Unchain My Heart (album)

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Unchain My Heart
Joe Cocker-Unchain My Heart (album cover).jpg
Studio album by
Joe Cocker
Released9 October 1987
Recorded1986–1987
StudioHouse Of Music, West Orange, NJ [1]
Genre Rock, blue-eyed soul
Length42:05
Label Capitol
Producer Charlie Midnight, Dan Hartman
Joe Cocker chronology
Joe Cocker Classics Volume 4
(1987)		Unchain My Heart
(1987)		 One Night of Sin
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
New Musical Express 5/10 [2]

Unchain My Heart is the eleventh studio album by Joe Cocker, released in 1987.

Contents

Miller Lite used Joe Cocker's recording of "Unchain My Heart" for their Dalmatian campaign as the dog jumps from the Budweiser Clydesdale horse-drawn carriage to the Miller Lite truck.

Track listing

  1. "Unchain My Heart" (Bobby Sharp, Teddy Powell) – 5:02
  2. "Two Wrongs" (Eddie Schwartz, David Bendeth) – 4:02
  3. "I Stand in Wonder" (Schwartz, David Tyson) – 4:21
  4. "The River's Rising" (Michael Lunn) – 4:05
  5. "Isolation" (John Lennon) – 3:51
  6. "All Our Tomorrows" (Schwartz, Tyson) – 4:21
  7. "A Woman Loves a Man" (Dan Hartman, Charlie Midnight) – 4:14
  8. "Trust in Me" (Francesca Beghe, Marc Swersky, Midnight) – 4:12
  9. "The One" (Tom Kimmel, Jay Joyce) – 4:35
  10. "Satisfied" (Hartman, Midnight) – 3:22

Personnel

Production

Charts

Chart (1987)Peak
position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [3] 14
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [4] 20
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [5] 2
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [6] 17
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [7] 15
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [8] 6
US Billboard 200 [9] 89
Chart (1988)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [10] 24
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [11] 5
Canadian Albums ( RPM ) [12] 40
French Albums (SNEP) [13] 21
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [14] 32

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [15] Gold50,000^
France (SNEP) [16] Gold100,000*
Germany (BVMI) [17] 3× Gold750,000^
Italy (FIMI) [18] Gold100,000 [18]
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [19] Platinum100,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [20] Platinum50,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Accolades

CompanyCountryAccoladeYearRank
Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)AustraliaTop 50 Albums198848

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References

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  2. ↑ Minkoff, Myrna (12 December 1987). "Joe Cocker: Unchain My Heart". New Musical Express . p. 36.
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