The Secret of My Success (song)

The Secret of My Success is a hard-rock song performed by Night Ranger from their album Big Life as well as on the soundtrack to the 1987 comedy film, The Secret of My Success. The star of the film, Michael J. Fox, was the person to request the band to write and record the song. It reached No. 12 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and No. 64 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the U.S. The song was one that competed for the Golden Globe Award in the category of Best Original Song in 1988. The winner in question was "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" central theme of Dirty Dancing, played by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes.