Heartbeat (Taana Gardner song)

"Heartbeat"
Single by Taana Gardner
Released1981
GenrePost-disco[1][2]
Length9:34 (Club Version)
LabelWest End WES-22132 (US)
Songwriter(s)Kenton Nix
Producer(s)Kenton Nix

"Heartbeat" is a 1981 R&B single by Taana Gardner. It was arranged by Dennis Weeden and Kenton Nix, and released by West End Records, with the more famous club mix created by Larry Levan. It reached the US Billboard R&B Singles at No. 10 and the No. 6 on the US Billboard Dance.[3] It has sold over 800,000 copies.[4]

  1. ^ Matos, Michaelangelo (20 March 2002). "THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE – Playgroup Reconstructs an Idealistic Aural Snapshot of the Early '80s". Baltimore City Paper. Retrieved 27 October 2013. the stripped-down post-disco of club records like Taana Gardner's "Heartbeat"
  2. ^ Kellman, Andy. "Larry Levan – Journey into Paradise: The Larry Levan Story". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 26 October 2014. Taana Gardner's "Heartbeat" (one of the sexiest, sweetest, slowest post-disco singles)
  3. ^ "Allmusic: Taana Gardner - Discography". Allmusic, Billboard. Retrieved 2011-08-27.
  4. ^ Flick, Larry (November 14, 1998). "Dance Trax: Humperdinck Takes To The Dancefloor on 'Dance Album'". Billboard, p. 31.