The way to your heart

Infobox Single
Name = “The Way To Your Heart”


Artist = Soulsister
from Album = It takes two (SoulSister album)
Released = October, 1988 (Belgium)
February, 1989 (UK)
November, 1989 (USA)
Format = CD Single
7" Vinyl Single
[Recorded =]
Genre = Pop, Soul
Length = 3:47
Label = EMI Music (Benelux)
EMI Electrolo (Germany)
EMI Odeon (Spain)
Writer = Jan Leyers
(1986)
This single = "The Way To Your Heart"
(1988)
Next single = "Like A Mountain"
(1989 in music">1989)"The Way To Your Heart" was one of the first releases by Soulsister, a band consisting of Belgian songwriter/vocalist duo Jan Leyers and Paul Michiels. After the singles “You Get To Me” (originally as The Soul Sisters) and “Talk About It” they had a #1 hit record with “The Way To Your Heart” in Belgium. In The Netherlands and Germany they reached the top 10. The song is a mixture of pop and rock with a very Motown-sounding tune.After its European success, the single was released in the US in 1989 were it went to # 41 in the Billboard Hot 100. It was the only single by Soulsister who reached the Billboard chart. In The Netherlands the follow-up singles failed to chart. Only in Germany they had some minor success. Thereby Soulsister is often credited as a one hit wonder.

The song is about the a boy dreaming of the girl he‘s in love with, but she does not answers his love. The single was the opening track of their debut album “It Takes Two” (1988), which was released under the name “Soulsister”. Other names for the band were L.M. & Soulsister, Leyers Michiels & Soulsister, Soul Sister and The Soul Sisters. All those changes confused some fans.

Just like many other Flemish artist, Soulsister enjoyed a serious boost in popularity when the first commercial Flemish television station VTM started broadcasting in February 1989. The then popular music show “Tien Om Te Zien (Ten To See) invited the band several times to perform one of their songs in front of a very enthusiastic crowd.

Trivia

* The Belgian release had no B-side and was thereby sold as a halve price single. Afterwards a maxi single was released with a long version (5:18) and an instrumental version.
* 700.000 copies of their debut album “It Takes Two” were worldwide sold.

External links

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1fRvT2LFNA “The Way To Your Heart”] music video on YouTube
* [http://www.discogs.com/release/524735 Tracking list] from the online music database Discogs

References

* [http://houbi.com/belpop/groups/soulsister.htm Soulsister] in the Belgian Pop & Rock Archives
* [http://www.soulsister.be/home.php Soulsister] ’s official website