The Way to Your Heart

"The Way to Your Heart"
Single by Soulsister
from the album It Takes Two
ReleasedOctober 1988 (Europe)
February 1989 (UK)
September 1989 (US)[1]
GenrePop, Soul
Length3:47
LabelEMI Music (Benelux)
EMI Electrola (Germany)
EMI Odeon (Spain)
SongwritersJan Leyers, Paul Michiels
ProducersJan Leyers, Paul Michiels; Werner Pensaert (co-producer)
Soulsister singles chronology
"Like A Mountain"
(1988) 		"The Way to Your Heart"
(1988) 		"Blame You"
(1989)
Music video
Soulsister - The Way To Your Heart (Official Video) on YouTube

"The Way to Your Heart" is a 1988 hit single by Belgian band Soulsister from the album It Takes Two.[2]

Background

A mixture of pop and rock with a very Motown-sounding tune, the song is about a boy dreaming of a girl that he‘s in love with, but she doesn't answer his love.[3]

Chart performance

After having moderate success in The Netherlands with "Like A Mountain", the first single from their debut album, Soulsister had big success with the follow-up single “The Way to Your Heart”. It was a top 10 hit in five European Countries. The Belgian release had no B-side and was thereby sold as a half price single. Afterwards a maxi single was released with a long version (5:18) and an instrumental version. After its European success, the single was released in the US in 1989 where it charted one week, on #41 on the US Billboard Hot 100[4] It is their only single to appear on the Hot 100. In addition, "The Way to Your Heart" also peaked at #5 on Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.[5]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1988) Peak
Position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[6] 6
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[7] 3
Denmark (Hitlisten)[8] 4
France (IFOP)[9] 47
Ireland (IRMA)[10] 16
Italy Airplay (Music & Media)[11] 12
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[12] 8
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[13] 7
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[14] 8
UK Singles (OCC)[15] 81
US Billboard Hot 100[16] 41
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[17] 5
West Germany (GfK)[18] 4

References

  1. ^ "The Hot 100 Chart Billboard 09/23/1989".
  2. ^ "Soulsister over 'The Way To Your Heart'". vrt.be (in Dutch). 30 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Soulsister over wereldhit 'The way to your heart': "Als je jezelf ziet op MTV in New York, dan schrik je toch even"". radio2.be (in Dutch). 31 January 2023.
  4. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 227.
  6. ^ "Soulsister – The Way To Your Heart" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Soulsister – The Way To Your Heart" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  8. ^ Danish Charts Archive. 22 April 1989.
  9. ^ "InfoDisc : Accès direct à ces Artistes > Choisir Un Artiste Dans la Liste" (PHP) (in French). infodisc.fr. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  10. ^ "irishcharts.ie search results". Retrieved 2024-02-28.
  11. ^ "Playlist Report: RAI - Italy" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 6, no. 10. 11 March 1989. p. 6.
  12. ^ "Soulsister – The Way To Your Heart" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  13. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Soulsister" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  14. ^ "Soulsister – The Way To Your Heart". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  15. ^ "Official Singles Chart on 21/7/1989 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  16. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  17. ^ "Soul Sister Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved February 28, 2024.
  18. ^ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts (West Germany)" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
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