Is There Any Love in Your Heart

{{Infobox song

| name = Is There Any Love in Your Heart

| cover = Is There Any Love in Your Heart - LK.jpg

| caption =

| type = single

| artist = Lenny Kravitz

| album = Are You Gonna Go My Way

| B-side =

"Always on the Run" (live)
"Freedom Train" (live)
"What Goes Around Comes Around" (live)
"Black Girl"

| released = {{start date|1993|11|22}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Rock

| length = 3:39

| label = Virgin

| composer =

Lenny Kravitz
Craig Ross

| lyricist = Lenny Kravitz

| producer = Lenny Kravitz

| prev_title = The Buddha of Suburbia

| prev_year = 1993

| next_title = Deuce

| next_year = 1994

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|KAveNvDnL_A|"Is There Any Love in Your Heart"}}}}

}}

"Is There Any Love in Your Heart" is a song by American musician Lenny Kravitz and released on November 22, 1993 by Virgin Records, as the fourth single from his third studio album, Are You Gonna Go My Way (1993). Following its release, the song reached the top 50 in Australia and New Zealand and peaked at number 19 on the US Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart. The song was later included on the Japanese edition of Kravitz' 2000 compilation album, Greatest Hits. The music video was directed by Mark Romanek and features Canadian model Ève Salvail playing a vampire.{{cite web |last1=Sajbel |first1=Maureen |title=VIDEO VOGUE : Everybody Gets Into the Act |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-12-19-vw-3342-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=July 13, 2021 |date=December 19, 1993}}

Reception

James E. Perone in The Album: A Guide to Pop Music's Most Provocative, Influential, and Important Creations stated, "The Kravitz and Craig Ross collaboration 'Is There Any Love in Your Heart' re-creates the style of late 1960s' and early 1970s hard rock."{{cite book |last1=Perone |first1=James E. |title=The Album: A Guide to Pop Music's Most Provocative, Influential, and Important Creations [4 volumes]: A Guide to Pop Music's Most Provocative, Influential, and Important Creations |date=October 17, 2012 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-0-313-37907-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gzl1lBFXKhQC&dq=is+there+any+love+in+your+heart+-+kravitz&pg=RA2-PT1171 |access-date=July 13, 2021 |language=en}} Alan Sculley of The Crisis noted, "There is one particularly acidic track directed to gold diggers attracted by his celebrity status, "Is There Any Love in Your Heart."{{cite journal |last1=Sculley |first1=Alan |title=He's Gonna Go My Way |journal=The Crisis |date=December 1993 |volume=100 |issue=8 |page=32 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JFkEAAAAMBAJ&dq=is+there+any+love+in+your+heart+-+kravitz&pg=PA32 |access-date=July 13, 2021 |publisher=The Crisis Publishing Company, Inc. |language=en}}

Track listings

{{Track listing

| all_writing = Lenny Kravitz. Additional writers are noted below

| headline = UK CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Is There Any Love in Your Heart|others=Lenny Kravitz|year=1993|type=UK CD single disc notes|publisher=Virgin Records|id=VUSDG 76, 7243 8 92230 2 6}}

| title1 = Is There Any Love in Your Heart

| length1 = 3:39

| writer1 = Craig Ross

| title2 = Always on the Run

| note2 = live

| writer2 = Slash

| length2 = 7:58

| title3 = Freedom Train

| note3 = live

| length3 = 2:41

| title4 = What Goes Around Comes Around

| note4 = live

| length4 = 10:29

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = UK 12-inch single{{cite AV media notes|title=Is There Any Love in Your Heart|others=Lenny Kravitz|year=1993|type=UK 12-inch single vinyl disc|publisher=Virgin Records|id=VUST 76, 7243 8 92230 6 4}}

| title1 = Is There Any Love in Your Heart

| length1 = 3:39

| writer1 = Ross

| title2 = Black Girl

| length2 = 3:44

| title3 = What Goes Around Comes Around

| note3 = live

| length3 = 12:35

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = UK 7-inch and cassette single; Japanese mini-CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Is There Any Love in Your Heart|others=Lenny Kravitz|year=1993|type=UK 7-inch picture disc|publisher=Virgin Records|id=VUSP 76}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Is There Any Love in Your Heart|others=Lenny Kravitz|year=1993|type=UK cassette single sleeve|publisher=Virgin Records|id=VUSC 76}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Is There Any Love in Your Heart|others=Lenny Kravitz|year=1994|type=Japanese mini-CD single liner notes|publisher=Virgin Records|id=VJDP-10216}}

| title1 = Is There Any Love in Your Heart

| length1 = 3:39

| writer1 = Ross

| title2 = Black Girl

| length2 = 3:44

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = European CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Is There Any Love in Your Heart|others=Lenny Kravitz|year=1993|type=European CD single liner notes|publisher=Virgin Records|id=VUSCE 76, 7243 8 92227 2 2}}

