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"Hide Your Heart"
Artwork for UK/European single releases (CD edition pictured)
Single by Bonnie Tyler
from the album Hide Your Heart
B-side	"I'm Not Foolin'"
Released	25 April 1988
Recorded	1987–1988
Genre	Rock
Length	4:25
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Paul Stanley, Desmond Child, Holly Knight
Producer(s)	Desmond Child
Bonnie Tyler singles chronology
"The Best" (1988) "Hide Your Heart" (1988) "Save Up All Your Tears" (1988)

Hide Your Heart is a song by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler, released on her 1988 album Hide Your Heart. The song was written by Kiss' rhythm guitarist and vocalist Paul Stanley, Desmond Child and Holly Knight. Although the song failed to chart (except in Finland), it has appeared on several compilations.

Background

"Hide Your Heart" was originally rejected for Kiss' 1987 album Crazy Nights. Stanley offered the song to other artists, with Bonnie Tyler recording it first for her 1988 album Hide Your Heart. In 1989, covers of the song later appeared on three different albums: Robin Beck's Trouble or Nothin', Kiss's Hot in the Shade, and Ace Frehley's Trouble Walkin'.

Bonnie Tyler version

Charts

"Hide Your Heart" appears on following Bonnie Tyler albums:

• Hide Your Heart
• The Very Best of Bonnie Tyler
• The Best (French version)
• Power & Passion – The Very Best Of Bonnie Tyler
• Total Eclipse Anthology
• Ravishing: The Best of Bonnie Tyler
• Holding Out for a Hero – The Very Best Of Bonnie Tyler
• Best Of 3 CD
• Bonnie Tyler: The Collection
• All the Hits

Kiss version

"Hide Your Heart"
Single by Kiss
from the album Hot in the Shade
Released	17 October 1989
Recorded	August 1989
Genre	Hard rock, glam metal
Length	4:25
Label	Mercury Vertigo (Europe)
Songwriter(s)	Paul Stanley, Desmond Child, Holly Knight
Producer(s)	Gene Simmons & Paul Stanley
Kiss singles chronology
"(You Make Me) Rock Hard" (1988) "Hide Your Heart" / "Betrayed" (1989) "Forever" (Remix) / "The Street Giveth & the Street Taketh Away" (1990)

Kiss' version of "Hide Your Heart" is the third of four versions released in 1989. The first version was by Molly Hatchet on their album Lightning Strikes Twice, released on September 6. The second version was by former Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley, featured on his fourth studio album Trouble Walkin' which was released only four days before Kiss' Hot in the Shade. The last version of the song was by Robin Beck, released on November 9 on her album Trouble Or Nothin'. A music video was filmed on top of the Hotel Royale in Los Angeles. The song wasn't a big success on radio, charting its highest number 59 in the United Kingdom and reaching number 22 on the U.S. album rock charts. It was however a very popular music video on MTV. Paul Stanley performed the song during his 2006 solo tour in support of his album Live to Win and appears on his live album/DVD One Live Kiss. It was also played live during the band's 40th anniversary tour and "End of the Road" tour.

Kiss personnel

• Paul Stanley – rhythm guitar, lead and backing vocals,
• Gene Simmons – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Eric Carr – drums, percussion, backing vocals
• Bruce Kulick – lead and additional guitar
• Phil Ashley – keyboards, backing vocals

Appearances

"Hide Your Heart" appears on following Kiss albums:

• Hot in the Shade
• The Best of Kiss, Volume 2: The Millennium Collection
• The Box Set

Charts

Ace Frehley version

Personnel

• Ace Frehley – lead guitar, lead vocals
• Richie Scarlet – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• John Regan – bass guitar, synthesizer
• Anton Fig – drums
• Peter Criss – percussion, backing vocals
• Peppi Castro – backing vocals

Other versions

• Molly Hatchet – Lightning Strikes Twice
• Robin Beck – Trouble or Nothin'
• Sankt-Peterburg (Russian band) – Steps with new lyrics https://youtube.com/watch?v=KOv3QAkcVlc&feature=youtu.be

References

1. "Music Week" (PDF). p. 31.
2. "Info about 'Hide Your Heart'". Archived from the original on 3 September 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
3. Pennanen, Timo (2021). "Bonnie Tyler". Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 (PDF) (in Finnish). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 267. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
4. "Music video for Kiss' Hide Your Heart". YouTube. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
5. "Клавишник Фил Эшли (Phil Ashley), кто познакомился.. | KISS Army | VK".
6. Scott, Gavin. "This Week In 1989: November 19, 1989". chartbeats.com.au. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
7. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 6681." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
8. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
9. "Kiss Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
10. "Kiss Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved February 20, 2024.

• 1988 singles
• 1989 singles
• Bonnie Tyler songs
• Kiss (band) songs
• Songs written by Desmond Child
• Songs written by Paul Stanley
• Songs written by Holly Knight
• Music videos directed by Marty Callner
• Song recordings produced by Desmond Child
• Columbia Records singles
• 1987 songs