Heart to Heart

This was one of the Loggins' biggest hits that wasn't featured in a motion picture. In it, a man is in a marriage or relationship that may be heading south, but he doesn't know what to think or whether it can last. The lyrics are very ambivalent yet passionate, a difficult combination to achieve.

Loggins wrote this song with Michael McDonald and David Foster. He wrote the chorus with Foster and the verses with McDonald because he wanted to get the best of both worlds from two piano players with very different styles. "Michael plays piano completely different from David Foster," he told Rock History Music. "Michael's style is more churchy, and his left hand is like a half a mile from his right hand. It's always down in the basement, it's always moving. Foster plays thumb to thumb, so he plays these really thick, multi-voice chords. So he's perfect for something like 'Forever,' which is just very beautiful and you've got lots of elaborate voicings." When it came time to record the song, he brought both men to the studio at the same time. McDonald, who also sang backup, played the Fender Rhodes piano on the verses; Foster played grand piano on the choruses (he also did the string arrangements along with Marty Paich and Neil Larsen).

Richard Page and Steve George of Mr. Mister also sang backing vocals. Page and Loggins co-wrote the song "Who's Right, Who's Wrong," from Loggins' previous album, Keep The Fire.