The 1986 animated movie "An American Tale" highlighted "Somewhere Out There" (Horner - Mann -Weil). Wikipedia: "Steven Spielberg, the producer of An American Tail, invited songwriters Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil to collaborate with James Horner on four songs for the film's soundtrack, to be completed in a four-week timeframe. The composers "felt no pressure to come up with a radio-friendly hit" and were surprised when Spielberg felt "Somewhere Out There" had Top 40 hit potential and recruited world-renowned recording artists, Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram, to record a pop version of the song for the film's closing credits. In the main body of the film, "Somewhere Out There" was performed by Phillip Glasser and Betsy Cathcart in the characters of the anthropomorphic mice Fievel and Tanya Mousekewitz."

Linda Ronstadt often collaborated with producer Peter Asher of Peter and Gordon fame and this time was no different as she teamed with James Ingram for the hit. The single peaked at number two pop and topped the Adult Contemporary charts. This won the Grammy Song of the Year!