About The Song
“Heart and Soul” is a song written by Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn and made famous by Huey Lewis and the News. The song was first recorded by Exile in 1981 as the title track to their album Heart and Soul. Exile’s single failed to crack the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 102 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. The song was also recorded by the BusBoys for their 1982 album American Worker.
In 1982, American rock and roll band the BusBoys covered the song for their album American Worker. Their version is a mix of both rock and funk.
Huey Lewis and the News’ version was released as the first single from the album Sports in 1983. The single peaked at number 8 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 that November and number one on the Billboard Top Rock Tracks chart. It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal, Group at the 26th Annual Grammy Awards in 1984.
Former band member Chris Hayes later remarked, “I don’t know why ‘Heart & Soul’ sounds so good. Usually we have to re-do all the guitar parts – this time it worked out the first time. I had a Marshall amp in a tiny room, played my Les Paul and it was great!
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Lyrics
Two o’clock this morning
If she should come a calling
I couldn’t dream of turning her away
And if it got hot and hectic
I know she’d be electric
I’d let her take her chances with me
You see, the gets what she wants
‘Cause she’s heart and soul
She’s hot and cold
She’s got it all, hot loving every night, oh
Oh
Can’t you see her standing there
See how she looks, see how she cares
I let her steal the night away from me
Nine o’clock this morning
She left without a warning
I let her take advantage of me
You see, she got what she wanted
‘Cause she’s heart and soul
She’s hot and cold
She’s got it all, hot loving every night, oh
Oh
Yes it’s heart and soul
She’s hot and cold
She’s got it all
She’s heart and soul, yeah
She’s got hot loving every night, oh
Oh
She’s got it all
She’s heart and soul
She’s heart and soul
She’s heart and soul
She’s heart and soul
She’s heart and soul
She’s heart and soul