The Heart Is a Muscle

"The Heart Is a Muscle"
Single by Gang of Youths
from the album Go Farther in Lightness
Released
Length
  • 5:23 (album)
  • 3:34 (radio edit)
LabelMosy Recordings, Sony Music Australia
Songwriter(s)David Le'aupepe
Producer(s)
  • Adrian Breakspear
  • Gang of Youths
Gang of Youths singles chronology
"The Deepest Sighs, the Frankest Shadows"
(2017) 		"The Heart Is a Muscle"
(2017) 		"Still Unbeaten Life (Live in Melbourne)"
(2018)

"The Heart Is a Muscle" is a song by Australian alternative rock band Gang of Youths from their second studio album Go Farther in Lightness (2017). It was released as the album's fifth and final single on 29 November 2017. The song was written by band frontman David Le'aupepe, and it placed third in the 2018 Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition.[1] "The Heart Is a Muscle" also peaked at number 37 on the US Adult Alternative Songs chart, becoming the band's first charting track on the chart. It achieved certified gold status in Australia in 2019.

A music video for "The Heart Is a Muscle" was released on 29 November 2017.[2] At the ARIA Music Awards of 2018, its director Patrick Rohl received a nomination for Best Video.[3]

The song was used by Fox Sports (Australia) to promote the 2018 NRL season.[4]

  1. ^ "Past Winners". APRA AMCOS. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Gang of Youths - The Heart Is a Muscle (Official Video)". YouTube. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  3. ^ Harmon, Steph (10 October 2018). "Aria awards 2018: Amy Shark and Courtney Barnett lead nominations". the Guardian. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
  4. ^ "Gang of Youths Fox League". 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2019.