Written and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman, the song was released the same year as the second single from the album, Hold Me in Your Arms.

Celebrating the announcement of the Hold Me in Your Arms remastered edition studio album, the music video has been upgraded to 4K as of 14 April 2023.

[3] A small amount of controversy was raised around the synthesiser programming similarities of "Big Fun", the hit single recorded by American band Inner City, and Astley's "Take Me to Your Heart".

A review in Pan-European magazine Music & Media presented the song as "an unmistakeable SAW production with a strong melody and an admirably sparse arrangement".

[6] When reviewing the parent album, both Music & Media and Number One cited "Take Me to Your Heart" as one of the best tracks from Hold Me in Your Arms.