Heartbeat (song)

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Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Heartbeat
  DE 6th 01/12/1987 (19 weeks)
  AT 3 02/01/1987 (14 weeks)
  CH 6th 02/01/1987 (11 weeks)
  UK 46 10/11/1986 (6 weeks)
  US 5 08/23/1986 (15 weeks)

Heartbeat is a song by Don Johnson from the year 1986 , which was written by Eric Kaz and Wendy Waldman. Chas Sanford produced the song.

history

Heartbeat was released worldwide on August 19, 1986 and became a huge hit in many countries; before that, Don Johnson's acting breakthrough was 1984 as Sonny Crockett in Miami Vice .

The hit is 4:18 minutes long, appeared on the album of the same name, and on the B-side was Can't Take Your Memory .

The song is about a man who has fallen in love with a woman he cannot reach.

Music video

The music video was shot in Miami . At the beginning of the video, Don Johnson walks through a crowd, holding a camera in one hand, some of the people are on strike. Shortly afterwards he sings the song on stage with studio musicians. While he is performing the song, the action continues in cutscenes. He looks out of a window and sees people running from a fire. In town, Johnson films a woman to underline the plot of the song while a few people ride bicycles and a police car drives by. When he realizes that an off-road vehicle is exploding, he saves the person who was standing next to the off-road vehicle. Back in the office, Johnson develops and watches the film, while many scenes are repeated in the clip.

Cover versions

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sources chart placements: DE ( Memento of the original from May 31, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. / AT / CH , accessed on September 25, 2010. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.musicline.de
  2. ↑ Don Johnson in the Official UK Charts (English)
  3. ↑ Music video in Myvideo.de