Heartlight
is the fifteenth
studio album
by
It was released in
August 1982
on Columbia Records.
The album spent
34 weeks
on the charts
and peaked at #9.
For shipments of a
million copies
it was certified
Platinum by the RIAA.
The title track,
reportedly inspired by
the 1982 film E.T.
the Extra-Terrestrial,
peaked at #5
on the
Billboard Hot 100
and #1
on the
Hot Adult Contemporary
Tracks chart
in late 1982,
while
"I'm Alive"
reached #35
on the
Hot 100
in early 1983.
The song "
Lost Among The Stars"
has co-writer
Burt Bacharach
reproducing his melody
from his hit
"Trains and Boats and Planes"
from 17 years prior.
The album was
the last of a
decade-long streak
of Platinum albums
by Diamond
he would not have
another platinum album
certified until his first
Christmas album
in the 1990s
and his last
top 10 album
for a decade.
The song
"Heartlight"
was Diamond's
last top 10
pop hit
and also his
last #1
on the
Adult Contemporary chart,
while
"I'm Alive"
was his last
top 40 hit.
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