"Give Me Back My Heart" is a song by British pop duo Dollar, released in March 1982 as the third single from their third album The Dollar Album. The song was their second biggest hit out of the five top twenty hit singles off the album, after "Mirror Mirror". It reached No. 4 in the UK,[2] and No. 8 in Ireland. The song was co-written by Trevor Horn and Simon Darlow, and produced by Horn.

"Give Me Back My Heart"
Single by Dollar
from the album The Dollar Album
ReleasedMarch 1982
Genre
Length5:01
LabelWEA
Songwriter(s)Simon Darlow, Trevor Horn
Producer(s)Trevor Horn
Dollar singles chronology
"Mirror Mirror"
(1981)
"Give Me Back My Heart"
(1982)
"Videotheque"
(1982)

Cover versions and media appearances

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A cover version by Robin Wright was released in 1988 on Fantasia Records.[3]

The song was parodied in the 1983 series of Three of a Kind as "Sing a Soppy Song". David Copperfield (as David Van Day) sang the prophetic line "I'll think I'll go and join Bucks Fizz" (to which Tracey Ullman replied "Well, you know where your suitcase is"),[4] which is the group Van Day later joined in 1996.

References

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  1. ^ Stanley, Bob (13 September 2013). "Here Comes That Feeling: New Pop". Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop. Faber & Faber. p. 538. ISBN 978-0-571-28198-5.
  2. ^ "DOLLAR | Artist". Official Charts. Retrieved 2013-06-17.
  3. ^ "Robin Wright - Give Me Back My Heart (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2013-06-17.
  4. ^ "Dollop - Sing A Soppy Song (Three Of A Kind)". YouTube. 2007-06-30. Retrieved 2016-10-31.