"Cross My Heart" is a song recorded by

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pop band Eighth Wonder. It was the second

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from the album ''

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'' and the group's sixth single. It proved to be almost as successful chartwise as "I'm Not Scared", reaching the top ten in Italy, Norway and Switzerland, and the top twenty in France, Germany and United Kingdom. It was a minor success in the US, peaking at number 56, but remains the band's only American top 75 hit single. The video was directed by Dieter 'Dee' Trattmann. The song was also notably recorded by American singer

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Overview

Songwriter Michael Jay says the track was originally written for

, who he was planning to produce and launch as a pop star. However, his publishing deal at the time required that his songs not be withheld exclusively for one artist, and were to be shopped around for placement with other acts. Eighth Wonder's version of "Cross My Heart" followed

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's January 1988 version which featured on her self-titled debut album. During that year, the song was also released by Martika on her eponymous debut album. Also in 1988, Hong Kong pop singer

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recorded a Cantonese version of the song, titled "Once We've Touched (一接觸)" for her sixth album ''

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Track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Cross My Heart": * 7" single # "Cross My Heart" — 3:26 # "Let Me In" — 4:35 * 12" maxi 1 # "Cross My Heart" (dance mix) — 7:06 # "Cross My Heart" — 3:26 # "Let Me In" — 4:35 * 12" maxi 2 # "Cross My Heart" (club mix) — 6:50 # "Cross My Heart" (house mix) — 7:29 # "Cross My Heart" (dub mix) — 6:00 * CD maxi # "Cross My Heart" (dance mix) — 7:08 # "Cross My Heart" — 3:27 # "Let Me In" — 4:37 # "Cross My Heart" (instrumental) — 4:31

Credits

* Design – Stylorouge * Photography – Eamon J. McCabe * Edited by

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* Engineer assistant – Jeff Abikzer * Engineer (remix) – Hugo Dwyer * Keyboards –

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* Producer –

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* Remix – "Little" Louie Vega

Charts

References

1988 singles Eighth Wonder songs Martika songs Tracie Spencer songs CBS Records singles 1988 songs {{1980s-pop-song-stub