"Save Up All Your Tears" | ||||
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Single by Bonnie Tyler | ||||
from the album Hide Your Heart (Notes From America) | ||||
B-side | "It's Not Enough" | |||
Released | 1988 | |||
Recorded | Bearsville Studios and The Hit Factory, New York | |||
Genre | Soft rock | |||
Length | Album Version 4:24 The London Mix: 4:20 |
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Label | Columbia/CBS Records | |||
Writer(s) | Desmond Child, Diane Warren | |||
Producer(s) | Desmond Child | |||
Bonnie Tyler singles chronology | ||||
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"Save Up All Your Tears" | ||||
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Single by Robin Beck | ||||
from the album Trouble Or Nothin' | ||||
B-side | "Jealous Hearts" (7", Mini CD) "Jealous Hearts", "First Time" (12", CD single) |
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Released | 1989 | |||
Format | 7" vinyl single, CD single, Mini CD single, 12" Maxi single | |||
Recorded | Bearsville Studios, New York | |||
Genre | Soft rock | |||
Length | 4:05 | |||
Label | Mercury, Polygram, Phonogram Records | |||
Writer(s) | Desmond Child, Diane Warren | |||
Producer(s) | Desmond Child | |||
Robin Beck singles chronology | ||||
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Single by Cher | ||||||||||
from the album Love Hurts | ||||||||||
B-side | "A World Without Heroes" | |||||||||
Released | October 1991 | |||||||||
Recorded | 1991 | |||||||||
Genre | Pop rock, soft rock | |||||||||
Length | 4:03 | |||||||||
Label | Geffen | |||||||||
Writer(s) | Desmond Child, Diane Warren | |||||||||
Producer(s) | Richie Zito, Bob Rock | |||||||||
Cher singles chronology | ||||||||||
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"Save Up All Your Tears" is a song written by Desmond Child and Diane Warren, and originally released by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler. The song was subsequently covered by other artists including Robin Beck, Cher, and Freda Payne.
The original Bonnie Tyler version of the song was featured on the album called Notes From America in the United States and entitled Hide Your Heart throughout the rest of the world. The song was produced by its co-writer, Desmond Child, who was enjoying chart success in the US with singles by Bon Jovi including "Livin' on a Prayer". The single, released in 1988, did not approach the success of previous releases like "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and "Holding Out for a Hero", and charted only on airplay charts in Europe. The London Mix mixed by Desmond Child.
In 1989, Robin Beck included her version on the album Trouble Or Nothin'. As with Bonnie Tyler's original recording, the Beck version was produced by the song's co-writer, Desmond Child. Beck's version featured Steve Lukather on guitar and KISS' Paul Stanley on background vocals. Beck's single was the follow-up single to her European #1 breakout hit "First Time". While not the smash of that song, "Save Up All Your Tears" was a significant hit for Beck in Germany and Switzerland, where it went to #10 and #5 respectively, and was also a success in Sweden and Austria. A video was made for the single, and although it received some airplay in the US and UK, it failed to garner any national success in the United States and was only a minor hit in the United Kingdom.
In 1991, Cher released a cover of the song as the second US and third European single from her 20th album, Love Hurts. While Beck was the only artist to take the song top ten, Cher's version of the song did the best in the US and the UK, cracking the top 40 to peak at #37 in both markets.