ROD STEWART - YOU'RE IN MY HEART

YOU'RE IN MY HEART

ROD STEWART

SONGWRITER: ROD STEWART

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: FOOT LOOSE & FANCE FREE

LABEL: WARNER BROS

GENRE: POP ROCK

YEAR: 1977

 

           Sir Roderick David Stewart CBE (born 10 January 1945) is a British rock and pop singer, songwriter, and record producer. Born and raised in London, he is of Scottish and English ancestry. With his distinctive raspy singing voice, Stewart is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold over 250 million records worldwide. He has had 10 number-one albums and 31 top ten singles in the UK, 6 of which reached number one. Stewart has had 16 top ten singles in the US, with four reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100. He was knighted in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to music and charity.

         Stewart's music career began in 1962 when he took up busking with a harmonica. In 1963, he joined The Dimensions as harmonica player and vocalist. In 1964, Stewart joined Long John Baldry and the All Stars before moving to the Jeff Beck Group in 1967. Joining Faces in 1969, he also maintained a solo career releasing his debut album that same year. Stewart's early albums were a fusion of rock, folk music, soul music, and R&B. His third album, 1971's Every Picture Tells a Story, was his breakthrough, topping the charts in the UK, US, Canada and Australia, as did its ballad "Maggie May". His 1972 follow-up album, Never a Dull Moment, also reached number one in the UK and Australia, while going top three in the US and Canada. Its single, "You Wear It Well", topped the chart in the UK and was a moderate hit elsewhere.

           After a handful more UK top ten hits, Stewart announced the breakup of the Faces in 1975. His next few singles were ballads with "Sailing", off the 1975 UK and Australian number-one album, Atlantic Crossing, becoming a hit in the UK and the Netherlands (number one), Germany (number four) and other countries, but barely charting in North America. A Night on the Town (1976), his fifth straight chart-topper in the UK, began a three-album run of going number one or top three in North America, the UK and Australia with each release. That album's "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" spent almost two months at number one in the US and Canada, and made the top five in other countries. Foot Loose & Fancy Free(1977) featured the major hit "You're In My Heart (The Final Acclaim)" as well as the rocker "Hot Legs". Blondes Have More Fun(1978) and its disco-tinged "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy" both went to number one in Canada, Australia and the US, with "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy" also hitting number one in the UK and the top ten in other countries. Stewart's albums regularly hit the upper rungs of the charts in the Netherlands throughout the 70s and in Sweden from 1975 onward.

          "You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)" is a song written and recorded by Rod Stewart for his 1977 album Foot Loose & Fancy Free. The song proved a popular single, reaching the top ten of many national charts, including number 4 on the US Billboard Hot 100, number 2 in Canada, and number 1 for one week in Australia.

           Billboard Magazine declared that "You're in My Heart" should become "Stewart's biggest easy listening hit" and felt the vocal style was similar to that of "The Killing of Georgie".

        The lyrics mention two of Stewart's favourite football teams in the phrase "Celtic, United". The inner sleeve to the album Foot Loose & Fancy Free also pictures artwork with the names Glasgow Celtic and Manchester United drifting out of a car stereo.

I didn't know what day it was

When you walked into the room

I said hello unnoticed

You said goodbye too soon

 

Breezing through the clientele

Spinning yarns that were so lyrical

I really must confess right here

The attraction was purely physical

 

I took all those habits of yours

That in the beginning were hard to accept

Your fashion sense, Beardsley prints

I put down to experience

 

The big bossed lady with the Dutch accent

Who tried to change my point of view

Her ad lib lines were well rehearsed

But my heart cried out for you

 

You're in my heart, you're in my soul

You'll be my breath should I grow old

You are my lover, you're my best friend

You're in my soul

 

My love for you is immeasurable

My respect for you immense

You're ageless, timeless, lace and fineness

You're beauty and elegance

 

You're a rhapsody, a comedy

You're a symphony and a play

You're every love song ever written

But honey what do you see in me

 

You're in my heart, you're in my soul

You'll be my breath should I grow old

You are my lover, you're my best friend

You're in my soul

 

You're an essay in glamor

Please pardon the grammar

But you're every schoolboy's dream

You're Celtic, United, but baby I've decided

You're the best team I've ever seen

 

And there have been many affairs

Many times I've thought to leave

But I bite my lip and turn around

'Cause you're the warmest thing I've ever found

 

You're in my heart, you're in my soul

You'll be my breath should I grow old

You are my lover, you're my best friend

You're in my soul.