Straight from the Heart (Bryan Adams song)

"Straight from the Heart"
"Straight from the Heart"
	7" Cover
Single by Bryan Adams
from the album Cuts Like a Knife
B-side	"One Good Reason"
Released	February 1983 (US)
Genre	Soft rock
Length	3:32
Label	A&M
Songwriter(s)	Bryan Adams, Eric Kagna
Producer(s)	Bryan Adams and Bob Clearmountain
Bryan Adams singles chronology
CD Single
Audio sample
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"Straight from the Heart" is a song recorded by Canadian rock musician Bryan Adams. It was released in February 1983 as the lead single from his third studio album, Cuts Like a Knife.

Background[]

The song was written by Eric Kagna, a Vancouver singer/songwriter, and the instrumental bridge was contributed by Adams. The official songwriter credit is shared equally between Adams and Kagna. Adams did not release his version of the song until 1983. The song was first recorded by Ian Lloyd in 1980, on his album Third Wave Civilization.

Chart history[]

It was his breakthrough song in the U.S., the first to make the top 40, reaching number 10.^[1] It also peaked at #32 on the Adult Contemporary chart, the first Bryan Adams single to appear on that chart. On the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart, "Straight from the Heart" reached number one.^[2]

Chart (1983)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[3]	98
Canada RPM Top Singles	20
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary^[2]	1
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)	51
US Billboard Hot 100^[4]	10
US Billboard Adult Contemporary^[5]	29
US Billboard Mainstream Rock^[4]	32

Year-end chart (1983)	Rank
US Top Pop Singles (Billboard)^[6]	71

Other versions[]

Australian singer Jon English recorded the song for his 1981 album, In Roads. The song peaked at number 72 in Australia. *Later, the song was covered by teen band Rosetta Stone in 1982 (issued as a single in November that year, two months before Adams' version was released on his album).
Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler released it as a single in the US in May 1983; her version was a minor airplay hit all over Europe. It was featured on her 1983 album Faster Than the Speed of Night.

References[]

^ Bryan Adams - Cuts Like A Knife Archived 2014-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1983-07-30. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Artist Chart History (singles) - Bryan Adams". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-10-19.
^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 12.
^ "Talent Almanac 1984: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. Vol. 95 no. 52. December 24, 1983. p. TA-18.

External links[]

Bonnie Tyler "Straight from the Heart" (audio) on YouTube

[1] Bryan Adams - Cuts Like A Knife Archived 2014-03-06 at the Wayback Machine

[bac-lac.gc.ca-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1983-07-30. Retrieved 2019-06-02.

[kent-3] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

[US1-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Artist Chart History (singles) - Bryan Adams". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-10-19.

[5] Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 12.

[6] "Talent Almanac 1984: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. Vol. 95 no. 52. December 24, 1983. p. TA-18.

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