Rod Stewart – You’re In My Heart

“You’re in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)” is a song written and recorded by Rod Stewart for his 1977 album Foot Loose & Fancy Free. The song become a hit, reaching the top ten of many countries, including the United States (number 4), Canada (number 2), and Australia, peaking at number 1 for one week.

The lyrics mention two of Stewart’s favourite football teams in the phrase “Celtic, United”. The inner sleeve to the album Foot Loose & Fancy Free also pictures artwork with the names Glasgow Celtic and Manchester United drifting out of a car stereo.

Stewart wrote this love song when he was dating the Swedish actress Britt Ekland; they were together from 1975-1977. Stewart said, “It wasn’t totally about Britt… it could have been anybody I met in that period – and there were a lot of them.”

This statement may have been influenced by the $12.5 million lawsuit Ekland filed against Stewart, in which her lawyers pointed out how she inspired some of Stewart’s most successful music.

Stewart and Ekland split up very publicly after he was photographed leaving a nightclub with another actress, Liz Treadwell. In his autobiography, Stewart said that Ekland thought they were going to get married, but he had no intention of settling down and in turn, was unfaithful.

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You’re in My Heart: Rod Stewart with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra from the album  released on 22 November 2019 by Warner Records. The album features Rod Stewart’s “classic vocal tracks” accompanied by new arrangements by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.  Also features 1971 chart toppers in both the UK and US “Maggie May” and “Reason to Believe”. The release of You’re In My Heart coincided with Stewart’s biggest ever UK stadium tour throughout November and December 2019, a continuation of his hugely successful summer stadium tour.

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Stewart recorded this song at Manta Sound Studios in Toronto with the legendary producer Tom Dowd (How legendary? Dude’s got his own documentary).

The song has an interesting origin story that Stewart told in his Storyteller compilation:

“I was standing outside the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Toronto, Canada with my producer, Tom Dowd, when the chorus hit me like a bolt of lightning. ‘Tape recorder!’ I yelled. ‘Ain’t got one,’ said Tom.

‘Christ,’ I said. ‘What the bloody hell we gonna do?’

‘Sing it anyway, and I’ll write the chords and melody on this cigarette packet, said Tom. And I started to sing in full voice at 10 o’clock in the morning with many bemused onlookers. A song was born.”

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