Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine

The album's lead single, "Dreamtime", reached No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 on October 4, 1986, and remained on the chart for 15 weeks.[1] Receiving significant play on American radio stations across multiple formats, peaked at No. 3 on the Radio & Records CHR/Pop Airplay chart, No. 24 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, and number 11 on the Album Rock Tracks chart.[2][3][4] A club play hit as well, the remix version peaked at No. 36 on the Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play chart on October 15, 1986.[5] The song was ranked as the 53rd most successful song of 1986 across contemporary hit radio in the United States by Radio & Records.[6]

The next single, "Foolish Pride", peaked at No. 33 on the Hot 100 on the December 6, 1986, remaining on the chart for 13 weeks.[1] It peaked at No. 29 on the Radio & Records CHR/Pop Airplay chart and No. 21 on the Adult Contemporary chart.[7][3] Crossing over to the R&B charts, the single reached number 91 on the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart on December 27, 1986.[8] The single also reached No. 29 on the Cashbox Top 100.[9]

The last single, "Someone Like You", went to No. 57 on the Hot 100 on February 21, 1987, during an eight-week chart run in early 1987.[1] On the Adult Contemporary chart, it peaked at No. 11.[3]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[10]
Robert Christgau	(C)[11]

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic commented that 3 Hearts is a record "tied to its time", and that "although he couldn't quite pull it together at the time, of interest as a portrait of where Hall was in 1986."[10] Robert Christgau was far more critical, giving the record a C and stating that the album was "bloated by endless codas, superfluous instrumentation, hall upon hall of vocal mirrors, and the artist's unshakable confidence that his talent makes him significant."[11]

• Produced by Daryl Hall, Dave Stewart and T-Bone Wolk; "What's Gonna Happen To Us" produced by Daryl Hall.
• Recorded between October 1985 and May 1986.
• Engineer at Studio de la Grande in Armee, Paris, France – Manu Guiot; assisted by Frederick Defaye and Serge Pauchard.
• Engineer at The Church in Crouch End, London, England – Jon Bavin; assisted by Stephen Gallifent.
• Engineer at Marcus Studios, London – Manu Guiot; assisted by Dick Beetham and Tim Burrell.
• Engineers at Right Track Studios, New York City – Frank Filipetti and Manu Guiot; assisted by Noah Baron and Paul Hamingson.
• Engineer at Electric Lady Studio, New York City – Manu Guiot; assisted by Ken Steiger.
• Mixed by Bob Clearmountain at Electric Lady Studio, except "For You": Mixed by Frank Filipetti at Electric Lady; Filipetti was assisted by Ken Steiger.
• Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Masterdisk (New York City, NY).
• Art Direction and Design – Jeb Brien and Joe Stelmach
• Hand Tinting – Cheryl Winser
• Photography – Paul Elledge

• Daryl Hall – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, guitars, mandolin, drum programming
• Robbie Kilgore – keyboards
• Mike Klvana – keyboards, Synclavier programming
• Patrick Seymour – keyboards, E-mu Emulator II sampling
• Stephen Gillifant – E-mu Emulator II sampling
• Ric Morcombe – guitars
• G.E. Smith – guitars
• Jamie West-Oram – guitars
• David A. Stewart – guitars, guitar solo (1), drum programming
• Robbie McIntosh – guitars, guitar solo (4)
• Tom "T-Bone" Wolk – guitars, mandolin, bass guitar
• Tony Beard – drums, additional percussion
• Michel De La Porte – percussion
• Steve Ferrone – additional percussion
• Olle Romo – additional percussion
• Jimmy Bralower – drum programming
• Manu Guiot – drum programming
• Steve Harvey – drum programming
• Bob Riley – drum programming
• Lenny Pickett – saxophone
• Dick Morrissey – saxophone solo (3)
• Michael Kamen – string arrangements and conductor (1)
• June Montana – additional backing vocals (1)
• Kate St. John – additional backing vocals (1)
• Bob Geldof – additional backing vocals (2, 5)
• Joni Mitchell – additional backing vocals (8)