"Heading West" was the third single from Cyndi Lauper's album A Night to Remember.

"Heading West" was written by Lauper, Billy Steinberg

Billy Steinberg

William Endfield "Billy" Steinberg is an American songwriter. He has achieved most of his success as part of a song writing team, most notably with Tom Kelly. He has also co-written several hit songs with Rick Nowels.-Biography:...

 and Tom Kelly. The same team wrote "My First Night Without You

My First Night Without You

"My First Night Without You" is the second single released from Cyndi Lauper's third album A Night To Remember .-Song information:The ballad is about coming home for the first time without a partner being there after a break up. The video clip is also about this, with Lauper coming home after a...

, and the latter two wrote "True Colors

True Colors (song)

"True Colors" is a song written by songwriters Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly, additional lyrics by Cyndi Lauper. It was both the title track and the first single released from Cyndi Lauper's second album. It was the only original song on the album that Lauper did not help write...

", and "I Drove All Night

I Drove All Night

"I Drove All Night" is a song written by Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly and made famous by Cyndi Lauper. The song was originally written for Roy Orbison, who recorded it in 1987, but his rendition was not released until 1992, after the song had become a top 10 hit on both sides of the Atlantic for...

". The song is about moving on from a past relationship, which was the overall theme of the album. A video was also released which was black and white and had Lauper in an empty field. The song was released outside of the U.S.

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 The single

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 was a minor hit in the UK

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.

French Canadian pop star Mitsou

Mitsou

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 covered the song as the title track for a 1992 EP and also released it as a single. She added a French spoken word monologue to the end of the song.

Chart performance

Chart (1989)	Peak position
Colombian Singles Chart Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...	10
Poland Singles Chart	43
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	68