Thunder in My Heart

{{Short description|1977 studio album by Leo Sayer}}

{{About|the album|its title track|Thunder in My Heart (song)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Thunder in My Heart

| type = studio

| artist = Leo Sayer

| cover = Leo Sayer - Thunder in My Heart.jpg

| alt =

| released = 30 September 1977{{cite magazine|date=24 September 1977|title=Thundering Sayer LP|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/70s/77/Record-Mirror-1977-09-24.pdf|magazine=Record Mirror|page=4|access-date=22 August 2022}}

| recorded = 1977

| studio =

| genre = Disco, soft rock

| length = 35:13

| label =

| producer = Richard Perry

| prev_title = Endless Flight

| prev_year = 1976

| next_title = Leo Sayer

| next_year = 1978

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Thunder in My Heart

| type = studio

| single1 = Thunder in My Heart

| single1date = August 1977{{cite web|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1977/Music-Week-1977-08-20.pdf|title=Music Week|page=32|website=Worldradiohistory.com}}

| single2 = Easy to Love

| single2date = December 1977

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r48748/review|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review], AllMusic

| rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide

| rev2score = C{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: S|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=S&bk=70|access-date=12 March 2019|via=Robertchristgau.com}}

}}

Thunder in My Heart is the fifth album by the English singer-songwriter Leo Sayer, released in 1977. In 2006, a remixed dance version of the track, entitled "Thunder in My Heart Again", was released, credited to Meck featuring Leo Sayer. It reached No. 1 in the United Kingdom, and No. 16 in Australia. Along with a follow-up single, "Easy to Love", the song reached the Top 40 in the US and Canada.

Track listing

=Side one=

  1. "Thunder in My Heart" (Leo Sayer, Tom Snow) – 3:37
  2. "Easy to Love" (Sayer, Albert Hammond) – 3:43
  3. "Leave Well Enough Alone" (Kerry Chater, Snow) – 3:15
  4. "I Want You Back" (Sayer, Hammond) – 4:28
  5. "It's Over" (Sayer, Snow) – 3:48

=Side two=

  1. "Fool for Your Love" (Sayer, Michael Omartian) – 3:26
  2. "World Keeps on Turning" (Sayer, Omartian) – 3:25
  3. "There Isn't Anything" (John Vastano) – 3:14
  4. "Everything I've Got" (Snow, Vastano) – 2:39
  5. "We Can Start All Over Again" (Sayer, Bruce Roberts, Snow) – 3:38

Personnel

=Musicians=

=Production=

  • Record producer: Richard Perry

Charts

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|+Chart performance for Thunder in My Heart

!scope="col"|Chart (1977–1978)

!scope="col"|Peak
position

scope="row"|Australian Albums (Kent Music Report){{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=265}}

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{{album chart|New Zealand|11|artist=Leo Sayer|album=Thunder in My Heart|rowheader=true|access-date=29 May 2023}}
{{album chart|Norway|14|artist=Leo Sayer|album=Thunder in My Heart|rowheader=true|access-date=29 May 2023}}
{{album chart|Sweden|19|artist=Leo Sayer|album=Thunder in My Heart|rowheader=true|access-date=29 May 2023}}
scope="row"|UK Albums Chart{{cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | page= 483 | isbn= 1-904994-10-5}}

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scope="row"|US Pop Albums{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/leo-sayer/chart-history/tlp/|title=Leo Sayer Chart History: Billboard 200|magazine=Billboard|access-date=29 May 2023}}

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Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|award=Gold|artist=Leo Sayer|title=Thunder in My Heart|relyear=1977|certyear=1977|id=7595-3335-2|access-date=29 May 2023}}

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References

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