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Listen to Your Heart (Sonia song)

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B-side
  
"Better Than Ever"

Recorded
  
1989

Length
  
3:27

Released
  
27 November 1989

Genre
  
Pop

Format
  
CD single7" single12" single3-inch CD single

"Listen to Your Heart" is a pop-disco song written by Stock Aitken Waterman for Sonia's debut studio album Everybody Knows (1990). The single was released in November 1989 as the album's third single. This single reached No. 10 in UK and No. 22 in Ireland. This single's B-side "Better Than Ever" didn't appear on Sonia's debut album.

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Chart performance

"Listen to Your Heart" entered the UK singles chart in early December 1989 at number forty-two. After a slow start, the song peaked at number ten five weeks later. "Listen to Your Heart" became Sonia's second UK top ten hit, after her debut single "You'll Never Stop Me Loving You", 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

Credits and personnel

The following people contributed to "Listen to Your Heart":

  • Sonia – lead vocals
  • Mae McKenna, Miriam Stockley – backing vocals
  • Mike Stock – keyboards, baking vocals
  • Matt Aitken – guitars, keyboards
  • A Linn – drums
  • Dave Ford – mixing

    • Appearances in other media

  • In Brazil, the song was included in the international soundtrack of Rainha da Sucata becoming a big hit there.
  • In the Philippines, the song was used in the show It's a Date, a dating game hosted by Plinky Recto and Tom Lupton.

    • References

    Listen to Your Heart (Sonia song) Wikipedia
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