"Affair of the Heart" is a rock song performed by pop singer Rick Springfield

Rick Springfield

Rick Springfield is an Australian-born singer-songwriter, musician, and actor. He was a member of pop rock group Zoot from 1969 to 1971 and then started his solo career with his début single "Speak to the Sky" reaching the top 10 in Australia. In mid-1972, he relocated to the United States...

. It was released as the lead single from his album Living in Oz

Living in Oz

Living in Oz is an album released by Rick Springfield in 1983. The album went platinum and Springfield was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance" for the "Affair of the Heart" single, which peaked at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100.-Track listing:#"Human...

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The song entered the Billboard Top 40 chart on April 23, 1983 and peaked at number 9. It was the fourth of Springfield's five Top 10 hits to date.

"Affair of the Heart" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance

Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance

The Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance was an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to male recording artists for works containing quality vocal performances in the rock music genre...

 in 1984, but lost to "Beat It

Beat It

"Beat It" is a song written and performed by American recording artist Michael Jackson, and produced by Quincy Jones . It is the third single from the singer's sixth solo album, Thriller . Eddie Van Halen was hired to add the song's distinctive overdriven guitar solo, but was prevented by his...

" by Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson

Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...

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