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Heartbeat (Jimmy Somerville song)

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B-side
  
"Up And Away" Remix

Format
  
12", maxi, CD

Genre
  
Dance-pop

Released
  
January 1995 (1995-01)

Recorded
  
1994

Length
  
04:26

"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)
  • References

    Heartbeat (Jimmy Somerville song) Wikipedia