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Seth Swirsky
Seth A. Swirsky (born August 5, 1960) is an American pop music songwriter (including the Grammy-nominated "Tell It to My Heart"), an author, a recording artist, a filmmaker, a political writer and a noted baseball memorabilia collector.
After graduating from Dartmouth College in 1982, Swirsky wrote the Grammy-nominated hit "Tell It to My Heart" with Ernie Gold for Taylor Dayne. The song was on the Billboard Pop Singles Chart for six months in 1988, reaching No. 7.
The song was also a No. 1 hit in Germany, The Netherlands and Sweden and No. 3 in the UK. In 2002, Kelly Llorenna’s version of the song went to No. 9 on the British charts. The song won Swirsky an ASCAP songwriter's award for being one of the most performed songs of the year.[citation needed] In 2006, the song was recorded by the Royal Gigolos and spent two weeks on the Swiss charts at No. 2. The song was used in the national[clarification needed] ad campaign for Cheetos in 2016.
Swirsky wrote Dayne's follow-up top ten hit, "Prove Your Love," with Arnie Roman. That song was a No. 7 Billboard pop hit as well as a No. 1 Billboard dance hit. It reached No. 1 in Switzerland, No. 4 in Germany and No. 8 in the UK.[citation needed]
Swirsky wrote "Love is a Beautiful Thing," which was recorded by Al Green for his 1995 album Your Heart's in Good Hands. Green's version was also used as Revlon's theme song in their international ad campaign in 2004.
Swirsky composed "Instant Pleasure" for Rufus Wainwright, which was featured in Adam Sandler's Big Daddy (1999).[citation needed] He wrote "Did You Give Enough Love" with Arnie Roman for Celine Dion (a top 20 song in Canada),[citation needed] "Tear it Up" with Gardner Cole for Michael McDonald (a Billboard top 30 Adult Contemporary US hit and top 40 British charting single), "After All"[citation needed] for Air Supply, "Not Gonna Be the One" for Olivia Newton-John's Greatest Hits album, Back to Basics: The Essential Collection 1971–1992 and "Christmas Lullaby" for Faith Evans.[citation needed] Others he has written songs for include Jane Weidlin of The Go-Go's, Peter Allen, Brenda K. Starr, Trey Lorenz, Melissa Manchester, Rita Coolidge, Exposé and Wild Orchid.
During his career he has collaborated with Eric Carmen[citation needed] of Raspberries, David Pack of Ambrosia, Marshall Crenshaw, Felix Cavaliere of The Rascals, Cy Curnin of The Fixx, Jim Ellison of Material Issue, Gerry Goffin, Chynna Phillips and Steve Kipner.
Swirsky was featured as the "Writer of the Week" in the 2011 Nov./Dec.issue of American Songwriter magazine. That same year, he sang the National Anthem before a Cubs baseball game at Wrigley Field.
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Seth Swirsky
Seth A. Swirsky (born August 5, 1960) is an American pop music songwriter (including the Grammy-nominated "Tell It to My Heart"), an author, a recording artist, a filmmaker, a political writer and a noted baseball memorabilia collector.
After graduating from Dartmouth College in 1982, Swirsky wrote the Grammy-nominated hit "Tell It to My Heart" with Ernie Gold for Taylor Dayne. The song was on the Billboard Pop Singles Chart for six months in 1988, reaching No. 7.
The song was also a No. 1 hit in Germany, The Netherlands and Sweden and No. 3 in the UK. In 2002, Kelly Llorenna’s version of the song went to No. 9 on the British charts. The song won Swirsky an ASCAP songwriter's award for being one of the most performed songs of the year.[citation needed] In 2006, the song was recorded by the Royal Gigolos and spent two weeks on the Swiss charts at No. 2. The song was used in the national[clarification needed] ad campaign for Cheetos in 2016.
Swirsky wrote Dayne's follow-up top ten hit, "Prove Your Love," with Arnie Roman. That song was a No. 7 Billboard pop hit as well as a No. 1 Billboard dance hit. It reached No. 1 in Switzerland, No. 4 in Germany and No. 8 in the UK.[citation needed]
Swirsky wrote "Love is a Beautiful Thing," which was recorded by Al Green for his 1995 album Your Heart's in Good Hands. Green's version was also used as Revlon's theme song in their international ad campaign in 2004.
Swirsky composed "Instant Pleasure" for Rufus Wainwright, which was featured in Adam Sandler's Big Daddy (1999).[citation needed] He wrote "Did You Give Enough Love" with Arnie Roman for Celine Dion (a top 20 song in Canada),[citation needed] "Tear it Up" with Gardner Cole for Michael McDonald (a Billboard top 30 Adult Contemporary US hit and top 40 British charting single), "After All"[citation needed] for Air Supply, "Not Gonna Be the One" for Olivia Newton-John's Greatest Hits album, Back to Basics: The Essential Collection 1971–1992 and "Christmas Lullaby" for Faith Evans.[citation needed] Others he has written songs for include Jane Weidlin of The Go-Go's, Peter Allen, Brenda K. Starr, Trey Lorenz, Melissa Manchester, Rita Coolidge, Exposé and Wild Orchid.
During his career he has collaborated with Eric Carmen[citation needed] of Raspberries, David Pack of Ambrosia, Marshall Crenshaw, Felix Cavaliere of The Rascals, Cy Curnin of The Fixx, Jim Ellison of Material Issue, Gerry Goffin, Chynna Phillips and Steve Kipner.
Swirsky was featured as the "Writer of the Week" in the 2011 Nov./Dec.issue of American Songwriter magazine. That same year, he sang the National Anthem before a Cubs baseball game at Wrigley Field.
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