"Heartless" is a song written and recorded by the rock band

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in 1976 for their album ''

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''. Issues with the band's previous record label

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caused a delay in the album's release and "Heartless" was released as a single two years later, after the re-issue of their first single "

Crazy on You "Crazy on You" is a song by American rock band Heart from their debut studio album, ''Dreamboat Annie'' (1975). It was released in March 1976 as the album's third single in Canada and the album's debut single in the United States. It reached the ...

Background

The song is an aggressive hard rock number that opens with a slower synthesizer based interlude before opening up into a full hard rock tune. The lyrics involve a scorned lover who apparently can't get away from the grasp of her heartless partner. "The doctor said come back again next week / I think that you need me / All she did was cry / She wanted to die doctor when can you see me / There's a guy out there / Seems like he's everywhere / It just ain't fair." "Heartless" and " Without You" were the only singles released from ''Magazine'', with "Heartless" peaking at number twenty-four on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. ''

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'' particularly praised the vocals and

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playing. ''

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'' called it "straight-ahead, rather funky rock, with Ann Wilson's vocal the centerpiece." Only five months passed before Heart released their next album, '' Dog and Butterfly''.

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References

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