# Desire Walks On

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Desire Walks On is the eleventh studio album by American rock band Heart, released on November 16, 1993, by Capitol Records. The majority of the album was co-written by lead members Ann and Nancy Wilson. It is Heart's final studio album to feature longtime members Howard Leese, who joined in 1975 and, aside from the Wilson sisters, is the band's longest-serving member, and Denny Carmassi, who had been its drummer since 1982. Layne Staley, lead vocalist of the Seattle grunge band Alice in Chains, sings with the Wilson sisters on the cover of Bob Dylan's "Ring Them Bells".
The album peaked at number 48 on the US Billboard 200, and on August 24, 1995, it was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), denoting shipments in excess of 500,000 copies in the United States. Desire Walks On spawned three charting singles: "Will You Be There (In the Morning)", which reached number 39 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, "Black on Black II" (a cover of a Dalbello song originally recorded for the 9½ Weeks film soundtrack), which peaked at number four on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart, and "The Woman in Me", which peaked at number 24 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart.
The original 1993 European release and the 2001 US re-release were expanded to add Spanish-language versions of "The Woman in Me" and "Will You Be There (In the Morning)", the latter in a remixed format.

## Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Desire Walks On.

### Heart

* Ann Wilson – lead vocals
* Nancy Wilson – acoustic and electric guitars, lead and background vocals
* Howard Leese – acoustic and electric guitars, background vocals; bass (track 4)
* Denny Carmassi – drums, percussion; sequencing (track 4)

### Additional musicians

* Schuyler Deale – bass
* John Purdell – keyboards, background vocals
* Dalbello – additional background vocal
* Duane Barron – additional background vocal
* Layne Staley – 3rd lead vocal (track 8)
* String section
** Ella Marie Gray – violin
** Walter Gray – cello
** Timothy Hale – viola
** Simon James – violin
** Cole Chance Steichen – bell tree (track 8)

### Technical

* John Purdell – production, mixing
* Duane Barron – production, engineering, mixing
* Mick Guzauski – mixing (tracks 1–8, 10–13)
* Mike Shipley – mixing (track 9)
* Ed Brooks, Gregor Visconty, Tom McGurk, Todd Lehmkuhl – engineering assistance
* Don Grierson – executive production
* George Marino – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York City)

### Artwork

* Tommy Steele – art direction
* Jeff Fey – design
* Scott Morgan – photography

## Charts

Chart performance for Desire Walks On :
| Chart (1993–1994) | Peak position |
| Australian Albums (ARIA) | 55 |
| Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM) | 36 |
| European Albums (Music & Media) | 61 |
| Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) | 19 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon) | 20 |
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) | 24 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) | 46 |
| UK Albums (OCC) | 32 |
| US Billboard 200 | 48 |

## Certifications

Certifications for Desire Walks On :
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
| Canada (Music Canada) | Gold | 50,000$^^$ |
| United States (RIAA) | Gold | 500,000$^^$ |
| $^^$ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |||