You Gotta Have Heart (from Damn Yankees) 

"When they say you can't win, that's when the grin should start." That line makes me smile.

If you haven't ever watched this movie - do yourself a favor and watch it. It's damn good start to finish. Makes ya smile and maybe even shed a tear or two.

Had to hear this again…one of my Dad’s favorite songs to sing around the house…miss you Daddy ❤

for those of you who don't know the baseball coach was the same actor who played the commanding officer in the film version of South Pacific. he was also in the original show of damn Yankees

I used to watch this movie on TV in the late 1960s and early 1970s with my family. We were eating Jiffy Pop Popcorn and drinking lemonade and singing along with this song.

They may be lousy ballplayers, but they sure can harmonize!

“We gotta get better ‘cause we can’t get worse” This should be the anthem of 2021!

They should play and perform this song the first day of every baseball season...on the field! What an inspiring song!

My father was a Yankees fan even tho we lived in Bklyn...we would ride the subway up to the old Yankee Stadium...Mickey Mantle was my hero. Then a Mets fan....and Colorado rockies fan. Loved damn Yankees and Gwen Verdun. Rooted for the Washington Nationals last year ! May i suggest you watch Penny Marshall's A League of their Own.

I LOVED THIS MOVIE! [I SAW IT IN 1958] AND, I LOVE THIS SONG! AS A COLLEGE BIOLOGY TEACHER, I PLAYED THIS SONG FOR MY CLASS TO KICK OFF OUR LESSON ON OUR HUMAN HEART. THEY LOVED IT!

Congrats on winning the World Series, Nationals!

this was my grandfathers favorite song, Richard R. Jordan of Groton, CT. he preformed many times in local productions of this musical. He unfortunately passed away this past October. I sing this song at least once a day now, i never quite appreciated its beauty until now.

I played in a local pit orch for this production and this remains one of my favorite musicals ever

I woke up this morning hearing this song! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Awesome! No need for a new movie version of this show. It is a classic on its own.

The absolutely perfect group for this Magnificant song.

What a marvelous number. So simple yet so effective. Much of the appeal comes from the actor’s’ expressions and reactions.

This version was hit record in the 50s!

This brings me back . I remember when there was a rain delay during a Braves game ( in old Atlanta Fulton County Stadium ) they would always play this clip on the video board . I haven't seen or heart this in years . Thanks for posting this ! 👍

What an inspiring song, brings tears to my eyes. All in a encouraging way. Go out and spread" Love "

I remember hearing this in a commercial when I was a kid 40 years ago in Michigan. The commercial was promoting the Art museum in Detroit and they sang "you gotta have Art"

I grew up a Washington Senators fan, so this clip means a lot to me. Thanx for sharing!!

I'm only 64, but I remember this song playing on the radio when I was a child-my mom loved music, and so do I. I like this song! 😊

one of my most watched and favorite film growing up, thanks to my Pop love ya

Jimmie was so thrilled to be directed by George Abbott! Loved his high notes as 'Rocky'. (I worked for Jimmie Komack, during his "Chico and the Man" series, which he created!). Still so fun to watch this!

Baseball is the most beautiful thing. Ever.

My favorite baseball movie!!! Nothing comes close!

Nats are in the World Series! First time the Series will be played in DC since 1933. That's probably what brought me here!

2019 NATIONALS...Miles and and miles of heart!!

Cub fans are awesome no doubt about it. Loyalty is what being a fan is all about. I can relate. I'm a New York Ranger fan. 54 years without the Cup and the building was full every night.

Thanks for posting. Great song and a message we could certainly use more off in today's times.

I just barely got back from that play at my college campus. It was amazing. Those guys really knocked it out of the park.

This movie makes me root for the underdog. Perhaps that is why I have been a Cleveland Browns Fan for nearly 50 years. Every year you hope that it is going to be your year, but you never give up no matter how many times your team loses.

