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| "Heal the Pain" | ||||
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| Single by George Michael | ||||
| from the album Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 | ||||
| B-side | "Soul Free" | |||
| Released | 4 February 1991[1] | |||
| Recorded | June 1990[2] | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 4:46 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Songwriter(s) | George Michael | |||
| Producer(s) | George Michael | |||
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| "Heal the Pain" on YouTube | ||||
"Heal the Pain" is a song written and performed by English singer-songwriter George Michael and released on Epic Records in February 1991. A contemplative, acoustic guitar-based love song, it was the fourth of five UK singles taken from his second solo album, Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 (1990).
The song entered the UK Singles Chart in February 1991 and peaked at number 31. It followed a pattern of being slightly lower than its predecessor (the previous three singles had peaked at numbers 6, 23 and 28, respectively). One more single from the album would continue the pattern, by not even breaking the threshold of the top 40. "Soul Free", also taken from Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1, appeared as the B-side. For the fourth US single, Columbia Records used "Soul Free" as the A-side and "Cowboys and Angels" as the B-side, but the single did not chart.
The band Lemon Jelly have used an uncredited sample of the track on the B-side of their single "Rolled/Oats". Brazilian singers Fernanda Takai and Samuel Rosa recorded a version of the song in Portuguese titled "Pra Curar Essa Dor", for Takai's fourth studio album, Na Medida do Impossível, released in 2014.
- ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 2 February 1991. p. vi.
- ^ Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 (liner notes). George Michael. Epic Records. 3 September 1990. p. 11. 467295 2.
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