"Harden My Heart" is a song by rock group Quarterflash, written by their guitarist Marv Ross. It is a million-selling Gold-certified single and was featured on the band's Platinum-selling Quarterflash album, released in 1981.
The song was originally released as a single in early 1980 by Seafood Mama, Quarterflash's predecessor band. It featured more sparse instrumentation but a more dramatic vocal arrangement than the hit version and was a regional success on radio stations in Portland, Oregon. The record's video features theatrics in and around an office trailer with dark corridors and swinging light bulbs from the ceiling before it was bulldozed and torched.
After changing their name, Quarterflash released their self-titled debut album in 1981 which contained the new version of "Harden My Heart". This power ballad[2] version was released as the album's first single. In early 1982, it reached on the Billboard Hot 100 and also hit on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.[3] The song reached the Top 20 in Germany, New Zealand and France. It was the group's only Top 10 Pop single, although the follow-up single from the album, "Find Another Fool (Quarterflash)", and the 1983 hit "Take Me to Heart (Quarterflash)" both entered the Top 20. It reached U.S. Adult Contemporary.[4]
Personnel
Rindy Ross: Vocals
David Sanborn: Saxophone
Marv Ross: Guitars
Jack Charles: Guitars, vocals
Rick DiGiallonardo: Keyboards
Rich Gooch: Bass
Brian David Willis: Drums, percussion
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