"Heart of Love", also known by the title "Climbing to the Heart of Love", is a song written by Roxanne Seeman and Billie Hughes. It was recorded by Joni Paladin, under the pseudonym Jamie Bond, and produced by

George Duke George M. Duke (January 12, 1946 – August 5, 2013) was an American keyboardist, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer. He worked with numerous artists as arranger, music director, writer and co-writer, record producer and as a pr ...

for the soundtrack to the film ''

The Heavenly Kid ''The Heavenly Kid'' is a 1985 American romantic comedy fantasy film directed by Cary Medoway and starring Lewis Smith, Jason Gedrick, Jane Kaczmarek and Richard Mulligan. Plot In the early 1960s, Bobby Fontana ( Lewis Smith), a young greaser ...

''. It appears in a montage scene with Bobby ( Lewis Smith) and Emily (

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). The song was released as the first single in 1985 by Elektra Records. Six years later, in 1991, as reported by Shelly Weiss in Cashbox, "Heart Of Love" MJQ Majic 102.5, Buffalo, Program Director Hank Nevins caught the movie on HBO and put the song on the air. The sensational reaction of listeners from Buffalo,

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, and

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moved "Heart Of Love" into power

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. MJQ received overwhelming requests from record stores in Canada and the US wishing to buy the disc.

Production

- Producer, Executive-Producer
Erik Zobler
- Recording Engineer * Errol Sober - Music Supervisor * Recording Studio – Le Gonks West * Mixed At – Lion Share Recording Studios * Mastered At –

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* Mastered By –

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Pressed By – Allied Record Company

Other versions

Billie Hughes Billie Keith Hughes (April 4, 1948 – July 3, 1998) was an American recording artist, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is best known for his successful artist career in Japan, lead vocalist of his band Lazarus and his collaboratio ...

Melissa Manchester Melissa Manchester (born February 15, 1951) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Since the 1970s, her songs have been carried by adult contemporary radio stations. She has also appeared on television, in films, and on stage. Early l ...

, ''If My Heart Had Wings'', 1995, produced by

Ron Nevison Ron Nevison is an American record producer and audio engineer. He started his career in the early 1970s as an engineer on ''Quadrophenia'' by the Who and Bad Company's debut album. He eventually became a producer, working with artists including M ...

Arif Mardin Arif Mardin (March 15, 1932 – June 25, 2006) was a Turkish-American music producer, who worked with hundreds of artists across many different styles of music, including jazz, rock, soul, disco and country. He worked at Atlantic Records for ov ...

, executive producer

Critical reception

Billboard gave a "Recommended Pick" which said: "Ballad from the "Heavenly Kid" soundtrack; fans of

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should take note of a comparable talent." William Ruhlmann, writing for AllMusic, described the songs on "If My Heart Had Wings": "Melissa Manchester's first album of new material in a decade was filled with big, dramatic ballads and widescreen production values."

References

External links

* * {{authority control 1985 songs 1985 singles Songs written by Billie Hughes Songs written by Roxanne Seeman Song recordings produced by Ron Nevison Song recordings produced by Arif Mardin Song recordings produced by George Duke Elektra Records singles Songs written for films