Just Have a Heart#Celine Dion version

{{Short description|Song by American R&B singer Angela Clemmons}}

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"Just Have a Heart" is a song by American R&B singer Angela Clemmons from her second studio album, This Is Love (1987).{{cite magazine |title=Angela Clemmons biography |url=https://www.soultracks.com/angela_clemmons.htm |magazine=SoulTracks |access-date=8 June 2023 }} It was written by Aldo Nova, Billy Steinberg and Ralph McCarthy, and produced by Nova.{{cite web |title=Angela Clemmons - This Is Love (1987) |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/4173212-Angela-Clemmons-This-Is-Love |website=Discogs |access-date=8 June 2023 }} Canadian singer Celine Dion recorded a French-language version of the song, "Partout je te vois" for her 1987 album, Incognito. In 1990, Dion covered the English version for her first English-language album, Unison, and titled it "Have a Heart".

Celine Dion version

{{Infobox song

| name = Have a Heart

| cover = Have a Heart (Celine Dion single - cover art).jpg

| alt =

| type = promo

| artist = Celine Dion

| album = Unison

| released = {{Start date|1991|7|df=yes}}

| recorded =

| studio = Chartmarker (Los Angeles)

| venue =

| genre = Soft rock

| length = 4:14

| label = Columbia

| writer =

| producer = David Foster

| misc = {{External music video|header=Audio video|{{YouTube|GU1WOsFMO1U|"Have a Heart"}}|type=song}}

}}

In 1987, Canadian singer Celine Dion recorded the French-language version of "Just Have a Heart", titled "Partout je te vois" for her eighth studio album, Incognito. In 1990, the English-language version of the song, titled "Have a Heart" was included on Dion's ninth studio album, Unison. It was released as the fifth, but promotional only single in Canada in July 1991. "Have a Heart" peaked at number three in Quebec. It also entered the Canadian airplay charts, reaching numbers four on the RPM{{'}}s Adult Contemporary, 17 on The Record{{'}}s Contemporary Hit Radio and 26 on the RPM{{'}}s Top Singles.

=Background and release=

In 1987, Dion recorded the French-language version of "Just Have a Heart", titled "Partout je te vois" with words written by Eddy Marnay and included it on her eighth studio album, Incognito.{{cite web |title=Incognito by Céline Dion |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/incognito/254070157 |website=Apple Music |access-date=8 June 2023 }} In November 1987, she performed the original English-language version at the Juno Awards of 1987. Her well-received performance allowed her to gain a bigger budget to create her first English-language album, Unison (1990). Dion also recorded the English-language version of the song for this album. It was produced by David Foster and titled "Have a Heart".{{cite web |title=Unison by Céline Dion |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/unison/1473317690 |website=Apple Music |access-date=8 June 2023 }} Thanks to this song and "Love by Another Name", Foster was nominated for the Juno Award for Producer of the Year in 1991.{{cite web |title=Davif Foster - The Juno Awards |url=https://junoawards.ca/artist-profile/david-foster/ |publisher=Juno Awards |access-date=8 June 2023 }} The live performance of "Have a Heart" at the Winter Garden Theatre in Toronto in March 1991 was filmed and released on the Unison home video in July 1991. The same month, "Have a Heart" was released as the fifth, but promotional only single from Unison in Canada.

=Critical reception=

Christopher Smith from TalkAboutPopMusic described the song as an "epic, slow number, perfect for spending those last few minutes of the night with someone special".{{cite web|author=Smith, Christopher|url=https://talkaboutpopmusic.com/2019/10/12/review-unison-celine-dion/|title=Review: 'Unison' – Celine Dion|publisher=TalkAboutPopMusic|date=12 October 2019|access-date=14 April 2020}}

=Commercial performance=

In Canada, "Have a Heart" debuted on the RPM Top Singles chart on 13 July 1991 and peaked at number 26 on 14 September 1991. The song also entered the RPM Adult Contemporary chart on 6 July 1991 and reached number four on 31 August 1991. On The Record's Contemporary Hit Radio chart, it peaked at number 17 on 2 September 1991. "Have a Heart" also entered the airplay chart in Quebec on 13 July 1991.{{cite web|url=http://www.banq.qc.ca/collections/collections_patrimoniales/musique/collection_numerique/bd_specialisee/palmares/|title=Palmarès de la chanson anglophone et allophone au Québec|publisher=Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec|language=fr|access-date=17 March 2019|archive-date=9 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809215510/http://www.banq.qc.ca/collections/collections_patrimoniales/musique/collection_numerique/bd_specialisee/palmares/|url-status=dead}} It reached number three, spending 19 weeks on the chart in total.

=Credits and personnel=

;Recording

;Personnel

{{Div col}}

  • Celine Dion – lead vocals
  • David Foster – producer, arranger, keyboards
  • Aldo Nova – songwriter, arranger
  • Billy Steinberg – songwriter
  • Ralph McCarthy – songwriter
  • Robbie Buchanan – keyboards, synth programming
  • Randy Kerber – keyboards, synth programming
  • Rick Bowen – synth programming
  • Jeff Porcaro – drums
  • Michael Landau – guitar
  • Humberto Gatica – engineer, mix
  • Jeffrey Woodruff – engineer
  • David Reitzas – assistant engineer
  • Laura Livingston – assistant mix engineer

{{div col end}}

=Charts=

==Weekly charts==

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|+ Weekly chart performance for "Have a Heart"

! scope="col"| Chart (1991)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|26|chartid=1624|rowheader=true|access-date=3 September 2014|refname=RPM Singles}}
{{single chart|Canadaadultcontemporary|4|chartid=1607|rowheader=true|access-date=3 September 2014|refname=RPM AC}}
scope="row"| Canada Contemporary Hit Radio (The Record){{cite book|author=Nanda Lwin|author-link=Nanda Lwin|title=Top 40 Hits: The Essential Chart Guide|publisher=Music Data Canada|year=1999|isbn= 1-896594-13-1}}

| 17

scope="row"| Quebec Airplay (ADISQ){{cite web |url=http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/palmares/2010-Anglo-Allophone/Anglo-Compilation_succes_ordre_alpha_interpretes.pdf |title=Compilation des succès par ordre alphabétique d'interprètes |publisher=Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec |language=fr |access-date=7 June 2023 }}

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==Year-end charts==

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|+ Year-end chart performance for "Have a Heart"

! scope="col"| Chart (1991)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM){{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.1706&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.1706.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.1706|title=RPM 100 Adult Contemporary Tracks of 1991|work=RPM|date=21 December 1991|access-date=6 September 2014}}

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