Editing The Call (band) (section)

== Commercial hits and extended break ==
The Call recorded their next album, ''Reconciled'', in mid-1985.  By this point, Been had begun performing the bass guitar parts himself.  Before this, the band had not been under a recording contract for two years due to what Been described as "legal bickering" between The Call's former record label, [[Mercury Records|Mercury]], and their management company."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/michael-been-frontman-of-the-acclaimed-eighties-alternative-rock-band-the-call-2061052.html |title=Michael Been: Frontman of the acclaimed Eighties alternative rock band |last=Perrone |first=Pierre |date=August 25, 2010 |website=The Independent }}</ref> However, when the band signed a new deal with [[Elektra Records]], The Call produced their most commercially successful album to date. Peter Gabriel, [[Simple Minds]]' [[Jim Kerr]], Hudson, and Hudson's Band bandmate [[Robbie Robertson]] all performed as guests on the album, which Elektra released in 1986. Several tracks from the album became hits on the [[Mainstream Rock Chart]], with one of these tracks, "I Still Believe (Great Design)" (also known simply as "I Still Believe"), appearing on the soundtrack of the 1986 film ''[[The Whoopee Boys]]''.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092210/soundtrack ''The Whoopee Boys'' Soundtrack @imdb.com] Retrieved July 11, 2010.</ref>

The following year, [[Tim Cappello]] covered "I Still Believe" for the film ''[[The Lost Boys]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-lost-boys-original-soundtrack-mw0000190717 |title=The Lost Boys Original Soundtrack |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=March 27, 2020}}</ref> In the film, Cappello memorably stole the scene as a muscular bare-chested, oiled-up saxophonist belting out the tune on the beach.<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-lists/rockers-20-best-appearances-in-eighties-horror-movies-151669/ |title=Rockers' 20 Best Appearances in Eighties Horror Movies |last1=Grierson |first1=Tim |last2=Grow |first2=Kory |last3=Kreps |first3=Daniel |last4=Mallon |first4=Tom |last5=Soderberg |first5=Brandon |date=October 31, 2014 |magazine=Rolling Stone  |access-date=April 27, 2020}}</ref> [[Contemporary Christian music]]ian [[Russ Taff]] also covered the song on his 1987 self-titled album.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/russ-taff-mw0000194265 |title=Russ Taff - Russ Taff |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=April 27, 2020}}</ref> More recently [[the Protomen]] covered the song on their 2015 cover album ''The Cover Up''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/The-Protomen-The-Cover-Up/release/7158359 |title=The Protomen - The Cover Up |publisher=discogs  |access-date=April 27, 2020}}</ref> In 2017, [[Klayton]] from [[Celldweller]] covered "Too Many Tears" on ''Offworld''.  In 2018, a cover version of "I Still Believe" appeared in the [[Paramount Pictures]] television series ''Waco'' about the Branch Davidian tragedy. In 2022, "I Still Believe" also featured prominently in the last episode of the second season of the TV show ''[[Reservation Dogs]]'', which included a cameo by Cappello playing the saxophone.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chaney |first1=Jen |title=The Sax Man's Tribute to Reservation Dogs' Lost Boy |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/reservation-dogs-season-2-finale-i-still-believe-saxophone-player-meaning.html |website=Vulture |date=September 29, 2022 |access-date=6 February 2023}}</ref>

The band released ''Into the Woods'' in 1987, which Been referred to as his favorite album.<ref name=":0" /> In 1989, they released ''[[Let the Day Begin]]'', whose title track reached No.&nbsp;1 on the US Mainstream Rock chart.<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-mainstream-rock-tracks/1989-08-19 |title=Mainstream Rock Songs Chart |date=August 19, 1989 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=April 27, 2020}}</ref> Their label under-ordered physical copies of the album and the resultant decline in sales limited their chart position.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/general-news/20100823/michael-been-lead-singer-for-santa-cruz-band-the-call-dead-at-age-60 |title=Michael Been, lead singer for Santa Cruz band, "The Call," dead at age 60 |last=Baine |first=Wallace |date=August 23, 2010 |website=Santa Cruz Sentinel }}</ref>

The Call released ''[[Red Moon (The Call album)|Red Moon]]'', their final studio album for a major label, in 1990. The album included background vocals by [[U2]]'s [[Bono]] on the track "What's Happened to You".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.u2wanderer.org/disco/coll8.html |title=Disco Menu: Red Moon – The Call |website=U2wanderer.org |publisher=U2 Wanderer |access-date=December 7, 2015}}</ref> The album took a turn into the then-rising genre of Americana and was out of step with the shock of grunge music taking over the airwaves. Following the ''Red Moon'' tour, the band took an "extended break".<ref name=":1" />