Everything Your Heart Desires Explained

Everything Your Heart Desires
Cover:	Everything Your Heart Desires.jpeg
Type:	single
Artist:	Hall & Oates
Album:	Ooh Yeah!
B-Side:	Realove
Released:	April 16, 1988
Length:	5:17 (Video version) 5:00 (Album version) 4:26 (7" version)
Label:	Arista
Prev Title:	A Night at the Apollo
Prev Year:	1985
Next Title:	Missed Opportunity
Next Year:	1988

"Everything Your Heart Desires" is a song by American duo Hall & Oates, released as the lead single from their thirteenth studio album, Ooh Yeah! (1988). The song peaked at number three in the United States, their sixteenth (and final) top-ten hit on Billboard Hot 100. The 45 version was later included on their greatest hits album Playlist: The Very Best of (2008) while the video mix was included on (2002) and on the box set Do What You Want, Be What You Are: The Music of Daryl Hall & John Oates (2009).

In the lyrics, the singer asks his lover why she wants someone else if she has "everything your heart desires." He explains that if she's happy now, he might really be the one she's looking for.

Release and reception

"Everything Your Heart Desires" entered the US Billboard Hot 100 in April 1988, reached number three in June, and spent 16 weeks on the chart, becoming their last top 10 hit.^[1] The song became their biggest hit to date on the Adult Contemporary chart, peaking at number two, a personal best for the duo that would stand until 2002, when "Do It for Love" reached number one.^[2] The single reached the top 30 in New Zealand and number 50 in the Netherlands, but it was less commercially successful in the United Kingdom, peaking at number 81.^[3]

Rolling Stone music critic Rob Hoerburger notes the song and album demonstrate that Hall & Oates have grown up, adding that the song is "more of a plea than an indictment – no "Maneater" misogyny here."^[4]

Cash Box called it "a silky smooth and easy going tune that allows the guys to blend vocally and co-produce a really inviting and accessible track."^[5]

Track listing

7" single (US, UK, Germany)

1. "Everything Your Heart Desires" (Hall) – 4:26
2. "Realove" (Hall, Oates) – 5:14

12" single (US)

1. "Everything Your Heart Desires" (54th Street Extended Remix) – 9:12
2. "Everything Your Heart Desires" (If You Want The World Extended Remix) – 7:53
3. "Everything Your Heart Desires" (7th Avenue Remix) – 4:26
4. "Everything Your Heart Desires" (No Words Can Help Dub Mix) – 5:57
5. "Realove" (Hall, Oates) – 4:39

12" single (UK)

1. "Everything Your Heart Desires" (7th Avenue Remix) – 4:26
2. "Everything Your Heart Desires" (No Words Can Help Dub Mix) – 5:57
3. "Realove" (Hall, Oates) – 4:39

Chart performance

Chart (1988)	Peak position
Canada Top Singles^[6]	6
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade)^[7]	3
US Cash Box Top 100^[8]	5

Year-end charts

Notes and References

1. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=daryl hall & john oates|chart=all}} 'Everything Your Heart Desires' - Hall & Oates]. Billboard (Nielsen Business Media, Inc.). 2009-10-05.
2. 2003-02-15 . Hall & Oates: 30th Anniversary . . Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . 115 . 7 . 42 . 2009-10-05.
3. Web site: The Official Charts Company - Hall & Oates - 'Everything Your Heart Desires' . . 2009-10-05.
4. Web site: 1988-06-30. Hoerburger. Rob. Ooh Yeah! - Hall & Oates - Review . https://web.archive.org/web/20071103182142/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/189809/review/5943755/oohyeah. dead. November 3, 2007. Rolling Stone (Wenner Media) . 2009-10-05.
5. Single Releases. Cash Box. April 16, 1988. 2022-12-21. 8.
6. Web site: RPM Top 100 Singles - June 25, 1988.
7. Web site: Tipparade-lijst van week 22, 1988. Dutch Top 40. March 13, 2023.
8. Web site: Cash Box Weekly Chart 6-25-88. November 14, 2022. October 7, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121007030453/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19880625.html. dead.
9. December 24, 1988 . 1988 The Year in Music & Video: Top Pop Singles . Y-20 . Billboard . 100 . 52 .
10. Web site: Billboard Top 100 – 1988. October 3, 2016.