"If Looks Could Kill" is the name of a song recorded by rock band Heart

Heart (band)

Heart is an American rock band who first found success in Canada. Throughout several lineup changes, the only two members remaining constant are sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson. The group rose to fame in the 1970s with their music being influenced by hard rock as well as folk music...

. It was released as the fifth and final single from the band's self-titled 1985

1985 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1985.-January–March:*January 1 - The newest music video channel, VH-1, debuts on American cable. It is aimed at an older demographic than its sister station, MTV...

 album Heart

Heart (Heart album)

Heart is the self-titled eighth studio album, but ninth album overall, released by Heart. Released in 1985, the album completed the band's transition into a pop group, a genre that yielded the band its greatest success by far, marking the band's Capitol Records debut, and it spent 92 weeks on the...

. Musically the song is similar to early Heart tunes, as it is an aggressive, hard rock number. Lyrically, Ann Wilson

Ann Wilson

Ann Dustin Wilson is an American musician, best known as the lead singer, flute player, songwriter, and occasional guitar player of the rock band Heart.-Personal life:...

 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

These Dreams

"These Dreams" is a song by the rock band Heart released in 1986 from their 1985 self-titled album. It was the first song by the band to become a number one hit on the Billboard Hot 100.-Origin of the song:...

") from the Heart album, "If Looks Could Kill" stalled at number fifty-four on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

. The band would rebound the following year with Bad Animals

Bad Animals

Bad Animals is the ninth studio album, but tenth album overall by the rock band Heart. Released in 1987, the album was a big hit, and was almost as successful as their previous record Heart in 1985. RIAA certification as of 2010 is 5 times platinum, indicating sales in excess of 5 million in the US...

, and their most successful single yet ("Alone

Alone (Heart song)

-Céline Dion version:Céline Dion covered "Alone" for her 2007 album Taking Chances. It was released as the second single in Europe and North America, and third in the United Kingdom...

").

"If Looks Could Kill" was originally recorded by Pamala Stanley

Pamala Stanley

Pamala Stanley is a Disco, Hi-NRG, Club/Dance and Dance-pop singer from Norfolk, Virginia, United States. She scored many dance chart and dance radio hits from the late 1970s to the late 1980s...

 in 1985. Stanley's pop version was featured in the Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger is an Austrian-American former professional bodybuilder, actor, businessman, investor, and politician. Schwarzenegger served as the 38th Governor of California from 2003 until 2011....

 film Raw Deal

Raw Deal (1986 film)

Raw Deal is 1986 action film directed by John Irvin and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. It is the story of an elderly and embittered high-ranking FBI agent who wants to get revenge against a Mafia organization, and sends a former FBI agent played by Schwarzenegger to destroy the organization from...

in 1986.

Chart performance

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