You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)

"You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)"
Single by Rod Stewart
from the album Foot Loose & Fancy Free
B-side "You Got a Nerve"
Released 7 October 1977
Recorded 1977
Genre Pop rock
Length 4:30
Label Warner Bros.
Writer(s) Rod Stewart
Certification Gold (RIAA)
Rod Stewart singles chronology
"The First Cut Is the Deepest"
(1977)
"You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)"
(1977)
"You're Insane"
(1977)

"You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)" is a song written and recorded by Rod Stewart for his 1977 album Foot Loose & Fancy Free. The song proved a popular single, reaching the top ten of many national charts, including #4 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and #1 for one week in Australia.[1][2]

The lyrics mention two of Stewart's favorite football teams in the phrase "Celtic, United".[3] The inner sleeve to the album Foot Loose & Fancy Free also pictures artwork with the names Glasgow Celtic and Manchester United drifting out of a car stereo. Rod Stewart wrote the lyrics as a tribute to his then-former girlfriend, Britt Eklund.

Chart performance

Weekly singles charts

Chart (1977-78) Peak
position
Australia 1
Canada Top Singles [4] 1
Canada Adult Contemporary [5] 3
Ireland 2
Netherlands 8
New Zealand 2
UK 3
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [6] 4
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 7
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 [7] 3

Year-end charts

Chart (1977) Rank
New Zealand [8] 32
Chart (1978) Rank
Australia 81
Canada [9] 36
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [10] 37
U.S. Cash Box [11] 23

References

Preceded by
"I Just Want to Be Your Everything" by Andy Gibb
Australian Kent Music Report number-one single
5 December 1977
Succeeded by
"Mull of Kintyre" by Wings
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