Hearts in Trouble

"Hearts in Trouble"
Single by Chicago
from the album Days of Thunder
B-side	"Car Building"
Released	July 1990
Genre	Hard rock Progressive rock
Length	5:14 (album version) 4:00 (radio edit version)
Label	DGC
Songwriters	Bill Champlin Dennis Matkosky Kevin Dukes
Producers	Bill Champlin Dennis Matkosky
Chicago singles chronology
"What Kind of Man Would I Be?" (1989) "Hearts in Trouble" (1990) "Chasin' the Wind" (1991)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

"Hearts in Trouble" is a song by American rock band Chicago. It was released as the second single from the soundtrack of the Tom Cruise film Days of Thunder, released in July 1990 and distributed by DGC Records. "Hearts in Trouble" was written and produced by Bill Champlin, Dennis Matkosky and Kevin Dukes, while Champlain sings lead.

"Hearts in Trouble" was among the ten most added songs to radio stations reporting to Billboard for the week dated July 21, 1990.^[2] The song peaked at number 75 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[3] In the summer of 1990, Chicago launched the Hearts in Trouble Tour.

Reception

Retrospective commentary has been limited. In 2012, Dave Steed of PopDose described the track as emblematic of Chicago's transitional period in the early 1990s, noting it as one of several lesser-known singles tied to film projects.^[4]

Music video

A music video for “Hearts in Trouble” was directed by Michael Bay.^[5]

Track listings

7-inch single, EU (1990)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hearts in Trouble"	5:14
2.	"Car Building" (by Hans Zimmer)	2:36

12-inch, CD and maxi-single, EU (1990)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hearts in Trouble"	5:14
2.	"Car Building" (by Hans Zimmer)	2:26
3.	"Thunder Box" (by Apollo Smile)	3:46

CD and promo, US (1990)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hearts in Trouble" (radio edit)	4:00
2.	"Hearts in Trouble" (album version)	5:14

Charts

Chart (1990)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)	77
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[6]	54
US Billboard Hot 100[7]	75
US Cashbox[8]	57

References

1. Hearts in Trouble at AllMusic. Retrieved October 12, 2025.
2. "Hot 100 Singles Action | Radio Most Added" (PDF). Billboard. July 21, 1990. p. 78. Retrieved October 15, 2025 – via World Radio History.
3. "Hearts in Trouble (song by Chicago) – US & UK hit charts". MusicVF. Retrieved October 13, 2025.
4. Steed, Dave (April 9, 2012). "Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the '90s, Vol. 14". Retrieved October 13, 2025.
5. Riggs, Thomas, ed. (2010). "Bay, Michael 1965–". Contemporary Theatre, Film & Television. 99. Gale Cengage Learning: 23. ISSN 0749-064X.
6. "Chicago – Hearts In Trouble" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
7. "Chicago Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
8. Whitburn, Joel (2014). Cash Box Pop Hits 1952-1996. Sheridan Books, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-209-0.