"Take This Heart" is a song by American singer

Richard Marx Richard Noel Marx (born September 16, 1963) is an American adult contemporary music, adult contemporary and pop rock singer-songwriter. He has sold over 30 million albums worldwide. Marx's Richard Marx (album), self-titled debut album went tri ...

, released as the third single from his third studio album, '' Rush Street'' (1991). It peaked at number 20 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 while reaching number four on the ''Billboard''

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chart. The song additionally reached the top 20 in Australia and the United Kingdom and peaked at number four in Canada.

Music video

In the video,

is seen playing for the

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against the

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, in the seventh game of the

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(Marx was born in Chicago and is a noted Cubs fan). In the classic baseball clutch situation, ninth inning with two outs, he is called in to pinch-hit against A's star

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(a close friend of Marx and former Cubs pitcher). The baseball scenes, with commentary by announcer

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, are intercut with footage of Marx and his band playing the song on the field of the A's ballpark, the

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. With two strikes against him, Marx hits a home run to win the game for Chicago, to the dismay of Oakland players

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and

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. The scene then cuts to a dozing Marx being shaken awake backstage just before a concert, having dreamed the championship game. As he prepares to start the show, Uecker's cry of "The Cubs have won the World Series!" echoes in his head. Since the game was played in Oakland, the A's (as the home team) would still bat in the bottom of the ninth, so Marx' homer could not have guaranteed a win for the Cubs. In addition, both teams are wearing their home uniforms. Eckersley, Henderson, Canseco, and Uecker appear as themselves, as does Cubs manager

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and A's manager

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Track listings

US and Australian cassette single # "Take This Heart" – 4:10 # "I Get No Sleep" – 3:44 European CD single # "Take This Heart" – 4:10 # "I Get No Sleep" – 3:44 # "

Right Here Waiting "Right Here Waiting" is a song by American singer and songwriter Richard Marx. It was released on June 29, 1989, as the second single from his second album, ''Repeat Offender''. The song was a global hit, topping charts in many countries around ...

" (live) – 4:56 UK 7-inch single :A. "Take This Heart" :B. "

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" UK CD1 # "Take This Heart" # " Take It to the Limit" (live) # "That Was Lulu" (live) # "Rhythm of Life" (live) UK CD2 # "Take This Heart" # "Hazard" # "Love Unemotional" # "Ride with the Idol"

Personnel

* Richard Marx – vocals * Michael Egizi – keyboards *

Michael Landau Michael Christopher Landau (born June 1, 1958) is an American musician, audio engineer, and record producer. He is a session musician and guitarist who has played on many albums since the early 1980s with Boz Scaggs, Minoru Niihara, Joni Mitch ...

– guitars, guitar solo *

Nathan East Nathan Harrell East (born December 8, 1955) is an American jazz, R&B, and rock bass player and vocalist. With more than 2,000 recordings, East is one of the most recorded bass players in the history of music. East holds a Bachelor of Arts degr ...

– bass *

Jonathan Moffett Jonathan Phillip "Sugarfoot" Moffett (born November 17, 1954) is an American drummer, songwriter and producer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Beginning in 1979, Moffett collaborated with the Jackson family, particularly Michael Jackson, over the co ...

– drums * Chris Trujillo – percussion

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References

{{Authority control 1991 songs 1992 singles Capitol Records singles Richard Marx songs Songs written by Richard Marx