guitar Gary Richrath - electric guitar Neal Doughty - piano Alan Gratzer - drums Bruce Hall - bass guitar Other personnel Bill Cuomo - orchestration Chart performance Weekly charts Year-end charts All-time charts Certifications Bastille version In 2019, English indie pop band Bastille released a cover version of the song, featuring the London Contemporary Orchestra. It was released on November 19, 2019 by Virgin EMI Records. The song was selected as the soundtrack to the 2019 John Lewis Christmas advert. Charts References 1984 songs 1984 singles 1985 singles REO Speedwagon songs Epic Records singles Virgin EMI Records singles Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles Cashbox number-one singles RPM Top Singles number-one singles Songs written by Kevin Cronin Song recordings produced by Gary Richrath Song recordings produced by Kevin Cronin American soft rock songs 1980s ballads Rock ballads