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"My Heart Can't Tell You No" 
Single by Rod Stewart from the album Out of Order Released May 1988 Format 7" Genre Pop-rock Length 5:12 Label Warner Bros. Writer(s) Simon Climie, Dennis Morgan Producer Rod Stewart, Andy Taylor Rod Stewart singles chronology "Forever Young"
(1988)"My Heart Can't Tell You No"
(1988)"Crazy About Her"
(1989)"My Heart Can't Tell You No" is the title of a song written by Simon Climie and Dennis Morgan. It was first recorded and released by British pop-rock artist Rod Stewart on his 1988 album Out of Order. The song was later covered in 2011 by American country artist Sara Evans and released as the second single from her sixth studio album, Stronger.
Contents
Rod Stewart version
Critical reception
Jon Grein of the Los Angeles times called the song "obviously commercial".[1]
Chart positions
Chart (1988) Peak
PositionIrish Singles Chart 2 New Zealand Singles Chart 1 UK Singles Chart 4 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 4 U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 3 U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks 5 Sara Evans version
"My Heart Can't Tell You No" 
Single by Sara Evans from the album Stronger Released June 20, 2011 Format Music download Recorded 2010 Genre Country Length 4:34 Label RCA Nashville Writer(s) Simon Climie, Dennis Morgan Producer Tony Brown Sara Evans singles chronology "A Little Bit Stronger"
(2010)"My Heart Can't Tell You No"
(2011)Critical reception
Jon Caramanica of The New York Times called Evans' version of the song a "gentle, regretful cover".[2] Giving it four stars out of five, Bobby Peacock of Roughstock called it a "worthwhile cover" and described the production positively, although he thought that the lyrics were "slightly cluttered and underfocused".[3] Kevin John Coyne, reviewing the song for Country Universe, gave it a D rating, calling it "watery, country-pop claptrap."[4]
Music video
The music video, directed by Peter Zavadil, was released on August 22, 2011. In it, Evans is shown watching, from various locations (including an apartment hallway and an underground parking garage, and a grocery store), a young woman crying and arguing with her "boyfriend." Later, Evans bumps into the young woman in a grocery store and begins to chat, when something catches the woman's eye. Low and behold, it is the young woman's "boyfriend" with another woman. It is then that Evans realizes that the "boyfriend" is the young woman's lover and is cheating on his wife, whom is now at the store with him. After bumping into them in an aisle and being introduced to the man's wife, the young woman who is shown clearly distraught walking away. The first ending then cuts to Evans in the parking garage as police and EMS rush to the room of the young woman, due to a presumed attempt at suicide. Two other alternate endings to the video were released as well, and were made available on Evans's website for streaming. The second ending shows the man going to the woman's apartment and the woman reluctantly letting him in yet again. The third ending shows the woman and man back in the parking garage where the woman finally walks away "for good."
Chart positions
"My Heart Can't Tell You No" debuted at number 54 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week dated June 18, 2011.
Chart (2011) Peak
PositionU.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs 27 References
- ^ Grein, Paul (29 July 1989). "Rod Stewart Gets His New Image in `Order'". Los Angeles Times. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/66513714.html?dids=66513714:66513714&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+29%2C+1989&author=PAUL+GREIN&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+%28pre-1997+Fulltext%29&desc=Rod+Stewart+Gets+His+New+Image+in+%60Order%27&pqatl=google. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
- ^ Pareles, Jon; Ben Ratliff, Jon Caramanica (7 March 2011). "Critics’ Choice: New CDs". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/08/arts/music/cds-by-avril-lavigne-rem-and-sara-evans-review.html. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
- ^ Peacock, Bobby (23 June 2011). "Sara Evans — "My Heart Can't Tell You No"". Roughstock. http://www.roughstock.com/blog/sara-evans-my-heart-can-t-tell-you-no. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
- ^ Coyne, Kevin John (May 30, 2011). "5 Five-Second Single Reviews: Laura Alaina, Rodney Atkins, Sara Evans, Joe Nichols, Kellie Pickler". Country Universe. http://www.countryuniverse.net/2011/05/30/5-five-second-single-reviews-laura-alaina-rodney-atkins-sara-evans-joe-nichols-kellie-pickler/. Retrieved July 19, 2011.
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- Rod Stewart songs
- Sara Evans songs
- Songs produced by Tony Brown
- Songs written by Dennis Morgan
- Songs written by Simon Climie
- Music videos directed by Peter Zavadil
- Warner Bros. Records singles
- RCA Records singles
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