Inside Information is the sixth studio album by the British-American rock band Foreigner, released on December 7, 1987.
Allmusic later noted that the single was a "good example" of the band's "balancing act" as "the guitar-heavy style of their early work gave way to slick arrangements that pushed electronics to the fore...temper(ing) its rock guitar edge...and Lou Gramm's quasi-operatic vocals...by thick layers of chiming synthesizers and an array of electronic textures.
Allmusic would later observe that while "the end result lacked the distinctive rock touches of past Foreigner ballads, Lou Gramm contributes a lead vocal that avoids histrionics in favor of an emotional but very smooth delivery" over "washes of synthesizer...fleshed out by some meditative electric piano riffs".
The #5 Hot 100 peak was their best showing in six singles, yet despite being followed up by more impassioned, up-tempo material it would be their last major pop hit to date.
Cash Box said that even if "Heart Turns to Stone" could be called "corporate rock" the song works, and that "what Foreigner loses in pure originality they gain in accessibility and clarity.