"Restless Heart" was Cetera's final of five number-one hits on the US Adult Contemporary chart, spending two weeks at the top.
Upon its release as a single, Billboard said the song is "... an engaging and rhythmic tune that is easily the toughest-sounding track we’ve heard from [Cetera] in years.
Song has a sing-along chorus that will sound quite nice on soft top 40 and AC stations.
"[2] Cetera received ASCAP honors for "Restless Heart" as a "most-performed song" in the society's 1994 pop awards.
[4] Maxi-CD[5] In 2010, Cetera and "Restless Heart" were featured in a television commercial for Heineken Premium Light beer in which an older man instructs a younger man that "if you love the ladies, by default you love Cetera.