Heartbeat (Jimmy Somerville song)

"Heartbeat" is the title of a 1995 song by Scottish pop singer-songwriter Jimmy Somerville, formerly the lead vocalist of the bands Bronski Beat and Communards.

"Heartbeat"
Single by Jimmy Somerville
from the album Dare to Love
B-side
  • "Up And Away"
  • Remix
ReleasedJanuary 1995 (1995-01)
Recorded1994
GenreDance-pop
Length4:26
LabelLondon Records (#857 943)
Songwriter(s)Richard Stannard
Matt Rowe
Jimmy Somerville
Producer(s)Stephen Hague
Gianfranco Bortolotti
B-side
Gary Butcher
Gary Wilkinson
Jimmy Somerville singles chronology
"Smalltown Boy '94"
(1994)		 "Heartbeat"
(1995)		 "Hurt So Good"
(1995)

Released as a single from his second solo album Dare to Love (1995), "Heartbeat" peaked at #24 on the UK singles chart in February of that year and at #15 in his native Scotland.[1][2] The song also topped the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play for one week in April 1995, becoming Somerville's first (and, to date, only) solo #1 on that chart.[3]

Backing vocals on the song are performed by Shawn Christopher and Yvonne Gage, both of whom are noted dance music singers in their own rights.

Credits and personnel

Charts

Peak positions
Chart (1995) Peak
position
Belgian VRT Top 30 (Flemish)[4] 26
Belgian Ultratop 50 (Flemish)[5] 44
German Media Control Charts[6] 54
Scottish Singles Chart[2] 15
UK Singles Chart[1] 24
U.S. Hot Dance Club Play[3] 1
U.S. Hot Dance Singles Sales[7] 15

See also

References
  1. UK - Singles Chart - "Heartbeat"
  2. Scotland - Singles Chart - "Heartbeat"
  3. U.S. - Hot Dance Club Play - "Heartbeat"
  4. Belgium - VRT Top 30 - "Heartbeat" Archived 2012-04-09 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Belgium - Ultratop 50 - "Heartbeat"
  6. Germany - Media Control Charts - "Heartbeat"
  7. U.S. - Hot Dance Singles Sales - "Heartbeat"
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