Hole in My Heart (All the Way to China)
1988 single by Cyndi Lauper
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"Hole in My Heart (All the Way to China)" is a song recorded by American singer and songwriter Cyndi Lauper for her 1988 film Vibes. It was written by Richard Orange, formerly of the band Zuider Zee. The track first saw the light of day on an official CD as a bonus track for the Japanese releases of A Night to Remember and Twelve Deadly Cyns...and Then Some. It can also be found on the following albums: The Great Cyndi Lauper (3 CDs), Best Movie Album in the World...Ever! (3 CDs), True Colors: The Best of Cyndi Lauper (2 CDs), 36 All-time Favorites (3 CDs), Monster Hits 1988/Hits of 1988 and Cyndi Lauper Japanese Singles Collection Greatest Hits (audio track on CD and music video on DVD).
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| Single by Cyndi Lauper | ||||
| from the album Vibes and A Night to Remember | ||||
| B-side | "Boy Blue" (Live at Le Zénith) | |||
| Released | June 22, 1988 | |||
| Recorded | 1988 | |||
| Studio | The Hit Factory (New York, NY) | |||
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| Length | 3:59
5:20 (video version) | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Songwriter | Richard Orange | |||
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Song information
During a live concert and Q&A appearance in Las Vegas, Cyndi stated her record company thought the song was too fast for radio.[citation needed] Lauper seldom performed this in concert. As part of the "A Night To Remember" tour, it was included in the set list of the Santiago de Chile show in November 1989.
In 2004, during the Australian leg of her "At Last" tour, she performed part of the song a cappella at the request of the audience, since the single reached the Top 10 there in 1988 and was very well known. However, it wasn't until the 2006 Body Acoustic Tour that she played the song regularly in full again, and she frequently opened the True Colors 2007 Tour with it. The song was also the opening track of her 2008 Australian Tour.
Composition
Critical reception
Pan-European magazine Music & Media wrote, "Nervous, up-tempo pop song with an incredibly speedy, Westworld-like R&R feel. Try to dance to it."[2] In the same issue the song was named one of its "singles of the week".[3]
Cash Box called it "an instant classic," saying that Lauper "delivers an emotional, yet energy-up vocal that works."[4]
Track listings
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"Maybe He'll Know" remix by Phil Thornalley and "What's Going On" club mix by Shep Pettibone.
Credits
- Producer – Cyndi Lauper
- Co-producer – Lennie Petze
- Remix producer – Shep Pettibone
- Remix producer – Phil Thornalley
- Mixed By – Gary Lyons
- Photography By – Annie Leibovitz
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Release history
Notes
- Originally planned for release on the same day as the 7-inch single, but pushed back by a week.