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<p>DEDICATED TO MY WIFE JOANNE! </p><p><br></p><h1>I Cross My Heart</h1><p><br></p><p>"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:GS_-_I_cross_my_heart_single.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/67/GS_-_I_cross_my_heart_single.jpg/250px-GS_-_I_cross_my_heart_single.jpg" height="247" width="250"></a></p><p>"<strong>I Cross My Heart</strong>" is a song written by&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Dorff" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Steve Dorff</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Kaz" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Eric Kaz</a>, and recorded by American&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">country music</a>&nbsp;artist&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Strait" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">George Strait</a>. It was released in September 1992 as the first single to his album&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pure_Country_(soundtrack)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Pure Country</em></a>, which is also the soundtrack to the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pure_Country" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">movie of the same title</a>. It reached number-one in both the United States and Canada. The song is featured as the movie's finale.</p><p>Background<span style="color: var(--color-subtle,#54595d);">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=I_Cross_My_Heart&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">edit</a><span style="color: var(--color-subtle,#54595d);">]</span></p><p>"I Cross My Heart" was written by Steve Dorff and Eric Kaz in 1982. Doreff had recorded a demo-tape in a&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">rhythm and blues</a>-styling similar to vocal group&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyz_II_Men" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Boyz II Men</a>.&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bette_Midler" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bette Midler</a>&nbsp;originally recorded a piano-ballad version on the song in 1984 for inclusion in one of her films, but the song was removed from final production. George Strait recorded the song for the film&nbsp;<em>Pure Country</em>&nbsp;after hearing the song in a performance by Doreff, who pitched the song for the film's ending ballad.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Cross_My_Heart#cite_note-paulson-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[2]</a></p>