This great Pacific Northwest band has gone over 74 million in sales and have always been tremendous live. I was fortunate enough to catch them when they were just starting out. That's the best time for they have the hunger, the drive, and the energy. I saw them in 1976 at the Iowa State Fair when they opened for Bachman-Turner Overdrive. As was usually the case when an opening act performed, most people were just talking, waiting for BTO. I of course, loving music and already aware of the group, was listening intently. As the group got into the second song or so, someone in the crowd said, and I remember it distinctly, "Hey pipe down everyone--these guys are good!" Boy, were they!
But this group was far more than that. Ann & Nancy Wilson paved the way for women in rock. Groups like the Go-Go's and Bangles and countless solo artists like Pat Benatar and others had the going much, much easier because of this group. Here is a complete list of the Hits of Heart:
1976: "Crazy On You" (#35, #25 Canada) --Highly, highly underrated song
"Magic Man" (#9, #26 Canada) --It was a #1 song for us in Boise.
"Dreamboat Annie" (#42, #17 Adult Contemporary, #53 Canada)
1977: "(Love Me Like Music) I'll Be Your Song"
"Barracuda" (#11, #2 Canada) --again highly underrated in the U.S.
"Little Queen" (#62, #58 Canada)
"Kick It Out" (#79, #67 Canada) --yet another highly underrated Heart song.
"Love Alive"
1978: "Crazy On You"--re-issue (#62, #68 Canada)
"Heartless" (#24, #18 Canada)
"Straight On" (#15, #14 Canada) --yet another underrated song.
1979: "Dog & Butterfly" (#34, #33 Adult Contemporary, #51 Canada)
"Magazine"
"Without You"
1980: "Even It Up" (#33, #56 Canada)
"Bebe Le Strange"
"Break"
"Raised On You"
"Sweet Darlin'"
"Tell It Like It Is" (#8, #43 AC, #4 Canada)
1981: "Unchained Melody" (#83)
1982: "This Man Is Mine" (#33, #16 Mainstream Rock)
"City's Burning" (#15 Mainstream Rock)
"Bright Light Girl"
1983: "The Situation"
"How Can I Refuse" (#44, #1 Mainstream Rock)
"Sleep Alone" #43 Mainstream Rock)
"Allies" (#83)
1984: "The Heat" (#40 Mainstream Rock)
1985: "What About Love" (#10, #3 Mainstream Rock, #8 Canada)
"Never" (#4, #2 Main, #13 Canada)
1986: "These Dreams" (#1, #2 Main, #1 AC, #6 Canada, #62 U.K.)
"Nothin' at All" (#10, #6 Main, #40 AC, #29 Canada, #76 U.K.)
"If Looks Could Kill" (#54)
1987: "Alone" (#1, #3 Main, #2 AC, #1 Canada, #3 U.K.)
"Who Will You Run To" (#7, #2 Main, #19 Canada, #30 U.K.)
"There's the Girl" (#12, #16 Main, #31 Canada, #34 U.K.)
1988: "I Want You So Bad" (#49, #88 Canada)
"Wait for An Answer"
"Never"/"These Dreams" (release in U.K.--#8)
"What About Love" (release in U.K.--#14)
"Nothin' at All" (release in U.K.--#38)
1990: "All I Wanna' Do Is Make Love to You" (#2, #2 Main, #6 AC, #1 Canada, #8 U.K.)
"Wild Child" (#3 Main)
"Tall, Dark, Handsome Stranger" (#24 Main)
"I Didn't Want to Need You" (#23, #13 Main, #14 Canada, #47 U.K.)
"Stranded" (#13, #25 Main, #8 AC, #2 Canada, #60 U.K.)
1991: "Secret" (#64, #30 Canada, #79 U.K.)
"You're the Voice" (#20 Main, #65 Canada, #56 U.K.)
1993: "Black on Black II" (#4 Main, #59 Canada)
"Will You Be There (In the Morning)" (#39, #15 AC, #8 Canada, #19 U.K.)
1994: "Back to Avalon" (#60 Canada)
"The Woman in Me" (#24 AC, #13 Canada)
1995: "Alone"
"The Road Home" (#47 Canada)
1998: "Strong, Strong Wind"
2004: "The Perfect Goodbye"
"Oldest Story in the World" (#22 Main)
"Make Me"
2010: "Hey You" (#26 AC)
"WTF"
2012: "Walking Good"
"Fanatic" (#49 Mainstream)
2013: "Dear Old America"
"Stairway To Heaven" (#20 Mainstream)
"All Through The Night" (with Richard Marx--#16 AC)
That's a sum of 34 career hits, with nine making the Top 10 and two #1's, and that's with radio underrating several of their songs.
