Even It Up
"Even It Up" | ||||
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SinglebyHeart | ||||
from the albumBébé le Strange | ||||
B-side | "Pilot" | |||
Released | January 1980 (US)[1] | |||
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 | ||||
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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."[2]
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.[3]
"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.[4]
Personnel
[edit]Credits adapted from the liner notes ofBebe le Strange.[5]
Heart
- Ann Wilson– lead vocals, bass, tambourine, backup vocals
- Nancy Wilson– lead guitar, rhythm guitar, backup vocals
- Howard Leese– rhythm guitar, backup vocals
- Michael DeRosier – drums
Additional musicians
- Tower of Power(Lenny Pickett,Greg Adams,Emilio Castillo,Steve Kupka,Mic Gillette) – horn section
Chart performance
[edit]Chart (1980) | Peak position |
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Canadian Singles Chart[6] | 56 |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[7] | 33 |
References
[edit]- ^"Heart singles".
- ^"CashBox Singles Reviews"(PDF).Cash Box.February 9, 1980. p. 17.Retrieved2022-01-01.
- ^"Tower of Power Discography".
- ^Prato, Greg (April 26, 2022)."Ann Wilson of Heart: Songwriter Interviews".Songfacts.RetrievedApril 27,2022.
- ^Bébé le Strange(liner notes).Heart.Epic Records.1980. FE 36371.
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:CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^"Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada".Collectionscanada.gc.ca.Retrieved2012-06-23.
- ^"Heart - Chart history".Billboard.Retrieved2016-10-16.