Following his 1989 instrumental album
New Green Clear Blue, Hartman returned to producing other artists and writing his own new material. Hartman started recording a new solo album of contemporary pop and dance music in the early 1990s and commented in 1993: "So many things have changed in terms of social and political issues, as well as the need for love and personal relationships. All of these things are the reasons why writing and recording new material is most meaningful to me." Hartman died on March 22, 1994, from an AIDS-related brain tumor. A new compilation album, titled
Keep the Fire Burnin', was then released later in the year. The album spawned two singles, both of which were new songs: "
The Love in Your Eyes" and "
Keep the Fire Burnin'", the latter featuring
Loleatta Holloway, who Hartman had worked with before. As a single, the song reached No. 49 in the UK. "Living in America", written by Hartman and
Charlie Midnight, was originally released by James Brown in 1985, who scored a big hit with the track. The version that appears here is Hartman's own previously unreleased version. The tracks one, four and nine have no remake credit in the titles. In an interview for Hartman's unofficial fan site, Midnight recalled: "I last saw Dan in the hospital in New York City. He was very optimistic and expected to go back into the studio to record more songs for a new album that eventually became, "Keep the Fire Burnin'." Because I had moved to Los Angeles, we subsequently kept in touch by telephone." ==Promotion==