Somewhere in My Heart explained

Somewhere in My Heart
Cover:	Somewhere in My Heart.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Aztec Camera
Album:	Love
B-Side:	"Everybody Is a Number One" (Boston '86 version) "Down the Dip" "Jump"
Released:	^[1]
Genre:	Sophisti-pop^[2]
Length:	3:52
Label:	WEA, Sire (US)
Producer:	Michael Jonzun
Prev Title:	How Men Are
Prev Year:	1988
Next Title:	Working in a Goldmine
Next Year:	1988

"Somewhere in My Heart" is a song by Scottish band Aztec Camera. It was released as the third single from their third studio album, Love (1987). The song was produced by Michael Jonzun and written by Roddy Frame. Released as a single in 1988, the track peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart and became a top-40 hit in Australia and Ireland. The music video was directed by John Scarlett-Davis and produced by Nick Verden for Radar Films.

Background

Frame said in 2014 that the song has been "great" for him, but at the time of creating the album, the song was not "in keeping" with the rest of Love. Frame revealed in a radio interview with the "Soho Social" programme, presented by Dan Gray, that he considered "Somewhere in My Heart" an odd song and initially thought it would be best as a B-side.^[3]

Around this time, Frame had become somewhat of a recluse, living in a remote wooden shack in Hollywood, Marple Bridge, in the hills above Manchester, "going through periods of good and bad mental health,"^[4] while continuing to write music, including the lyric "from Westwood to Hollywood" in the song.

Critical reaction

In their album review of Love, In the 80s mentioned that, "It is anchored by the song Somewhere in My Heart, which, of course, is the ultimate pop song",^[5] while AllMusic stated that Love "belatedly took off after its second [sic] single, Somewhere in My Heart".^[6]

Track listings

7-inch single^[7]

A. "Somewhere in My Heart"

B. "Everybody Is a Number One" (Boston '86 version)

12-inch single^[8]

A1. "Somewhere in My Heart" (remix)

B1. "Everybody Is a Number One" (Boston '86 version)

B2. "Down the Dip"

B3. "Jump"

Mini-CD single^[9]

1. "Somewhere in My Heart" – 4:00
2. "Walk Out to Winter" – 3:49
3. "Still on Fire" – 3:43
4. "Everybody Is a Number One" (Boston '86 version) – 3:16

Chart performance

The song reached number three on the UK Singles Chart. It also reached number 34 on the Australian Singles Chart.

Year-end charts

In popular culture

The song is featured prominently in the 2019 film and the 2020 Netflix series I Am Not Okay with This.

Notes and References

1. Smith . Robin . News . . 9 April 1988 . 4 . 0144-5804.
2. Web site: 2011-09-04 . Sophisti-Pop - The Bluffer's Guide . . https://web.archive.org/web/20110904011326/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/bluffer/sophisti-pop.htm . 2011-09-04 . 2023-04-03.
3. Web site: Dan Gray . August 2014 . Soho Radio . Flatpak Radio . 6 September 2014 . Audio upload . 19 August 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140906111201/http://www.sohoradiolondon.com/shows/archive/august-2014 . 6 September 2014.
4. Web site: Roddy Frame's Game. Killermont Street. 6 March 2023. 1987.
5. http://www.inthe80s.com/reviews/azteccameralove.shtml Love Review @ inthe80s.com
6. Love Review @ Allmusic.com
7. Somewhere in My Heart. Aztec Camera. 1988. UK 7-inch single sleeve. WEA. YZ 181, 247952-7.
8. Somewhere in My Heart. Aztec Camera. 1988. UK 12-inch single sleeve. WEA. YZ 181T, 247939-0.
9. Somewhere in My Heart. Aztec Camera. 1988. European mini-CD single liner notes. WEA. YZ181CD, 247 956-2.
10. Eurochart Hot 100 Singles. Music & Media. 5. 25. 18. 18 June 1988.
11. Top 100 Singles: Year-End Chart 1988. Music Week. 12. 4 March 1989.