"You Wouldn't Know Love" | ||||
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Single by Cher | ||||
from the album Heart of Stone | ||||
B-side | "Kiss To Kiss" | |||
Released | 1990 | |||
Recorded | 1989 | |||
Genre | Hard rock | |||
Length | 3:33 | |||
Label | Geffen | |||
Songwriter(s) | Michael Bolton; Diane Warren | |||
Producer(s) | Michael Bolton | |||
Cher singles chronology | ||||
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"You Wouldn't Know Love" is a song written by Michael Bolton and Diane Warren appearing contemporaneously in 1989 on Bolton's Soul Provider album and Cher's Heart of Stone album. The song was only released as a single in Europe and Australasia by Cher in 1990. Cher's version of the song, produced by its writer, Michael Bolton, became the fourth and final European single release from Cher's nineteenth album in 1990 by Geffen Records. It was a minor hit in the UK, faring better in Ireland. Cher's album was certified 3x Platinum by the RIAA in 1998 for sales of over 3 million in the U.S. alone, with worldwide sales exceeding 11 million. Steve Lukather played the guitar solo in the middle of the song.
"You Wouldn't Know Love" CD single
Bolton's own version appeared on his most successful album, Soul Provider, which peaked at #3 on the Billboard albums chart. The album was certified 6x Platinum by the RIAA in 1994, for sales exceeding 6 million in the U.S. alone, and sold over 12.5 million copies worldwide.
Sunstorm's version appears on their 2012 album Emotional Fire.