit perfectly with the scene. The production team listened to the song and agreed, the song was perfect for the scene, and it was added.

Swayze sang the song, backed up by Wendy Frazer.

Answer: fool

"She's Like the Wind" was a hit. It reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart and number one on the Adult Contemporary Chart. The "Dirty Dancing" soundtrack, which it was included on, also reached number one and stayed there for eighteen weeks.

Answer: face

According to Rob Lowe, before it was used in "Dirty Dancing" Swayze also tried to get them to use "She's Like the Wind" in the 1986 movie, "Youngbloods." It was rejected for that movie as well. Swayze also wrote a song for another movie he was in, however, "Road House" (1989).

He co-wrote "Cliff's Edge" with Stacy Widelidz and Bob Marlette and performed it. He also performed the song "Raisin' Heaven (in Hell) Tonight" which was written by Willie Nile and Martin Briley.

Answer: body

Swayze had said that whenever he has sung "She's Like the Wind," he always dedicated it to his wife of over thirty years, Lisa Niemi. Sadly, Patrick Swayze died on September 14, 2009, from pancreatic cancer. He was 57 years old.