Song · Heart
“Never” by Heart
From the album Heart (1985)
“Never” by Heart appears on 6 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 1994 and 2024. It was first released in 1985 on the album Heart. Its best result is #273 on the KQRS KQ 500 (2024). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,727 classic rock song of all time.
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"Never" was the second single from Heart, the band's self-titled eighth album from 1985, following "What About Love" out the door. Holly Knight and Gene Bloch of Device wrote it with "Connie", the pen name Ann and Nancy Wilson shared with Sue Ennis, and it's a rock song with a hand held out: an uplifting word for somebody love has knocked flat. Ann Wilson sings it, Mark Andes plays bass and Denny Carmassi drums, and Ron Nevison produced and engineered.
It got to number 4 on the Hot 100, giving Heart back-to-back top-10 hits for the first time and their first album with two of them, and like its predecessor, its video was all over MTV. Nancy Wilson later said only the reworked take on the Japanese edition of the live album The Road Home gave it the rootsy feel she figured would last.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Classic Rock
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All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 993 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) | 1000 |
| 2014 | 866 | Big 100 | BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) | 1000 |
| 2020 | 519 | 102.5 KZOK | KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) | 1025 |
| 2022 | 528 | 102.5 KZOK | KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) | 1025 |
| 2022 | 374 | 99.1 PLR | 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2022) | 500 |
| 2024 | 273 | KQRS | KQRS KQ 500 (2024) | 499 |
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