In 1983, following the success of Bryan Adams' Cuts Like A Knife album, Bryan and I were approached by Los Angeles film producer Aaron Russo to write a song for the film "Teachers", starring Nick Nolte and Judd Hirsch.

After reading the script, Bryan and I wrote the song "Teacher Teacher" in three or four hours, then spent a day or two recording the demo.

A few days later, with tape in hand we flew to Los Angeles to meet with Russo, ostensibly to view a "rough cut" of the film. Aaron wasn't expecting a song until after we'd seen the film, but Adams and I presented him with our demo of "Teacher Teacher" which he immediately slid into his cassette machine.

Russo loved the song, and asked if we could write one more. We sent him Edge Of A Dream, a song that had been written -- and rejected -- for "Saturday Night Fever II". Aaron loved that song too!

During the next few months "Teacher Teacher" was recorded by .38 Special and "Edge Of A Dream" was recorded by Joe Cocker. Both songs appeared in the "Teachers" film and on the soundtrack album.