Draft:Straight For The Heart (song)

"Straight For The Heart"
Single by Toto
from the album The Seventh One
B-side	"The Seventh One"
Released	April 1988
Recorded	1988
Genre	Pop Rock
Length	4:11
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Joseph Williams and David Paich
Toto singles chronology
"Stop Loving You" (1988) "Straight For The Heart" (1988) "Anna" (1988)

"Straight For The Heart" is a song written by Joseph Williams and David Paich and performed by Toto for their seventh album, The Seventh One. It was the third single and seventh track in the same album.

Background

The song was written by David Paich and Joseph Williams. Williams continues to shine with his vocal delivery. Here, he effectively emotes the anticipation and angst of a budding love with a hint of sexual prowess. The lyrics are nothing new, but they are catchy. All these elements should have made this Williams/Paich composition at least a moderate hit, yet this third single from 1988’s The Seventh One went unnoticed - perhaps signaling the shift in Toto’s U.S. chart fortunes permanently.

Cash Box called the single a "plateful of pop rock, filled with hooks and dynamic production licks that cry out for extensive radio play" and "the strongest Toto yet."

Track listening

1. Straight For The Heart
2. The Seventh One

Personnel

Toto

• Joseph Williams – lead vocals and backing vocals
• Steve Lukather – electric guitar and backing vocals
• David Paich – synthesizers, piano and
• Steve Porcaro – synthesizers
• Mike Porcaro – bass
• Jeff Porcaro – drums

Additional musicians

• Patti Austin – backing vocals
• Jim Horn – saxophone

References

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Categories:

• 1988 songs
• 1988 singles
• Toto (band) songs
• Columbia Records singles
• Songs written by Joseph Williams (musician)
• Songs written by David Paich