For My Sunday Song #388, we have Tim’s next pick which is “Heart of Darkness” by the band Heart. The song is the B-Side to “What About Love” off the 1985 album ‘Heart’. The songwriting credits on this one goes to the entire band which did not happen very often and in looking at the album credits, there is only one song on the album that is credited to all of them.
The song talks about two people lying next to each other making love all night and they don’t want the night to end. But the Heart of Darkness line leads me to believe their love is in secret and they have to hide it. My guess is they are having an affair and don’t want anyone finding out about it. When you listen to it, let me know if you get the same thing from it.
It sounds very 80’s with all the keyboards and the overly polished sound. It is definitely a new Heart. It was like Dreamboat Annie album merged with Journey and produced this fine piece of work. Ann Wilson’s vocals are so powerful and damn she can hit some notes. She is one of my favorite vocalists and this shows why. it is a hard driving song, quick tempo, fast drumming and an overall rocking track. It is so strange it didn’t make the cut as it as good as anything on that album (if not better than some). And interesting enough, it was never released ever, not on any deluxe album or compilation that I can find which is really cool.
Give the song a listen and let me know what you think? Have you ever heard this one before? I actually have the single that this song is on so I already knew this one and loved it. Go check it out HERE!! Thanks to Tim Durling from Tim’s Vinyl Confessions for picking this track. Go check out his YouTube channel for some great content, you won’t be disappointed. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a Happy Sunday.
2 Loud 2 Old Music 
I really have no idea about Heart…and Tim keeps making me buy new CDs! I have to draw the line somewhere. Unboxing a new Durling disc next Friday.
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I get it. You can’t buy everything.
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And I don’t like streaming.
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I love streaming as I don’t have a CD player in the car or a turntable for that matter in my car.
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I use a 2T hard drive. Imagine listening to only YOUR music in the car and nobody else’s! Imagine including all the bonus tracks and live discs and everything sounding how YOU WANT without data charges. As long as cars have USB ports this is how I will listen.
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But with Apple music, my entire music collection is on there as I can upload it. So all my bonus tracks, bootlegs and The Vault are all there for my listening pleasure anywhere I want.
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Ah that is cool!
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Never knew this song existed until now Johnny. lol. Good read. It have Nevison all over it with that production. This tune could have ended up on Crazy Nights lol
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They should get the Kiss Avatars to cover it
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Good tune, thanks.
It took me a long time to realize that What About Love is a cover.
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Same. Didn’t realize it was either.
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I was/am a pretty big fan of Heart, and have likely heard “What About Love” over 100 times over the years, but don’t remember ever hearing “Heart of Darkness” before. I think you’re probably right about the song alluding to an affair, given these lyrics “We slipped away. This is our only chance. We found this place. The eyes of nighttime keep our secret there…”
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I didn’t remember it when Tim sent me the list, but I had it on the 45 and wrote about it so how soon I forget.
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