Heart began as one of the few female-fronted hard rocking bands of the 1970s, and they had a lot of success on FM radio with such singles as “Barracuda”, “Magic Man”, and “Crazy on You”. Lead singer Ann Wilson’s powerful wail was similar to that of Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant, her idol.

In the early 80s, declining success led Heart to reconsider their sound and they opted for a more commercial, slick sound that emphasized keyboards. This approach led to their #1 self-titled album in 1985 featuring “What About Love”, “These Dreams”, and “Never”. In 1983, however, the transition from rockers to pop stars was still in progress as shown on the album “Passionworks”, produced by Keith Olsen (Starship, Bad Company, Whitesnake). The album did not fare well, only hitting #39, but it did produce a great AOR track, “How Can I Refuse (lyrics)”, which hit #1 on the Mainstream Rock chart (their final hit on this chart) and #44 on the Pop Singles chart.