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"Jingoism is extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy. In practice, it is a country's advocation of the use of threats or actual force against other countries in order to safeguard what it perceives as its national interests. Colloquially, it refers to excessive bias in judging one's own country as superior to others - and extreme type of nationalism."
That's the definition as provided by Wikipedia for Jingoism. What does that have to do with anything? Well, if not for his disliking the level of said jingoism expressed in the movie Top Gun, it would've been Bryan Adams singing this tune instead of Loggins. Actually, he wasn't even the second choice. Toto was next in line, but they had to pass due to legal matters. The song is the second single from the movie's soundtrack. It made it to #2 on the charts and was only one of several hit songs Loggins would have associate with a hit film.
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