Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away

"Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away" is a song by Phil Collins from his second solo album Hello, I Must Be Going!. The song was the third single released from the album in the UK and charted at No. 45. The song was written around 1978-1979 during sessions for Face Value.^[1]

"Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away"
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Single by Phil Collins
from the album Hello, I Must Be Going!
B-side	"Thunder and Lightning" "And So to F" (Live version)
Released	March 1983
Recorded	1982
Genre	Soft rock
Length	4:47
Label	Virgin Records (UK) Atlantic Records (International)
Songwriter(s)	Phil Collins
Producer(s)	Phil Collins, Hugh Padgham
Phil Collins singles chronology
"I Don't Care Anymore" (1983) "Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away" (1983) "I Cannot Believe It's True" (1983)
No Way Out (2004) Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away (2004) (Love Is Like a) Heatwave (2010)
Music video
"Phil Collins – Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away (Official Music Video)" on YouTube

It was released to adult contemporary radio stations in the United States in 2004 to promote Collins's compilation album, Love Songs, and peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.

Critical reception

On its release, Simon Tebbutt of Record Mirror wrote, "if the last single led you to believe the bloke had any get up and go, this will assure that it has all got up and gone. This is a song for elderly gentlemen who sit in exclusive clubs sipping brandy and mithering on about the good old days of the Sixties and Seventies."^[2] In Melody Maker, Edwyn Collins said, "I think this record should be dismissed. It's beneath my contempt. That's all. It's just not very good."^[3]

David Hepworth of Smash Hits expressed the opposite opinion, calling the song "marvelous". "Phil Collins' steady improvement as a songwriter is highlighted here by the way he effectively welds three distinct musical sections into a piece that’s guaranteed to become a late night radio regular."^[4]

Track listing

7": Virgin / VS 572 (UK)

1. "Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away"
2. "Thunder and Lightning"

12": Virgin / VS 572-12 (UK)

1. "Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away"
2. "And So to F" (Live)

Personnel

• Phil Collins – vocals, acoustic piano, drums
• Daryl Stuermer – electric guitar
• John Giblin – bass guitar
• The Mountain Fjord Orchestra – strings
• Martyn Ford – string arrangements and conductor
• Gavyn Wright – orchestra leader

Charts

Chart (1983) Peak position Ireland (IRMA)[5] 18 UK Singles Chart 45

Chart (2004) Peak position US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[6] 5