Heartbeat (Jimmy Somerville song)

"Heartbeat"
Single by Jimmy Somerville
from the album Dare to Love
B-side	"Up And Away" Remix
Released	January 1995 (1995-01)
Format	12", maxi, CD
Recorded	1994
Genre	Dance-pop
Length	04:26
Label	London Records (#857 943)
Writer(s)	Richard Stannard Matt Rowe Jimmy Somerville
Producer(s)	Stephen Hague Gianfranco Bortolotti B-side Gary Butcher Gary Wilkinson
singles chronology
"Smalltown Boy '94" (1994) ""Heartbeat" (1995) "Hurt So Good" (1995)

"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.

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. 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.

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

• Jimmy Somerville - lead vocal, writer
• Shawn Christopher - back vocal
• Yvonne Gage - back vocal
• Richard Stannard - writer
• Matt Rowe - writer
• Stephen Hague - record producer, mix
• Gianfranco Bortolotti - producer
• Danny Weatherspoon - keyboards
• Eric Miller - remix, arranger
• Luca Lauri - mix, arranger
• Massimo Braghieri - arranger
• Mike Drake - remix
• DJ R.A.F. - remix
• Plus Staples - remix
• George Maniatis - edit
• Jeff Luif - engineer, mix
• Tiziano Giupponi - mix
• Mauro Picotto - arranger
• Massimo Castrezzati - arranger
• Roberto Cipro - arranger
• Gary Butcher - writer, producer, (B-side)
• Gary Wilkinson - producer, mix (B-side)

Charts

Peak positions

Chart (1995)	Peak position
Belgian VRT Top 30 (Flemish)	26
Belgian Ultratop 50 (Flemish)	44
German Media Control Charts	54
UK Singles Chart	24
U.S. Hot Dance Club Play	1
U.S. Hot Dance Singles Sales	15

Chart precessions and successions

Preceded by "Atomic" by Blondie

Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single April 15, 1995

Succeeded by "The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall into My Mind)" by The Bucketheads

See also

• List of number-one dance singles of 1995 (U.S.)

External links

• Jimmy Somerville > Discography > Singles & EPs > "Heartbeat" at Discogs
• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics