If Looks Could Kill

For the 1991 motion picture, see If Looks Could Kill (film).

"If Looks Could Kill"
Single by Heart
from the album Heart
B-side	"What He Don't Know"
Released	July 19, 1986
Genre	Hard rock
Length	3:42
Label	Capitol
Writer(s)	J. Conrad Beau Garrett
Producer	Ron Nevison
Heart singles chronology
"Nothin' at All" (1986) "If Looks Could Kill" (1986) "Alone" (1987)

"If Looks Could Kill" is the name of a song recorded by rock band Heart. It was released as the fifth and final single from the band's self-titled 1985 album Heart. Musically the song is similar to early Heart tunes, as it is an aggressive, hard rock number. Lyrically, Ann Wilson sings to a cheating lover, letting him know that "if looks could kill / you'd be lying on the floor".

After four top-ten U.S. singles (including the number-one "These Dreams") from the Heart album, "If Looks Could Kill" stalled at number fifty-four on the Billboard Hot 100. The band would rebound the following year with Bad Animals, and their most successful single yet ("Alone").

"If Looks Could Kill" was originally recorded by Pamala Stanley in 1985. Stanley's pop version was featured in the Arnold Schwarzenegger film Raw Deal in 1986.

Chart performance

Chart (1986)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	54