Where Did Your Heart Go?

"Where Did Your Heart Go?"
Single by Was (Not Was)
from the album Was (Not Was)
A-side "Wheel Me Out" (UK)
B-side "It's An Attack!" (France)
Released US October 11, 1986
Format 7", 12"
Recorded The Sound Suite, January–March 1981
Genre Post-disco, dance-rock
Length 4:51
Label ZE Records, Island
Writer(s) D. Was, D. Was
Producer(s) David Was, Don Was, Jack Tann, Michael Zilkha
Was (Not Was) singles chronology
"Out Come the Freaks"
(1981)		 "Where Did Your Heart Go?" / "Wheel Me Out"
(1981)		 "Tell Me That I'm Dreaming"
(1982)

"Where Did Your Heart Go?" is a song written by American musicians David Was and Don Was. The song was first recorded and released by the writers' disco-dance-rock ensemble Was (Not Was) as a single in the UK as a double-A-side single with "Wheel Me Out" in September 1981. The single did not chart. It was featured as the second track on the ensemble's début album Was (Not Was) in August 1981. French editions of the single included the album "It's An Attack!" as the b-side.

A live recording of "Where Did Your Heart Go?" was included as a b-side to "Somewhere In America (There's A Street Named After My Dad)" single in 1992.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by D. Was and D. Was. 

7": ZE-Island / WIP 6716 (UK)
No. Title Length
1. "Where Did Your Heart Go?"   4:51
2. "Wheel Me Out"   3:33

All songs written and composed by D. Was and D. Was. 

12": ZE-Island / 12WIP 6716 (UK)
No. Title Length
1. "Where Did Your Heart Go?"   4:51
2. "Wheel Me Out (Long Version)"   7:04

Wham! version

"Where Did Your Heart Go?"
Single by Wham!
from the album The Final / Music from the Edge of Heaven
B-side "Wham Rap '86"
Released October 14, 1986
Format 7", 12"
Recorded 1986
Genre Soft rock
Length 5:42
5:05 (7" edit)
Label CBS Records
Epic Records
Writer(s) Dave Was, Don Was
Producer(s) George Michael
Wham! singles chronology
"The Edge of Heaven"
(1986)		 "Where Did Your Heart Go?"
(1986)

"Where Did Your Heart Go?" was covered by the British pop duo Wham! in June 1986 as one of the three B-sides to "The Edge of Heaven" in the UK, where it reached #1.[1] The song was also released separately as Wham!'s final single in several territories most notably in the US where it peaked at #50 on the Billboard Hot 100 in November 1986. It was produced and re-arranged by George Michael with engineering by Chris Porter. In common with most Wham! songs, Andrew Ridgeley's contribution is notable by its absence, though he receives a co-writing credit for its b-side: "Wham Rap '86". "Where Did Your Heart Go?" was also included on The Final and Music from the Edge of Heaven albums.

Arrangement

George Michael's arrangement of "Where Did Your Heart Go?" is relatively faithful to the original Was (Not Was) version making only subtle changes to the song's instrumentation and structure. Michael alters the song by dropping the opening chorus in favour of an instrumental introduction of the chorus melody. The subdued ending is protracted in the Wham! recording, where the Was (Not Was) original quickly fades out after the completion of the final chorus; Michael's arrangement continues for an additional half a minute.

Wham!'s recording of "Where Did Your Heart Go?", while structurally similar to the Was (Not Was) original, leans toward to a soft rock ballad due to changes to the tempo and vocal inflection. Michael's arrangement is more spare and reliant on synthesizers and saxophone to convey the melody. Michael's vocals are less immersed in the backing arrangement in which the bass guitar and drums are markedly quieter in the mix. His vocal is more low-key than Sweet Pea Atkinson's, except for the final line of the third verse, "and drifted out of sight", which is accentuated.

Track listing

7": Columbia / 38-06294 (US)
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Where Did Your Heart Go?"  Dave Was, Don Was 5:05
2. "Wham Rap '86"  George Michael, Andrew Ridgeley 6:33
12": Epic / EPC 650150 6 (Netherlands)
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Where Did Your Heart Go?"  Dave Was, Don Was 5:45
2. "Wham Rap '86"  George Michael, Andrew Ridgeley 6:33

Personnel

Chart performance

Chart (1986) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[2] 54
Ö3 Austria Top 40[3] 23
Dutch Top 100[4] 37
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[5] 50

References

  1. ↑ "UK Charts > Wham!". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2010-05-19.
  2. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (DOC). Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  3. ↑ "Austrian Charts > Wham!" (in German). austriancharts.at Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-09-24.
  4. ↑ "Dutch Charts > Wham!" (ASP). Hung Medien (in Dutch). MegaCharts. Retrieved 2012-02-07.
  5. ↑ "Wham! > Album & Song Chart History > Billboard Hot 100". Billboard Nielsen Business Media. Retrieved 2012-12-23.