How Can I Refuse?
"How Can I Refuse" | ||||
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Single by Heart | ||||
from the album Passionworks | ||||
B-side | "Johnny Moon" | |||
Released | August 1983 [1] | |||
Recorded | 1983 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 3:56 | |||
Label | Epic | |||
Songwriter(s) | Ann Wilson Nancy Wilson Mark Andes Denny Carmassi Sue Ennis Howard Leese | |||
Producer(s) | Keith Olsen | |||
Heart singles chronology | ||||
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"How Can I Refuse" is a song recorded by the rock band Heart. It was released in 1983 as the first single from the band's seventh studio album Passionworks. The song is an uptempo rock tune which lyrically addresses the strong feelings of infatuation at the beginning of a romantic relationship.
"How Can I Refuse" was a successful album-oriented rock (AOR) hit, peaking at number one on the Billboard Top Rock Tracks chart, their only song to date to do so. The song also had moderate success on the pop charts, peaking at number forty-four on the Billboard Hot 100.[2]
Cash Box called the song "good hard rock 'n' roll" and praised the energy level and vocal performance.[3]
The song was Heart's first 12" single release in the UK, backed with "Barracuda" and "Little Queen".
Chart performance
Chart (1983) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Hot 100[4] | 44 |
U.S. Billboard Top Rock Tracks[5] | 1 |
See also
- List of Billboard Mainstream Rock number-one songs of the 1980s
References
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- Ann Wilson
- Nancy Wilson
- Steve Fossen
- Roger Fisher
- Howard Leese
- Mark Andes
- Denny Carmassi
- Fernando Saunders
- Scott Olson
- Mike Inez
- Darian Sahanaja
- Gilby Clarke
- Dreamboat Annie
- Magazine
- Little Queen
- Dog & Butterfly
- Bébé le Strange
- Private Audition
- Passionworks
- Heart
- Bad Animals
- Brigade
- Desire Walks On
- Heart Presents a Lovemongers' Christmas
- Jupiters Darling
- Red Velvet Car
- Fanatic
- Beautiful Broken
- Greatest Hits/Live
- Rock the House Live!
- The Road Home
- Alive in Seattle
- Dreamboat Annie Live
- Live in Atlantic City
- Greatest Hits/Live
- These Dreams: Greatest Hits
- Greatest Hits
- Greatest Hits: 1985–1995
- The Essential Heart
- Love Songs
- Strange Euphoria
- "Magic Man"
- "Crazy on You"
- "Dreamboat Annie"
- "Barracuda"
- "Little Queen"
- "Kick It Out"
- "Heartless"
- "Straight On"
- "Dog & Butterfly"
- "Without You"
- "Even It Up"
- "Bebe le Strange"
- "Tell It Like It Is"
- "Unchained Melody"
- "This Man Is Mine"
- "City's Burning"
- "How Can I Refuse?"
- "Allies"
- "What About Love"
- "Never"
- "These Dreams"
- "Nothin' at All"
- "If Looks Could Kill"
- "Alone"
- "Who Will You Run To"
- "There's the Girl"
- "I Want You So Bad"
- "All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You"
- "I Didn't Want to Need You"
- "Stranded"
- "Secret"
- "You're the Voice"
- "Black on Black II"
- "Will You Be There (In the Morning)"
- "The Woman in Me"
- "Stairway to Heaven"
- "All Through the Night"
- Discography
- List of band members
- Whirlygig
- Hope & Glory
Category
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