"Open Your Heart" is a song by British band M People, released in January 1995 by Deconstruction as the second single from their third album, Bizarre Fruit (1994).

[2] Larry Flick from Billboard constated that it "has already won the hearts of M People die-hards at club level, and it sports a hook that takes up instant residence in the brain upon impact."

He wrote, "Maestros Mike Pickering and Paul Heard blur, with notable finesse, the timeline dividing current house music trends and vintage Philly soul, while singer Heather Small continues to evolve into a smoky-voiced diva who may remind some of a club-minded Anita Baker.

[5] In his weekly UK chart commentary, James Masterton wrote that it "appears to be doing little more than recycling a formula, making for a hit that is doubtless well produced and immaculately performed yet is somehow rather tedious.

"[6] Howard Cohen from The Miami Herald wrote, "Just try shaking the hook of the infectious first single, 'Open Up Your Heart', once its simple, call-to-the-dancefloor keyboard riff opens the drum- and bass-heavy tune.

"[11] People Magazine noted the "classic good hooks" of the track and Small's "booming alto [which] is hard to shake and, like her pineapple-shaped coif, impossible to ignore.

[15] Mark Sutherland from Smash Hits gave it three out of five, writing, "And, sure enough, 'Open Your Heart' is an almighty disco stomper that widdles all over Loveland for the top of a ladder on the roof of the Empire State Building.

"[16] Charles Aaron from Spin said about 'Open Your Heart'/'Search for the Hero', that "this British disco collective is just a more conventional version of Ten City, but their thumping anthems give you a lift over a scenic bridge to a homey chorus that opens up like a window shade on a sunny day.

Produced by Matthew Amos, this more adventurous offering showed the band in an elevator moving between floors and watching clubbers come in and out of the sliding doors exiting onto another dancefloor.

[19][20] With four remixes in total across both CD singles, from the likes of Armand van Helden, Fire Island, Luv Dup and Brothers in Rhythm, "Open Your Heart" had a set of club versions.

For the first time, specifically for a remix, Heather went back into the recording studio for Brothers in Rhythm to re-sing both the verses and chorus in a different arrangement.