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==Composition==
Written in the key of [[B-flat major]], SAW approached composition of
Minogue re-recorded the song for her 2012 album ''[[The Abbey Road Sessions (Kylie Minogue album)|The Abbey Road Sessions]]'', reworking the song to feature brushed drums and gentle piano which magnify the heartbreak and make the lyrics such as “Oh, I wanna hear you tell me / You don't want my love” sound pleading, not defiant.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.avclub.com/review/kylie-minogue-emthe-abbey-road-sessionsem-88273|title=Kylie Minogue: The Abbey Road Sessions|website=[[The A.V. Club]] |date=6 November 2012}}</ref>
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==Critical reception==
[[File:Kylie Sydney 5.jpg|thumb|right|Minogue performing the song during her [[Showgirl: The Homecoming Tour]] (2006).]]
===Initial response===
"Hand on Your Heart" received generally favourable reviews from music critics. Chris True from [[AllMusic]] highlighted the song as an album standout.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/r13138 |title=Enjoy Yourself – Kylie Minogue |website=AllMusic |access-date=2014-03-30}}</ref> ''[[Digital Spy]]'' gave it a favourable review, highlighting it by saying "Put it this way... this piece is a wee bit late because it's hard to type while re-enacting the 'Hand On Your Heart' dance routine."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/thesound/a218854/kylie-revisited-2-enjoy-yourself.html |title=Kylie: Revisited #2: 'Enjoy Yourself' – Music The Sound |website=[[Digital Spy]] |date=8 May 2010 |access-date=30 March 2014}}</ref> However, Tim Nicholson of ''[[Record Mirror]]'' ironically explained that SAW "have let Kylie loose on some [[Sinitta]]'s material to show her how it should be done", which he considered a "confectionery perfection".<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Nicholson |first=Tim |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/80s/89/Record-Mirror-1989-04-29.pdf |title=45 reviewed by Tim Nicholson |magazine=[[Record Mirror]] |date=29 April 1989 |page=29 |location=London |publisher=Spotlight Publications Ltd.|via=World Radio History |issn=0144-5804 |access-date=24 October 2021}}</ref>▼
The ''Abbey Road Sessions'' version
▲"Hand on Your Heart" received generally favourable reviews from music critics. Chris True from [[AllMusic]] highlighted the song as an album standout.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/r13138 |title=Enjoy Yourself – Kylie Minogue |website=AllMusic |access-date=2014-03-30}}</ref> ''[[Digital Spy]]'' gave it a favourable review, highlighting it by saying "Put it this way... this piece is a wee bit late because it's hard to type while re-enacting the 'Hand On Your Heart' dance routine."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/thesound/a218854/kylie-revisited-2-enjoy-yourself.html |title=Kylie: Revisited #2: 'Enjoy Yourself' – Music The Sound |website=[[Digital Spy]] |date=8 May 2010 |access-date=30 March 2014}}</ref>
===Impact and legacy===
▲The ''Abbey Road Sessions'' version received rave reviews from contemporary music commentators. Tim Sendra from [[AllMusic]] said that "Stripping the songs down to their basics and then adding strings on top proves to be very effective, especially on "[[All the Lovers]]" or "Hand on Your Heart," and most of the new arrangements are imaginative and sometime inspired."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-abbey-road-sessions-mw0002420710|title=The Abbey Road Sessions – Kylie Minogue – Songs, Reviews, Credits – AllMusic|website=AllMusic}}</ref> Nick Levine from [[BBC Music]] was very positive towards the reworked version of the song, writing that "Who knew Stock Aitken Waterman tunes like [Never Too Late] and [Hand On Your Heart] had such melancholy lurking under the production chintz?"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/xfrj/|title=BBC – Music – Review of Kylie Minogue – The Abbey Road Sessions|first=Nick|last=Levine|website=Bbc.co.uk|access-date=21 March 2022}}</ref> Andy Gill wrote that "Hand on Your Heart", "reworked with a delicate, cyclical guitar figure augmented by a few telling piano chords, laid over a quietly shuffling snare whose gently scudding momentum allows the melody to glow at the heart of the song."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-kyliethe-abbey-road-sessions-parlophone-8226829.html|title=Album: Kylie, The Abbey Road Sessions (Parlophone)|website=[[Independent.co.uk]] |date=27 October 2012}}</ref>
Retrospectively, in 2020, [[Alexis Petridis]] of British daily newspaper ''[[The Guardian]]'' ranked the song at number 22 in his "Kylie's 30 greatest singles" list, adding that "the song itself – most notably the bridge and chorus – is strong enough to withstand the identikit production job".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/sep/24/kylies-30-greatest-singles-ranked |title=Kylie's 30 greatest singles – ranked! |first=Alexis |last=Petridis |author-link=Alexis Petridis |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=24 September 2020 |issn=1756-3224 |place=London |accessdate=28 February 2024}}</ref> In 2021, British magazine ''[[Classic Pop (magazine)|Classic Pop]]'' ranked the song number 18 in their list of 'Top 40 Stock Aitken Waterman songs', adding that "this track's apparent starry-eyed innocence... houses at its heart lyrics that are utterly crushing when read out loud".