Wind Beneath My Wings

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power ballad single song

"Wind Beneath My Wings" is a popular power ballad best known from Bette Midler’s Grammy-winning rendition featured in the 1988 film *Beaches*.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	power ballad → single → song →
alsoKnownAs	The Wind Beneath My Wings →
award	Grammy Award for Record of the Year → Grammy Award for Song of the Year →
chartPositionUSAdultContemporary	1 →
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100	1 →
composer	Jeff Silbar → Larry Henley →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
decadeOfPopularity	1980s → 1990s →
filmReleaseYear	1988 →
firstRecordingArtist	Roger Whittaker →
genre	adult contemporary → adult contemporary → pop →
grammyYear	1990 →
hasNotableLyric	Did you ever know that you're my hero? → You are the wind beneath my wings →
language	English →
lyricist	Jeff Silbar → Larry Henley →
notableCoverArtist	Bette Midler → Gary Morris → Kenny Rogers → Lee Greenwood → Lou Rawls → Perry Como → Sheena Easton → Willie Nelson →
notableUsage	funeral song → wedding song →
notableVersion	Wind Beneath My Wings (Bette Midler recording) →
partOfSoundtrack	Beaches: Original Soundtrack Recording →
performer	Bette Midler →
producer	Arif Mardin →
recordLabel	Atlantic Records NERFINISHED →
singleReleaseYear	1989 →
theme	friendship → gratitude → selflessness → support →
usedInFilm	Beaches →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Beaches → Bette Midler →	notableSong
Wind Beneath My Wings ("The Wind Beneath My Wings") →	alsoKnownAs
Beaches: Original Soundtrack Recording →	featuresHitSingle
Beaches: Original Soundtrack Recording →	includesSong
Beaches: Original Soundtrack Recording ("containing Bette Midler’s hit ballad "Wind Beneath My Wings"") →	notableFor
Wind Beneath My Wings ("Wind Beneath My Wings (Bette Midler recording)") →	notableVersion
Beaches: Original Soundtrack Recording →	performerOfSong