A Good Heart



"A Good Heart" is a single by Northern Irish singer Feargal Sharkey, from his self-titled album. It was released in 1985 on Virgin Records.

Background
Written by Maria McKee about her relationship with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers keyboard player Benmont Tench and produced by the Eurythmics' David A. Stewart, this was former Undertones singer Feargal Sharkey's third solo single. The song was Sharkey's only number one single and stayed at the top of the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in November 1985. But it fared less well in the US, peaking at No. 74 on the Billboard Hot 100. Background vocals on the song's choruses were sung by Boy George.

Sharkey followed up the single with the Tench-written "You Little Thief". This song was about Tench's relationship with McKee. Sharkey placed the tracks next to each other on his debut album.

A version of the song, performance credited to Kris McKay, appeared on the 1989 album of the soundtrack of the Patrick Swayze movie Road House. In 2007 McKee released her own recording of the track on her album Late December.

Additional credits

 * Cover design: Timothy Eames
 * Cover photography: Nick Knight