Say What's in Your Heart

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"Say What's in Your Heart"
Single by Restless Heart
from the album Big Dreams in a Small Town
B-side "Jenny Come Back" [1]
ReleasedJuly 1989
Genre Country
Length4:05
Label RCA Nashville
Songwriter(s) Donny Lowery
Don Schlitz
Producer(s) Tim DuBois
Scott Hendricks
Restless Heart
Restless Heart singles chronology
"Big Dreams in a Small Town"
(1989)
"Say What's in Your Heart"
(1989)
"Fast Movin' Train"
(1989)

"Say What's in Your Heart" is a song written by Donny Lowery and Don Schlitz, and recorded by American country music group Restless Heart. It was released in July 1989 as the fourth and final single from their album Big Dreams in a Small Town . The song reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in October 1989 [2] and number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada. [3]

Contents

Music video

The music video was directed by Bill Balsley and premiered in mid-1989.

Chart performance

Chart (1989)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [4] 1
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [5] 4

Year-end charts

Chart (1989)Position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [6] 33
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [7] 59

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