UMass Amherst: The Magazine for Alumni and Friends

Summer 2008

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Gold Records on His Wall
Gordon Pogoda ’84; Songwriter

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Gordon Pogoda Medley

This is a medley of some of Gordon's most successful music including his songs for Little Miss Sunshine, Hannah Montana, Josie & the Pussycats, CSI Miami, Sex & the City, Eurovision, his platinum records, and his #2 hit-of-the-year in Russia.

 

Gordon Pogoda Medley

"Naked on the Inside" - recorded by artists in the U.S., Germany, Belgium, and more (original demo version)
"Just Because You Walk Away" - Gordon's big Russian hit
"Tell it To the Rain" - recorded by artists in the Czech Republic, Belgium, U.S. and in the TV show "Twilight Zone" [the new version]
"Dancing In the Driver's Seat" - featured in "Little Miss Sunshine"
"Don't Ever Love a Romeo" - Gordon's platinum record in Finland (this is the original English-language demo)
"If Cupid Had a Heart" -- featured in 14 films & TV shows including "Little Miss Sunshine", "Hannah Montana", "King of the Hill", "Get a Clue" (Disney film starting Lindsay Lohan), "Big Love", "The Chris Isaak Show", "Popstars", "Facts of Life Reunion Movie", "Grosse Point", "Longshot", "Maybe It's Me", "Repli-Kate", "A Girl Like Me" and more.
"All Of Us" - this song is being released in Australia in November
"Go Beep" - this song is being released in Russia in September [a Russian-language version] (original demo)
"If the World Lost All Its Love" - recorded by Dove-Award winning artist Natalie Grant (this is the song that Gordon wrote with fellow UMass alumni Chris Page - see the story in the interview)
"Don't Love Me In Another Time and Place" - featured in the TV show "Everwood"
"Have Some Fun" - Gordon's song for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 (heard and seen by over 400 million people across Europe and Australia) representing the Czech Republic; top 5 hit in the Czech Republic
"I.C.U. (And My Heart Just Stops") - featured in the top 10 film "Josie & the Pussycats" and the TV shows "CSI Miami", Disney's "Kim Possible", "Maybe It's Me", "Popular", "Popstar" and others (new demo version)
"Home For Christmas" - featured on the Disney CD "Radio Disney: Jingle Jams"
"Girl Attack" - featured in "Sex and the City", "ER" and others
"If Ever There Was" - featured in the Disney TV show "Suite Life of Zack & Cody"; recorded by artists in the U.S. and Malta
"Going Going Gone" - a re-working of this song became a top 10 hit on the U.S. Christian singles chart (original demo version featured here)
"I'm Not Gonna Cry (The Na Na Na Song)" - Gordon's platinum record in Australia (original demo version)

 



 

 


 

 

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