"Strong As Steel" is the name of a 1987 hit single by British pop group

Five Star Five Star (also styled as 5 Star) are a British pop group, formed in 1983 and comprising siblings Stedman, Lorraine, Denise, Doris and Delroy Pearson. Between 1985 and 1988, Five Star had four top 20 albums and 15 top 40 singles in the UK, ...

, the second release from their third album, '' Between The Lines''. The single peaked at No. 16 in the UK. The song was written by songwriter

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, who has also written hit songs for

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Tina Turner Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock; November 26, 1939) is an American-born Swiss retired singer and actress. Widely referred to as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Queen of Rock 'n' Roll", she rose to prominence as the lead singer o ...

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Tina Arena Filippina Lydia "Tina" Arena (born 1 November 1967) is an Australian singer-songwriter, musician, musical theatre actress and record producer. She is one of Australia's highest-selling artists and has sold over 10 million records worldwid ...

and

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, The Jewish Historical Society of New Haven, 1998. (born February 26, 1953), known professio ...

Track listings

7" single and 7" posterbag # "Strong As Steel" (Edit) # "The Man" 12" single PT41566 and cassette single # "Strong As Steel" (Album Version) # "The Man" # "

Can't Wait Another Minute "Can't Wait Another Minute" is a 1986 hit single by British pop group Five Star, peaking at number 7 on the UK Singles Chart and giving them their highest ever peak of 41 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in the United States where it also reached num ...

" (M&M Groove Remix) 05:15 2nd 12" single PT41566(R) # "Strong As Steel" (Edit) # "The Man" # "The Five Star Hit Mix", 11:52 (Disco Mix Club megamix featuring "Can't Wait Another Minute", "Let Me Be the One", "All Fall Down", "Whenever You're Ready", "Find The Time", "If I Say Yes", "R.S.V.P.", "Love Take Over", "The Slightest Touch"). All tracks available on the remastered versions of either the 2012 'Between The Lines' album, the 2013 'The Remix Anthology (The Remixes 1984-1991)' or the 2018 'Luxury - The Definitive Anthology 1984-1991' boxset.

Tina Arena version

Australian singer

released her version of the song as a single from her first album ''

Strong as Steel ''Strong as Steel'' is the second studio album by Australian pop music, pop singer Tina Arena, released in 1990 by EMI. Album information The album has a very light tone and a pop rock feel to it compared to Arena's subsequent albums, which we ...

'' (1990).

Charts

Other cover versions

*American singer

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covered the song for the soundtrack of the 1989 film '' Tap''. *American R&B singer

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covered the song in 1990, which was featured in the soundtrack for the 1990 film ''

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'', starring

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and Kimberly Russell. *In 1997, Diane Warren released a promotional compilation of songs written by her titled ''A Passion for Music''. Included on the track list is the original demo of the song, sung by

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References

{{Authority control 1987 songs 1987 singles 1990 singles Five Star songs Songs written by Diane Warren Tina Arena songs RCA Records singles