Will to Power is a band created by Bob Rosenburg that played a major role in the freestyle explosion of the latter part of the 1980s. Will to Power had multiple major hits during the peak of freestyle music. The groups music was mainly electro dance tracks that clubbers loved dancing to.
The group would eventually show that they could also create a slower love song hit; which they did. At the peak of their popularity, the groups lead singers were Suzi Carr as the lead female vocalist and Bob Rosenbug as the lead male vocalist.
Top songs from Will to Power
Will to Power’s biggest hits all came from their very first album which was titled “Will to Power.” The biggest hit for Will to Power was the 1988 release of “Baby I love your way / Freebird Medley.” The slow love song was a hybrid remake of two older songs from the 1970s. Suzi Carr is the lead female vocalist in the song along with Bob Rosenburg as the male lead vocalist.
“Baby I love your way” spent a week at the number one spot on the Billboard Top 100 and went U.S. Gold. Initially, Epic Records did not want to release this song. Fortunately, Bob Rosenburg had passed out copies of this song to a couple popular Florida radio stations; particularly Power 96. It caught on and the rest is history.
Other gigantic hits from the “Will to Power” album were “Dreamin” and “Say it’s Gonna Rain.” Both of these songs are up tempo freestyle dance songs that are two of the most popular freestyle songs of all time.
In 1987, the song “Dreamin” is what started it all for Will to Power. It hit number 50 on the U.S. Billboard Top 100 and went to number 15 on the U.S. Dance Charts. The very next year, “Say It’s Gonna Rain” was another big hit as it charted at number 49 on the U.S. Billboard Top 100 and hit the #1 spot on the U.S. Dance Charts.
Another song that enjoyed success from the “Will to Power” album was “Fading Away.” It charted at number 65 on the U.S. Billboard, but once again like “Say It’s Gonna Rain,” “Fading Away” hit the #1 spot on the dance charts.
Fun facts about Will to Power
Who were the members of Will to Power?
The founder of the group and a name that will always be synonymous to Will to Power is Bob Rosenburg. Another name that will always be remembered as a vital part of the groups success will be Suzi Carr.
Suzi was the lead vocalist on all Will to Power hits except for “I’m not in love.” That honor belongs to Ale Lorenzo. Ale has been with the group since the beginning singing background vocals. As of 2022, Ale Lorenzo and Bob Rosenburg are the official members of Will to Power.
Other honorable mentions should go out to other singers of the group during the past decades that includes Maria Mendez, Lori Miller, Wendy Pederson, Donna Allen and Rosenburg’s cousins April Newman and Rachel Newman.
How did Will to Power get started?
Around 1985, Bob Rosenburg became a mix master at Hot 105 in Florida. Coming from a musically talented family, Rosenburg was great at what he did and became well known for his DJ skills. It finally came to him that maybe he should try to create his own music. Eventually, around 1986, he came up with the music for “Dreamin.”
Tragedy hit though as Bob Rosenburg’s twin sister would soon thereafter pass away. Rosenburg would then decide to write the lyrics of “Dreamin” about his sister and dedicated the song to her.
He put “Dreamin” on his own label called Thrust Records. It was played at a few clubs, gained a following and some people began requesting it. Rosenburg wanted to keep his name quiet due to him still being in the radio business and didn’t want any radio stations to not play “Dreamin” for the simple fact that it was his group.
Florida’s Power 96 started playing it constantly and may have thought that the artists of this song must have been a local neighborhood band. Eventually they figured it out, and they contacted Bob Rosenbug, a radio colleague whom they already knew very well. Yes, they let him know that he had a major hit on his hands. It was the start of good things to come for the group.
How did the band name “Will to Power” come to be?
The band name “Will to Power” came to be as sort of a homage to the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche. The will to power was thought to be the main driving force in human beings by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. At the beginning of the video of “Baby I love your way,” you will notice a book titled “Will to Power” shown.
Is it true that a member of Expose sang on the Will to Power hits?
Yes, this is true. Alejandra Lorenzo, known as Alé Lorenzo and the original lead singer of Expose, played a major role in Will to Power’s hits. She is not officially credited, but her voice sings the major choruses in “Dreamin” and “Say it’s Gonna Rain.” Just listen for the high voice. If you know these two songs, which you most likely do, you surely know the high voice that sings the choruses of these these two songs. Yes, that’s Ale.