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Wikipedia article




"'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".

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."

"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. Only five months passed before Heart released their next album, 'Dog and Butterfly'.

Chart performance



Weekly charts

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!Chart (1978)

!Peak
position

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|align="left"|Canadian 'RPM' Top Singles

| style="text-align:center;"|18

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|align="left"|US 'Billboard' Hot 100

| style="text-align:center;"|24

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|US 'Cash Box' Top 100

| style="text-align:center;"|18

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Year-end charts



References



Category:1977 songs

Category:1978 singles

Category:Heart (band) songs

Category:Songs written by Nancy Wilson (rock musician)

Category:Songs written by Ann Wilson

Category:Mushroom Records singles

Category:Song recordings produced by Mike Flicker


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