A Good Heart - wikipedia A Good Heart `` A Good Heart '' Single by Feargal Sharkey from the album Feargal Sharkey B - side `` Anger Is Holy '' Released September 1985 ( UK ) February 1986 ( US ) Format 7 ``, 12 '' Recorded 1985 Length 4 : 39 Label Virgin Songwriter ( s ) Maria McKee Producer ( s ) David A. Stewart Feargal Sharkey singles chronology `` Loving You '' ( 1985 ) `` A Good Heart '' ( 1985 ) `` You Little Thief '' ( 1985 ) `` Loving You '' ( 1985 ) `` A Good Heart '' ( 1985 ) `` You Little Thief '' ( 1985 ) Audio sample file help `` A Good Heart '' is a song by Northern Irish singer Feargal Sharkey, released as the first single from his self - titled debut album. It was released in 1985 on Virgin Records. Contents 1 Background 2 Formats 3 Additional credits 4 Chart performance 5 References 6 External links Background Written by Maria McKee about her relationship with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers keyboard player Benmont Tench and produced by the Eurythmics ' David A. Stewart, this was former Undertones singer Feargal Sharkey 's third solo single. The song was Sharkey 's only number one single and stayed at the top of the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in November 1985. However, it fared less well in the US, peaking at No. 74 on the Billboard Hot 100. Sharkey followed up the single with the Tench - written `` You Little Thief ''. This song was allegedly about Tench 's side of the relationship with McKee. However, Tench denies the song is about McKee. Sharkey placed the tracks next to each other on his debut album. A version of the song, performance credited to Kris McKay, appeared on the 1989 album of the soundtrack of the Patrick Swayze movie Road House. In 2007 McKee released her own recording of the track on her album Late December. Formats 7 '' single No. Title Written by Length 1. `` A Good Heart '' Maria McKee 4 : 39 2. `` Anger Is Holy '' D.A. Stewart, F. Daley and Feargal Sharkey 2 : 20 12 '' single No. Title Written by Length 1. `` A Good Heart '' Maria McKee 4 : 39 2. `` Ghost Train Blues '' D.A. Stewart, Feargal Sharkey and T. Daly 3 : 08 3. `` Anger Is Holy '' D.A. Stewart, F.S. Sharkey and T. Daly 2 : 20 Additional credits Cover design : Timothy Eames Cover photography : Nick Knight Chart performance Chart ( 1985 / 1986 ) Peak position Australia ( Kent Music Report ) Austrian Singles Chart 13 Belgian Singles Chart Canadian Singles Chart Dutch Singles Chart French Singles Chart 37 German Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart Italian Singles Chart 17 New Zealand Singles Chart Norwegian Singles Chart 6 South African Singles Chart Swiss Singles Chart UK Singles Chart U.S. Billboard Hot 100 74 References Jump up ^ Strong, M.C. ( 1995 ). The Great Rock Discography. Edinburgh : Canongate Books Ltd. p. 857. ISBN 978 - 0 - 86241 - 385 - 9. Jump up ^ Roberts, David ( 2006 ). British Hit Singles & Albums ( 19th ed. ). 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External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Feargal Sharkey Studio albums Feargal Sharkey ( 1985 ) Wish ( 1988 ) Songs from the Mardi Gras ( 1991 ) Singles `` Listen to Your Father '' `` Loving You '' `` A Good Heart '' `` You Little Thief '' `` Someone to Somebody '' `` It 's All Over Now '' `` More Love '' `` Out of My System '' `` I 've Got News for You '' Related articles The Undertones The Assembly Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A_Good_Heart&oldid=854587795 '' Categories : 1985 singles 1986 singles Number - one singles in Australia Dutch Top 40 number - one singles Single Top 100 number - one singles Irish Singles Chart number - one singles UK Singles Chart number - one singles Feargal Sharkey songs Songs written by Maria McKee 1985 songs Virgin Records singles Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from May 2014 Articles with hAudio microformats All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from June 2011 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Nederlands Edit links This page was last edited on 12 August 2018, at 12 : 08 ( UTC ). 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