Heal the Pain

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Heal The Pain was a song written and performed by George Michael and released on Epic records in 1991.

A sentimental, positive love song, it was the fourth of five singles taken from the album Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 and sales of the single in the UK were unsurprisingly low due to the high number of albums already sold.

The song entered the UK singles chart in February 1991 and peaked at #31. It followed a pattern of being slightly lower than its predecessor (the previous three singles had peaked at #6, #23 and #28). One more single from the album would continue the pattern, by not even breaking the threshold of the Top 40.

In 2005, it was announced that Michael would be recording a version of the track with Paul McCartney, whose style the song was written in. Michael appeared on the Chris Evans show on BBC Radio 2 on December 5th 2005, and announced that he had recorded the song with McCartney "last week" but didn't know what he was going to do with it yet. A long rumoured duets album ("Trojan Souls") could be a possible home for the track.

The band Lemon Jelly have used an uncredited sample of the track on the B-side of their single Rolled/Oats.