Heart Skips a Beat

"Heart Skips a Beat"
Single by Olly Murs featuring Rizzle Kicks or Chiddy Bang
from the album In Case You Didn't Know and Right Place, Right Time (US version)
B-side"On My Cloud"
Released19 August 2011 (UK)
29 May 2012 (U.S.)
Recorded2010
Genre
Length3:22
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Alex Smith & Matt Furmidge
Olly Murs singles chronology
"Busy"
(2011)
"Heart Skips a Beat"
(2011)
"Dance with Me Tonight"
(2011)
Rizzle Kicks singles chronology
"Down with the Trumpets"
(2011)
"Heart Skips a Beat"
(2011)
"When I Was a Youngster"
(2011)

"Heart Skips a Beat" is a song by English singer-songwriter Olly Murs, taken from his second studio album, In Case You Didn't Know. The song features vocals from English hip hop duo Rizzle Kicks, and was released as the album's lead single on 19 August 2011. It was written by Alex Smith, Preston, Kish Mauve and Rizzle Kicks. In the United Kingdom, the song debuted at number one with first-week sales of over 109,000 copies, becoming his second number-one single.[1] It also served as the closing song at Murs' 2012 arena tour.

The song achieved further success topping the charts in Germany and Switzerland, until it was overtaken by Murs' 2012 single "Troublemaker". The song has charted at number six in Ireland, becoming his second highest-charting single in the country at the time. The song gave Murs his second consecutive nomination for "Best British Single" at the 2012 Brit Awards, after "Please Don't Let Me Go" was nominated at the 2011 ceremony. The track was released as Murs' debut single in the United States on 22 May 2012. The track was remixed for the American market, removing Rizzle Kicks and including a new verse from Chiddy Bang.[2] It entered the Billboard Hot 100 at #96, and managed to peak at #25 on the Pop chart.

  1. ^ "Dream reality for Murs and Young as talent stars take over charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
  2. ^ "SoundCloud – Hear the world's sounds". SoundCloud.com. Retrieved 21 March 2022.