Heart to Heart (Kenny Loggins song)

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"Heart to Heart"
Heart to heart by kenny loggins US single side-A.png
Side A of the US single
Single by Kenny Loggins
from the album High Adventure
B-side "The More We Try"
ReleasedNovember 1982
Recorded1982
Genre
Length
  • 3:55 (single version)
  • 5:20 (album version)
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Kenny Loggins
  • Bruce Botnick
Kenny Loggins singles chronology
"Don't Fight It"
(1982)		"Heart to Heart"
(1982)		"Welcome to Heartlight"
(1983)

"Heart to Heart" is a song by American musician Kenny Loggins, co-written with Michael McDonald, and composer David Foster. It was released in November 1982 by Columbia Records as the second of three singles from his 1982 album High Adventure . It reached number 15 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and spent five weeks in that position, from late January through late February 1983. [2] It spent a total of 13 weeks in the Top 40, and 17 weeks on the Hot 100. It also reached number 15 on the US Cash Box Top 100.

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"Heart to Heart" was also very successful on the Adult Contemporary charts, reaching number three in the US and number one in Canada. [3]

Background

The song speaks of the mutual opening of hearts as being the only way to preserve a relationship once the partners have allowed themselves to grow apart. The lyrics acknowledge that most relationships do not endure the test of time, yet still some are able to do so. It features a saxophone solo by David Sanborn.[ citation needed ]

Personnel

Charts

References

  1. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Kenny Loggins - The Essential Kenny Loggins (2002) Review at AllMusic. Retrieved July 6, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Music: Top 100 Songs | Billboard Hot 100 Chart". Billboard.com. February 26, 1983. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Music: Top 100 Songs | Billboard Hot 100 Chart". Billboard.com. February 26, 1983. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Adult Contemporary Music Chart". Billboard.com. February 5, 1983. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, February 12, 1983". Archived from the original on June 3, 2015. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Top 100 Hits of 1983/Top 100 Songs of 1983". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 31, 1983". Archived from the original on May 16, 2019. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
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