Heading West

"Heading West"
Single by Cyndi Lauper
from the album A Night to Remember
B-side "Insecurious"
Released 1989
Recorded 1989
Genre
Label Epic Records
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Cyndi Lauper singles chronology
"A Night to Remember"
(1989)		 "Heading West"
(1989)		 "Primitive"
(1990)

"A Night to Remember"
(1989)		 "Heading West"
(1989)		 "Primitive"
(1990)
Music video
"Heading West" on YouTube

"Heading West" was the fourth single from Cyndi Lauper's album A Night to Remember released worldwide, and the third single released from the album in Europe. It was not released as a single in North America.

"Heading West" was written by Lauper, Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly. The same team wrote "My First Night Without You, and the latter two wrote "True Colors", and "I Drove All Night". The song is about moving on from a past relationship, which was the overall theme of the album. A video was also released which was black and white and had Lauper in an empty field. The song was released outside of the U.S. The single was a minor hit in the UK. Cyndi Lauper said in an interview with O Globo newspaper that "'Heading West' was a great song."[1]

French Canadian pop star Mitsou covered the song as the title track for a 1992 EP and also released it as a single. She added a French spoken word monologue to the end of the song.

Track listing

Europe 7" / 2-track mini CD single / Japan mini CD single
  • A. "Heading West" – 3:54
  • B. "Calm Inside the Storm" – 3:55
UK and Australian 7" / cassette
  • A. "Heading West" – 3:54
  • B. "Insecurious" – 3:30
UK limited edition 7"
  • A. "Heading West"
  • B1. "Insecurious"
  • B2. "Money Changes Everything" (Live at Le Zenith)
Europe 12" / 3–track mini CD single
  • A. "Heading West"
  • B1. "Calm Inside the Storm"
  • B2. "Money Changes Everything" (album version)
UK 12"
  • A. "Heading West"
  • B1. "Insecurious"
  • B2. "She Bop" (Live at Le Zenith)
UK CD single
  1. "Heading West"
  2. "Insecurious"
  3. "She Bop" (Live at Le Zenith)
  4. "Money Changes Everything" (Live at Le Zenith)
UK limited edition picture disc CD single
  1. "Heading West"
  2. "What's Going On" (Live at Le Zenith)
  3. "She Bop" (Live at Le Zenith)
  4. "Money Changes Everything" (Live at Le Zenith)

Chart performance

Chart (1989) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[2] 117
Colombian Singles Chart 10
Polish Singles Chart 43
UK Singles Chart[3] 68

References

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 2015-06-05". Imgur. Archived from the original on 2015-06-05. Retrieved 2015-09-24.
  3. ↑ "Official Charts > Cyndi Lauper". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 2016-07-12.
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