Even It Up

"Even It Up"
SinglebyHeart
from the albumBébé le Strange
B-side	"Pilot"
Released	January 1980 (US)
Recorded	1979
Genre	Hard rock
Length	3:48(Promo Version) 5:09 (Album/Single Version)
Label	Epic
Songwriter(s)	Ann Wilson Nancy Wilson Sue Ennis
Producer(s)	Mike Flicker
Heartsingles chronology
"Dog and Butterfly" (1979) "Even It Up" (1980) "Bebe le Strange" (1980)
Music video
"Even It Up"onYouTube

"Even It Up"is a song recorded by the rock bandHeart.It was released in 1980 as the first single from the band's fifth studio albumBebe le Strange.The song is an uptemporock and rollnumber which lyrically is sung by a woman who is demanding that her lover "even it up" by reciprocating the effort that she has put forth in their relationship.

Cash Boxsaid it has "steamy lead guitar riffs" and "aggressively sensual lead vocals."

This song is the first of three Heart tunes to utilize theTower of Powerhorn section, along with their cover of Aaron Neville's "Tell It Like It Is"and" Tall Dark Handsome Stranger "from 1990'sBrigade.

"Even It Up" peaked at number 33 on the U.S.BillboardHot 100.

"That song was written in about '79 or '80, and it was definitely a response to being obstructed as women in the rock field. There are so many systemic things that get thrown up in front of you, different glass walls and stuff. We were speaking out against it then," said singer Ann Wilson.

Chart performance

Chart (1980)	Peak position
Canadian Singles Chart	56
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	33