Listen to Your Heart (Sonia song)
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"Listen to Your Heart" is a Pop-dance song written by Stock Aitken Waterman
Stock Aitken Waterman
Stock Aitken Waterman, sometimes known as SAW, were a UK songwriting and record producing trio consisting of Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman. They had great success during the mid to late 1980s and early 1990s...

 for Sonia's debut studio album Everybody Knows (1990). The single was released in December 1989 as the album's third single. This single reached #10 in UK and #22 in Ireland. This single's B-side "Better Than Ever" didn't appeared on Sonia's debut album.

Chart performance

"Listen to Your Heart" was a hit for Sonia. The song was released in December 1989. It entered the charts on 9 December 1989 at number forty-two. The song peaked at number ten five weeks later. "Listen to Your Heart" became Sonia's second top ten hit after her debut single
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 "You'll Never Stop Me Loving You
You'll Never Stop Me Loving You
"You'll Never Stop Me Loving You" is a debut single by Sonia.Written and produced by Stock, Aitken and Waterman, it was the first and only number one single for the Liverpudlian singer. The song reached number one on the Billboard Dance/Disco Chart...

", which reached the top of the UK chart. "Listen to Your Heart" charted in the United Kingdom for ten weeks.

In Ireland, the song debuted and peaked on 4 January 1990 at number twenty-two. It charted for only one week.

In France, "Listen to Your Heart" entered the charts on 3 March 1990 at number forty-six and reached peak position of number thirty-nine three weeks later. The song charted for six weeks there.

Formats and track listings

7" / Cassette Single
  1. "Listen To Your Heart" – 3:27
  2. "Better Than Ever" – 3:29

12" / CD Single
  1. "Listen To Your Heart" (Extended Mix) – 5:57
  2. "Better Than Ever" – 3:29
  3. "Listen To Your Heart" (Instrumental) – 3:27

Charts

Chart (1989) Peak
Position
UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

10
Irish Singles Chart
Irish Singles Chart
The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...

22
French Singles Chart 39
Chart (1990) Peak
Position
Australian Kent Music Report Chart
Kent Music Report
The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by music enthusiast David Kent from May 1974 through to 1998...

96

Credits and personnel

The following people contributed to "Listen to Your Heart":
  • Sonia – lead vocals
  • Mae McKenna, Miriam Stockley – backing vocals
  • Mike Stock – keyboards
    Musical keyboard
    A musical keyboard is the set of adjacent depressible levers or keys on a musical instrument, particularly the piano. Keyboards typically contain keys for playing the twelve notes of the Western musical scale, with a combination of larger, longer keys and smaller, shorter keys that repeats at the...

    , baking vocals
  • Matt Aitken
    Matt Aitken
    Matthew James Aitken , is a British songwriter and record producer, brought up in Astley, Greater Manchester, best known as the creative force behind the 1980s songwriting/production trio Stock Aitken Waterman....

     – guitars, keyboards
  • A Linn – drums
  • Dave Ford – mixing
    Audio mixing (recorded music)
    In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may...


Appearances in other media

  • In Brazil, the song was included in the international soundtrack of Rainha da Sucata
    Rainha da Sucata
    Rainha da Sucata is a Brazilian telenovela that first aired on Rede Globo in 1990.-Cast:-Reception:Marisa Orth won the 1990 Associação Paulista dos Críticos de Artes Award for Best Female Newcomer....

    .
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