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"Heavy on My Heart"
Single by Anastacia
from the album Anastacia
B-side	"Underground Army" "Trop lourd dans mon coeur"
Released	March 7, 2005 (2005-03-07)
Studio	Record Plant (Hollywood, California) Record One, Larrabee East (Los Angeles)
Genre	Pop pop rock soft rock
Length	4:25
Label	Epic Daylight
Songwriter(s)	Anastacia Billy Mann
Producer(s)	Glen Ballard
Anastacia singles chronology
"Welcome to My Truth" (2004) "Heavy on My Heart" (2005) "Everything Burns" (2005)
Music video
"Heavy on My Heart" on YouTube

"Heavy on My Heart" is a song by American recording artist Anastacia from her third studio album, Anastacia (2004). Written by Anastacia and Billy Mann, its arrangement is built on simple guitar riffs, and its lyrics chronicle Anastacia's battle with breast cancer. The song was released as the album's fourth and final single on March 7, 2005, and entered the top 20 in Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, and Spain. A French version of the song, titled "Trop lourd dans mon coeur" (meaning "Too Heavy on My Heart"), appears as a B-side to the single.

Critical reception

AllMusic editor Matthew Chisling described this song: "a shimmering ballad flushed by pain, love, and bombastic sounds that collide like tidal waves in what can only be described as a magical four minutes." Yahoo! Music editor Dann Genoe wrote: "Power ballad "Heavy On My Heart" is prime for a soft focus video."

Music video

The music video was directed by Ronald Vietz and filmed in Bucharest, Romania. It was inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale "The Steadfast Tin Soldier".

In the video, Anastacia is shown as a mannequin, which falls in love with another mannequin. At the chorus she breaks the window and runs to the male mannequin. They dance in the snow and fall in love. The two then run into a room and make out. Later, the shop in which they are displayed goes out of business. All of the shop's materials are thrown away and sent to some sort of factory where a fire burns. They end up being melted in a fire and while holding hands, their shapes are contorted into the image of a heart. The video also shows Anastacia singing in a dark green room. She is dressed in all black which conceals all of her but her head and hands.

Track listings

UK and Australian CD single

1. "Heavy on My Heart" – 4:27
2. "Underground Army" – 4:15
3. "Trop lourd dans mon coeur" – 4:27
4. "Special Thanks (Spoken Word)" – 1:30
5. "Heavy on My Heart" (video) – 4:27

European CD single

1. "Heavy on My Heart" – 4:27
2. "Underground Army" – 4:15

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the Anastacia album booklet.

Studios

• Recorded at Record Plant (Hollywood, California), Record One, and Larrabee East (Los Angeles)
• Vocals recorded at Henson Studios (Los Angeles)
• Mixed at Image Studios (Los Angeles)
• Mastered at Sterling Sound (New York City)

Personnel

• Anastacia – writing, vocals, background vocals
• Billy Mann – writing, background vocals, production (vocals)
• Michael Landau – guitars
• Tim Pierce – guitars
• Lance Morrison – bass
• Glen Ballard – keyboards, production
• Randy Kerber – keyboards
• Matt Laug – drums
• Bill Malina – recording
• Mike Fennel – recording (vocals)
• Chris Lord-Alge – mixing
• Keith Armstrong – assistant mix engineering
• Anthony Kilhoffer – assistant engineering
• J.D. Andrew – assistant engineering
• Tom Sweeney – assistant engineering
• Jeff Burns – assistant engineering
• Ted Jensen – mastering

Charts

Release history

References

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