Heartbeat - It's a Lovebeat

"Heartbeat - It's a Lovebeat" is a 1973 single by the Canadian group The DeFranco Family. It was the title track of their first album and the group's debut single.

"Heartbeat (It's a Lovebeat)"
Single by The DeFranco Family
from the album Heartbeat (It's a Lovebeat)
B-side"Sweet, Sweet Loretta"
ReleasedMay 1973[1]
GenrePop
Length2:59
Label20th Century Records
Songwriter(s)Mike Kennedy, Greg Williams
The DeFranco Family singles chronology
"Heartbeat (It's a Lovebeat)"
(1973)		 "Abra-Ca-Dabra"
(1973)

The song was a success in the United States and Canada. It reached number three in both nations, as well as reaching number six in Australia. It was their highest ranking song, and it became a gold record in the US. Were it not for Carly Simon's "You're So Vain", "Heartbeat" would have been the #1 song for 1973 on WLS, having racked up five consecutive weeks at #1 there, from 20 October through 17 November.[2]

"Heartbeat - It's a Lovebeat" was performed multiple times on various television programs, including The Mike Douglas Show, The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour, Jack Benny's Second Farewell Show, American Bandstand, and Dinah!

Songwriter Michael "Mike" Terrence Kennedy also "worked on many space programs from the early 1970s, including Saturn, Skylab, Delta, Titan and the international space station while working for McDonnell Douglas Astronautics and later on the Delta III and IV Launch Vehicle Programs for McDonnell Douglas and Boeing".[3]

A cover of this song appears as a bonus track on the Deluxe Edition of The Replacements' album Let It Be.

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References
  1. "'Heartbeat - It's a Lovebeat'/'Sweet, Sweet Loretta' - The DeFranco Family Featuring Tony DeFranco". 45cat. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
  2. "WLS MUSICRADIO 89 BIG 89 OF '73". Retrieved 2019-06-21.
  3. "Songs Written by Mike Kennedy". Second Hand Songs. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
  4. "Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on 2016-06-02. Retrieved 2016-12-26.
  5. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1973-12-15. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
  6. Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 69.
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-12-27. Retrieved 2016-12-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. "Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on 2016-06-02. Retrieved 2016-12-26.
  9. Top 100 Singles of '73
  10. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-07-15. Retrieved 2016-12-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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