# Unchain My Heart (album)

Professional ratings :
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| New Musical Express | 5/10 |
Unchain My Heart is the eleventh studio album by Joe Cocker, released in 1987.
Miller Lite used Joe Cocker's recording of "Unchain My Heart" for their Dalmatian campaign as the dog jumps from the Budweiser Clydesdale horse-drawn carriage to the Miller Lite truck.
The song Trust in Me was re-recorded in 1992 for the soundtrack of the movie The Bodyguard. This version was recorded as a duet with Sass Jordan.

## Track listing

* "Unchain My Heart" (Bobby Sharp, Teddy Powell) – 5:02
* "Two Wrongs" (Eddie Schwartz, David Bendeth) – 4:02
* "I Stand in Wonder" (Schwartz, David Tyson) – 4:21
* "The River's Rising" (Michael Lunn) – 4:05
* "Isolation" (John Lennon) – 3:51
* "All Our Tomorrows" (Schwartz, Tyson) – 4:21
* "A Woman Loves a Man" (Dan Hartman, Charlie Midnight) – 4:14
* "Trust in Me" (Francesca Beghe, Marc Swersky, Midnight) – 4:12
* "The One" (Tom Kimmel, Jay Joyce) – 4:35
* "Satisfied" (Hartman, Midnight) – 3:22

## Personnel

* Joe Cocker – lead vocals
* Jeff Levine – keyboards (1–3, 5, 6, 8, 9), Hammond organ (4), grand piano (10)
* Robbie Kilgore – additional keyboards (3, 5, 6, 9), handclaps (4)
* Greg Johnson – grand piano (8), organ (10)
* Phil Grande – guitars, guitar solo (6, 10)
* T. M. Stevens – bass
* David Beal – drums
* Sammy Figueroa – percussion (3, 5–8)
* Glenn Ellison – handclaps (4)
* Charlie Midnight – handclaps (4)
* Clarence Clemons – tenor sax solo (1)
* The Uptown Horns – horns and horn arrangements (1)
** Crispin Cioe – saxophones
** Arno Hecht – saxophones
** Robert Funk – trombone
** "Hollywood" Paul Litteral – trumpet
* Lawrence Feldman – saxophone (3)
* Ric Cunningham – alto saxophone (7)
* Tawatha Agee – backing vocals (1–4, 6, 7, 9, 10)
* Benny Diggs – backing vocals (1–4, 6, 7, 9)
* Vaneese Thomas – backing vocals (1–4, 6, 7, 9)
* Dan Hartman – backing vocals (2, 4, 6, 7, 10), additional percussion (3), tambourine (4), handclaps (4), additional guitars (5, 6, 8, 10), keyboards (7), guitars (7)
* B.J. Nelson – backing vocals (2, 4, 6, 10)
* Renée Geyer – guest vocals (8)
* Phoebe Snow – guest vocals (9)
* Maxine Green – backing vocals (10)
* Jayne Ann Lang – backing vocals (10)
* Janice Singleton – backing vocals (10)

## Production

* Producer – Charlie Midnight
* Executive Producer – Dan Hartman
* Engineer – John Rollo
* Additional Engineer – Joel Soyffer
* Assistant Engineers – Nelson Ayers, Thom Chadley, Mark Gaide, Danny Grigsby, Paul Higgins and Dave Mendenhall.
* Recorded at House of Music (West Orange, NJ); Santa Barbara Sound Design (Santa Barbara, CA); O’Henry Sound Studios (Burbank, CA); Greene Street Recording (New York, NY); Bearsville Studios (Bearsville, NY).
* Mixed by Chris Lord-Alge at Unique Recording Studios (New York, NY).
* Mix Assistants – Steve Entebbe and Matt Hathaway
* Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Masterdisk (New York, NY).
* Art Direction – Roy Kohara
* Design – Roland Young
* Photography – Abe Frajndilich
* Management – Michael Lang

## Charts

| Chart (1987) | Peak position |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) | 14 |
| Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) | 20 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) | 2 |
| Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) | 17 |
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) | 15 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) | 6 |
| US Billboard 200 | 89 |
| Chart (1988) | Peak position |
| Australian Albums (ARIA) | 24 |
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) | 5 |
| Canadian Albums (RPM) | 40 |
| French Albums (SNEP) | 21 |
| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) | 32 |

## Certifications

| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
| Canada (Music Canada) | Gold | 50,000$^^$ |
| France (SNEP) | Gold | 100,000$^*$ |
| Germany (BVMI) | 3× Gold | 750,000$^^$ |
| Italy (FIMI) | Gold | 100,000 |
| Spain (PROMUSICAE) | Platinum | 100,000$^^$ |
| Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) | Platinum | 50,000$^^$ |
| $^*$ Sales figures based on certification alone. $^^$ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |||

## Accolades

| Company | Country | Accolade | Year | Rank |
| Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) | Australia | Top 50 Albums | 1988 | 48 |