Juno Film Creates Buzz For Songwriter Barry Louis Polisar

Posted on February 2, 2008

The Baltimore Sun reports that the success of the>Juno film has helped songwriter Barry Louis Polisar's career. His song "All I want Is You" is played at the opening credits of the film. It is also the first song on the movie soundtrack. The article says Polisar's MySpace page has benefited from people searching for information about the song.

He worried about how his 1977 song "All I Want Is You" would be featured in the then-newly released "Juno" -- and whether more than 30 years as a children's author and entertainer would be tarnished by a momentary mocking of his work on the big screen.

As it turns out, that "Juno" spot has garnered the Silver Spring, Md., resident more mainstream attention than any previous milestone, which included playing at the White House and hosting a nationally syndicated children's show.

Polisar's MySpace page, which had 15,000 hits before the release of the film, has had about 150,000 since. Visitors have downloaded "All I Want Is You" from the page nearly 30,000 times. His song is referenced on Google 7,900 times and has been featured on YouTube.

What's more, eight couples from around the country have contacted Polisar requesting permission to use his song during their wedding -- including two couples from California who offered to fly him out to sing it.

"It's a real eye-opener what national exposure can do," said Polisar, 53, still amazed at how one motion picture has made a contemporary hit of a song that he released when Jimmy Carter was president.

In addition to songwriting, Polisar has also spent the last 30 years as a children's author and entertainer according. You can learn more about Barry Louis Polisar on his website, barrylou.com. He has also set up a Juno page that says "Yes, that is Barry's song in Juno." The L.A. Times also has a story about Bary Polisar and Juno.

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