"Follow Your Heart" is a

hard rock Hard rock or heavy rock is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the garage, psychedelic and blues rock movements. Some of the earliest hard ...

song and the fourth track from

Triumph The Roman triumph (Latin triumphus) was a celebration for a victorious military commander in ancient Rome. For later imitations, in life or in art, see Trionfo. Numerous later uses of the term, up to the present, are derived directly or indirectl ...

's 1984 album ''

Thunder Seven ''Thunder Seven'' is the seventh studio album by Canadian hard rock band Triumph, released in November 1984. Three songs on the second half of the album follow a concept based on time-related themes. The album was certified gold in the US by t ...

''. Set in the key of C# minor and E major, it reached number 35 on the Canada pop chart; number 88 in the U.S. The video that was shot to accompany the single was filmed live at the Providence Civic Center in Rhode Island. During the concert, the band announced they would be filming a video after the concert and the audience were free to stay around.

Personnel

Rik Emmett Richard Gordon Emmett (born July 10, 1953) is a vocalist, guitarist, and member of the Canadian rock band Triumph. Career Emmett left Triumph in 1988 to pursue a solo career. His first solo album, '' Absolutely'', was released in 1990 and beca ...

– guitars, synthesizers, vocals *

Gil Moore Gil Moore is a Canadian musician. Born in Toronto, Moore was the drummer and co-vocalist (sharing vocal duties with guitarist/vocalist Rik Emmett) of the Canadian power trio Triumph. Before Moore was in Triumph he was in a band called Sherman & ...

– drums, percussion, vocals * Michael Levine – bass guitar, keyboards, synthesizers

Production

Eddie Kramer Edwin H. Kramer (born 19 April 1942) is a British recording producer and engineer. He has collaborated with several artists now in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, including Jimi Hendrix, the Beatles, David Bowie, the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppel ...

– producer, mixer * Ed Stone – engineer * Hugh Cooper – mixing * Noel Golden – assistant engineer * Yoshiro Kuzumaki – mastering

External links

Follow Your Heart entry at The Official Triumph Homepage

References

1984 singles 1984 songs MCA Records singles Songs written by Gil Moore Songs written by Mike Levine (musician) Songs written by Rik Emmett Triumph (band) songs {{1980s-rock-song-stub