Marc Almond originally recorded the song as a solo track for his album The Stars We Are and was released as a follow-up to his single "Bitter Sweet". By then, Gene Pitney had heard of Almond's version and offered to re-record it with him, as a duet. This version replaced the solo version which was put on the B-side of the single. The duet reached number one on the UK Singles Chart in January 1989. A music video featuring the duo was recorded in Las Vegas.

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The song was covered by Vicky Leandros in 1968, along with a Greek version the same year titled "To Mistiko Sou" ("Your secret") on her Greek album Vicky (To Mistiko Sou) which became a hit. The same year in French by Herbert Léonard "Quelque chose en moi tient mon cœur". In 1985 this song was covered, with alternative lyrics, by the Window Speaks on the single and after in 1987 on their album Heartland. Following Marc Almond's success across Europe, in 1989 Leandros released a 12-inch remix of "To Mistiko Sou" in Greece which topped the Greek charts.^[23] Since its release, both the English and Greek versions of the song have appeared on various Leandros compilations worldwide. In 2010, Greek singer Maro Lytra covered Leandros' Greek version of the song produced by Dimitris Kontopoulos.^{[citation needed]}

In 1986, the song was covered by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds on the album Kicking Against the Pricks.^{[citation needed]}

In 1996, Robson & Jerome covered the song for their second studio album Take Two.^{[citation needed]}

In 2012, the song was covered by Joe McElderry and is featured on his fourth studio album, Here's What I Believe.^[24] In 1990, The Shadows recorded an instrumental cover of the song on their studio album Reflection.^{[citation needed]}

Pate Mustajärvi recorded the Finnish version "Sydän syrjällään" as a duet with Sakari Kuosmanen in 1995. Finnish lyrics were by Juice Leskinen. The song appeared on the B-side of the single "Emmanuelle"^{[citation needed]}.

The song was covered by Dana Winner on her 2001 album Unforgettable.^{[citation needed]}

Another Finnish version called "Sydämeni osuman sai" was recorded by Siiri Nordin in 2003, with Finnish lyrics by Pauli Hanhiniemi.^[25]

The song was featured in the 2015 film The Lobster, where it was performed by Garry Mountaine and Olivia Colman.^[26]

The song was also adapted in Malay with the title "Tak Sanggup" by the Malay pop group, X-Factor, in 2004.^{[citation needed]}

The song was also covered by New Zealand singer Bic Runga in 2008 for her album Try to Remember Everything.^{[citation needed]}