Heartbeat (Buddy Holly song)

"Heartbeat"
Single by Buddy Holly
B-side"Well... All Right"
ReleasedNovember 5, 1958
RecordedAugust 1958
GenreRock and roll, pop rock
Length2:11
LabelCoral Records
Songwriter(s)Bob Montgomery, Norman Petty
Producer(s)Norman Petty
Buddy Holly singles chronology
"Early in the Morning"
(1958)
"Heartbeat"
(1958)
"It Doesn't Matter Anymore"
(1958)

"Heartbeat" is a rockabilly song originally recorded by Bob Montgomery and credited to Norman Petty. It was recorded most famously by Buddy Holly in 1958. The B-side of the single was "Well... All Right" (Buddy Holly, Norman Petty, Jerry Allison, Joe Mauldin). "Heartbeat" reached the UK top 10 twice: once in 1975 for Showaddywaddy at number seven and again in 1992 for Nick Berry, recorded as the theme to the television series Heartbeat, which reached number two.