1987 studio album by Joe Cocker

Unchain My Heart is the eleventh studio album by Joe Cocker, released in 1987.

Miller Lite used Joe Cocker`s recording of "Unchain My Heart" for their Dalmatian campaign as the dog jumps from the Budweiser Clydesdale horse-drawn carriage to the Miller Lite truck.

Track listing

1. "Unchain My Heart" (Bobby Sharp, Teddy Powell) – 5:02
2. "Two Wrongs" (Eddie Schwartz, David Bendeth) – 4:02
3. "I Stand in Wonder" (Schwartz, David Tyson) – 4:21
4. "The River`s Rising" (Michael Lunn) – 4:05
5. "Isolation" (John Lennon) – 3:51
6. "All Our Tomorrows" (Schwartz, Tyson) – 4:21
7. "A Woman Loves a Man" (Dan Hartman, Charlie Midnight) – 4:14
8. "Trust in Me" (Francesca Beghe, Marc Swersky, Midnight) – 4:12
9. "The One" (Tom Kimmel, Jay Joyce) – 4:35
10. "Satisfied" (Hartman, Midnight) – 3:22

Personnel

• Joe Cocker – lead vocals
• Jeff Levine – keyboards (1–3, 5, 6, 8, 9), Hammond organ (4), grand piano (10)
• Robbie Kilgore – additional keyboards (3, 5, 6, 9), handclaps (4)
• Greg Johnson – grand piano (8), organ (10)
• Phil Grande – guitars, guitar solo (6, 10)
• T. M. Stevens – bass
• David Beal – drums
• Sammy Figueroa – percussion (3, 5–8)
• Glenn Ellison – handclaps (4)
• Charlie Midnight – handclaps (4)
• Clarence Clemons – tenor sax solo (1)
• The Uptown Horns – horns and horn arrangements (1)
  • Crispin Cioe – saxophones
  • Arno Hecht – saxophones
  • Robert Funk – trombone
  • "Hollywood" Paul Litteral – trumpet
• Lawrence Feldman – saxophone (3)
• Ric Cunningham – alto saxophone (7)
• Tawatha Agee – backing vocals (1–4, 6, 7, 9, 10)
• Benny Diggs – backing vocals (1–4, 6, 7, 9)
• Vaneese Thomas – backing vocals (1–4, 6, 7, 9)
• Dan Hartman – backing vocals (2, 4, 6, 7, 10), additional percussion (3), tambourine (4), handclaps (4), additional guitars (5, 6, 8, 10), keyboards (7), guitars (7)
• B.J. Nelson – backing vocals (2, 4, 6, 10)
• Renée Geyer – guest vocals (8)
• Phoebe Snow – guest vocals (9)
• Maxine Green – backing vocals (10)
• Jayne Ann Lang – backing vocals (10)
• Janice Singleton – backing vocals (10)

Production

• Producer – Charlie Midnight
• Executive Producer – Dan Hartman
• Engineer – John Rollo
• Additional Engineer – Joel Soyffer
• Assistant Engineers – Nelson Ayers, Thom Chadley, Mark Gaide, Danny Grigsby, Paul Higgins and Dave Mendenhall.
• Recorded at House of Music (West Orange, NJ); Santa Barbara Sound Design (Santa Barbara, CA); O’Henry Sound Studios (Burbank, CA); Greene Street Recording (New York, NY); Bearsville Studios (Bearsville, NY).
• Mixed by Chris Lord-Alge at Unique Recording Studios (New York, NY).
• Mix Assistants – Steve Entebbe and Matt Hathaway
• Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Masterdisk (New York, NY).
• Art Direction – Roy Kohara
• Design – Roland Young
• Photography – Abe Frajndilich
• Management – Michael Lang

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