Original Pink Ranger Amy Jo Johnson reveals why she can't release that touching“ Power Rangers” song

The song “Down the Road” was used in last year’s “Power Rangers” 30th anniversary special as a tribute to deceased cast members.

Amy Jo Johnson won’t be releasing a fan-favorite Power Rangers song anytime soon.

At a Power Rangers panel at Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo on Sunday, the original actress behind the Pink Ranger told fans why she can’t release the song “Down the Road” as a studio recording. “I wrote that song with another person,” Johnson explained. “So I don’t own the rights to that song, I don’t even know who does.”

The track, which Johnson performed in the season 2 episode “The Song of Guitardo,” features tender lyrics like "Memories will never die / In our hearts / they'll always live / and never say / goodbye," which made it a perfect fit to conclude the 30th anniversary episode last year as a tribute to her late costars Thuy Trang and Jason David Frank.

“It was a really sweet song,” Johnson continued. “Who knows who owns the rights. I do not.”

Johnson went on to have a robust music career following her departure from Power Rangers, recording three studio albums: 2001’s The Trans-American Treatment, 2005’s Imperfect, and 2013’s Never Broken. She also contributed songs on the soundtracks for shows like Felicity and The Division.

Elsewhere in the panel, Johnson also reflected on the experience shooting 1995’s Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie. “To go from a very, very low-budget TV show to a 35 million dollar movie was kinda wild,” she said. “It really didn’t do well at the box office, I think ‘cause kids could watch every week on TV, and it didn’t translate.”

Johnson also noted that the complexity of the Ranger suits in the movie led to serious complications on set. “What was the deal with having to go to the bathrooms in those?” she said. “They wouldn’t let us drink water on set, just in case we had to pee.”

“They weighed like 70 pounds,” she remembered of the movie suits. “I liked the spandex.”

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