"Open Your Heart" is a song by British band M People, released in January 1995 as the second single from their third album, Bizarre Fruit (1994). It was written by bandmembers Mike Pickering and Paul Heard, and produced by the band. The song peaked at number nine on the UK Singles Chart, and was a top 10 hit also in Finland and Scotland. In the US, it reached number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. Background Hot on the heels of their single "Sight for Sore Eyes" and a Top 5 album Bizarre Fruit and a sold out UK Tour, M People released this single in a slight reshuffle, as "Search for the Hero" was meant to be the second single but the band were re-editing the Bizarre Fruit version to a more radio friendly edit so "Open Your Heart" was released instead. The band had been on holiday together over the New Year break in Grenada, while dance mixes of this single had been released early and on UK radio, Pete Tong had been rotating several mixes on BBC Radio 1. Chart performance The single entered the chart outside the top 10 at number 11, but ever growing airplay and the release of the exclusive second CD meant that sales surged from 63,000 copies in its first week to 78,000 copies in its second. The single climbed from number 11 into the top 10 at number nine where it peaked, providing the band with their seventh consecutive top 10 hit in just two years since the release of "How Can I Love You More". It spent in total four weeks in the top 10 and a total seven weeks on the Singles Chart. The Bizarre Fruit album also underwent a resurgence in sales, re-entering the Album Chart top 10 at number eight, so the band once again recorded simultaneous single and album top 10s, being at numbers nine and eight, respectively in the first week of February 1995 like the last two singles. It also became M People's second single to top the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in the US in May 1995. Critical reception William Cooper from AllMusic noted that the song has an "obvious dance appeal" and a "touch of '70s R&B in the mix". Another editor, Jon O'Brien, called it an "uptempo" stomper. Larry Flick from Billboard constated that it "has