Straight from the Heart ( song ) - wikipedia Straight from the Heart ( song ) `` Straight from the Heart '' 7 '' Cover Single by Bryan Adams from the album Cuts Like a Knife B - side `` One Good Reason '' Released February 1983 ( US ) Format 7 '' Genre Soft rock Length 3 : 32 Label A&M Songwriter ( s ) Bryan Adams, Eric Kagna Producer ( s ) Bryan Adams and Bob Clearmountain Bryan Adams singles chronology `` Lonely Nights '' ( 1982 ) `` Straight from the Heart '' ( 1983 ) `` Cuts Like a Knife '' ( 1983 ) `` Lonely Nights '' ( 1982 ) `` Straight from the Heart '' ( 1983 ) `` Cuts Like a Knife '' ( 1983 ) CD Single Audio sample file help `` Straight from the Heart '' is a song by Canadian rock musician Bryan Adams. It was released in February 1983 as the lead single from his third studio album, Cuts Like a Knife. It was his breakthrough song in the U.S., the first to make the top 40, reaching number 10. It also peaked at # 32 on the Adult Contemporary chart, the first Bryan Adams single to appear on that chart. Background Adams wrote the song when he was 18 in the late 1970s. Although Adams did not release his version of the song until 1983, the song was first recorded by Ian Lloyd in 1980, on his album Third Wave Civilization. Australian singer Jon English recorded the song for his 1981 album, In Roads. The song peaked at number 72 in Australia. Later, the song was covered by teen band Rosetta Stone in 1982 ( issued as a single in November that year, a month before Adams ' version came out as a single ). Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler released it on a 45 in the US in May 1983. It was featured on her 1983 album Faster Than the Speed of Night. Chart history Chart ( 1983 ) Peak position Australia ( Kent Music Report ) 98 Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) 20 UK Singles ( The Official Charts Company ) 51 US Billboard Hot 100 10 US Billboard Adult Contemporary 29 US Billboard Mainstream Rock 32 References Jump up ^ Bryan Adams - Cuts Like A Knife Jump up ^ Viglione, Joe. `` 3WC ( Third Wave Civilization ) ''. Answers.com. Retrieved 2008 - 07 - 25. Jump up ^ Kent, David ( 1993 ). Australian Chart Book 1970 -- 1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0 - 646 - 11917 - 6. ^ Jump up to : `` Artist Chart History ( singles ) - Bryan Adams ''. Allmusic. Retrieved 2008 - 10 - 19. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 1993 ). Top Adult Contemporary : 1961 -- 1993. Record Research. p. 12. Bryan Adams Albums and singles Videos Awards Backing band Studio albums Bryan Adams You Want It You Got It Cuts Like a Knife Reckless Into the Fire Waking Up the Neighbours 18 til I Die On a Day Like Today Room Service 11 Tracks of My Years Get Up ! Live albums Live ! Live ! Live ! MTV Unplugged Live at the Budokan Bare Bones Live at Sydney Opera House Soundtracks Spirit : Stallion of the Cimarron Colour Me Kubrick Compilations So Far So Good The Best of Me Anthology Icon Singles `` Let Me Take You Dancing '' `` Straight from the Heart '' `` Cuts Like a Knife '' `` This Time '' `` I 'm Ready '' `` Run to You '' `` Somebody '' `` Heaven '' `` Summer of ' 69 '' `` One Night Love Affair '' `` It 's Only Love '' `` Heat of the Night '' `` Hearts on Fire '' `` ( Everything I Do ) I Do It for You '' `` Ca n't Stop This Thing We Started '' `` There Will Never Be Another Tonight '' `` Thought I 'd Died and Gone to Heaven '' `` Do I Have to Say the Words ? '' `` Please Forgive Me '' `` The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You '' `` Let 's Make a Night to Remember '' `` I 'll Always Be Right There '' `` Star '' `` 18 til I Die '' `` Back to You '' `` I 'm Ready '' `` On a Day Like Today '' `` When You 're Gone '' `` Cloud Number Nine '' `` The Best of Me '' `` Cloud Number Nine ( Chicane Mix ) '' `` Inside Out '' `` Here I Am '' `` Open Road '' `` Flying '' `` Room Service '' `` This Side of Paradise '' `` Why Do You Have to Be So Hard to Love ? '' `` When You 're Gone '' `` I Thought I 'd Seen Everything '' `` Tonight We Have the Stars '' `` She 's Got a Way '' Notable collaborations and non-album singles `` Diana '' ( 1985 ) `` Christmas Time '' ( 1985 ) `` Young Lust '' ( 1990 ) `` All for Love '' ( 1993 ) `` Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman ? '' ( 1995 ) `` Rock Steady '' ( 1995 ) `` I Finally Found Someone '' ( 1997 ) `` Do n't Give Up '' ( 2000 ) `` You 've Been a Friend to Me '' ( 2009 ) `` Bang the Drum '' ( 2010 ) `` One World, One Flame '' ( 2010 ) `` Feels Like Home '' ( 2015 ) Videography MTV Unplugged Live at the Budokan Live in Lisbon Live at Sydney Opera House Book Portal Jon English Discography Studio albums Wine Dark Sea ( 1973 ) It 's All a Game ( 1974 ) Hollywood Seven ( 1976 ) Minutes To