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Unchain My Heart is the eleventh studio album by Joe Cocker, released in 1987.

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Unchain My Heart
Studio album by Joe Cocker
Released	9 October 1987
Recorded	1987
Studio	House Of Music, West Orange, NJ[1]
Genre	Rock, Blue-eyed soul
Length	42:05
Label	Capitol
Producer	Charlie Midnight, Dan Hartman
Joe Cocker chronology
Joe Cocker Classics Volume 4 (1987) Unchain My Heart (1987) One Night of Sin (1989)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Miller Lite used Joe Cocker's recording of "Unchain My Heart" for their Dalmatian campaign as the dog jumps from the Budweiser Clydesdale horse-drawn carriage to the Miller Lite truck.

Track listing

1. "Unchain My Heart" (Bobby Sharp, Teddy Powell) – 5:02
2. "Two Wrongs" (Eddie Schwartz, David Bendeth) – 4:02
3. "I Stand in Wonder" (Schwartz, David Tyson) – 4:21
4. "The River's Rising" (Michael Lunn) – 4:05
5. "Isolation" (John Lennon) – 3:51
6. "All Our Tomorrows" (Schwartz, Tyson) – 4:21
7. "A Woman Loves a Man" (Dan Hartman, Charlie Midnight) – 4:14
8. "Trust in Me" (Francesca Beghe, Marc Swersky, Midnight) – 4:12
9. "The One" (Tom Kimmel, Jay Joyce) – 4:35
10. "Satisfied" (Hartman, Midnight) – 3:22

Personnel

• Joe Cocker – lead vocals
• Jeff Levine – keyboards (1-3, 5, 6, 8, 9), Hammond organ (4), grand piano (10)
• Robbie Kilgore – additional keyboards (3, 5, 6, 9), handclaps (4)
• Greg Johnson – grand piano (8), organ (10)
• Phil Grande – guitars, guitar solo (6, 10)
• T. M. Stevens – bass
• David Beal – drums
• Sammy Figueroa – percussion (3, 5-8)
• Glenn Ellison – handclaps (4)
• Charlie Midnight – handclaps (4)
• Clarence Clemons – tenor sax solo (1)
• The Uptown Horns – horns and horn arrangements (1)
  • Crispin Cioe – saxophones
  • Arno Hecht – saxophones
  • Robert Funk – trombone
  • "Hollywood" Paul Litteral – trumpet
• Lawrence Feldman – saxophone (3)
• Ric Cunningham – alto saxophone (7)
• Tawatha Agee – backing vocals (1-4, 6, 7, 9, 10)
• Benny Diggs – backing vocals (1-4, 6, 7, 9)
• Vaneese Thomas – backing vocals (1-4, 6, 7, 9)
• Dan Hartman – backing vocals (2, 4, 6, 7, 10), additional percussion (3), tambourine (4), handclaps (4), additional guitars (5, 6, 8, 10), keyboards (7), guitars (7)
• B.J. Nelson – backing vocals (2, 4, 6, 10)
• Renée Geyer – guest vocals (8)
• Phoebe Snow – guest vocals (9)
• Maxine Green – backing vocals (10)
• Jayne Ann Lang – backing vocals (10)
• Janice Singleton – backing vocals (10)

Production

• Producer – Charlie Midnight
• Executive Producer – Dan Hartman
• Engineer – John Rollo
• Additional Engineer – Joel Soyffer
• Assistant Engineers – Nelson Ayers, Thom Chadley, Mark Gaide, Danny Grigsby, Paul Higgins and Dave Mendenhall.
• Recorded at House of Music (West Orange, NJ); Santa Barbara Sound Design (Santa Barbara, CA); O’Henry Sound Studios (Burbank, CA); Greene Street Recording (New York, NY); Bearsville Studios (Bearsville, NY).
• Mixed by Chris Lord-Alge at Unique Recording Studios (New York, NY).
• Mix Assistants – Steve Entebbe and Matt Hathaway
• Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Masterdisk (New York, NY).
• Art Direction – Roy Kohara
• Design – Roland Young
• Photography – Abe Frajndilich
• Management – Michael Lang

Charts

Chart (1987)	Peak position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[2]	14
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[3]	20
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[4]	2
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[5]	17
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[6]	15
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[7]	6
US Billboard 200[8]	89

Chart (1988)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[9]	24
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[10]	5
Canadian Albums (RPM)[11]	40
French Albums (SNEP)[12]	21
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[13]	32

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[14]	Gold	50,000^
France (SNEP)[15]	Gold	100,000*
Germany (BVMI)[16]	3× Gold	750,000^
Italy (FIMI)[17]	Gold	100,000[17]
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[18]	Platinum	100,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[19]	Platinum	50,000^
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Accolades

Company	Country	Accolade	Year	Rank
Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)	Australia	Top 50 Albums	1988	48

References

На других языках

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- [en] Unchain My Heart (album)

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[es] Unchain My Heart

Unchain My Heart es el undécimo álbum de estudio del músico británico Joe Cocker, publicado por la compañía discográfica Capitol Records en octubre de 1987. El álbum incluyó en su totalidad versiones de canciones de otros artistas y alcanzó el puesto 89 en la lista estadounidense Billboard 200, con mejores resultados comerciales en países como Suiza, Alemania y Suiza, donde entró en el top 10.[4]

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[ru] Unchain My Heart (альбом)

Unchain My Heart (с англ. — «Освободи моё сердце») — одиннадцатый студийный альбом британского певца Джо Кокера, выпущенный в 1987 году.

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