Videos of Summer: On My Own (1986)

 Michael McDonald and Patti LaBelle were both coming off soundtrack hits when they recorded "On My Own" in 1986.

LaBelle hit the top 20 with "New Attitude" a year earlier, off the "Beverly Hills Cop" soundtrack. A few months later, McDonald charted with "Sweet Freedom", from "Running Scared". Having that film's stars, Gregory Hines & Billy Crystal, appear in the video, certainly helped.

When it came time to record "On My Own", though, LaBelle was on tour, and recorded her part while in Philadelphia. Her half of the video was shot in New York. McDonald did his parts in California, which explains the split screen in the video. 

"Own" still gets airplay on oldies & adult contemporary channels 35 years later. Sweet.