Black Black Heart

"Black Black Heart" is a song written by David Usher and Jeff Pearce and released as a second single off Usher's 2001 album Morning Orbit.[1] Although it became a minor hit in Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland, it rose to number three in Greece and spent over 25 weeks on the country's singles chart. The music video won two MuchMusic Video Awards.

"Black Black Heart"
Single by David Usher
from the album Morning Orbit
Released2001
Genre
Length3:26
LabelEMI Music Canada (7243 550181 2 0)
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
David Usher singles chronology
"Forestfire"
(1998)		 "Black Black Heart"
(2001)		 "A Day in the Life"
(2001)

Overview

There are three versions of the song. The album and radio remix versions feature Julie Galios from the band My Brilliant Beast. The harder rock version, which was found as a hidden track on the album and is also referred to as "Black Black Heart 2.0", features vocals by Kim Bingham. The chorus samples The Flower Duet (Sous le dôme épais), a famous duet for sopranos from Léo Delibes' opera Lakmé, as a hook.

Music video

The music video for Black Black Heart features Usher singing the song in an apartment in a big house at night, with the scenes of him singing being intercut with various scenes showing other inhabitants of the house doing more or less usual things. It won two MuchMusic Video Awards for Best Post-Production (for Kurt Ritchie and Jeff Campbell) and Best Pop Video (for Usher) in 2002.[2]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Black Black Heart (CHR Mix)"3:29
2."Black Black Heart (2.0)"3:26
3."Too Close to The Sun"3:54

Charts
Chart (2002) Peak
position
Germany (Official German Charts)[3] 82
Greece (IFPI)[4] 3
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[5] 87
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[6] 45

Cover versions

Rene Liu and Stanley Huang recorded a Chinese version called Travel Separately (分开旅行 / Fēnkāi lǚxíng), but only with the lyrics changed and became a huge success. Usher and Pearce were credited for the song.[7] Usher also made a version of the tune in French, with popular Québec singer Marie-Mai singing on the track, as a special guest.

References
  1. "David Usher, Black Black Heart". allmusic.com. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  2. "Winners of the 2002 MuchMusic Video Awards handed out last night in Toronto", The Toronto Star, June 17, 2002
  3. "Offiziellecharts.de – David Usher – Black Black Heart". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved June 28, 2020.
  4. "Top 50 Singles" (in Greek). IFPI. Archived from the original on October 6, 2002. Retrieved June 28, 2020. See Best column.
  5. "Dutchcharts.nl – David Usher – Black Black Heart" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved June 28, 2020.
  6. "Swisscharts.com – David Usher – Black Black Heart". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved June 28, 2020.
  7. "Black Black Heart – 分开旅行 (Travelling Separately)". ryan-mclaughlin.com. July 20, 2007. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
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