| title1 = Is There Any Love in Your Heart

| length1 = 3:39

| writer1 = Ross

| title2 = Always on the Run

| note2 = live

| writer2 = Slash

| length2 = 3:44

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Australian CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Is There Any Love in Your Heart|others=Lenny Kravitz|year=1993|type=Australian CD single liner notes|publisher=Virgin Records|id=8922802}}

| title1 = Is There Any Love in Your Heart

| writer1 = Ross

| title2 = Spinning Around Over You

| writer2 = Ross

| title3 = Freedom Train

| note3 = live

| title4 = Always on the Run

| note4 = live

| writer4 = Slash

| title5 = Stop Draggin' Around

| note5 = live

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Japanese mini-album{{cite AV media notes|title=Is There Any Love in Your Heart|others=Lenny Kravitz|year=1994|type=Japanese mini-album liner notes|publisher=Virgin Records|id=VJCP-20016}}

| title1 = Is There Any Love in Your Heart

| writer1 = Ross

| title2 = All I Ever Wanted

| writer2 = Sean Lennon Ono

| title3 = More Than Anything in This World

| title4 = Spinning Around Over You

| writer4 = Ross

| title5 = Stop Draggin' Around

| note5 = live

| title6 = My Precious Love

| note6 = live

| title7 = Always on the Run

| note7 = live

| writer7 = Slash

| title8 = Believe

| note8 = live

| writer8 = Henry Hirsch

}}

Charts

Chart (1993–1994) ! Peak position
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{{single chart\|Australia\|32\|artist=Lenny Kravitz\|song=Is There Any Love in Your Heart\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=July 13, 2021}}
{{single chart\|Canadatopsingles\|53\|chartid=2291\|rowheader=true\|access-date=April 7, 2022}}
scope="row"\|Japan (Oricon){{cite web\|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/184377/products/296843/1/\|title=愛ある日々を {{!}} レニー・クラヴィッツ\|trans-title=Loving Days {{!}} Lenny Kravitz\|publisher=Oricon\|language=ja\|access-date=January 21, 2024}} \| 27
{{single chart\|New Zealand\|50\|artist=Lenny Kravitz\|song=Is There Any Love in Your Heart\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=July 13, 2021}}
{{single chart\|UK\|52\|date=19931211\|rowheader=true\|access-date=April 7, 2022}}
scope="row"\|UK Airplay (ERA){{cite magazine\|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Hit-Music/1993/Hit-Music-1993-12-25.pdf\|title=Airplay 100\|magazine=Hit Music\|date=December 25, 1993\|page=18\|access-date=May 6, 2024}} \| 41
{{single chart\|Billboardmainstreamrock\|19\|artist=Lenny Kravitz\|rowheader=true\|access-date=July 13, 2021}}

Release history

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scope="row" rowspan="2"\|United Kingdom \|November 22, 1993 \|{{hlist\|12-inch vinyl\|CD\|cassette}} \|rowspan="4"\|Virgin \|{{cite magazine\|title=Single Releases\|magazine=Music Week\|page=23\|date=November 20, 1993}}
November 29, 1993 \|7-inch vinyl \|{{cite magazine\|title=Single Releases\|magazine=Music Week\|page=27\|date=November 27, 1993}}
scope="row" rowspan="2"\|Japan \|January 12, 1994 \|Mini-CD \|{{cite web\|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/184377/products/298557/1/\|title=愛ある日々を {{!}} レニー・クラヴィッツ\|trans-title=Loving Days {{!}} Lenny Kravitz\|publisher=Oricon\|language=ja\|access-date=January 21, 2024}}
February 16, 1994 \|Mini-album \|

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!scope="col"|Region

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Format(s)

!scope="col"|Label(s)

!scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

scope="row" rowspan="2"|United Kingdom

|November 22, 1993

|{{hlist|12-inch vinyl|CD|cassette}}

|rowspan="4"|Virgin

|{{cite magazine|title=Single Releases|magazine=Music Week|page=23|date=November 20, 1993}}

November 29, 1993

|7-inch vinyl

|{{cite magazine|title=Single Releases|magazine=Music Week|page=27|date=November 27, 1993}}

scope="row" rowspan="2"|Japan

|January 12, 1994

|Mini-CD

|{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/184377/products/298557/1/|title=愛ある日々を {{!}} レニー・クラヴィッツ|trans-title=Loving Days {{!}} Lenny Kravitz|publisher=Oricon|language=ja|access-date=January 21, 2024}}

February 16, 1994

|Mini-album

Uses

The song was featured in the season 7 episode "Pumping Iron" of the MTV animated television series Beavis and Butt-Head.{{cite web |title=Beavis and Butt-Head (1993) Soundtrack |url=https://ringostrack.com/movie/beavis-and-butt-head/602 |website=RingosTrack |access-date=July 13, 2021 |language=en}}

References

External links

{{YouTube|KAveNvDnL_A|Lenny Kravitz - Is There Any Love In Your Heart}}

Category:Lenny Kravitz songs

Category:1993 songs

Category:Music videos directed by Mark Romanek

Category:Songs written by Craig Ross

Category:Songs written by Lenny Kravitz