"Heartless" is a song written and recorded by the rock band Heart in 1976 for their album Magazine. Issues with the band's previous record label Mushroom caused a delay in the album's release and "Heartless" was released as a single two years later, after the re-issue of their first single "Crazy on You".[3]
| "Heartless" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Single by Heart | ||||
| from the album Magazine[2] | ||||
| B-side | "Just the Wine" | |||
| Released | March 1978 (US) [1] | |||
| Recorded | 1976 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Length | 3:54 (Promo Version) 5:00 (Album/Single Version) | |||
| Label | Mushroom Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Ann Wilson Nancy Wilson | |||
| Producer(s) | Mike Flicker | |||
| Heart singles chronology | ||||
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Background
editThe song is an aggressive hard rock number that opens with a slower synthesizer based interlude before opening up into a full hard rock tune. The lyrics involve a scorned lover who apparently can't get away from the grasp of her heartless partner. "The doctor said come back again next week / I think that you need me / All she did was cry / She wanted to die doctor when can you see me / There's a guy out there / Seems like he's everywhere / It just ain't fair."[4]
"Heartless" and "Without You" were the only singles released from Magazine, with "Heartless" peaking at number twenty-four on the US Billboard Hot 100. Cash Box particularly praised the vocals and bass guitar playing.[5] Record World called it "straight-ahead, rather funky rock, with Ann Wilson's vocal the centerpiece."[6] Only five months passed before Heart released their next album, Dog and Butterfly.
Personnel
editCredits adapted from the liner notes of the 1978 revised version of Magazine.[7]
- Ann Wilson – lead vocals
- Nancy Wilson – lead guitar, backing vocals
- Roger Fisher – guitar solo
- Howard Leese – guitar solo, keyboards, backing vocals
- Steve Fossen – bass
- Michael DeRosier – drums
Chart performance
editReferences
edit- ^ "Heart singles". dutchcharts.nl.
- ^ "Heart - Magazine review". allmusic.com. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
- ^ Sorscher, Zach. "Sound Advice: Heart's 'unauthorized' album is the real deal". Goldmine Magazine.
- ^ "Heartless". lyrictalk.net.
- ^ "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. April 8, 1978. p. 16. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
- ^ "Record World Single Picks" (PDF). Record World. April 8, 1978. p. 14. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
- ^ Magazine (liner notes). Heart. Mushroom Records. 1978. R 143366.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
- ^ "Heart Album & Song Chart History". Billboard.com. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
- ^ "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, June 24, 1978". Archived from the original on September 29, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
- ^ "Image : RPM Weekly". Library and Archives Canada. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
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