Midnight ( 1977 ) Words Are Not Enough ( 1978 ) Calm Before the Storm ( 1980 ) In Roads ( 1981 ) Jokers and Queens ( with Marcia Hines ) ( 1982 ) Some People... ( with The Foster Brothers ) ( 1982 ) Dark Horses ( 1987 ) Live albums Beating the Boards ( 1982 ) The Rock Show ( 2012 ) Soundtracks & Cast recordings Jesus Christ Superstar ( 1972 ) Ned Kelly ( 1974 ) Against the Wind ( 1978 ) Street Hero ( 1984 ) Paris ( 1990 ) The Pirates of Penzance ( 1994 ) Buskers and Angels ( 2000 ) Compilation albums English History ( 1979 ) Modern English : 16 Great Hits ( 1983 ) The Best of Jon English ( 1993 ) English History II ( 2001 ) Mot Alle Vindar -- Six Ribbons ( 2007 ) Legends -- Jon English ( 2008 ) Six Ribbons - The Ultimate Collection ( 2011 ) History ( 2016 ) Singles `` Handbags and Gladrags '' `` Close Every Door '' `` Turn the Page '' `` Lovin ' Arms '' `` Hollywood Seven '' `` Behind Blue Eyes '' `` Six Ribbons '' `` Get Your Love Right '' `` Hot Town '' `` Straight from the Heart '' `` Josephine ( Too Many Secrets ) '' `` Stand By Me '' Film, TV & Theare Jesus Christ Superstar ( 1972 ) Matlock Police ( 1975 ) Against the Wind ( 1978 ) Touch and Go ( 1980 ) All Together Now ( 1991 -- 93 ) The Pirates of Penzance ( 1994 ) The Mikado ( 1996 ) HMS Pinafore ( 1997 ) Walk the Talk ( 2000 ) Time Trackers ( 2007 ) Awards Logie Awards of 1979 Best New Talent Countdown Awards of 1979 Most Popular Male Performer Green Room Awards of 1983 Male Actor in a Leading Role Mo Awards of 1983 -- 85 Entertainer of the Year ARIA Music Awards of 1991 Best Soundtrack Related articles Sebastian Hardie `` You 're Not Alone ( Australian Olympians song ) '' Countdown Spectacular ( 2006 ) Bonnie Tyler songs Discography The World Starts Tonight `` Lost in France '' `` More Than a Lover '' Natural Force `` It 's a Heartache '' `` Living for the City '' `` Heaven '' `` ( You Make Me Feel Like ) A Natural Woman '' `` Here Am I '' Diamond Cut `` Too Good to Last '' `` My Guns Are Loaded '' Goodbye to the Island `` I 'm Just a Woman '' `` Sometimes When We Touch '' `` A Whiter Shade of Pale '' `` Sitting on the Edge of the Ocean '' `` I Believe in Your Sweet Love '' Faster Than the Speed of Night `` Have You Ever Seen the Rain ? '' `` Faster Than the Speed of Night '' `` Total Eclipse of the Heart '' `` Straight from the Heart '' Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire `` If You Were a Woman ( And I Was a Man ) '' `` Loving You 's a Dirty Job but Somebody 's Gotta Do It '' `` Band of Gold '' `` Lovers Again '' `` Holding Out for a Hero '' Hide Your Heart `` Hide Your Heart '' `` Do n't Turn Around '' `` Save Up All Your Tears '' `` To Love Somebody '' `` The Best '' Bitterblue `` Against the Wind '' `` Bitterblue '' `` Where Were You '' Angel Heart `` Fools Lullaby '' `` I Cry Myself to Sleep at Night '' Silhouette in Red `` You Are So Beautiful '' Free Spirit `` You 're the One '' `` Making Love Out of Nothing at All '' `` Bridge over Troubled Water '' `` Two Out of Three Ai n't Bad '' All in One Voice `` Angel of the Morning '' `` I Put a Spell on You '' `` The Rose '' `` He 's the King '' `` Silent Night '' Heart Strings `` Human Touch '' `` Everybody Hurts '' `` Amazed '' `` Against All Odds ( Take a Look at Me Now ) '' `` And I Am Telling You I 'm Not Going '' `` Lean on Me '' `` In My Life '' `` Learning to Fly '' `` Right Here Waiting '' `` I Still Have n't Found What I 'm Looking For '' `` I Ca n't Make You Love Me '' `` Need Your Love So Bad '' `` It 's Over '' Simply Believe `` Si demain... ( Turn Around ) '' `` Si tout s'arrête ( It 's a Heartache ) `` Darlin ' '' Wings `` Louise '' Rocks and Honey `` This Is Gonna Hurt '' `` Believe in Me '' `` What You Need from Me '' `` Love Is the Knife '' `` Mom '' Collaborations `` A Rockin ' Good Way ( to Mess Around and Fall in Love ) '' `` Islands '' `` Vergiß Es ( Forget It ) '' `` Amour Éternel ( Eternal Flame ) '' `` Love 's Holding On '' Other songs `` Sayonara Tokyo '' `` Here She Comes '' `` The Desert Is in Your Heart '' `` I Do n't Know How to Love Him '' Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Straight_from_the_Heart_(song)&oldid=799906375 '' Categories : 1980 songs 1981 singles 1982 singles 1983 singles Bryan Adams songs Jon English songs Bonnie Tyler songs Songs written by Bryan Adams 1980s ballads Rock ballads A&M Records singles Hidden categories : Articles which use infobox templates with no data rows Music infoboxes with deprecated parameters Articles with hAudio microformats Talk About Wikipedia Español Italiano Magyar Português Edit links This page was last edited on 10 September 2017, at 14 : 46. 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Question: who sings the song straight from the heart
Answer: Bryan Adams