| Lyrics: Hand on Your Heart |
Performed by: Jose Gonzalez; Kylie Minogue
Written by: Matthew James Aitken; Michael Stock; Peter Alan Waterman
Credits: Aitken, Matthew James (Songwriter); Stock, Michael (Songwriter); Waterman, Peter Alan (Songwriter); ALL BOYS MUSIC LTD (Publisher); MIKE STOCK PUBLISHING (Publisher); SIDS SONGS LTD (Publisher)
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| Single by Kylie Minogue | |||||||||||||
| from the album Enjoy Yourself | |||||||||||||
| B-side | "Just Wanna Love You" | ||||||||||||
| Released | April 24, 1989 | ||||||||||||
| Format | CD single Cassette single Vinyl single |
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| Recorded | London, England | ||||||||||||
| Genre | Pop, Dance | ||||||||||||
| Length | 3:54 | ||||||||||||
| Label | PWL/Mushroom Records | ||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Stock, Aitken & Waterman | ||||||||||||
| Producer | Stock, Aitken & Waterman | ||||||||||||
| Certification | Gold (UK) | ||||||||||||
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"Hand on Your Heart" is a pop–dance song performed by Australian singer Kylie Minogue and written by Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman. It was produced by Stock, Aitken & Waterman, and received a mixed reception from music critics when it was released as the first single from Minogue’s second album, Enjoy Yourself, in the second quarter of 1989.
The single peaked at number four in Australia and became Minogue's third number one in the United Kingdom. In Australia, the single was available as limited editions 7" and 12" posterbags featuring different artwork to the UK release. In 2006, Swedish singer-songwriter José González released an acoustic cover version of "Hand on Your Heart" as a single. His version peaked at number twenty-nine in the UK.
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"Hand on Your Heart" featured a colourful music video that was directed by Chris Langman and filmed in Minogue's hometown Melbourne,Australia in March 1989. The video features Minogue dancing in a modernistic house. Dressed in vibrant colours of red, blue and yellow, Minogue travels from room to room, dancing playfully for the camera. A live version of the video was also released and featured Minogue performing a special "live remix" in Japan, both versions featured in Kylie's Greatest Hits 87-97 DVD.
An alternate version of the "Hand on your heart" video was broadcast on UK TV pre-release yet has never been screened again. On this version Kylie's shoes spin on camera and introduce all three of her new outfits of matching colours. Only one "shoe spin" remains on the final version, featured on her Ultimate DVD.
Seen as a cheap video, and Kylie herself has made it clear she felt uncomfortable during the filming, it is however a fan-favourite camp-Kylie moment.
Released to music video channels prior to the single's commercial release, the video was a hit, gaining significant airplay on music video channels. The video was released commercially on the Ultimate Kylie companion DVD, released in December 2004.
On April 24, 1989, "Hand on Your Heart" was released in the United Kingdom. The song became Minogue's second song to debut at number two on the singles chart, before it peaked at number one the following week. On its third week it was replaced on the top of the chart by the UK Hillsborough disaster charity single "Ferry Cross the Mersey" by The Christians, Holly Johnson, Paul McCartney, Gerry Marsden and Stock, Aitken and Waterman. "Hand on Your Heart" also topped the UK Dance and Indie charts.
The song was one of the first singles to sell well on cassette, selling 2,000 copies in the first week of release. This would have been enough to have Minogue enter in at number one, something no female had ever done at the time, but the cassette single was not an eligible format for the chart at the time, meaning The Bangles stayed at number one with "Eternal Flame". Because of this the rules were quickly changed so that cassette singles were allowed.
Outside of the UK, the song was also successful. It reached number four in Australia and became Minogue's fifth top five single on the singles chart. In reached the top ten in Finland, France, Japan, and South Africa and the top twenty in Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and Sweden.
CD single
Cassette single
7" single
12" single
UK 12" Remix
iTunes Digital Bundle #1
(Not available at time of original release. Released for the first time as part of iTunes PWL archive release in 2009.)
iTunes Digital Bundle #2
(Not available at time of original release. Released for the first time as part of iTunes PWL archive release in 2009.)
Kylie performed the song on the following concert tours:
| Chart (1989) | Peak Position |
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| UK Singles Chart | 1 |
| Finnish Singles Chart | 2 |
| Australian Singles Chart | 4 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 6 |
| French Singles Chart | 8 |
| German Singles Chart | 17 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 17 |
| Dutch Singles Chart | 19 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 15 |
| Ireland Singles Chart | 1 |
In 2005 José González recorded his acoustic folk version of Minogue's "Hand On Your Heart". It was released on the Australian Tour EP in Australia in 2005.
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| Preceded by "Eternal Flame" by The Bangles |
UK number-one single May 7, 1989 |
Succeeded by "Ferry Cross the Mersey" by The Christians, Holly Johnson, Paul McCartney, Gerry Marsden and Stock, Aitken and Waterman |
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