"Heartbeat" is a song by Scottish pop singer-songwriter Jimmy Somerville, formerly the lead vocalist of the bands Bronski Beat and Communards. Released in January 1995 as the first single from his second solo album, Dare to Love (1995), it peaked at number 24 on the UK Singles Chart in February of that year and reached number in his native Scotland. The song also topped the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play for one week in April 1995, becoming Somerville's first and only solo number one on that chart. Backing vocals on the song are performed by American dance music singers Shawn Christopher and Yvonne Gage.
Critical reception
In his weekly UK chart commentary, James Masterton wrote, "This new single marks his re-emergence from a musical lay-off with an inoffensive piece of Hi-NRG pop but not a record that is destined to make major waves on the chart."
Music video
The accompanying music video for "Heartbeat" was filmed in black-and-white.
Personnel
Jimmy Somerville – writing, lead vocals
Shawn Christopher – backing vocals
Yvonne Gage – backing vocals
Richard Stannard – writing
Matt Rowe – writing
Stephen Hague – production, mixing
Gianfranco Bortolotti – production
Danny Weatherspoon – keyboards
Eric Miller – remixing, arranging
Luca Lauri – mixing, arranging
Massimo Braghieri – arranging
Mike Drake – remixing
DJ R.A.F. – remixing
Plus Staples – remixing
George Maniatis – editing
Jeff Luif – engineering, mixing
Tiziano Giupponi – mixing
Mauro Picotto – arranging
Massimo Castrezzati – arranging
Roberto Cipro – arranging
Gary Butcher – writing, production, (B-side) Gary Wilkinson – production, mixing (B-side)
Charts
See also
List of number-one dance singles of 1995 (U.S.)
References
External links
Jimmy Somerville > Discography > Singles & EPs > "Heartbeat" at Discogs
1995 singles
1995 songs
Black-and-white music videos
Hi-NRG songs
Jimmy Somerville songs
Song recordings produced by Stephen Hague
Songs written by Jimmy Somerville
Songs written by Matt Rowe (songwriter) Songs written by Richard Stannard (songwriter)