"Straight from the Heart"
North American picture sleeve
Single byBryan Adams
from the albumCuts Like a Knife
B-side	"One Good Reason"
Released	February 1983[1]
Genre	Soft rock
Length	3:32
Label	A&M
Songwriters	Bryan Adams, Eric Kagna
Producers	Bryan Adams andBob Clearmountain
Bryan Adams singles chronology
"Lonely Nights" (1982) "Straight from the Heart" (1983) "Cuts Like a Knife" (1983)

"Straight from the Heart" is a song recorded by Canadian rock musicianBryan Adams. It was released in 1983 as the lead single from his third studio album,Cuts Like a Knife.

The song was written by Eric Kagna, a Vancouver singer/songwriter, and the instrumental bridge was contributed by Adams. The official songwriter credit is shared equally between Adams and Kagna. The song was first recorded byIan Lloyd in 1980, on his albumThird Wave Civilization. Adams did not release his version of the song until 1983.

• Bryan Adams – lead and backing vocals, piano
• Keith Scott – guitars, backing vocals
• Tommy Mandel –organ,Casio keyboards
• Dave Taylor – bass
• Mickey Curry – drums
• Jim Vallance – percussion
• Mark Doyle – backing vocals

It was his breakthrough song in the U.S., the first to make thetop 40, reaching number 10.^[2] It also peaked at #32 on theAdult Contemporary chart, the first Bryan Adams single to appear on that chart. On the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart, "Straight from the Heart" reached number one.^[3]

• Australian singerJon English recorded the song for his 1981 album,In Roads. The song peaked at number 72 in Australia.
• Later, the song was covered by teen bandRosetta Stone in 1982 (issued as a single in November that year, two months before Adams' version was released on his album).
• Welsh singerBonnie Tyler released it as a single in the UK 11 August 1983, and in the US as a B-side to "Total Eclipse of the Heart". It was featured on her albumFaster Than the Speed of Night.
• Canadian singerAnne Murray recorded the song for her album "Here You Are", released on September 5, 2025.^[8]

• 1980 songs
• 1981 singles
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• Bryan Adams songs
• Jon English songs
• Bonnie Tyler songs
• Song recordings produced by Bob Clearmountain
• Songs written by Bryan Adams
• 1980s ballads
• Rock ballads
• A&M Records singles
• Cover songs

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