Song#: 1029
Date: 05/15/1982
Debut: 71
Peak: 33
Weeks: 13
Genre: Soft Rock
Pop Bits: After a combo live/studio album produced their biggest hit yet, the #6 "Tell It Like It Is," Heart returned to the studio and recorded their next LP, "Private Audition." Despite the hit, Heart had been on a bit of a decline with their previous studio album, "Bebe Le Strange," lacking a significant chart single and only reaching gold status. The #33 peak of this first single from "Private Audition" couldn't reverse the trend and its lackluster showing made the LP Heart's first to miss going gold.
ReduxReview: I do loves me some Heart, but this was a lowly period for them. Nothing was really clicking. Over the next couple of albums, they would have a few decent tracks but in general they were struggling. I remember back then that I was excited to hear the new Heart song, and then this came on. I thought "this is Heart?" I was not thrilled with it. It's still not one of my favorites of theirs, but I don't count it among their worst either.
ReduxRating: 5/10
Trivia: This song is a bit of an homage to The Supremes with its Motown-ish sound. Ann and Nancy Wilson carried it one step further with the video for the tune. In it, they dress and perform in a very Supremes way. I've seen a couple mentions where the song is quite similar to the Smokey Robinson composition "Don't Mess with Bill," a #7 pop hit (#3 R&B) in 1966 for The Marvelettes. The songs do share some similarities.
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