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"Come From the Heart"
Written by Richard Leigh and
Susanna Clark
Published 1987[1]
Language English
Form Country music
Original artist Don Williams
Recorded by Guy Clark (1988),
Kathy Mattea (1989)

"Come From the Heart" is a country music song written by Richard Leigh and Susanna Clark and published in 1987. It is most widely known through the 1989 single by Kathy Mattea, released in conjunction with her album Willow in the Wind, though the song was first recorded and released on the 1987 Don Williams album Traces and also released in 1988 by Clark's husband on his album Old Friends.[2]

The song includes the lyrics:

You’ve got to sing like you don’t need the money,
Love like you’ll never get hurt.
You’ve got to dance like nobody’s watchin’.

which The Yale Book of Quotations attributes as the source for various similar aphorisms sometimes attributed to others[1] (e.g. Annie's Mailbox attributes a version of the lyric to a combination of William Watson Purkey and Satchel Paige[3]).

Mattea's single was her third number one on the country chart, spending 14 weeks on that chart including a single week at the top.[4].

References

  1. ^ a b Shapiro, Fred (July 23, 2009). "Quotes Uncovered: Songs and Dancing". Freakonomics blog. The New York Times. http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/23/quotes-uncovered-songs-and-dancing/. Retrieved March 3, 2010. 
  2. ^ "Song Search Results for 'Come From the Heart' (27)". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=17:805731. Retrieved March 3, 2010. 
  3. ^ Mitchell, Kathy; Sugar, Marcy (April 25, 2006). "Annie's Mailbox, April 25". Annie's Mailbox. Creators Syndicate. http://www.creators.com/advice/annies-mailbox/annie-s-mailbox-april-25.html. Retrieved March 3, 2010. "William Watson Purkey is credited with writing, "Dance like nobody's watching; love like you've never been hurt. Sing like nobody's listening; live like it's heaven on earth." Later, the phrase "Work like you don't need the money" was added, often credited to baseball great Satchel Paige. This poem obviously speaks to a lot of people, because over the years, many others have created their own additions. We think the sentiments are life-affirming." 
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 217. 
Preceded by
"I Don't Want to Spoil the Party" by Rosanne Cash		 Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single by Kathy Mattea
July 1, 1989		 Succeeded by
"Lovin' Only Me" by Ricky Skaggs







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