Louise Thomas – I Can Fly

This is one of the seminal high energy classics of the 1980’s. It was also the biggest seller by far, out of the entire output of the Nightmare Records label. The song was first cut as a three minute track by Rainey, as part of an obscure film soundtrack. It got played at The Saint, in New York, and became a cult favourite. So we cut it with Louise and made a much longer extended version, which became a massive seller for us. It was also the biggest record for Louise Thomas, surpassing “Reflex Action”, and was one of the most remembered High Energy classics of the Eighties. Louise was a young British black singer with a sweet but ballsy voice, who was discovered by Anne Plaxton at Passion. She had an early High Energy hit with “Feels Like Love”. I got her signed to Red Bus and we had two big twelve inch singles “Reflex Action”, and “Cast Aside My Stubborn Pride”. She then signed to Nightmare Records and had several singles, the biggest of which was this stomper, “I Can Fly”. After that, we did a “Best Of Louise Thomas” album with Hot Records in Miami. Possibly her best song, “I’ll Be There To Love You” was written for her by me and Pamela Sheyne. “Reflex Action”, was an anthem during the peak of the whole High Energy boom.