November 19 1986, Madonna�s Open Your Heart single was released. Open Your Heart was the fourth single to be released from the True Blue album.
































"Open Your Heart" is a song by American singer Madonna from her third studio album True Blue (1986). It was released as the album's fourth single in November 19, 1986 by Sire Records. It has since appeared remixed on the compilation albums The Immaculate Collection (1990) and Celebration (2009). Originally a rock and roll song titled "Follow Your Heart", it was written for singer Cyndi Lauper by songwriters Gardner Cole and Peter Rafelson. Looking for new songs for True Blue, Madonna accepted it. She rewrote the song and, along with Patrick Leonard, changed the composition to suit the dance-pop genre. "Open Your Heart" is an innuendo-laden love song where Madonna expresses her sexual desire.
�"Open Your Heart" was originally a rock and roll song titled "Follow Your Heart" and had been written for singer Cyndi Lauper by songwriters Gardner Cole and Peter Rafelson, although it was never played to her. The Temptations were also considered for the song.[1] The original title according to Cole, was from a local health food restaurant called Follow Your Heart in Canoga Park, California. He was in love with a waitress named Lisa and she became the original inspiration for the lyrics. In Fred Bronson's The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, Cole explained:
Peter and I usually write very quickly. It's usually a day or two a song, but for some reason this didn't really hit us as a hit song. We didn't give up on it. We just kept working on it over the course of a year. Thank God we did. [...] It was the first song that was cut on the True Blue album. It made me nervous as a writer, because a lot of times the very first song that gets cut doesn't make it in the long run. But the song ended up making the album, which really opened up a lot of doors for me
SIDE A:
Open Your Heart (Extended Version) 10:35
Remix � Steve Thompson & Michael Barbiero
SIDE B:
Open Your Heart (Dub) 6:40
Remix � Steve Thompson & Michael Barbiero
White Heat (LP Version) 4:35
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
CHARTS:
YearSingleChartPosition
1987Open Your HeartU.S. Billboard Hot 100#1
1987Open Your HeartU.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks#1

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Sire � 0-20597
Format: Vinyl, 12?, 45 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
Credits: Producer � Madonna, Patrick Leonard
NOTES:
Original version appears on the LP �TRUE BLUE�
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