Editing Dare

{{song
|title=Dare
|image=TFTM Dare.jpg
|caption=
|series=[[The Transformers: The Movie]]
|position=insert song
|performer=[[Stan Bush]]
|written by=[[Vince DiCola]] and<br>[[Scott Shelly]]
|production=Vince Dicola and<br>[[Richie Wise]]
|arrangement=Vince DiCola
}}
"'''Dare'''" is a song by [[Stan Bush]], featured on the 1986 album ''[[The Transformers: The Movie - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]''. Along with "[[The Touch]]", it is one of two songs performed by Stan Bush included in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.

It plays early in the movie; after [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and a moody [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]] have a brief conversation concerning [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]]'s prolonged absence, Daniel receives a signal indicating that an Autobot shuttle is about to land nearby. As his spirits are raised by these news, "Dare" begins to play, accompanying the duo's race to "[[Lookout Mountain|lookout mountain]]", until Hot Rod notices a group of Decepticon using the Shuttle as a means to ambush Autobot City. It reprises later when the Autobots storm [[Unicron]], crashing through his eye.

==Lyrics==
Sometimes when your hopes have all been shattered<br>
There's nowhere to turn<br>
You wonder how you keep going<br>
Think of all the things that really mattered<br>
And the chances you've earned<br>
The fire in your heart is growing

You can fly, if you try, leaving the past behind<br>
Heaven only knows what you might find

:Dare
:Dare to believe you can survive
:You hold the future in your hand
:Dare
:Dare to keep all of your dreams alive
:It's time to take a stand
:And you can win if you dare

Everybody's trying to break your spirit<br>
Keeping you down<br>
Seems like it's been forever<br>
There's another voice, if you'll just hear it<br>
Saying it's the last round<br>
Looks like it's now or never

Out of the darkness you stumble into the light<br>
Fighting for the things you know are right

:Dare
:Dare to believe you can survive
:The power is there at your command
:Dare
:Dare to keep all of your dreams alive
:It's time to take a stand
:And you can win if you dare

:Dare
:Dare to believe you can survive
:You hold the future in your hand
:Dare
:Dare to keep all of your dreams alive
:The power is there at your command
:Dare
:Dare to keep all your love alive
:Dare to be all you can be
:Dare
:There is a place where dreams survive
:It's calling you on to victory 
:Dare
:Dare

==Album releases==
*1986 — ''[[The Transformers: The Movie - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack|The Transformers: The Movie — Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]'' ([[Scotti Bros. Records]])
*1997 — Stan Bush: ''[['Til All Are One (CD)|Call to Action]]'' (LA Records/[[3H Productions]]) — 1997 Remix version.
*1998 — ''[[BotCon '97: The Concert]]'' (3H Productions) — Extended version, live with [[Vince DiCola]].
*2001 — ''[[The Protoform Sessions|Vince DiCola Presents: The Protoform Sessions]]'' (3H Productions) — Demo version, performed by [[Gary Falcone]].
*2001 — ''[[Artistic Transformations|Artistic Transformations: Themes and Variations]]'' (3H Productions) — Solo piano arrangement, performed by Vince DiCola.
*2007 — ''The Transformers: The Movie — Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: 20th Anniversary Edition'' ([[Legacy Recordings]])

==Notes==

*The song "Ai wo Shitta Yajuu No You Ni" from the 1987 album [http://homepage1.nifty.com/dancouga/goods/goods3.html Songs for Dancougar] of ''[[wikipedia:Dancouga – Super Beast Machine God|Dancouga - Super Beast Machine God]]'' features some startling similarties to ''Dare'', including an absolutely identical intro and middle eight, among other things. No comment... but we dare (tee-hee!) you to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sOJyzzyQF4 listen to it] and tell us otherwise!

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