Love's About to Change My Heart

When reviewing the single, Stephen Duffy of Record Mirror simply wrote: "Not as good as Kylie and that's a terrible thing to say...", which refers to his review of Cliff Richard's "I Just Don't Have the Heart" (on the same page) in which he stated the same thing and asked: "How will he moonwalk to this?"{{cite magazine |last=Duffy |first=Stephen |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/80s/89/Record-Mirror-1989-08-19-OCR.pdf |title=45 reviewed by Stephen Duffy of The Lilac Time |magazine=Record Mirror |date=19 August 1989 |page=29 |location=London |publisher=Spotlight Publications Ltd.|via=World Radio History |issn=0144-5804 |access-date=25 October 2021}} In the same magazine, the Civillés & Cole 12" mix was praised by James Hamilton, considering that this "vastly superior 0-124 bpm remix turns [Summer's] most recent, rather limp, Stock Aitken Waterman creation into a superb solidly bounding and soaring stormer in the classic "disco" style of a decade ago".{{cite magazine |last=Hamilton |first=James |author-link=James Hamilton (DJ and journalist) |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/80s/89/Record-Mirror-1989-10-21-OCR.pdf |title=James Hamilton's DJ directory |magazine=Record Mirror |date=21 October 1989 |page=38 |location=London |publisher=Spotlight Publications Ltd.|via=World Radio History |issn=0144-5804 |access-date=25 October 2021}}

Retrospectively, in a 2016 review of the album, Pop Rescue stated that "Love's About to Change My Heart" "opens sounding a bit like a Whitney Houston 80s song, before absolutely roaring into a hi-NRG bass/keyboards/beats track", and added positively that "Donna's vocals sit confidently on top of this, and at times it gives a wonderful nod to her disco era".{{cite web|url=https://poprescue.com/2016/01/06/pop-rescue-another-place-and-time-by-donna-summer-cd-1989/|title=REVIEW: "ANOTHER PLACE AND TIME" BY DONNA SUMMER (CD, 1989)|work=Pop Rescue|date=January 6, 2016|access-date=September 26, 2020}} In 2019, James Masterton wrote that "Love's About to Change My Heart" is "a brooding mid-tempo track. Summer's vocals wound themselves subtly around the melody, reaching for a gospel-inspired climax that in truth never quite arrived in the expected manner".{{cite book |title=Chart Watch UK - Hits of 1989 |first=James |last= Masterton |author-link=James Masterton |year=2019 |chapter=Donna Summer |publisher=Independently Published |isbn=9781090753205}} In 2020, Daniel Griffiths of musicradar.com wrote that "this ever-building homage to Summer's own cake-anthem MacArthur Park is our cream of the crop".{{cite web|url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/5-songs-producers-need-to-hear-by-stock-aitken-waterman |first=Daniel |last=Griffiths |title=5 songs producers need to hear by... Stock Aitken Waterman |website=musicradar.com |date=21 August 2020 |accessdate=5 April 2024}} In 2021, British magazine Classic Pop ranked the song number 24 in their list of 'Top 40 Stock Aitken Waterman songs', calling it a "sumptuous" single from Another Place and Time and expressing sadness about its commercial failure in the United States.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.classicpopmag.com/2021/08/stock-aitken-waterman-songs/|first=|last=|title=Top 40 Stock Aitken Waterman songs|magazine=Classic Pop|access-date=2021-08-27}}

In US, "Love's About to Change My Heart" peaked at number 85 on Billboards Hot 100. Despite the lack of chart success in the US, it was a solid top 20 hit in the UK and it became a favorite among Donna Summer fans due to her strong vocal performance and the fact that it had a slow beginning, reminiscent of several of Summer's disco hits of the 1970s, during which time she was the most successful female of that genre.

The song was remixed from its original album version for release as a single. Notably the European single remix was different from the one found in the U.S. It reached number three on the U.S. Dance Chart{{cite book |author-link=Joel Whitburn |title=Hot Dance/Disco (1974-2003) |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research, Inc.|isbn=0-89820-156-X }} and number 20 on the UK Singles Chart. The video was directed by Dieter Trattmann.

The song was covered by Spanish singer Mónica Naranjo in her debut album. She made a Spanish-language version called "Fuego de pasión".

• UK 7" single

1. "Love's About to Change My Heart (Edit)" - 3:47
2. "Love's About to Change My Heart (Instrumental)" - 3:47

• UK 12" single / UK CD

1. "Love's About to Change My Heart (Extended Remix)" – 6:23
2. "Love's About to Change My Heart (Instrumental)" – 5:10
3. "Jeremy" - 4:40

• UK second 12" single

1. "Love's About to Change My Heart (Clivilles & Cole 12" Mix)" – 7:40
2. "Love's About to Change My Heart (Dub 2)" – 7:10
3. "Love's About to Change My Heart (Clivilles & Cole 7" Mix)" – 4:20

• US 12" single (Atlantic 0-86309)

1. "Love's About to Change My Heart (PWL 12" Mix)" - 6:23
2. "Love's About to Change My Heart (PWL 7" Mix)" - 3:45
3. "Love's About to Change My Heart (Clivillés & Cole 12" Mix)" - 7:40
4. "Love's About to Change My Heart (Dub)" - 7:10
5. "Love's About to Change My Heart (Clivillés & Cole 7" Mix)" - 4:20

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