RICHARD MARX - CHAINS AROUND MY HEART

CHAINS AROUND MY HEART

RICHARD MARX

SONGWRITERS: FEE WAYBILL & RICHARD MARX

COUNTRY: U. SW. A.

ALBUM: RUSH STREET

LABEL: CAPITOL RECORDS

GENRE: POP

YEAR: 1991

 

       Richard Noel Marx(born September 16, 1963) is an American adult contemporary and pop rock singer-songwriter. He has sold over 30 million albums worldwide.

   Marx's self-titled debut album went triple-platinum in 1987, and his first single, "Don't Mean Nothing", reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Between 1987 and 1994, he had 14 top 20 hits, including three number one singles.

      Marx is the only male artist in history to have his first seven singles reach the top 5 of the Billboard charts. He has scored a total of 14 number one singles, both as a performer and as a songwriter/producer. As a singer, his Nº 1 hits include "Right Here Waiting", "Hold On to the Nights", "Endless Summer Nights", and "Satisfied". According to Billboard, Marx "holds the distinction of having written songs that have hit Nº 1 on various Billboard charts in each of the last four decades."

        Marx has written or collaborated on songs with other artists, including "This I Promise You" by NSYNC and "Dance with My Father" by Luther Vandross. Marx has been nominated for five Grammy Awards. In 2003, he won the Grammy for Song of the Year for "Dance with My Father".

      Rush Street is the third studio album by singer and songwriter Richard Marx. Released in late 1991, it sold over two million copies in the United States alone. It was Richard's third consecutive multi-million seller in the U. S.

       Its first single, "Keep Coming Back," was #1 on the American Adult Contemporary chart for four consecutive weeks. It reached #5 in Cashbox while peaking at #12 in Billboard. The follow-up single, "Hazard", also hit #1 Adult Contemporary. It reached #6 in Cashbox and #9 on the Billboard Hot 100.

     Subsequent single releases included "Take This Heart" and "Chains Around My Heart", which were Top Ten hits on the US Adult Contemporary charts. All four hits boasted popular music videos as well. Toto members Steve Lukather and Jeff Porcaro were among the session musicians employed on the album, although they play on separate tracks.

        Marx admitted in 2001 that the track "Superstar" is about Madonna. The album was dedicated to son Brandon Marx and grandmother Lois.

Out of my sight

But the vision is still the same

Out of my mind

But the memory remains unchanged

Stones thrown in anger hold twice the hurt

Return to sender could only make things worse

 

Girl, you've got to break these chains around my heart

Cause I've been lonely too long

You've got to break these chains around my heart

So I can finally get on with my life

 

Don't ask me why

Why I've lived with this all alone

Locked up inside

And it's cutting me to the bone

Love is a stranger avoiding me

Beware of danger's the only sign I see

 

Girl, you've got to break these chains around my heart

Cause I've been lonely too long

You've got to break these chains around my heart

So I can finally get on with my life

 

Are you listening

Is there something that you'd like to say

Am I getting through

Are you just gonna leave me this way

 

Girl you've got to break these chains around my heart

Before it tears me in two

You've got to break these chains around my heart

That's all I am asking of you

You've got to break these chains around my heart

Cause I've been lonely too long

You've got to break these chains around my heart

So I can finally get on with my life.