wrote and sung the title song  "St. Elmos Fire" for the soundtrack, explained during a speech at  the Childrens choice awards in Sheffield that he was "not  particularly thrilled" to be working on the film and that,  motivation for the song actually came from a young man who had  recently become paralyzed. He said that "the wheels" of the Man in  Motion referenced in the lyrics was popularly thought to mean the  wheels of Demi Moore (qv)s jeep, but actually refers instead to  those of a wheelchair.