Hearts on Fire (Cut Copy song)

"Hearts on Fire"
Single by Cut Copy
from the album In Ghost Colours
Released26 May 2007 (2007-05-26)
Recorded2007
Genre
Length
  • 5:36 (original version)
  • 4:53 (album version)
LabelModular
Songwriter(s)Cut Copy
Producer(s)Cut Copy
Cut Copy singles chronology
"Going Nowhere"
(2005)
"Hearts on Fire"
(2007)
"So Haunted"
(2007)

"Hearts on Fire" is a song by Australian electronic music band Cut Copy, released in 2007 as the lead single from their second studio album, In Ghost Colours (2008). The song's chorus contains a small vocal sample from Jennifer Lopez's "Waiting for Tonight".[2] A re-edited version of the song, produced by Tim Goldsworthy, was released on 5 July 2008 and served as the album version. Pitchfork Media named "Hearts on Fire" the seventh best track of 2008.[3]

  1. ^ a b Treble Staff (11 May 2020). "A History of Synth-Pop in 50 Essential Songs". Treble. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Cut Copy's 'Hearts on Fire' sample of Jennifer Lopez's 'Waiting for Tonight". WhoSampled. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  3. ^ "The 100 Best Tracks of 2008". Pitchfork Media. 15 December 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2013.