Two Strong Hearts

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"Two Strong Hearts"
Two Strong Hearts by John Farnham.jpg
Single by John Farnham
from the album Age of Reason
B-side"It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)"
Released26 September 1988
Recorded1988
GenreRock, Pop Rock, Soft Rock
Length3:35
LabelRCA Records, Sony BMG
Songwriter(s)Andy Hill, Bruce Woolley
Producer(s)John Farnham, Ross Fraser
John Farnham singles chronology
"Age of Reason"
(1988) 		"Two Strong Hearts"
(1988) 		"Beyond the Call"
(1988)

"Two Strong Hearts" is a song written by Andy Hill and Bruce Woolley. Australian singer John Farnham recorded the song and released it as the second single from his album Age of Reason released in 1988.


The song peaked at number 5 on the Australian Kent Music Report singles chart[1] and number 6 on the Australian ARIA Chart singles chart in October 1988.

The song was initially recorded as a duet with Johnny Mathis and Dionne Warwick on Mathis' studio album Once In While released in May of 1988.

At the APRA Music Awards of 1990, the song won the Most Performed Overseas Work award.[2] Lyrically, the singer is singing to another person, saying: "We've got two strong hearts, We stick together like the honey and the bee".

Track listing[]

  1. Two Strong Hearts - 3:35
  2. It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll) - 4:11

Charts[]

Weekly charts[]

Chart (1988/89) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[1] 5
Australia (ARIA)[3] 6
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[4] 50
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[5] 28
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[6] 80

Year-end charts[]

(1988) Position
Australia (ARIA Charts) 54[7]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. Note: Kent Music Report (KMR) was used contemporaneously for Australian Singles and Albums charting from mid-1974 until Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) created their own charts in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.
  2. ^ "1990 APRA MUSIC AWARD WINNERS". APRA AMCOs. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Australian-charts.com – John Farnham – Two Strong Hearts". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  4. ^ RPM Top Singles - April 23, 1989 RPM Magazine
  5. ^ "Charts.nz – John Farnham – Two Strong Hearts". Top 40 Singles.
  6. ^ "The Official Charts Company - John Farnham - Two Strong Hearts". Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  7. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.

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