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"Great Balls of Fire" is a 1957 song by written by Otis Blackwell and sung by Jerry Lee Lewis. It was released as a 45rpm single on the Sun Records label. The song title is derived from a blasphemous Southern expression that makes light of Pentecostalism's defining moment when the Holy Ghost manifested Himself in "cloven tongues as of fire" and the Apostles spoke in tongues.

Dolly Parton also recorded a version in 1979.

In 1989, a motion picture of the same name detailed part of the life of Jerry Lee Lewis. It starred Dennis Quaid and Winona Ryder.

The film shows the part of his life where he became a teen idol, to the point where many thought he would supplant Elvis Presley as the "king of rock and roll". It also shows episodes of the singer's life where he had to battle alcohol addiction, and where he romanced his 13 year old cousin. The movie takes viewers through a part where Lewis and his underaged cousin went to Mississippi and married secretly, then had her father make threats against him, and the general public turn their backs on the singer once a British reporter discovered he was married to his teenaged cousin, upon the couple's arrival in London.

The movie ends after Lewis learns he is about to become a father, as his wife and cousin tells him she has become pregnant.

One of the film's most famous aspects is its closing text card, reading: "Jerry Lee Lewis is playing his heart out somewhere in America tonight."

Category:1957 songs Category:1989 films Category:Songs popular at sporting events

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