All these guys are perfect here.

in the 60s this movie played the old million $ movie. once a day and twice on the weekend. I saw it every time and fell in love with it. I only wish I could have seen the live show

The dude who wrote this just pass away, Great music from a by gone time.

How wonderful and true! Thank you for sharing! It brought joy to my heart ❤️

Missing my uncle Willie. So much love to his soul!

I'm pgoing thrtough an extremely challenging time in my life(might be homeless soon). While walking my dog today, this song popped inmy head and keeps playing over and over. I couldn't remember having heard it before, so As soon as I could, I looked it up and got here!

Just a nationals fan who stumbled here. Respect

I have loved this movie ever since my high school class put on the play Damn Yankees! Thanks for uploading. Can't beat a classic!

This song gave me goosebumps 💜✨🙏

Closest to a foolproof musical number . . . as you can reasonably expect. All kinds of singers can do this justice . . .

"Damn Yankees" (the original) was the first Broadway show I saw (when I was 10)...Baseball and a semi-undressed Gwen Vernon (as Lola)...Broadway theater shows were for me!

Da cubs got heart! A few years ago a stray kitty got loose on the field during a game and cubs management saw to it that the kitty was rescued and taken to a no-kill cat shelter, The Tree House. ☺

Happy Anniversary to Damn Yankees!, which opened on Broadway on May 5, 1955!

The Nats are back. Proving that you've gotta have heart! Notes: the film shows crowd shots from dear old Griffith Stadium, the park with some of the longest dimensions and oddest configurations in baseball. See the zig-zag CF wall? It had to be built around the back yards of a few DC townhouses (= NY brownstones) owned by people who would not sell. Straightaway CF was shorter than a few feet to the right. RF wall was at least 30 feet high. LF wall, the bleachers, only ten feet high, but originally 405 feet on the line; a short 350 feet when this was filmed. Nats left-fielder Roy Sievers is the number 2 who trots out Joe Hardy's homers. Sievers was AL HR champ in 1957. The manager is clearly a filmed version of Bucky Harris, three-time Washington manager. The owner is much like Clark Griffith, a founder of the AL as a player -- he was leader of the players who bolted the NL to the AL. The Joe Hardy Clubs are like the Knothole Gang, a kids' club chaired by Bob Wolff, the Senators' Hall of Fame TV broadcaster...still working today at about 92 years old. Bob is a sports reporter for a Long Island station. Bob looks somewhat different than 60 years ago, but the voice is the same. Incidentally, Bob has given the Library of Congress several thousand hours of his broadcasts. I can't wait for them to be prepared and put on line.

Some great words that a lot should REALLY listen to.

2:34 "what's the use of crying?" imagine that Tom Hanks bursts out of a time warp shouting "THERE'S NO CRYING IN BASEBALL!!"

We did Damn Yankees when I was in HS & it was awesome XD

This song is also great for those of us who know someone w/a heart transplant! Cheers & thanks for posting this.

Great musical!

This song played over and over and over on the radio. For the record version, the opening was changed to "Listen to me YOU GUYS" as I recall. :) The Washington Senators became to Minnesota Twins in 1960.

Before my time really, but a wonderful part of the soundtrack of this life. Positive thinking at it's finest.

i remember watching this with my dad as a kid and the songs were so catchy now 15 years later i can still sing along to them.

The Texas Rangers came from a reincarnation of the Washington Senators. While not the same Senators depicted in “Damn Yankees,” the lack of success by these new Senators seemed to haunt the Rangers over the years. Using the musical as an inspiration we played, “You Gotta Have Heart” before every WS game and the Rangers won whenever we played the scene. Coincide? Absolutely, but in the end, they had heart. Congratulations to the Texas Rangers World Series Champs 2023.

Best Broadway on you tube!!! Thanks!

This song makes me happy. I love this song!!!!!!

This describes the 2015 Mets to a tee. Talent is important, but the attitude is what determines your altitude!

