Dolly Parton followed up her Platinum-selling Here You Come Again with 1978’s Heartbreaker, another album aimed at the pop market. This one was even more of a stretch, at times dabbling in the era’s disco sound.
Dolly wrote six of the album’s ten tracks, penning another double single that sent two songs up the charts: ‘Baby I’m Burnin” was a Top 40 crossover success while ‘I Really Got the Feeling’ topped the Country chart.
Lead single ‘Heartbreaker,’ a cover, splits the difference between country and pop and features a standout vocal by Parton. Another cover, ‘It’s Too Late to Love Me Now,’ became a country staple, recorded by a slew of artists in subsequent years (including Cher in 1979).
This album is all over the place, super disco at times and super country at others. Parton is surprisingly strong on the pop tracks, though her heart seems to belong more in the country.
Regardless, she doesn’t seem to be chasing a fad so much as expanding her sound, and it’s an impressive evolution.
You look at me that way
I know what your eyes say
Your eyes reflect love and desire
I see that you need me
I need you to please me
You touch me and set me on fire
[Verse 2]
It’s the way that you love me
The way that you touch me
The way that you whisper my name
I cannot resist you
Each time I kiss you
Then everything goes up in flames
[Chorus]
Baby, I’m burnin’ out of control
Baby, I’m burnin’, body and soul
Hot as a pistol of flaming desire
Baby, I’m burnin’, you got me on fire
I’m on fire
[Verse 2]
This red hot emotion
Puts fireworks in motion
It looks like the Fourth of July
There’s no use in fighting
This fire you’ve ignited
Just stand back and watch the sparks fly
[Chorus]
Baby, I’m burnin’ out of control
Baby, I’m burnin’, body and soul
Hot as a pistol of flaming desire
Baby, I’m burnin’, you got me on fire
[Bridge]
Baby, I’m burnin’
Baby, I’m burnin’
Baby, I’m burnin’
Baby, I’m burnin’
[Chorus]
Baby, I’m burnin’ out of control
Baby, I’m burnin’, body and soul
Hot as a pistol of flaming desire
Baby, I’m burnin’, you got me on fire
Baby, I’m burnin’ out of control
Baby, I’m burnin’, body and soul
Hot as a pistol of flaming desire
Baby, I’m burnin’, you got me on fire
Baby, I’m burnin’ out of control
Baby, I’m burnin’, body and soul
Hot as a pistol of flaming desire
Baby, I’m burnin’, you got me on fire
Baby, I’m burnin’ out of control
Baby, I’m burnin’, body and soul
Hot as a pistol of flaming desire
Baby, I’m burnin’, you got me on fire
