[1] The song was recorded by 26 year old Diane Richards who was new to this side of the music business in spite of having worked in radio and having appeared in Annie hall and Mahogany.
[5] In an article about Diane Richards that appeared in the 2 April 1983 issue of Billboard, "Listen to Your Heart" was referred to as a promising effort.
The stations that had added it to their playlists were, WWIN, WCIN, WJMO, WTLC, WLUM, WAWA, WPAL, WNHC, WILD, WATV, and KPRS.
The writer said that "Listen to Your Heart" had made real cross-over headway and with the proper director she could go a long way.
[8] According to the 2 July issue of Billboard, Jimmy (Goodtime) Milner of WAWA in Milwaukee felt that the single was going all the way.
[9] On the week of 11 February, Diane Richards' single was added to the playlist of WWDM in Sumpter and KDIA on Oakland.
She came first in the Cash Box 1983 Black Contemporary Singles Awards New Female section with Madonna, Alfie Silas, Lydia Murdock and Pamela Nivens at 2, 3, 4 and 5 respectively.