Interview: Kevin Cronin on How REO Speedwagon’s “Can’t Fight This Feeling” Took 10 Years to Finish

Up next a #1 hit that took 10 years to write. Kevin Cronin of Reo Speedwagon had the verses finished but he had been searching for the chorus for so long…He felt blocked. With pressure to write a hit for his band’s next album he scheduled a writing session with a famous contemporary but the morning of he canceled because he was physically sick! He was so frustrated that he stared cussing Screaming out to the muse! What is this song about! Just then it him like a ton of brick… up next he story of one of 80s greatest #1 hits Can’t Fight This Feeling by Reo Speedwagon with an exclusive interview and Kevin explains the cheesy, bubblegum lyric that’s he’s caught endless crap for! The story of an 80s power ballad.

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