Heartbeats (The Knife song)

Not to be confused with Heartbeatz.
For similarly titled songs, see Heartbeat (disambiguation) § Songs.

"Heartbeats"
Single by the Knife
from the album Deep Cuts
Released
  • 27 December 2002 (original release)
  • 4 October 2004 (re-release)[1]
Recorded2002
Genre
Length3:51
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Karin Dreijer
  • Olof Dreijer
The Knife singles chronology
"Nedsvärtning"
(2002) 		"Heartbeats"
(2002) 		"You Take My Breath Away"
(2003)
Music video
"Heartbeats" on YouTube

"Heartbeats" is a song by Swedish electronic music duo the Knife. It was released in Sweden on 27 December 2002 as the lead single from their second studio album Deep Cuts (2003) and re-released on 4 October 2004.

The song was listed at number 15 on Pitchfork Media's top 500 songs of the 2000s and at number 87 on Rolling Stone's top 100 songs of the 2000s. In October 2011, NME placed it at number 95 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years".[3] Adjectives used to describe the music were "haunting" and "electro". In Robert Dimery's book 1000 Songs: You Must Hear Before You Die, it was said: "The Stockholm siblings' love of synth pop, minimal beats and electronica create together a moving masterpiece. Singer Karin Dreijer's hypnotic vocals recall both Björk and Siouxsie Sioux with her icy delivery of magical lines".[4]

The song has been covered by many acts such as José González, Royal Teeth, Scala & Kolacny Brothers, Amason and Ellie Goulding.[5]

  1. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 2 October 2004. p. 33.
  2. ^ Pytlik, Mark (13 February 2006). "The Knife: Silent Shout Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  3. ^ "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years". Nme.Com. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  4. ^ McLearon, Olivia (2015). "The Knife - "Heartbeats". In Dimery, Robert (ed.). 1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die. New York: Universe. p. 826.
  5. ^ Gallucci, Nicole. "The one song TV shows always use to make us cry". Mashable. Retrieved 28 January 2019.