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A Good Heart
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = A Good Heart
| cover = AGoodHeart.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Feargal Sharkey
| album = Feargal Sharkey
| B-side = Anger Is Holy
| released = September 1985 (UK)
February 1986 (US)
| recorded = 1985
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
| length = 4:39
| label = Virgin
| writer = Maria McKee
| producer = David A. Stewart
| prev_title = Loving You
| prev_year = 1985
| next_title = You Little Thief
| next_year = 1985
| misc =
}}
"'A Good Heart'" is a song by Northern Irish singer Feargal Sharkey, released as the first single from his self-titled debut album. It was released in 1985 on Virgin Records.
Background
Written by then-Lone Justice frontwoman Maria McKee about her relationship with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers keyboard player Benmont Tench and produced by the Eurythmics' David A. Stewart, this was former Undertones singer Feargal Sharkey's third solo single. The song was Sharkey's only number one single and stayed at the top of the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in November 1985. However, it fared less well in the US, peaking at No. 74 on the 'Billboard' Hot 100.
Sharkey followed up the single with the Tench-written "You Little Thief". This song was allegedly about Tench's side of the relationship with McKee. However, Tench denies the song is about McKee.
Austin, Texas-based singer-songwriter/guitarist Kris McKay performed a version of the song, featured on the soundtrack for the 1989 Patrick Swayze movie 'Road House'. In 2007, McKee released her own recording of the track on her album 'Late December'.
Formats
Additional credits
* Cover design: Timothy Eames
* Cover photography: Nick Knight
Chart performance
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Sales and certifications
References
Category:1985 singles
Category:1986 singles
Category:Number-one singles in Australia
Category:Dutch Top 40 number-one singles
Category:Irish Singles Chart number-one singles
Category:UK Singles Chart number-one singles
Category:Feargal Sharkey songs
Category:Songs written by Maria McKee
Category:1985 songs
Category:Virgin Records singles
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