The Way to Your Heart
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"The Way to Your Heart" | ||||
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Single by Soulsister | ||||
from the album | ||||
Released | October 1988 (Belgium) February 1989 (UK) November 1989 (United States) | |||
Genre | Pop, Soul | |||
Length | 3:47 | |||
Label | EMI Music (Benelux) EMI Electrola (Germany) EMI Odeon (Spain) | |||
Songwriter(s) | Jan Leyers, Paul Michiels | |||
Producer(s) | Jan Leyers, Paul Michiels; Werner Pensaert (co-producer) | |||
Soulsister singles chronology | ||||
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"The Way to Your Heart" is a 1988 hit single by Belgian band Soulsister from album .
Background[]
A mixture of pop and rock with a very Motown-sounding tune, the song is about a boy dreaming of a girl that he‘s in love with, but she doesn't answer his love.
Chart performance[]
After the singles “You Get To Me” (originally as The Soul Sisters) and “Talk About It” they had a #1 hit record with “The Way to Your Heart” in Belgium. The Belgian release had no B-side and was thereby sold as a half price single. Afterwards a maxi single was released with a long version (5:18) and an instrumental version. The single was the opening track of their debut album It Takes Two, of which 700.000 copies were sold worldwide. In The Netherlands and Germany they reached the top 10. After its European success, the single was released in the US in 1989 where it went to # 41 in the Billboard Hot 100[1] It was the only single by Soulsister that reached the Billboard chart. In addition, "The Way to Your Heart" peaked at #5 on Billboard Adult Contemporary chart[2].
References[]
- ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 227.
External links[]
- Tracking list from the online music database Discogs
- 1988 songs
- 1988 singles
- Soulsister songs
- Songs written by Jan Leyers