1978Released
5:07

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Interesting facts and trivia about Straight On. By Songfacts®.

"Straight On" was written by Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart, and Sue Ennis, a contributing songwriter who was also a member of The Lovemongers, a band founded by the same Wilson sisters in the 1990s. Ennis and the Wilson sisters have a friendship going back to childhood.

"Straight On" is an unusual song for being mostly composed of chorus and instrumentals. It's a basic love song that mixes in gambling metaphors like "deal me in."

The album Dog & Butterfly went double-platinum and the group set off on a grueling tour that covered 77 cities. This might have taken its toll, as the group partly broke up during this tour: guitarist Roger Fisher had a breakdown and left to form his own Seattle band; their manager Mike Fisher (Ann Wilson's lover) left both Ann and the band, and both bass player Steve Fossen and drummer Michael DeRosier split away not long after.

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Straight On.
BKey
MinorMode
4/4Time Signature
117BPM

Album

The album Straight On is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Straight On.
Portrait
(P) 1978 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

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