I remember playing Smokey in a school production of this show. Best role I ever had. XD

this always guarantees a smile....

Yeah I was in the drama club in HS - we did Damn Yankees. It was a blast. Great times. :)

I remember during rain delays at Old Atlanta Fulton County Stadium , they used to play this clip on the big scoreboard during rain delays back in the 70's , this brings me back !

I have a lot of love for this song, this is a song we sang this song during theater club at my school and I still most of the words.

“There’s nothing to it but to do it!"

Wonderful musical, marvelous and catchy tune but, believe me, if you had ever seen the old Washington Senators play in Griffiths Stadium in D. C. in the 50s, you'd realize that heart just ain't enough. They were miserable! My dad took me to a three-game series with the Yanks and that's when I started to dig The Mick, Whitey Ford, Yogi, and the crew. Never looked back until the Giants moved to S. F. and Willie Mays became my other hero.

GREAT SONG. ICONIC VIDEO. AMAZING PREFORMANCE. EPIC SINGING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. KEEP GOING.

I saw a community theatre troupe do this play (did it very well). Lola was played by the president of city council. When she pushed an ordinance thru, we nodded and said, "What Lola wants, Lola gets."

This was the great stuff that we have forgotten.... today.....You gotta have heart!!!

love these movies from the 40s 50s. always had uplifting story lines.

Next to "Goodbye Old girl," and "Those were the good old days," this is my favorite song from the whole musical.

That tenor (i think he's a tenor anyway, the skinny guy) has an amazing singing voice. His part is by far my favorite in this song

great musical we got heart !!!!

Awesome stuff!

I've listened to this song about twenty times and and love it..... Hey.... goatta go..... the song is starting again!!!!

I knew this song from when i was much younger, my mom would play it for me. I only figured out recently that it’s from this musical when I watched it with her to prepare for my audition for a production of this show. Btw i got in, as Smokey.

this song helps me.!!!

Thank you to my this years school musical for bringing me here! Love to see what's happening OUTSIDE the Pit!

Yay, Nats!! All heart.

I just watched the play at my highschool. It was amazing. The songs were catchy and silly enough, i found myself singing along to most of them. It was comical and very interesting. Half of the cast was full of my greatest friends and i had no idea how good of actors they were. They really gave me quite an interest in this movie. I'll have to watch it.

LOVE the song! even though I also love the Damn Yankees!

“The team has been consistent. Yeah we always lose!” Ha ha ha ha love it!

Great memory. Our Mother took us to see the Kenley Players production of Damn Yankees at The Ohio Theater in Columbus, Ohio when we were kids. Vincent Price played the devil. 😊

I played baseball. Then in '79 I saw All That Jazz ! I danced around the bases after that.

To all those who put together productions of Damn Yankees need to view this, especially this "Heart" sequence which holds true to the original libretto. I've looked all over youtube and found less-than-interesting renditions of this part of the show. For one thing, please notice that "Heart" is a quartet; not a quintet or group. It is 4-part barber-shop harmony (SATB), pure and simple. If your tenor cannot attack the high note on the last chord, don't do the song.

Great stuff! Thanks for posting--always loved this song.

one of my favorite movies and song!!

listen to that harmony!!!!! WOW!

great movie

Them Damn Yankees--they are still the bad boys of baseball

I grew up in MIchigan and remember that commercial as well. Thanks for reminding me.

I grew up in Livonia and remember that commercial for the DIA fondly. :)

Saw this in theatre in the round in Framingham Mass with Tony Perkins as Joe Hardy. Much more believable than as Jimmy Piersal.

Thank you

Great song!

i sang this for my schools musical, we stool the show with this

As a Clevelander I can certainly relate to this

awe I loke this musical and I am a Yankee fan

That was so good. Thank you for posting. Watched this when I was a kid.

Our 8th grade class is performing this tonight! Damn Yankees!