A Good Heart

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“A Good Heart”
Single by Feargal Sharkey from the album Feargal Sharkey
B-side	"Anger Is Holy"
Released	1985
Format	7", 12"
Recorded	1985
Genre	Pop
Length	4:39
Label	Virgin
Writer(s)	Maria McKee
Producer	David A. Stewart
Feargal Sharkey singles chronology
"Loving You" (1985) "A Good Heart" (1985) "You Little Thief" (1986)

"A Good Heart" was a popular single by Feargal Sharkey.

Written by Maria McKee about her relationship with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers keyboard player Benmont Tench and produced by Eurythmics David A. Stewart this was former Undertones singer Feargal Sharkey's first solo single. A UK Number One single for two weeks in November 1985 it fared less well in the USA peaking at #74 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Sharkey followed up the single with Tench written "You Little Thief", this time about Tench's relationship with McKee. Ironically Sharkey placed them next to each other on his debut album.

In 2007, McKee released her own recording of the track on her album Late December.

[edit] Chart performance

Country	Peak position
Australia	1
The Netherlands	1[1]
United Kingdom	1
United States	74

[edit] References

Preceded by "The Power of Love" by Jennifer Rush	UK number one single November 10, 1985	Succeeded by "I'm Your Man" by Wham!
Preceded by "We Built This City" by Starship	Australian Kent Music Report number one single February 17, 1986 - February 24, 1986	Succeeded by "That's What Friends Are For" by Dionne Warwick