Swear to Your Heart

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"Swear to Your Heart"
Caught in Your Web (Swear to Your Heart) - Russell Hitchcock.jpg
Single by Russell Hitchcock
from the album Arachnophobia (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
ReleasedDecember 1990
Genre Soft rock
Label Hollywood
Songwriter(s) Diane Warren
Producer(s) John Boylan
Russell Hitchcock singles chronology
"The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore"
(1988)
"Swear to Your Heart"
(1990)
"I Am Australian"
(1997)

"Swear to Your Heart" (also titled "Caught in Your Web (Swear to Your Heart)") is a song recorded by Air Supply lead singer Russell Hitchcock in 1990. The song was written by Diane Warren. It is a track from the soundtrack album of the 1990 film Arachnophobia . The song features Timothy B. Schmit on backing vocals.

Contents

"Swear to Your Heart" was released as a CD single, and became a hit on the U.S. and Canadian Adult Contemporary charts, reaching number 9 [1] and number 12 [2] respectively, during early 1991.

Chart history

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