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.classicpopmag.com/2021/08/stock-aitken-waterman-songs/|first=|last=|title=Top 40 Stock Aitken Waterman songs|magazine=[[Classic Pop (magazine)|Classic Pop]]|date=18 August 2021|accessdate=14 August 2023}}</ref> In 2024, the same magazine ranked the song at number 22 in its list of "Top 40 Kylie Minogue songs", describing it as a "triumphant SAW-penned gem".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.classicpopmag.com/2024/03/top-40-kylie-tracks/|first=|last=|title=Top 40 Kylie Minogue songs|magazine=[[Classic Pop (magazine)|Classic Pop]]|date=27 March 2024|accessdate=1 May 2024}}</ref> In 2023, Robert Moran of Australian daily tabloid newspaper ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'' ranked the song as Minogue's 18th best song (out of 183), describing it "a near-perfect marriage of forlorn heartbreak, extremely peppy production and a typically huge singalong chorus".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/every-kylie-minogue-song-ranked-170-1-20230906-p5e2dk.html |title=Every Kylie Minogue song ranked |first1=Robert |last1=Moran |first2=Annabel |last2=Ross |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=25 September 2023 |issn=0312-6315 |place=Sydney |accessdate=28 February 2024}}</ref>
==Chart performance==
On 24 April 1989, "Hand on Your Heart" was released in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Singles|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=47|date=22 April 1989}}</ref> The song became Minogue's third song to debut at number two on the [[UK Singles Chart]], before it peaked at number one the following week. On its third week it was replaced on the top of the chart by the UK [[Hillsborough disaster]] charity single "[[Ferry Cross the Mersey]]" by [[The Christians (band)|the Christians]], [[Holly Johnson]], [[Paul McCartney]], [[Gerry Marsden]] and [[Stock, Aitken and Waterman]].<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book| first= David| last= Roberts| year= 2006| title= [[British Hit Singles & Albums]]| edition= 19th| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London| isbn= 1-904994-10-5| page= 501}}</ref> "Hand on Your Heart" also topped the UK Dance and Indie charts.
The song was one of the first singles to sell well on [[Compact Cassette|cassette]], selling 11,000 copies in the first week of release. This would have been enough to have Minogue enter in at number one, something no female had ever done at the time. However, [[PWL]] issued the [[cassette single]] at a cut price of £1.99, which was cheaper than chart regulations at the time allowed. This meant [[
==Music video==
"Hand on Your Heart" was accompanied with colorful [[music video]] [[Music video director|directed]] by Chris Langman and shot at Minogue's hometown in [[Melbourne]] in March 1989. The video features Minogue dancing in a modern house. She appears wearing a dress with a big heart on it that changes colour between vibrant colours of red, blue and yellow, Minogue travels from room to room, dancing playfully for the camera. Langman admitted to dissatisfaction with the finished video, which was produced under unusually tight deadlines.<ref name=":0" /> According to Minogue's then boyfriend and label mate [[Jason Donovan]], PWL Records was highly displeased with the video.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Journey Through Stock Aitken Waterman: Ep 56: Hang On To Your Love (and the journey so far) with Jason Donovan on Apple Podcasts |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/ep-56-hang-on-to-your-love-and-the-journey-so-far/id1565879477?i=1000621295912 |access-date=2023-07-19 |website=Apple Podcasts |language=en-AU}}</ref> It was
A live version of the video was also released and featured Minogue performing a special "live remix" in Japan, both versions featured on ''Kylie's Greatest Hits 87-97 DVD''. An alternate version of the "Hand on Your Heart" video was broadcast on UK TV pre-release, but has never been screened again. On this version Minogue's shoes spin on camera and introduce all three of her new outfits of matching colours. Only one "shoe spin" remains on the final version. Released to music video channels prior to the single's commercial release, the video was a hit, gaining significant airplay on music video channels. The video was released commercially on the ''[[Ultimate Kylie]]'' companion DVD, released in December 2004.
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# "Hand on Your Heart" (The Great Aorta Mix)
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'''[[iTunes]] digital bundle (2009)'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/hand-on-your-heart/316627294|title=Hand on Your Heart|publisher=[[Apple Music]]|access-date=27 July 2021|archive-date=24 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424151609/https://music.apple.com/us/album/hand-on-your-heart/316627294|url-status=dead}}</ref>
# "Hand on Your Heart" (original) – 3:50
# "Hand on Your Heart" (The Great Aorta Mix) – 6:24
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# "Just Wanna Love You" (backing track) – 3:31
'''iTunes remix digital bundle (2009)'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/hand-on-your-heart-remix/316522235|title=Hand on Your Heart (Remix)|publisher=Apple Music|access-date=27 July 2021|archive-date=24 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424151611/https://music.apple.com/us/album/hand-on-your-heart-remix/316522235|url-status=dead}}</ref>
# "Hand on Your Heart" (The Heartache Remix) – 5:21
# "Hand on Your Heart" (Smokin' Remix) – 5:32
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