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Over My Heart is the seventh and final studio album by American singer Laura Branigan. Released in August 1993, it was Branigan's most personal album and saw her again try her hand at producing, alongside successful producer Phil Ramone. While the Gloria Estefan-penned "Love Your Girl" was aimed for the clubs that made her famous, the album was ballad-heavy, including the opener "How Can I Help You To Say Goodbye"; the Spanish-language "Mujer Contra Mujer"; "Mangwane (The Wedding Song)" (taught to her by her friend Stevie Godson, who was also the executive producer on the track), sung in Sotho, a South African language, and recorded there with the Mmabana Children's Choir; and several of her own compositions, "Didn't We Almost Win It All" and "Over You".
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| Released | August 1993 (1993-08) | |||
| Recorded | 1992–1993 | |||
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| Length | 55:20 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
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| Laura Branigan chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Over My Heart | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | (favorable)[2] |
Chuck Eddy from Entertainment Weekly wrote, "Branigan's 1982 hit, 'Gloria', took disco to operatic extremes, and her '84 'Self Control' was basically Joy Division's Goth-punk classic, 'She's Lost Control', made more lurid. Nowadays, Branigan is beating Celine Dion at Dion's own game, dancing between a loudly sung boom and a lonely housewife gloom. On Over My Heart, she climbs out on a new limb, belting out lyrics in Spanish and a South African dialect. But she's still rending hearts, especially when she remembers the day her family moved away from her best friend in a '59 station wagon."[2]
"Didn't We Almost Win It All" was released as the first single from the album. Larry Flick from Billboard described the song as "a sweeping power-ballad" from Branigan's "delicious (but sadly underrated) Over My Heart album." He added, "Branigan's distinct, crystal-clear voice is warmly familiar, running through a gamut of theatrical emotions as only she can. The arrangement is packed with grandiose piano rushes, nimble guitar riffs, and pounds of faux-strings. Like sinfully tasty candy for the brain."[3]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "How Can I Help You to Say Goodbye" | Karen Taylor-Good, Burton Collins | 4:29 |
| 2. | "The Sweet Hello, The Sad Goodbye" | Per Gessle | 5:07 |
| 3. | "Over My Heart" | Eric Martin, André Pessis | 4:24 |
| 4. | "It's Been Hard Enough Getting Over You" | Michael Bolton, Doug James | 3:41 |
| 5. | "Is There Anybody Here But Me" | Kevin Wells, André Pessis | 4:51 |
| 6. | "Love Your Girl" | Gloria Estefan, Jorge Casas, Clay Ostwald | 4:34 |
| 7. | "Didn't We Almost Win It All" | Laura Branigan, Brian Bec Var | 5:09 |
| 8. | "Only Time Will Tell" | Kevin Wells, André Pessis | 4:25 |
| 9. | "I'll Wait for You" | Laura Branigan, Kevin Wells | 4:40 |
| 10. | "Mujer Contra Mujer" | José Maria Cano | 5:07 |
| 11. | "Over You" | Laura Branigan, Billy Branigan | 5:20 |
| 12. | "Mangwane (The Wedding Song)" | Traditional | 4:02 |
| Chart (1993) | Peak position |
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| Australian Albums (ARIA)[4] | 151 |
