The vocal track for the video was recorded live during the shooting, using a hidden microphone, to a pre-recorded instrumental track. This was a technique, appropriate for emotionally intense songs for which conventional video lip-syncing would seem especially false.
"Streets of Philadelphia" is a song written and performed by American rock musician Bruce Springsteen for the film Philadelphia (1993).
In 2004 it finished at #68 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema.
While it peaked at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, it became a number-one single in Germany, France and Austria.
It peaked at number two in the United Kingdom, becoming Springsteen's highest charting hit in Britain.