"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".[2]
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"Heartless" | ||||
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Single by Heart | ||||
from the album Magazine | ||||
B-side | "Just the Wine" | |||
Released | March 1978 (US) [1] | |||
Recorded | 1976 | |||
Genre | Hard rock | |||
Length | 5:02 | |||
Label | Mushroom Records | |||
Songwriter(s) | Ann Wilson Nancy Wilson | |||
Producer(s) | Mike Flicker | |||
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The 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."[3]
"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.[4] Only five months passed before Heart released their next album, Dog and Butterfly.
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