Peak
5
Weeks
25
Score
3,731
Chart Year
1982
Dean Pitchford and Tom Snow wrote this song as a modern take on "She Loves You" by The Beatles - the idea of hearing about someone's affections from another person. Snow and Pitchford were always swapping song ideas, and this song gelled when Snow came up with the vamp. Pitchford told Songfacts: "If you listen to the bass line and the motif of that song. He played it for me and when he got to the chorus and the (singing) 'dun dun da da da da da da' I had this idea: this might be the song where we write our modern day 'She Loves You.' I said, this could be the 'You should hear.' But the first thing that I gave him was 'You should hear the way she talks about you,' and it was a little awkward, it tripped over itself. He took it and he jagged it up, with the (staccato), 'You. Should. Hear. How. She. Talks. About. You.' With all those catch-rhythms. That was another case where we planted that title on the first line. Then I took away the rest of the melody and wrote the rest from there." Pitchford and Snow teamed up again to write the #1 hit "Let's Hear It For The Boy" for Pitchford's movie Footloose. This was first recorded in 1981 by Charlie Dore, a British female singer who had a US #10 hit in 1980 with "Pilot Of The Airwaves." Her version didn't catch on, but when Manchester recorded it a year later, it became a big hit and won a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Melissa Manchester was a top female vocalist of the late '70s and early '80s. She was mostly known for ballads like "Midnight Blue" (#6, 1975) and "Don't Cry Out Loud" (#10, 1979), but had her biggest hit with this uptempo song, which was the last of her seven Top 10 hits in the US, and also her biggest. >
You Should Hear How She Talks About You Melissa Manchester Tom Snow/Dean Pitchford She's so very nice you should break the ice Let her know that she's on your mind Whatcha tryin' to hide when you know inside She's the best thing you'll ever find? Ahh, can't you see it? Don't you think she's feeling the same? Ahh, I guarantee it, She's the one that's calling your name CHORUS: You should hear how she talks about you, You should hear what she says She says she would be lost without you, She's half out of her head (out of her head) You should hear how she talks about you, She just can't get enough. She says she would be lost without you, She is really in love. (spoken) She's in love with you boy I ain't tellin' tales, anybody else Could repeat the things that I've heard She's been talkin' sweet and it's on the street How our girlfriend's spreadin' the word Ahh, you should hurry, You should let her know how you feel Ahh, now don't you worry If you're scared this love is for real You should hear how she talks about you, You should hear what she says She says she would be lost without you, She's half out of her head (out of her head) You should hear how she talks about you, She is really in love (She is really in love) Ahh, you should hurry You should let her know how you feel Ahh, now don't you worry If you're scared this love is for real CHORUS Talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk Can'tcha see? (Can'tcha see?) It's me! CHORUS
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | May 22, 1982 | 76 | 50 |
| 2 | May 29, 1982 | 64 | 62 |
| 3 | Jun 5, 1982 | 59 | 67 |
| 4 | Jun 12, 1982 | 54 | 72 |
| 5 | Jun 19, 1982 | 47 | 79 |
| 6 | Jun 26, 1982 | 45 | 81 |
| 7 | Jul 3, 1982 | 42 | 84 |
| 8 | Jul 10, 1982 | 32 | 94 |
| 9 | Jul 17, 1982 | 30 | 96 |
| 10 | Jul 24, 1982 | 26 | 100 |
| 11 | Jul 31, 1982 | 22 | 104 |
| 12 | Aug 7, 1982 | 15 | 111 |
| 13 | Aug 14, 1982 | 13 | 113 |
| 14 | Aug 21, 1982 | 11 | 115 |
| 15 | Aug 28, 1982 | 11 | 115 |
| 16 | Sep 4, 1982 | 6 | 120 |
| 17 | Sep 11, 1982 | 6 | 120 |
| 18 | Sep 18, 1982 | 5 | 121 |
| 19 | Sep 25, 1982 | 5 | 121 |
| 20 | Oct 2, 1982 | 5 | 121 |