Just Have a Heart

"Just Have a Heart" is a song by American R&B singer Angela Clemmons from her second studio album, This Is Love (1987). It was written by Aldo Nova, Billy Steinberg and Ralph McCarthy, and produced by Nova. Canadian singer Celine Dion recorded a French-language version of the song, "Partout je te vois" for her 1987 album, Incognito. In 1990, Dion covered the English version for her first English-language album, Unison, and titled it "Have a Heart".

Celine Dion version
In 1987, Canadian singer Celine Dion recorded the French-language version of "Just Have a Heart", titled "Partout je te vois" for her eighth studio album, Incognito. In 1990, the English-language version of the song, titled "Have a Heart" was included on Dion's ninth studio album, Unison. It was released as the fifth, but promotional only single in Canada in July 1991. "Have a Heart" peaked at number three in Quebec. It also entered the Canadian airplay charts, reaching numbers four on the RPMs Adult Contemporary, 17 on The Records Contemporary Hit Radio and 26 on the RPM's Top Singles.

Background and release
In 1987, Dion recorded the French-language version of "Just Have a Heart", titled "Partout je te vois" with words written by Eddy Marnay and included it on her eighth studio album, Incognito. In November 1987, she performed the original English-language version at the Juno Awards of 1987. Her well-received performance allowed her to gain a bigger budget to create her first English-language album, Unison (1990). Dion also recorded the English-language version of the song for this album. It was produced by David Foster and titled "Have a Heart". Thanks to this song and "Love by Another Name", Foster was nominated for the Juno Award for Producer of the Year in 1991. The live performance of "Have a Heart" at the Winter Garden Theatre in Toronto in March 1991 was filmed and released on the Unison home video in July 1991. The same month, "Have a Heart" was released as the fifth, but promotional only single from Unison in Canada.

Critical reception
Christopher Smith from TalkAboutPopMusic described the song as an "epic, slow number, perfect for spending those last few minutes of the night with someone special".

Commercial performance
In Canada, "Have a Heart" debuted on the RPM Top Singles chart on 13 July 1991 and peaked at number 26 on 14 September 1991. The song also entered the RPM Adult Contemporary chart on 6 July 1991 and reached number four on 31 August 1991. On The Record's Contemporary Hit Radio chart, it peaked at number 17 on 2 September 1991. "Have a Heart" also entered the airplay chart in Quebec on 13 July 1991. It reached number three, spending 19 weeks on the chart in total.

Credits and personnel

 * Recording
 * Recorded at Chartmaker Studios, Los Angeles
 * Mixed at Lion Share Studios, Los Angeles


 * Personnel


 * Celine Dion – lead vocals
 * David Foster – producer, arranger, keyboards
 * Aldo Nova – songwriter, arranger
 * Billy Steinberg – songwriter
 * Ralph McCarthy – songwriter
 * Robbie Buchanan – keyboards, synth programming
 * Randy Kerber – keyboards, synth programming
 * Rick Bowen – synth programming
 * Jeff Porcaro – drums
 * Michael Landau – guitar
 * Humberto Gatica – engineer, mix
 * Jeffrey Woodruff – engineer
 * David Reitzas – assistant engineer
 * Laura Livingston – assistant mix engineer