But this group was far more than that. Ann & Nancy Wilson paved the way for women in rock. Groups like the Go-Go's and Bangles and countless solo artists like Pat Benatar and others had the going much, much easier because of this group. Here is a complete list of the Hits of Heart:
1976: "Crazy On You" (#35, #25 Canada) --Highly, highly underrated song
"Magic Man" (#9, #26 Canada) --It was a #1 song for us in Boise.
"Dreamboat Annie" (#42, #17 Adult Contemporary, #53 Canada)
1977: "(Love Me Like Music) I'll Be Your Song"
"Barracuda" (#11, #2 Canada) --again highly underrated in the U.S.
"Little Queen" (#62, #58 Canada)
"Kick It Out" (#79, #67 Canada) --yet another highly underrated Heart song.
"Love Alive"
1978: "Crazy On You"--re-issue (#62, #68 Canada)
"Heartless" (#24, #18 Canada)
"Straight On" (#15, #14 Canada) --yet another underrated song.
1979: "Dog & Butterfly" (#34, #33 Adult Contemporary, #51 Canada)
"Magazine"
"Without You"
1980: "Even It Up" (#33, #56 Canada)
"Bebe Le Strange"
"Break"
"Raised On You"
"Sweet Darlin'"
"Tell It Like It Is" (#8, #43 AC, #4 Canada)
1981: "Unchained Melody" (#83)
1982: "This Man Is Mine" (#33, #16 Mainstream Rock)
"City's Burning" (#15 Mainstream Rock)
"Bright Light Girl"
1983: "The Situation"
"How Can I Refuse" (#44, #1 Mainstream Rock)
"Sleep Alone" #43 Mainstream Rock)
"Allies" (#83)
1984: "The Heat" (#40 Mainstream Rock)
1985: "What About Love" (#10, #3 Mainstream Rock, #8 Canada)
"Never" (#4, #2 Main, #13 Canada)
1986: "These Dreams" (#1, #2 Main, #1 AC, #6 Canada, #62 U.K.)
"Nothin' at All" (#10, #6 Main, #40 AC, #29 Canada, #76 U.K.)
"If Looks Could Kill" (#54)
1987: "Alone" (#1, #3 Main, #2 AC, #1 Canada, #3 U.K.)
"Who Will You Run To" (#7, #2 Main, #19 Canada, #30 U.K.)
"There's the Girl" (#12, #16 Main, #31 Canada, #34 U.K.)
1988: "I Want You So Bad" (#49, #88 Canada)
"Wait for An Answer"
"Never"/"These Dreams" (release in U.K.--#8)
"What About Love" (release in U.K.--#14)
"Nothin' at All" (release in U.K.--#38)
1990: "All I Wanna' Do Is Make Love to You" (#2, #2 Main, #6 AC, #1 Canada, #8 U.K.)
"Wild Child" (#3 Main)
"Tall, Dark, Handsome Stranger" (#24 Main)
"I Didn't Want to Need You" (#23, #13 Main, #14 Canada, #47 U.K.)
"Stranded" (#13, #25 Main, #8 AC, #2 Canada, #60 U.K.)
1991: "Secret" (#64, #30 Canada, #79 U.K.)
"You're the Voice" (#20 Main, #65 Canada, #56 U.K.)
1993: "Black on Black II" (#4 Main, #59 Canada)
"Will You Be There (In the Morning)" (#39, #15 AC, #8 Canada, #19 U.K.)
1994: "Back to Avalon" (#60 Canada)
"The Woman in Me" (#24 AC, #13 Canada)
1995: "Alone"
"The Road Home" (#47 Canada)
1998: "Strong, Strong Wind"
2004: "The Perfect Goodbye"
"Oldest Story in the World" (#22 Main)
"Make Me"
2010: "Hey You" (#26 AC)
"WTF"
2012: "Walking Good"
"Fanatic" (#49 Mainstream)
2013: "Dear Old America"
"Stairway To Heaven" (#20 Mainstream)
"All Through The Night" (with Richard Marx--#16 AC)
That's a sum of 34 career hits, with nine making the Top 10 and two #1's, and that's with radio underrating several of their songs.
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