What About Love

Album: Heart (1985)
Charted: 14 10
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  • I've been lonely
    I've been waiting for you
    I'm pretending and that's all I can do
    The love I'm sending
    Ain't making it through to your heart

    You've been hiding, never letting it show
    Always trying to keep it under control
    You got it down and you're well on your way to the top
    But there's something that you forgot

    What about love?
    Don't you want someone to care about you?
    What about love?
    Don't let it slip away
    What about love?
    I only wanna share it with you
    You might need it some day

    I can't tell you what you're feeling inside
    And I can't sell you what you don't want to buy
    Something's missing, you gotta look back on your life
    You know something here just ain't right

    What about love?
    Don't you want someone to care about you?
    What about love?
    Don't let it slip away
    What about love?
    I only wanna share it with you

    What about love?
    Don't you want someone to care about you?
    What about love?
    Don't let it slip away
    But what about love?
    I only wanna share it with you

    Oh, no
    Oh
    Oh, what about love?
    Love
    Ooh-ooh-ooh
    What about love?
    Love, love, love
    What about
    What about
    Love
    Ooh-ooh-ooh-oh Writer/s: Brian Allen, Jim Vallance, Sheron Alton
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

  • Kenny from Dallas, TexasWhile their record company, Capitol Records, did tend to release power ballads as singles, most of Heart's music during that period was hard rock and metal, and many songs that were not released as singles got significant airplay on hard rock and metal stations. Some examples are album tracks such as "If Looks Could Kill", "The Wolf", "Shell Shock", the title cut from "Bad Animals", "Wild Child", "The Night, "Tall, Dark, Handsome Stranger", and "Black on Black II". Even the singles that were released such as "What About Love" and "Alone" had heavy guitar power chords. Over the years many have argued that Capitol Records was trying to market Heart as pop band instead of a serious rock band, and their choice of singles would support that argument.
  • El Burro ( Stubborn Mule ) from Middle Class Usa Awesome song, “the big lady” is one of the best singers ever. Yeah no one can touch Ann’s voice.

    I like the first lyrics she says with no music
    “I been lonely
    I been waiting for you
    I’m pretending and that’s all I can do
    The love I’m sending ain’t making it thru to your heart.”

    There is someone who would tell me that. She would talk to me like that ; she would tell me the f--king truth. That’s why I liked her, that’s why I fell for her.

    Things went south after several years but I still think about her all the time. When I hear this song it reminds me of her.

    She was ready for the whole 9 yards and everything that goes in. I wasn’t. That’s life.

    I see the first 30 seconds of this video and I think - yeah she would talk to me like that.

    She told me one time “I’ve kept your heart and your heart is safe with me. I don’t possess your soul because your soul runs free.”

    No one has ever talked to me like that.
    She is one of a kind.
  • Broncobuff from SeattleLast 60 seconds of this song proves what I've been saying for years: Ann Wilson is the best (hard) rock singer ever. Ever. Yes, she's a chick, just go listen to the last 60 seconds, then you can argue. Notice the self harmonies, two and three tracks, and brace yourself for the key change, cuz it's like a runaway freight train, the power. (Personally I think Bono and Ann are tied for best singer ever, but this is a Heart song).
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