| "If Looks Could Kill" | ||||
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| Single by Heart | ||||
| from the album Heart | ||||
| B-side | "What He Don't Know" | |||
| Released | July 1986 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Length | 3:42 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Songwriters | Jack Conrad Bob Garrett | |||
| Producer | Ron Nevison | |||
| Heart singles chronology | ||||
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"If Looks Could Kill" is a song written by Jack Conrad and Bob Garrett, originally recorded by Pamala Stanley and later by the rock band Heart in 1985. Stanley's version was featured in the 1986 Arnold Schwarzenegger film Raw Deal and reached #23 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart. [1] The Heart version is a hard rock song and was released as the fifth and final single from the band's self-titled 1985 album Heart . The song is about a woman confronting a cheating lover, letting him know that "if looks could kill / you'd be lying on the floor".
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After four top-ten U.S. singles (including the number-one "These Dreams") from the Heart album, "If Looks Could Kill" peaked at number 54 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Billboard said it's a "hard, fast and very excitable dance song." [2]
The song was recorded by Norwegian actress and pop singer Mia Gundersen on her record Temptation in 1986. German heavy metal band Primal Fear included a cover of the song on their 2017 collection Best of Fear. [3]
