I Don't Have the Heart

"I Don't Have the Heart"
Single by James Ingram
from the album It's Real
B-side"It's Real"
ReleasedAugust 25, 1990
Recorded1989
GenrePop, R&B
Length4:14 (album version)
4:35 (music video version)
LabelWarner Bros.
Songwriter(s)Allan Rich, Jud Friedman
Producer(s)Thom Bell, James Ingram
James Ingram singles chronology
"The Secret Garden"
(1990) 		"I Don't Have the Heart"
(1990) 		"When Was the Last Time Music Made You Cry"
(1991)
"I Don't Have the Heart"
Single by Stacy Lattisaw
from the album What You Need
Released1990 (1990)
Recorded1989 (1989)[1]
GenreR&B
Length4:59
LabelMotown
Songwriter(s)
  • Allan Rich
  • Jud Friedman
Producer(s)LeMel Humes[2]
Stacy Lattisaw singles chronology
"Dance for You"
(1989) 		"I Don't Have the Heart"
(1990)

"I Don't Have the Heart" is a song written by Allan Rich and Jud Friedman [ru] and recorded by American R&B recording artist James Ingram. It is Ingram's only number-one single as a solo artist on the US Billboard Hot 100, and his second number-one single overall, since the Patti Austin-featured "Baby, Come to Me", which topped the Hot 100 in 1983. Ingram received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance at the 33rd Grammy Awards in 1991 for the song.

Released as the fourth single from Ingram's 1989 album It's Real, "I Don't Have the Heart" reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart on October 20, 1990. The ballad remained at No. 1 for one week, and became his final Top 40 hit. Singer Stacy Lattisaw recorded the song as well, and her version was released on Motown Records at the same time as Ingram's, although it was not as commercially successful.[3]

  1. ^ Hogan, Ed. "What You Need - Stacy Lattisaw | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  2. ^ "Stacy Lattisaw - I Don't Have The Heart (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs. Zink Media. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  3. ^ The Billboard Book of No. 1 Hits, 5th Edition (Billboard Publications)