Bette Midler

Released: August 1, 1983

Songwriter: Andy Goldmark Brock Walsh Robin Batteau

Producer: Chuck Plotkin

I had a will of iron
I had a heart of steel
I always call the shots
But, honey, you shoot to kill
I've spent a hundred other nights like this
A little laughter and a stranger's kiss

But the next thing that I knew
I was heart over head
Over heart over head over you
It's too late to stop it now
I'm heart over head
Over heart over head over you

I never once imagined
A night like this before
That love would last for hours
And still I begged for more
If I sound a little crazy
Well, forgive me, please
My head is swimmin'
And I'm on my knees

Cryin', "Love me, love me, do!"
Because I'm heart over head
Over heart over head over you
Too late to stop it now
I'm heart over head
Over heart over head over you

Oh, I'm heart over head
Over heart over head over you
Where did you get your touch?
I'm heart over head
Over heart over head over you
I like it much too much
Heart over head
Over heart over head over you
Too late to stop it now
I'm heart over head
Over heart over head over you . .

Bette Midler is a Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, comedienne and actress. Named in honor of Bette Davis, Midler’s career began performing off-broadway until she developed the stage persona The Divine Miss M while singing at the world-famous Continental Baths gay bathhouse. A pre-fame Barry Manilow, the venue’s in-house piano player, produced her Grammy-nominated debut album which scored three US top 40 singles including the Grammy-nominated “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy”. Midler took home the Best New Artist Grammy that year, her first of three career wins.

Throughout the 1970s, Midler found further success with music, Broadway, television and film. The Rose, Midler’s 1979 acting debut, earned her both Oscar and Academy Award nominations, and its namesake song won her a Golden Globe and another Grammy – also giving Midler her first success overseas.

The early 1980s proved less successful for Midler with four under-performing singles and a box office flop with the film Jinxed. However, the second half of the decade would prove far more fruitful with a handful of very successful films including Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Ruthless People, Outrageous Fortune and Beaches, the latter featuring a chart-topping cover of “Wind Beneath My Wings” that won Midler her third Grammy and is considered one of the greatest songs in American film history.

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