Hole in My Heart (All the Way to China)

"Hole in My Heart (All the Way to China)"
Single by Cyndi Lauper
from the album Vibes and A Night to Remember
B-side"Boy Blue" (Live at Le Zénith)
ReleasedJune 22, 1988
Recorded1988
Genre
Length3:59
5:20 (video version)
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)Richard Orange
Producer(s)
  • Cyndi Lauper
  • Lennie Petze
Cyndi Lauper singles chronology
"Maybe He'll Know"
(1987) 		"Hole in My Heart (All the Way to China)"
(1988) 		"I Drove All Night"
(1989)
Music video
"Hole in My Heart" on YouTube

"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 saw the light of day on an official CD, as of 2003, with the release of the 3-CD compilation, The Great Cyndi Lauper. It can be found on the following albums: 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).

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

It was written by Richard Orange. The song length is 4 minutes and 2 seconds. It was written in the key of E major with 105 beats per minute. Orange later recorded his own version of the song, under the title "All The Way To China (Hole In My Heart)", on the 2005 album Big Orange Sun.[1]

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

Notes

"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

References

  1. ^ Big Orange Sun at AllMusic. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  2. ^ "Previews: Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. 1988-08-06. p. 15. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-10-09. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  3. ^ "Weekly Programming Guide" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 5, no. 32. August 6, 1988. p. 35. Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  4. ^ "Single Releases" (PDF). Cash Box. July 9, 1988. p. 16. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
  5. ^ "Cyndi Lauper - Hole in My Heart (All the Way to China), 1988, Vinyl". Discogs.
  6. ^ "Cyndi Lauper - Hole in My Heart (All the Way to China), 1988, UK Single". Discogs.
  7. ^ "Cyndi Lauper - Hole in My Heart (All the Way to China), 1988, CD". Discogs.
  8. ^ Australian Charts (1988). "Australian Charts". ARIA Charts. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
  9. ^ Canadian Charts (1988). "Canadian Charts". Canadian Charts. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
  10. ^ "Cyndi Lauper - Hole in My Heart (All the Way to China)". 2004-02-22. Archived from the original on 2004-02-22. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
  11. ^ Pennanen, Timo (2021). "Cyndi Lauper". Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 (PDF) (in Finnish). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 143. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-10-09. Retrieved 2022-06-29.
  12. ^ Hitparadeitalia (1988). "Hitparadeitalia Chart". Hitparadeitalia Charts. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
  13. ^ RIANZ Charts (1988). "RIANZ Chart". RIANZ Charts. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
  14. ^ Swiss Charts (1988). "Swiss Chart". Swiss Charts. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
  15. ^ Billboard Charts (1988). "Billboard Charts". Billboard Charts. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
  16. ^ Australian Charts (1988). "Australian Charts". Australian Charts. Retrieved 2012-02-05.